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Title: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Tom on November 26, 2022, 01:01:56 PM

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

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: nwguy on November 26, 2022, 06:58:10 PM

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.

(https://i.ibb.co/nQNX4Mv/Megola1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nQNX4Mv)


(https://i.ibb.co/fnb3BNW/Megola2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fnb3BNW)

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: FarmallA on November 26, 2022, 07:58:18 PM

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

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Moparnut72 on November 27, 2022, 08:46:49 AM

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

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: sdcr on November 27, 2022, 09:48:51 AM

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

(https://i.ibb.co/DbgWJ31/F736-BF3-F-C1-C6-4512-8136-EB0-F4-C9082-E4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DbgWJ31)

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Gustav on November 27, 2022, 10:14:47 AM

 Being the owner of a 2013 Honda fsc 600 Silverwing, I don't consider it one bit ''strange".

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Tom on November 27, 2022, 02:37:07 PM

Quote from: FarmallA on November 26, 2022, 07:58:18 PM

I'm not an engineer, but..

I think I saw one at the Gugenheim.

Steve
FarmallA

Art of the Motorcycle.  IIRC was in Las Vegas after the Guggenheim in NYC.

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Tom on November 28, 2022, 04:34:52 PM

Quote from: Gustav on November 27, 2022, 10:14:47 AM

Being the owner of a 2013 Honda fsc 600 Silverwing, I don't consider it one bit ''strange".

A lot fans here for that Honda bike.

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: cloudbase on November 29, 2022, 05:21:11 PM

GTS 1000

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Yamaha_GTS1000_01.jpg/1200px-Yamaha_GTS1000_01.jpg)

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Kaladin on November 29, 2022, 05:26:30 PM

Quote from: nwguy on November 26, 2022, 06:58:10 PM

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.

(https://i.ibb.co/nQNX4Mv/Megola1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/nQNX4Mv)


(https://i.ibb.co/fnb3BNW/Megola2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fnb3BNW)

What a wonderful machine.  I want one!

Title: Re: Strangest Motorbike Designs Ever Made
Post by: Tim Henry on November 30, 2022, 10:34:52 AM

I always thought i would like to aquire a Bohmerland or convert a bike to mimic one  it would have been a good replacement for my old side car for hauling the family around