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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
This is a thoroughly stupid idea!
• oil and exhaust leaks are likely to end up on/at the riders.
• getting on and off the bike there is a huge burn hazard.
• most bikes get laid down at some point in their careers, but with this one you also destroy the engine.
• in summer the engine must produce a killer amount of heat for the rider.
• noise would have to be unbearable and there is no practical place to put a muffler.
• that many pistons are pretty hard to balance and the vibration must be terrible for this bike. I doubt you could ride this thing for more than an hour at a time before getting numb hands.
• my guess is water sprays all over the rider and obscures his vision in the rain, so any sort of damp or wet weather riding is out.
• I wonder about the weight distribution with most of the weight on the front wheel.
It's pretty obvious why there has never been a radial motorcycle before this one came along!
No, this thing is cool. Everyone has a Harley, or jap bike. As far as the engine goes, it is a current in production radial, not an 80 year old design like I have on my airplane. So what if it leaks and makes noise. Some of us like that, we also like having something the masses don't have, like. 985 Pratt powered 195, a Diesel powered Jeep JK, etc.
This is not the first radial motorcycle, I have seen one with the engine mounted 90 degrees from the way this one was. Kept the bike skinny, and depending on the rotation could use the torque to pull the front wheel off the ground.
Enjoy the Honda
03-30-2020
