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Well we are still working on this. It doesnt include drive train loss at all as I think theres probably a few to many variables involved in doing so. as for rolling resistance at the moment we just have a drag factor, its a combination of wind resistance/tyre resistance/ bike weight/rider weight etc...

Ok well I set my expert of a g/f to work on solving some maths for bikes and engine size etc. At the moment shes putting an Excel spreadsheet together in such a way that it would be possible to calculate how much hp you'd need to go how fast 'in theory'. We did some real guestimation on figures whic...

Rhynri wrote:Sexy bike, that last one. what is it?

Its a modified kawasaki Z250, eg its the same frame and wheels as the 2nd one(well essentially theres about 3 different models of Z250 including a single and a couple of twin engines) down but highly modified, I like it!

Mike Siebert did something similar with an off the shelf frame kit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAy8DrojAuQ I watched that and then this was one the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbwnI_SUU38&feature=related lol! from one extreme size to the other :D I did start looking into the CVT s...

yeah bigger engines get very expensive very quickly! Basically because of the design of this 165F I figured I may be able to fit it to the bike without frame mods. It looks like I can kind of build a sub frame to hold the engine and gearbox and bolt that to the original mounts. I know about about th...

I guess what I want is something that does about 55mph, currently I have an old sports bike thats good for 150mph! thats ok but it'll get me killed with 90bhp on tap! I havent ridden it in ages (mainly because its taken me some time to get as tyre and service it ready for an MOT) but I remember that...

Not an expert by anymeans but thought I'd ask a question, with regards to the software generated model, does it take into account purely how much hp the fan alone takes? Obviously flywheels being weighted to help the engine balance and effectively give it a little more umph to start with I would hav...

Well that seems pretty logical. Some of what I was looking at is old petrol engines by comparison. you look at some of the earlier villiers based motorbikes, I know some of those villiers were only about 5hp! Some of the go karts with little honda 5hp engines do 40-50mph. So in essence, why wont the...

Well I got the creature home, considering it was made in 1987 its not a bad looking unit! its identical to the blue ones in my pics I posted earlier, only mine is silver and its made by 'phenix' It even came with original tool kit in a little metal box that contained the starting handle, original in...

I did wonder where you can get those cvt transmissions and if it would be any good with something so small engine wise, I did wonder if I might need proper gear set to make it work anygood.

Funny thing is you mentioned about this and I found one on ebay finding a 3 speed version. What I wasn't sure about is orientation of mounting as when the are installed with a villiers engine the sit tall and slim, the way I want to install would be wide and low if that makes sense as I think my eng...

alexanderfoti wrote:That is pretty old school looking! Is it water cooled?

The one in the video is a watercooled one which is a bit strange, I think its got a hopper type cooling or something where ase the one I am getting is aircooled.

I'll have to work out an adaptor, but first I need to work out a clutch!

This is what my engine will look like (different colour mind!) http://www.cxyaojing.com/upload/2010112416241211.jpg http://www.sz-wholesaler.com/userimg/1068/1093sw2/single-cylinder-diesel-engine-z165f-6.jpg So basically if you look at the first picture there is a shaft, but thats for the handle sta...

I had a quick look but it appears the website is a little unreliable! I could only see some pictures on there of the finished product. Interesting the mention of the supercharger idea! according to the internet the 165F is supposed to be something like 199cc so I figured 200cc is 200cc pretty much, ...

Well basically I bought this unit for £65, its never been run apparently and was made in 1987! Still turns over etc so I am going to investigate the unit to make sure its ok. I know with normal engines you can turn up the fueling a little and give it forced induction and get more power out of it, I ...

Ok so I am due to pick myself up a chinese engine of some sort its a 165F engine, looking on the internet its about 200cc and 3hp, so the question I have is would this work ok in a bike? I have a little 250cc kawazaki Z250 from 1980, needs a major rebuild but basically its a bike frame with document...

Well I been interested in diesel stuff for a few years now, I have an old vw camper (72) which about 3 years ago I converted to have a diesel engine, then at a similar time worked planned to have a restaurant kicking out veg oil from their frier, so a plan a foot Iwould run my vw van on it. Along si...