... Very tasty Chris. Have you any idea what power the belt is transmitting ? I guess the Desmo is less demanding than a springer head ? Cheers IAN See...
Ian
iwd@...
Apr 5, 2007 4:04 pm
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Ian, I don't know an actual power figure but most texts indicate around half the torque is needed for a desmo head. Norton's Design of Machinery has a section...
... Yet Gates supply belts to Ducati, surely they had some say in it ? Many automotive belt applications defy the generally accepted rules, for instance, the...
Ian
iwd@...
Apr 7, 2007 4:37 am
13340
I used to hang out wih a Vincent owner in the mid 1970's went to a bunch of VOC rallies. At the 1976 White Horse Rally there was a brand new set of cases cast...
There have been a number of attempts to remake Vincents in Oz over the years - Terry Prince is the engineering name that comes to mind behind most of them ?....
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 8, 2007 9:59 pm
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Apropos of absolutely nothing, the following short interview, from the engaging ex-Lt. Belenko: Interviewer: The Soviets seem to have difficulty implementing...
... Terry knows his Vincents inside out, and is a very chap all round. Unfortunately, some of the characters he has had the misfortune to hook up with have...
Ian
iwd@...
Apr 9, 2007 1:39 pm
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... Just a totally different military strategy. Build 'em cheap and nasty. Build a lot. Fight wars of attrition. Bleed the other side to death and be the last...
This is like the story of the aspiring aeronautical engineer who was on a guided tour of the Qantas Jetbase (in Sydney) some years back. He was surprised a- nd...
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 10, 2007 4:14 am
13346
This is also like the story of the US military getting their hands on that defecting Mig 25 (?) - and discovering that the electronics were all still valve...
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 10, 2007 4:14 am
13347
... Like the WW.II army Jeeps ( my uncle had quite a collection ), the early ones had no grease nipples as they weren't expected to last long at the front. (...
Ian
iwd@...
Apr 10, 2007 4:17 am
13348
This is also like the german military machine in Russia in WW2. With precision machiney all finely honed and engineered to fine tolerances. When it got cold,...
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 10, 2007 4:23 am
13349
Valve technology is vacuum tube technology. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news...
On the whole that is true. There are certain rotating parts that are life limited, mainly hot end rotating parts can't remember which now as it's been a long...
RohanB <newboltz333@...> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:10:43 ... Cue the MuZ story. The agricultural 250cc two stroke. Endlessly rebuildable with a minimum of...
The Irving website says that the engines are completely made in house. I think that includes the crankcases as they are different than the original Vincent...
Not that different a strategy ? In the Battle of Britain, the average life of a front-line spitfire pilot was apparently calculated to be of the order of 87...
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 13, 2007 11:41 pm
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FYI, Terry Prince is apparently sourcing his crankcases from Germany. At least according to the guy that makes them.......
RohanB
newboltz333@...
Apr 13, 2007 11:43 pm
13356
That is very strange as Terry does not list crankcases on his website. Almost everything else including a 5-speed transmission but no crankcases. John Mead...
I've got it in my mind that I have to have a CDI system for VRR CB350 Honda and it has to be a crank triggered DC CDI system.I had considered using 2 of these...
The RC airplane folks use things like this: http://www.ch-ignitions.com/ I don't have any experience with them, though I do own a couple of the units with...
There's no need to 'reinvent the wheel' these days with bike ignition system. I would suggest you check out the modern design Crank Triggered Boyer Micro Power...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
Apr 19, 2007 7:17 pm
13361
... It's a 360 deg motor ? If so just adapt a "CDI" from a parallel twin ( or 4 cyl ). Some will be true CDI's, others will be "battery" ignitions. The...
Charles; The C-H ignition people are real enthusiasts, and the ignitions seem real well received. They seem to be OEM on several engines. But, I would be...
I understand and I agree. The units are very attractive in that they are very small and with the spintronic, or what ever they called it, electronic advance...
Do these units have an advance function? Model aircraft motors run, mostly, at a constant rpm (wide open) and do not need an advance but street engines will...
... This isn't cdi but you probably have everything you need to do it: http://www.650motorcycles.com/277ign.html Might get you up and running till you sort out...
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