How cool is this bike (Yamaha)
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I heard about that thing. I never figured barspins would make it to the moto world........
And to think, we already have a fork for it.....
Yup, I would like one of those....
Brian
Yup, I would like one of those....
Brian
Pegs for grinding?! On a bike "lighter than a yz250!"?! No thanks, but the concept is cool, I think a full on DH bike with a tiny motor would be cooler... wait... why not make a full on DH bike with a HUGE motor?! Then we could ride on like flat ground and stuff! We could call it "motocross"!
So does that have cable actuated discs? Or is there a cylender at the other end of the head tube?
Looks like a Gas-Gas humped a Chumba-Wumba
ya I remember that one...it was posted here a few years ago. useless or not, I like both...just another cool toy if you ask meToshi said:
somebody should tell them the fork is on backwards. 
I actually like the look of it, although I can't really see it catching on. I mean really, when are you going to use the pegs, it's not like they're going to let you ride that thing in a skate park. I just can't see concrete parks being built to a scale large enough for a bike like that to really be ridden.
On a side note, wouldn't bar spins be kind of difficult with the gyroscopic force of the giant front wheel trying to keep the tire going straight?
I actually like the look of it, although I can't really see it catching on. I mean really, when are you going to use the pegs, it's not like they're going to let you ride that thing in a skate park. I just can't see concrete parks being built to a scale large enough for a bike like that to really be ridden.
On a side note, wouldn't bar spins be kind of difficult with the gyroscopic force of the giant front wheel trying to keep the tire going straight?
I think the gyro set up is for the clutch and gas only.... Looks like a hydro line through the steer for the front brake and the rear brake is with the right foot...Motionboy2 said:So does that have cable actuated discs? Or is there a cylender at the other end of the head tube?
Brian
dude that thing is RAD. hey DW, you have a hand in designing the skid plate?
you know that the power band just means the entire range of power from least to highest right? That its not an actually physical thing or measurable place, right? You may hit the meatiest or best part IN your power band, but you dont just randomly hit it. Youre always in it as long as the bike is revving.dfinn said:
Uh ,you guys know thats a trials bike not a mxer .right?
how do i get stanchions like that?
no, its the next fashionable L.A. item...E.C. said:
I know that it's designed for barspins which makes it slightly cooler than the average fatass redneck transports that are its predecessors.......E.C. said:
Sign me up!!@!
That looks like so much fun..More so than the original ones.
That looks like so much fun..More so than the original ones.
Do you have to get all technical like that? :eviltonguBurlySurly said:
in the motoworld the powerband is known as the part where the motor hits its peak and it accelerates like a bat outa hell
So let's see...kids on their bikes imitate MX riders/racers, inspiring BMX, mutating into the freestyle/flatland/ramp stuff, which is paralleled in street BMX riding, with a simultaneous evolution of both MX and BMX dirtjumping as their own niches, and suddenly MX is imitating the BMX bikes, which themselves started off as wannabe MotoX bikes!
That's not to mention the imitation of moto-trials by mountain bikers...
Wow.
That's not to mention the imitation of moto-trials by mountain bikers...
Wow.
You know what I mean. I don't really care much about the details but I know that there was a distinct point in my old bikes rpm range where it would start to be really fun (and somewhat out of control).BurlySurly said:
here's the definition from about.com
I <3 inbreeding of riding styles :love:MikeD said:
mikey likey :love:
When I used to work part-time in a moto shop back in my high school days I used to get tons of people coming in to buy or question about a bike that asked me if it had "powerbands". They always referred to it as though it was a special feature of the tranny and would never accept the explanation that I gave them about it only being a term for a noticable "hit" of power in a certain rpm range. I even watched a few rednecks and newbies walk away from amazing deals on a given bike because other shops in the area would play along to their dumbness and tell them the bike had "powerbands".dfinn said:
Yeh, dirtbikers talk of "powerband" like it's NAAAAAAWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSS.
At least powerbands don't blow the welds on your intake manifold.
At least powerbands don't blow the welds on your intake manifold.
well, its not like you'd be lying if you said it does have a powerband...Hulkamaniac said:
Damn, so cool!
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can you buy powerbands on ebay? I'd like to get one for my saturn.
Well if we want to get technical on it, the powerband isn't actually the entire RPM range. Almost every internal combustion engine on the market, diesel engines excluded, hits the torque peak at somewhere between 55% - 65% of the RPM range, and the horsepower peak is usually somewhere between 75% - 90%. If you graph out the horses and the torque on a dyno chart, the area between the two peaks is what is referred to as the powerband. Subaru uses such a chart in their print advertising for the STi, only they call it the "sweet spot" for some reason.
Anyway, short answer, powerband is the RPM range between max torque and max horsepower.
Anyway, short answer, powerband is the RPM range between max torque and max horsepower.
that 'bump' would be there regardless of boost, since peak torques and HP happen between idle and the redline. The boost would change the curves characteristic between that of a normally aspirated engine.dfinn said:
Cool. Hey, can I get some of those crowns for my 888? You see the stock crowns are...ahh nevermind...
Duh! That's not a real motorcycle it's a prop from the next Star Wars movie, "Attack of the Jedi Ewoks North Shore Revenge".
Instead of having Jar Jar Binks, and go after the preschool audience, George Lucas is marketing the next movie toward the "EXTREME" generation of rad teenagers, totally!
A few years ago a friend of mine was working in a motorcycle shop, they had a lot of ummm "interesting " customers. Larry and Ron got some various sized rubber bands, stuck them individually in plastic bags and then made some labels describing the products as "POWERBANDS". Even though the larger rubber bands cost more, they sold out first. There are still some small Powerbands left if anyone needs a new one.
Instead of having Jar Jar Binks, and go after the preschool audience, George Lucas is marketing the next movie toward the "EXTREME" generation of rad teenagers, totally!
A few years ago a friend of mine was working in a motorcycle shop, they had a lot of ummm "interesting " customers. Larry and Ron got some various sized rubber bands, stuck them individually in plastic bags and then made some labels describing the products as "POWERBANDS". Even though the larger rubber bands cost more, they sold out first. There are still some small Powerbands left if anyone needs a new one.
I can't believe nobody noticed it said yz250f , so it really has the engine of a 125.
oh yeah and the pegs could be used for aerial tricks. tons of pro bmx dirtjumpers have pegs on their bikes