Wacky inventions

[mx250]

The article makes some interesting claims though about suspension performance. It would be interesting to ride the bike to find out but I suspect the excessive downward angle would create suspension 'harshness' with the suspension reluctant to move upwards. All by poofteenths, but the suspension has to move backward before it goes up. Also the shock angle would give a decreasing rate dampening/springing rate which would be hard to eliminate with fine tuning. The constant chain torque would probably be an advantage. How much? I would love to ride a Beemer to find out. But there are probably easier, cheaper and lighter ways to achieve that.

[GMC]

Your sure to get a boner over this one...



And let's not forget Mac's answer to water cooling, imagine how simple bikes would still be if we'd only adopted this one. Look, their is even room to hang your stickers.
Mac probably got his patent and then sold it to some glycol company for millions, then they left it on the shelf forcing us all into watercooling.

[Lozza]

  Jeez 500% extra cooling so simple eh, wonder nobody thought of that before 

[mx250]

  Jeez 500% extra cooling so simple eh, wonder nobody thought of that before 

Yeah, but the biggest advantage it's "great for hanging your stickers"

[TT5 Matt]

what about those plastic scott boots,most forking uncomformable boots ever and forget about trying to feel your gear and brake lever's,got rid of them at double quick time ;plastic crap

[crs-and-rms]

i had a pair of the plastic boots to only used them once they were shit ,its funny now but i was pissed back then when i realised id wasted my money on them

[TT5 Matt]

i got mine off a work mate and resold them for a $10 profit to a mate i went long tracking with,funny enough he liked them

[Curly3]

Bone Fone = Dicktofone.
I always found it easier to use my finger.

[mx250]

Calling a way of improving rear suspension 'wacky' is probably unkind but it's a damn elaborate way of achieving the aim.

[mx250]

I don't know if this qualifies as wacky but it's seems to me overkill compared to the simple but effect tele forks.


If ya reckon the front end is overkill check out the rear brake torque rod

[Curly3]

That front end looks like something off StarWars.

[cyclegod]

That front end looks like something off StarWars.

CR-D2?

[EML]

Looks like a very costly way of getting the weight up nice and high.

[DR]

mmm..I can see the front end bottoming, cable getting hung up on the linkage on return and a big endo following the Ribi front end does look very technical (overly) but as stated, there was no real world benefit. Wouldn't like to be the one funding the replacement of all the heim bearings either

[BAHNZY]

There is a video on You-Tube of a garage/barn in England that has a lot of Kawi works parts and there is one of those front ends hanging from a supporting beam, and he knows what it's worth.