Upside down engine

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:15 pm

Very strange. Very impressive claimed power to weight ratio.

http://thekneeslider.com/nembo-32-inver ... rack-test/

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:30 pm

170 HP from 1814cc?

Seems to create a load of problems without solving anything. Different for the sake of it I suspect.

1200boxer · Post by **1200boxer** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:36 pm

Herb wrote:170 HP from 1814cc?

Seems to create a load of problems without solving anything. Different for the sake of it I suspect.

That's true but I'd buy one if I could.

dysondiver · Post by **dysondiver** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:00 pm

seems strange to put all the weight , crank etc , up high ,, everyone else is doing the opposite.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:04 pm

As well as how this arrangement affects the c of g, for better or for worse, I wonder how the gyro forces affect the bike?

Wouldn't mind a blast on it.

Fat chance.

RoLoo · Post by **RoLoo** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:53 am

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...BMW already tried this up-side-down stuff years, and years ago...
...somehow without any succes...

...more info regarding this up-side-down-engine-thing...

* http://thekneeslider.com/nembo-motocicl ... le-engine/

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:08 pm

dysondiver wrote:seems strange to put all the weight , crank etc , up high ,, everyone else is doing the opposite.

<nods>

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:57 pm

RoLoo wrote:.

...BMW already tried this up-side-down stuff years, and years ago...
...somehow without any succes...

.........

In their haste to copy someone else's idea, they forgot to design the forks the right way up.

Edit: is it just me, or does a bmw engine look just the same upside down?