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Marque Remarks => CZ => Topic started by: Michael Moore on December 30, 2013, 07:45:56 am
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By engineer Krnavek:
http://unlimited-eng.skyrock.com/3198911435-CZ-FFF-by-Krnavek.html
cheers,
Michael
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FUGLY!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Can any one translate roughly what he was thinking?
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I think it says " I took my bike to my yoga classes , but only paid for half a session " ;D
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Have a go at the motor placement..... me thinks he's been smoking something.
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It says....
Early 80s, the Czech engineer Krnavek filed a patent for a front fork drawn. Overall it was a drawn Earles, very vertical mounted on a CZ to allow maximum clearance in cross .. The exterior may confusion with a fork Ribi, but the principle is not at all the same .... It seems that the search for a maximum deflection have been the purpose of Krnavek, since the swing arm rear is also extremely inclined with disastrous effect chain, and engine positioned vertically to back as much as possible the center of the output gear box ..
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…and the pipe up the front/centre above the bars, ouch ;D
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vodka and a welder do not make a good mix ;D
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I love it. Who knows, perhaps in twenty years time when all dirt bikes look like this we'll look back at Mr Krnavek as a visionary genius, half a century ahead of his time......or maybe not. Remember when we all thought the Dick Tracy watch was a figment of a very wild imagination?
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Mark. did you forget to take your medication this morning..... seriously would you ride that thing.
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If you "clad" the front end you could cover it with sponsor decals. That alone must make it desirable for someone! Love to see some video of it being put through its paces. J
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Old fart I think your right Firko taking to much Margareeta medicine. Have a good xmas Stew
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That is bad.....real bad.....words to describe that thing fail me....and I'm usually not short of words. :o
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The CZ is a bit similar to Bob Collier's Sunbeam-powered trials bike:
http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/trialscollier2501z.jpg
http://www.eurospares.com/graphics/trialscollier2502z.jpg
Krnavek picked a different "upside down" orientation from that Husaberg 450 of a few years back.
cheers,
Michael
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Mark. did you forget to take your medication this morning..... seriously would you ride that thing.
Old fart I think your right Firko taking to much Margareeta medicine. Have a good xmas Stew
Oh ye of little vision :-[.....I'm off both medication and Satan's evil elixir which has opened my mind enough to be able to appreciate Mr Krnavek's amazing engineering concept. His big downfall was in trying to pack too much innovation into the one package.
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The forgotten love child of the "Britten" race bike design crew and Ian Drysdale ?
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That's an insult to both those men.
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Next time you have a few hours to explore your mind try ( Warren put me onto it )
http://www.tonyfoale.com/
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I think having the exhaust in front of you between your arms is a great idea. I'm curious as to how the gearbox gets lube though.
On a serious note, how could anyone get so messed up as to create that monstrosity. Or do I lack vision.
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He must run at least 2 chains . even in my worst herbal induced dreams I would never class that as anything but fugly . Iain
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On a serious note, how could anyone get so messed up as to create that monstrosity.
Agreed. There's so much wrong with it wherever you look that it defies sanity (not to mention basic fundamentals). I wonder what he was trying to achieve.
Thinking outside the box is great, but hec, you've got to have a few things right when you do.
Plenty of other interesting stuff on that site tho, if y're into roadies.
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By engineer Krnavek:
http://unlimited-eng.skyrock.com/3198911435-CZ-FFF-by-Krnavek.html
cheers,
Michael
:o
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Im pretty sure he also made the engine into a 1 stroke :-X
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Lots of very interesting links to other things down the side. Thanks for that.
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Imagine crashing that thing? You wouldn't know which side was up or if you bent it. Riding it around the clothes line would be challenge enough!