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Message started by klx650sm2002 on 06/01/10 at 10:52:39

Title: SM wheel
Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/01/10 at 10:52:39

I found this on the net, it reminds me of when I got my new rims laced to KLX's hubs I just sat and looked at them for a couple of days. They are the widest wheels I have ever had at 3.5"x17" front and 4.25"x17"
rear. It occurred these would look good on a Savage.
http://www.ccmvmotorsports.com/prodimages/Black1%20supermoto%20rear.jpg
Clive W :)

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by Stimpy on 06/01/10 at 11:00:29

It occurred these would look good on a Savage.

...ohhh yeah, they would. Black wheels look great. How much $?

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by mick on 06/01/10 at 11:02:26

Clive you are obsesed with just about anything mechanicle.
Did you ever go to the model engineers exibition at Earls Court ?.
My Dad and I used to go every year, you would love those scale model
locomotive steam engines, I might ask,have you ever built one,seems to be right up your ally.
Mick

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/01/10 at 11:26:17

Last time I was in SA I went to an exibition of model steam engines about a mile from my uncles house, absoloutely awesome. Also there was a permanent display of stationary engines, some of the biggest flywheels I've ever seen.
Clive W :)

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by verslagen1 on 06/01/10 at 11:28:05

Look at them wide deep center well... you could slip a tire and tube in there by hand.

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/01/10 at 11:48:09

Hey Mick
You have jogged my memory I did have steam powered model traction engine as a kid, it was a mamod that ran on meths.
Clive W :)
PS I remember lightening the piston to let it rev harder.

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by dasch on 06/01/10 at 14:11:15

...with you Clive. I had the same feeling when I relaced LS hub to 4'' rim

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2126/126/76/1071939517/n1071939517_262216_6390.jpg

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by mick on 06/01/10 at 18:54:53

I know the steam engine you mean ,I had one until just recently ,I sold it to a SE fan. The two Loco's below are the ones I am talking about,both built in England and shown at Earls Court in london.
the one below is at speed at ground level, I was a fireman for a few years and I can assure you that footplate is correct in every way,he has even got the coal down to scale size.
I'm guessing,probably 5 or 6 years to build.

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr311/mickrowe37/benshahar_locos_01.jpg

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr311/mickrowe37/Didcot20at20speed20groundlevel20Tur.jpg

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by mick on 06/02/10 at 11:07:39

come on Clive check em out !

Title: Re: SM wheel
Post by klx650sm2002 on 06/02/10 at 11:42:22

I like 'em and appreciate the work that goes into them, when you see them first hand they never cease to amaze. What gives me a buzz these days is things like fitting a dynojet kit to a set of four cyl carbs, mind I did myself out of a job there, I talked the owner of a local bike shop through a couple and he does them himself now. Nice guy or what.
I have designed pipes for 1,2,3,4and6 cylinder bikes, cars and sidecars. I also consult on chassis design for solos but mostly sidecars. Sidecars are in a world all of their own, a good friend races a formula2 sidecar with a 600/4 in it, you are looking at mid 120's for horsepower, and about 2G's cornering and on the brakes.
Clive W :)