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Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:21 pm
by bbelk
Couldn't that be a supercharger of some kind? Fuel injection at least - possibly with injectors much closer to the head.
Anyway - sure you should!
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:19 am
by Chuey
Major Softie wrote:jagarra wrote:There is that fabricated panel below the tranny, if you blow it up you can see what looks like a ignition switch there, maybe a tiny battery next to it.
And, btw, that little panel is the only thing I don't like on the bike. If that panel had been pounded out of aluminum, wit soft corners that blended with the engine cases, I would have found that much more satisfying. As it is, it's the only thing on the bike that looks like an afterthought, and a compromise.
I like the panel fine. It looks home made but for me it fits. As far as the lines of the bike, I really really really do not like the rear plates where the axle goes through.
Chuey
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:16 am
by melville
bbelk wrote:Couldn't that be a supercharger of some kind? Fuel injection at least - possibly with injectors much closer to the head.
Anyway - sure you should!
No, it's a Weber DCOE side draft carburetor.
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:30 am
by barryh
bbelk wrote:Couldn't that be a supercharger of some kind? Fuel injection at least - possibly with injectors much closer to the head.
I thought it looked like a DCOE but a supercharger would have been nicer. I wonder why superchargers are not used more often on bikes as they work great on cars. There was a BMW boxer race bike with a supercharger way back.
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:39 pm
by Major Softie
barryh wrote:bbelk wrote:Couldn't that be a supercharger of some kind? Fuel injection at least - possibly with injectors much closer to the head.
I thought it looked like a DCOE but a supercharger would have been nicer. I wonder why superchargers are not used more often on bikes as they work great on cars. There was a BMW boxer race bike with a supercharger way back.
The Kompressor
(as usual: clickey the picket)
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:43 pm
by barryh
They did a neat job of bolting the kompressor on the front of the engine. Simple; driven straight off the crank and no synch problems with the single carb.
I have a Kompressor on my my car. You can't see it, which is a shame but it's in there somewhere.
Nice word Kompressor
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:47 pm
by Major Softie
barryh wrote:They did a neat job of bolting the kompressor on the front of the engine.
Yep, factories are like that, even then.
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:46 pm
by Bamboo812
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:46 am
by Texer
Here's more story / I didn't look close enough while there.
http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2016/02/24 ... metal.html
Re: Just because you can...
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:01 pm
by jhinz
That was built by the gas box in Cleveland Ohio they are a small custom motorcycle shop .
http://www.thegasbox.com/
