Hellfire
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:08 PM |
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Ferrari V4 Bike Engine
This has got to be the ultimate donor motorcycle engine. 
Phil
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:13 PM |
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1/3 of a Ferrari V12, very very
The bike:
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Toprivetguns
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:18 PM |
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Ferrari will make that sound fantastic no matter the cost! That is extremly sexy...
Only drive as fast as your angel can fly... !
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Simon
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
1/3 of a Ferrari V12, very very
Uncomfortable?
Ugly?
Impractical?
Reliable?
Nice colour though
ATB
Simon
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:23 PM |
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Sack !!
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 06:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Toprivetguns
Ferrari will make that sound fantastic no matter the cost! That is extremly sexy...
It's not actually anything to do with Ferrari though, just someone's CAD dream:
http://3d-files.co.il/Ferrari_Motorcycle_01.htm
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clairetoo
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 07:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
1/3 of a Ferrari V12, very very
The bike:
Looks good , but they seem to have forgotten to leave room for a gearbox 
And with the engine that far back , the handling would interesting , to say the least
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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Hellfire
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 07:30 PM |
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It's not the motorbike that's of interest, (personally, I think it's fugly) it's the concept engine that's
interesting...........
Phil
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locoR1
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 07:38 PM |
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Dose that mean if you were to fit it in a car paint the car red and race it you would be guaranteed the Championship
 
Description
Check out my CB500T Cafe Racer build diary
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 07:39 PM |
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These are in the Ferrari museum near the factory
[Edited on 21-9-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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Miks15
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 08:36 PM |
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thjat bike looks SOOO much nicer without the body on.
That body ruins it!
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Peteff
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| posted on 21/9/08 at 10:29 PM |
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The bike engine doesn't appear to have any provision for gears as Claire says, other than that it looks like a VFR800 engine with red cam
covers. The bike concept looks like someone who knows nothing about bikes drew it, the front and rear suspension are non existent.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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richardlee237
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 06:47 AM |
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A triumph of style over engineering.
Or should that be a Ferrari of style over engineering
Quote Lord Kelvin
“Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and women.”
Quote Richard Lee
"and cars"
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 06:57 AM |
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If you read the guy's pages you'll find it is actually (in theory) very well engineered, just not using convention bike technology. It has
both front and rear suspension and there is a gearbox within the crackcase. Agreed, it is massively ugly with the body on though.
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oldtimer
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 07:27 AM |
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Sorry, but I think it looks like a designer's dream rather than an engineers concept. There may be script about fancy front suspension, but, the
non-existant tyre to fork brace gap precludes any. Interesting though and a lot of work has gone into making it look the business. Well done for that
alone.
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Phil.J
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 08:31 AM |
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Open the throttle on that and your ass will go flying off the back!
(I think the seat needs a bit of work)
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Delinquent
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 09:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Phil.J
Open the throttle on that and your ass will go flying off the back!
(I think the seat needs a bit of work)
If Ferrari build the engine it's more likely that when you open the throttle your ass will go off the side - so that you can get your phone out
your back pocket to call the AA
[Edited on 22/9/08 by Delinquent]
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SPYDER
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 08:32 PM |
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Its vaguely like Tetsuo's bike from the anime flick Akira.
But taking one third of a 60 degree V12 wouldn't work without balancer shafts or similar. The more naturally balanced format for a V4 is 90
degrees.
But how long will it be before the V5 engined mass market superbike comes along?
That could be the one to actually look forward to.
Geoff
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