Motor bike.

[agbagb]

Can anyone beat this for daft, crazy, mad. Ive got a bet with friend £20, he can build a wooden bike before I've built my trike.

I'ts not just the beer talking, he's putting in hundreds of hours on it. Starting with "safety first" he's made a skid lid.

I've not seen the WIP pics yet but he's made the wooden wheels and now working on a glue-lam frame.

Meanwhile I've only got as far as testing the geometry of the suspension
Suspension test

I can see me losing but it's worth it. He's planning on riding it over from Dublin for a Rally in April!

 

[agbagb]

He's finished it!

Apart from from getting the motor running

More Photos Here

 

[TrimTheKing]

Haha, brilliant!

 

[squib]

Fantastic,always fancied doing that. 8)

 

[Digit]

What's the 0-60 time like?

Roy.

 

[agbagb]

I'll keep you posted on the performance, when it actually performs!
He got plenty of ribbing over the weekend as he had to bring it over in the back of a van. Something to do with the ignition.

A wooden bike that would'n go

Andy

 

[Benchwayze]

D'you think he could get it registered?

No trouble with rust eh? Just ned to go fast enough to beat the woodworm beetles!
Cracking project..

John

 

[agbagb]

If he was in England it would need an MSVA (Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval) before it could be registered etc. The proccess in Ireland seems to be a little less bureaucratic. :? I'll see how he gets on.

Cheers
Andy

 

[Benchwayze]

As my PC went kaput some time back I'm still trying to find the software for my camera so that I can post pics Jenx.
Roy.

Can you not remove the card from the camera Roy?

Then for just a few quid, you could buy a card reader that plugs into your USB slot, like a memory stick. Transfer from the card is managed by Windows, which treats a card-reader like another drive. Much neater solution.

Plus, I can select which images I want to put onto my PC and no space taken up by unnecessary software.

Regards
John

 

[Digit]

Must get round to doing something John, time, time, time.

Roy.