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Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Tom:
Maybe not "strange" but different from conventional designs. Current maxi-scooters aka Dan Gurney's Alligator would fit in this category. The Megola intrigues me because of the fueling with a spinning engine. :tongue: Any engineers out there to explain the fuel line connections?? :shocked: :shocked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51x-zgD0i4&t=20s
nwguy:
One user's comment about that video says the Megola used a rotary and not a radial engine. I saw one at the Munich Museum of Transportation. He is incorrect. It used a 5 cylinder radial engine. Pics I took of it below.
FarmallA:
I'm not an engineer, but..
It's a rotary, like the engine in a Sopwith Camel and Fokker Triplane. A radial has a stationary crankcase and the crank turns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_engine
Induction is through the hollow stationary crankshaft. One carb. Probably not the best throttle response.
I think I saw one at the Gugenheim.
Steve
FarmallA
Moparnut72:
Wikipedia says it is a radial. Reading further it sounds more like a rotary but the description is somewhat confusing. I did further research and it is definitely a rotary. I worked on radials after I retired but never a rotary.
kk
https://youtu.be/ZghXM9xqCPA
sdcr:
I think this steam powered motorcycle is pretty odd.
Might catch on if gas goes up to $25. A gallon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roper_steam_velocipede
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