Neo-Tokyo CyberPunk Streetbike
This
is a design concept for a bike I would like to build in the next
year or two. It's a weird hybrid bike that ive been describing
as "a cross between Kaneda's bike from Akira and Aeon Flux's
car, but with the feel of an old school chopper". The physics
have been pretty well thought out, and the design of the bike
compensates for a lot of the idiosyncrasies inherent in 3-wheel
vehicles. |
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| Ok well, first I will be making a low power prototype out of moped and mountain bike parts. This bike will have some wierd physics that will need to be perfected before starting production on a real version. Better to have something vital snap at 30 mph than 70. The moped version will feature variable seat height to alter the center of gravity, variable fork rake, variable rear suspension mounts to alter ride height, and variable front sub-fork assembly. First I hunted down some junker mopeds and picked them up cheap. |
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| As soon as I got one running and saw that the engine made good compression, I tore them to pieces. |
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Ok, I have finally gotten started on the initial frame design. |
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The rear swingarm height is adjustable for testing purposes. |
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Next
comes the tricky fabrication of the front forks and the scrounging
of a better engine. I built the frame much sturdier than I was going
to orginally, so im going to need at least a 300cc dirtbike,
snowmobile, or scooter engine . |
Here, I've just sort of propped everything up for visualization's
sake. The forks are going to made out of single pieces of bent
tubular steel, not all hacked up as pictured. |
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Next
comes the annoying task of outsourcing. I wish I had every
tool I needed so I didnt have to involve anyone else in my
projects. This always holds me up and irritates me, but I
dont have a hydaulric tube bender, so I have to go get the
forks made somewhere else. Well, there is a small machine shop around
the corner from me whose owner is pretty good friends with
my father, maybe he'll just let me go in there and borrow
his machines for a few minutes and do what I have to do, without
me having to explain anything. |
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