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Ferrari V4 Bike Engine
Hellfire - 21/9/08 at 06:08 PM

This has got to be the ultimate donor motorcycle engine.

Phil

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matt_claydon - 21/9/08 at 06:13 PM

1/3 of a Ferrari V12, very very

The bike:




Toprivetguns - 21/9/08 at 06:18 PM

Ferrari will make that sound fantastic no matter the cost! That is extremly sexy...

Simon - 21/9/08 at 06:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
1/3 of a Ferrari V12, very very


Uncomfortable?

Ugly?

Impractical?

Reliable?

Nice colour though

ATB

Simon

CRAIGR - 21/9/08 at 06:23 PM

Sack !!

matt_claydon - 21/9/08 at 06:28 PM

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

clairetoo - 21/9/08 at 07:16 PM

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

Hellfire - 21/9/08 at 07:30 PM

It's not the motorbike that's of interest, (personally, I think it's fugly) it's the concept engine that's interesting...........

Phil

locoR1 - 21/9/08 at 07:38 PM




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

mangogrooveworkshop - 21/9/08 at 07:39 PM








[Edited on 21-9-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]

Miks15 - 21/9/08 at 08:36 PM

thjat bike looks SOOO much nicer without the body on.

That body ruins it!

Peteff - 21/9/08 at 10:29 PM

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.

richardlee237 - 22/9/08 at 06:47 AM

A triumph of style over engineering.

Or should that be a Ferrari of style over engineering

matt_claydon - 22/9/08 at 06:57 AM

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.

oldtimer - 22/9/08 at 07:27 AM

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.

Phil.J - 22/9/08 at 08:31 AM

Open the throttle on that and your ass will go flying off the back!
(I think the seat needs a bit of work)

Delinquent - 22/9/08 at 09:18 AM

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]

SPYDER - 22/9/08 at 08:32 PM

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