there was one of those jetbikes near my home in phx almost a decade ago. damn near a quarter mil. lol. IIRC.

if i win lotto tonight... i'm havin a y2k turbine bike!!... have also seen a video of a bloke riding one in an aussie street .. legally?.. dunno...

but while i was scanning through the vids of them ... visions of arriving somewhere for a group ride... before everyone else... shutting it down.... then "hi guys. whats up?!" ... 'what is that? and start her up eh!'... then watching the faces 

or going to a coffee night (like tonight if it dont rain) and starting it up in town late at night... bahahahahahahah

IMHO a jet turbine spooling up is in the top ten of "sexy sounds that men like" !! 

all them navy blokes... on the carriers.... they dont care about being at sea!!.... they wanna hear the jets running!! 

Ive got a bell helicopter turbine as a ringtone/text tone on my phone. draws looks when it goes off. lol

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 11:15:33 AM
Ive got a bell helicopter turbine as a ringtone/text tone on my phone. draws looks when it goes off. lol

... Now whyd'n'I think of that!!! 

Quote from: Janx101 on May 29, 2013, 02:15:36 PM

Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on May 29, 2013, 11:15:33 AM
Ive got a bell helicopter turbine as a ringtone/text tone on my phone. draws looks when it goes off. lol

... Now whyd'n'I think of that!!! 

from a bell jetranger. ( the start-up sequence. all the glorious noises)

Gotta get the wheel bearings for the front. finally figured out where the wah-wah-wah noise was coming from. still usable as is, but will grab those soon.

last piece i need for the trailtech vapor is the tach sensor. i broke hte mount when hte pig fell over. but i chinarigged a mount for it.
have temp pickup mounted and run, this will be final piece other than speedometer before saturdays volunteer hell day lol
http://www.trailtech.net/7000-1003.html

now time for exhaust

awesome!!.. now 'we' getting into the tasty stuff!! ..

btw Brother Yama .. i feel that with such a fine machine as you will soon 'complete' .. you simply must invest in something like this!!



http://www.uswings.com/snoopycaps.asp

That is interesting. The pulse for your tachometer metre comes from spark plug capacitance or leakage. That is very simple idea. I would like to try that idea on single cylinder engine on generator my Dad has in our weekend house. The power generator many times seems to be very fast on revs and very loud.

Quote from: Janx101 on June 12, 2013, 06:17:11 PM
awesome!!.. now 'we' getting into the tasty stuff!! ..

btw Brother Yama .. i feel that with such a fine machine as you will soon 'complete' .. you simply must invest in something like this!!


HAHA DAMN I want lol   
http://www.uswings.com/snoopycaps.asp

Quote from: ShanghaiPete on June 14, 2013, 07:33:38 PM
That is interesting. The pulse for your tachometer metre comes from spark plug capacitance or leakage. That is very simple idea. I would like to try that idea on single cylinder engine on generator my Dad has in our weekend house. The power generator many times seems to be very fast on revs and very loud.

yup it is wrapped 5x around lead. anything less or more makes it erratic.

Am liking the snoopy goggles by themselves. found a used goped sport 1996 may go after that so im not w/o a scoot while I put this one down for service. thought about building this one up to a 460. but fwiw, its cheaper to buy the engine versus building it. did the math on that one lol. that and the pipe. and im golden. and done. BUT I need to get my hands ona tensioner. this cheap Chinese chain is weird, sprocket is somewhat centred. maybe off by a cooterhair. but close enough. but I see tight spot thenb loose one etc and repeat. got to get a tube patch for my tube. after the nail a couple weeks back. ( before the tour) had 2 spares one already patched. but I ran 2mos on it so not worried. going to patch the puinctured one and have it on hand. the tensioner I bought isn't springloaded. so really isn't any good to me.

Engine drive sprocket/shaft not bent by a cooterhair? ... Smaller diameter would make it hard to spot?

Quote from: Janx101 on June 15, 2013, 12:14:32 AM
Engine drive sprocket/shaft not bent by a cooterhair? ... Smaller diameter would make it hard to spot?

it actually idles fairly smoothly. BUT that could be the issue. if so, its not worth a teardown and rebuild. cause crank is almost 90,  then theres the rod, piston rings, gasketry and plug. plus bearing and rear seal. which is looking as weird as NSA's policy on Verizon phones. But its still sealed so im not tearing it down. ill ride it til it pops.

I will try that spark plug winding trick for a tacho. If you get puncture on your goped why not try foam fill tyre. We do that a lot with scooter and goped in malaysia. Good comfort and no puncture issues. Quite cheap too. Good idea?

good idea yes. just not applicable for the gtr40 :"( I just plan on carrying a spare tube which is quite small, a ratchet, 14mm deepwell socket, and 14mm combi wrench.  all the tools I need to tear it down to repair it. maybe 5lbs of gear.

thinking of getting another goped sport ( friction/spindle drive as a stablemate for the pig. akja pig and piglet. so im not rideless when the pig breaks down. which happens on high hp applications. found a used sport using a g23lh engine on CL for 150

Opinions needed. the pig is fire engine red. its OEM paint circa 2006, i want to paint it same colour as friends 2006 maserati gransport. its almost a charcoal grey

I drove this car ( pic is representation to car. which is IDENTICAL to it )  to Lamborghini carolinas for an update to its driev by wire system. brought the 360 back ( rental/loaner) anyhoo i fell in love with the car. although i cannot afford it right now lol, the colour, i want on the ped. it appears almost black.
    This will be my theme build. my first one. the wheels are magnesium, as are the maseratis. the pipe i want is a ddm unit. a tad obscene looking ( adidas quote lol) thats on the list. a 460 engine. revs to almost 16k ( GP460) my GP420 revs to 18k got warned for doing 52 ( radar) in a school zone.  but in july no one is around. anyhoo, enough rambling lol. Once i get my hands on a cheap scoot, ill tear the pig down the battlepig will become the Über battlepig. the kenda 671's on it can handle the speed and are nearly new. going to regear it with fresh sprockets. going to go with either 6/76 or 6/64 also need led lights. cause cops are giving me hell. i want to mount a rear camera on it, for this reason. in addition to the front.  anyhoo enouhg ramblings lol. opinions on the colour? i want to alter it a bit so its a tad more sparkly. perhaps some pearl in it.
    Also need to find a small maserati trident. the striped deck will remain. 

Know what, instead of the obscene looking expansion chamber, i may go for this once funds permit
cheaper, and gains are similar, albeit a tad less. and will also work with the 460 once its obtained/installed