akira motorcycles

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 10:42 pm

No need to imagine it.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 12:11 am

there is such a thing as a brake. (not that I'd use it.) and taking corners at 100 isn't as difficult as it sounds. but if I saw one in the distance you'd know I'd slow down to 150 or so to take it. But what do professional race car drivers typicaly take a corner at?

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 6:07 am

hey, werent those bikes in Tron??

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 7:40 am

RBFkiod wrote:i didn't know where this should go, but now it seems they're making motorcycles like the ones in akira (even with the high horsepower!) http://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/tomahawk.html[/url]

I think they made that bike just to put a lot of horsepower in something that would fly. Dodge loves horsepower. I don't think they were thinkin Akira.

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:07 pm

jonmartensen wrote:What's neat about the Akira motorcycles is that they use the electromotive force rather than chains or gears for turning the wheels. The idea is that the engine on board is used to create electricity that runs the magnetic coils in the front and rear wheel well. This would allow for any amount of force to be applied to either wheel without being related to the amount of force on the other wheel. Also, with a computer controlling the switching on and off of current in each wheel well, extremelly high speeds could be reached. The biggest limiting factors would be the rider and the structural integrity of the wheel itself (don't want it flying to pieces).

just out of curiosity ... if your using ultra powerful magnets to spin the wheels on that motorcycle ... then wouldn't driving any where near metal objects be severly dangerous? or am i thinking the wrong kind of magnets?

dwb · Post by **dwb** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:56 pm

Pro race car drivers can take a corner anywhere from 50-200+. Formula 1 cars take corners the fastest. bikes would be next. bikes could take corners at 200+ but that depends on the drivers bodyweight and the wind. using magnets to turn a wheel could result in alot of friction which could turn the bike into a great lightning rod that sparks up oil fires all over the road. not to mentiona magnetic atraction that could warp the frame.

Dale

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:09 pm

dwb wrote: not to mentiona magnetic atraction that could warp the frame.

Dale

that would be why they wouldn't use magnetic materials to build the chassi ...

RBFkiod · Post by **RBFkiod** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 5:07 pm

i didn't mean they based the design off of akira, what i meant was it is coming close to resembling those designs found in akira, and i did not know that the bikes in akira were powered by electricity...you learn something every day

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 5:09 pm

admitebly, it does start to resemble tesuo and yamagata's bikes......if only it wasnt silver.still want one

Krypton-Knight · Post by **Krypton-Knight** » Tue Apr 22, 2003 6:46 pm

Whoa L33t bike, now only if it came in red

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