Sibbo wrote:Sno Bro, have you calculated your road speed at 3000 rpm?
A great looking build mate !
Hi Sibbo. Yes I have.
Assuming a 215cm length of the rear wheel, my very fast 4th gear (1:1) and standard rear drive (8:37) will make
3000rpm 83kmh
3600rpm 100kmh
If they start to seem too slow I can easily update the rear drive to 9:35 which will increase the speeds to
3000rpm 99kmh
3600rpm 119kmh
There is still an option of 10:32 rear drive but I doubt I'll go that route: First of all the first gear will be really tall which makes driving in traffic difficult, and there are no gears available to correct the speedometer error.
Also it is good to remember that the bike handling is based on very very old technology designed for slow speeds. The suspension and brakes are not up to the task.
Sibbo wrote:Sno Bro, have you calculated your road speed at 3000 rpm?
A great looking build mate !
Hi Sibbo. Yes I have.
Assuming a 215cm length of the rear wheel, my very fast 4th gear (1:1) and standard rear drive (8:37) will make
3000rpm 83kmh
3600rpm 100kmh
If they start to seem too slow I can easily update the rear drive to 9:35 which will increase the speeds to
3000rpm 99kmh
3600rpm 119kmh
There is still an option of 10:32 rear drive but I doubt I'll go that route: First of all the first gear will be really tall which makes driving in traffic difficult, and there are no gears available to correct the speedometer error.
Also it is good to remember that the bike handling is based on very very old technology designed for slow speeds. The suspension and brakes are not up to the task.
sno-bro
She's going to be a brilliant bike Sno-Bro , especially with a 9.35 rear end , 90 km is a nice cruising speed and it's probably at the top of the torque curve too.
Speedo ? do what Norton riders do , use a bicycle computer. Dead accurate and cheap.
A good way around the brakes would be a laced in Honda front drum brake or similar .It shouldn't be that noticeable and they are truly good!
