All, This is a super deal from Alibre CAD, if anyone is thinking of joining the ranks of 3D cad drafter/designers. I'm not associated with them in any way,...
I have uploaded two new pix to bikeweb of the NSU Baumm streamliner that resides at the Hockenheim museum sent me by John Bruce after his recent visit. ...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Nov 10, 2009 8:11 pm
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Still an incredible deal, considering it will do 95% of what SolidWorks will do at $5000. Roughly speaking, of course. [:oj E ... [Non-text portions of this...
... 'Course they STILL do not have a Mac version. Cuts me out then. The only real CAD program I know of for Mac is VectorWorks. Cheaper than SolidWorks, but...
Have a look at ViaCAD ( http://www.punchcad.com ) they have a range of products from a $99 (£59) basic 3D package up to a $1800 (£1075) parametric 3D one....
This is a good summary by Gizmag of what Azhar Hussain is claiming for his new KTM RC8-based TTX02 . I just hope the product lives up to the hype! ... What it...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Nov 11, 2009 11:51 am
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I am in the UK and I bought Alibre standard thru' the Website and only paid $99 (Approx. £58) :-) Alibre is a very powerful program , it is very similar in...
... It's a bit heavy too, at 270kg. When we add weather and leg protection bodywork and luggage capacity and seat back, it's very difficult to not add 10kg,...
They are getting closer, aren't they? LOwer the seat a little... stick a proper tail on... The link to the site http://www.scooter- infos.com/ actualite-...
Fun as it is to compare quoted power outputs and weights(in an MCN sort of way) , there is no substitute for rideability on tarmac - so looking forward to...
... That is interesting. I have video of the TDFF out accelerating a modern 250cc 4 stroke motocrosser with supermoto gear (wheel and tyres and gearing)...
Top reply: Too bad we can't see more pics. And whatever happened to showing cutaway illustrations or even cutaway machines so we can see the more interesting...
Top reply: Arthur, have you looked into details of the CVT in this machine? It is not your average pulley-&-belt arrangement, with all the associated losses....
Arthur said: I put this down to a few things. At low speeds the high CG, short wheelbase bike can't use all the power it has, where the FF can. Faster corner...
... http://world.honda.com/motorcycle-picturebook/HFT/ or, with much more detail: http://ww1.honda.co.uk/DN01/pdf/hft.pdf It's two back-to-back swash-plate...
... The TDFF is unfaired, so any aero advantages are from reduced frontal area (over the motocrosser) more than form drag reduction. I doubt the TDFF has any...
... Thanks for this. The top gear lock-up mechanism is the means of gaining efficiency. The losses in hydraulic swash plate motors may be less than a variable...
Hi Brian, As discussed on the phone, watch this NBC TV news story on the Brammo Enertia electic bike ... and then click on the link to the next interview, and...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Nov 20, 2009 6:42 pm
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Mark Crowson has kindly scanned a lot of my archive FF pix and given them back to me in digital form. I've put a couple up from the incident-packed trip to the...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Nov 20, 2009 6:54 pm
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... snip ... Interesting that an HF (albeit electric) is described as 'socially responsible' He says a design goal is to get from point a to point b as...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfK8jCOYZ7c and linked from that one, a different approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O1M7d6dxz8&NR=1 [Non-text portions...
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