[Buzz_Waloch]

I read the Cycle World article. It's not a traditional V4 that's for sure. One bank of cylinders sits much higher than the other.



There's a lot of creative thinking going on here. Whether it sees the light of day is another matter.

 

[longride]

Looks like a nice engineering feat, but let's wait until it shows up on a track before calling it a contender. Plus, the dude's name isn't that tough. It it pronounced "chez", so it would be 'motochez'. There was a boxing champ named Bobby Czysz, so I remember how it was pronounced.

 

[kpaul]

Yep I read some of it while watching my Broncos lose to the Chargers. The offset V with twon counter rotationg cranks seems to be over engineered for a race bike. Just my opinion. Though I can see the advanages to it. I like the two shock hybird thing in back. 4 cylinders is good i.e. no V-Twin hacks.

Good out of the box thinking. I like what he said about not getting in a contest of refining existing designs with the Japanese. I wish him luck. This country does have the engineering talent to compete. However, given that Harvard MBAs dominate corporations in the U.S., I think this country lacks the financial will to compete..... It has to be someone like him outside the system to do it. I hope he can get the financial backing to pull it off...

 

[Buzz_Waloch]

I think according to the article this guy likes his name pronounced Sizz like sizzle.

 

[pdad13]

Ah, yes. I remember Bobby Czysz. Thanks for the tip. Boy, it's still a bad name, though. And still mighty difficult for most people to figure out the proper pronunciation.



And I'm not willing to call it a contender for anything yet, either, much less MotoGP. That's why there's a question mark at the end of the title.



You're right, let's see it on the track.

 

[pdad13]

That's what I thought, too. If that's the case it is a really, really bad name.

 

[mscuddy]

Intriguing. Too bad it sounds like an old CL175 with ratty mufflers.

 

[19616]

Who is this guy Buzz Waloch? And what did he do with Buzglyd?

 

[19616]

Funding

Apparently this guy made his money as interior designer to the stars; he's worked with entertainment types like Lenny Kravitz.

So maybe he has the contacts to get funded. It's one hell of an uphill battle there; if deep pockets Proton can't fund the KR to a podium, it would be positively Brittenesque if Michael Czysz could do it.

 

[wrecks]

So with 2 crankshafts does that mean it technically has 2 engines?



Fascinating, I love when someone tries a truly new design. The longitudinal layout makes for compact packaging. Traditionally, the side-effect of that layout is the engine torque upsetting the balance of the bike, but they've eliminated that by having counter-rotating cranks.



The dual shock design helps them engineer in some lateral suspension movement ie when the bike is leaned over. I think Yamaha was experimenting with this a while back on their motogp ride.



I would love to see more.

 

[kpaul]

KR is using KTM engine now.

According to Superbike Planet.

It's a V-4 by the way.

 

[Buzz_Waloch]

Free buzglyd!

He's being held at Guantanomo by some Kooky family claiming they've been had in a health insurance scam.

 

[kpaul]

"So with 2 crankshafts does that mean it technically has 2 engines?"

Interesting question. They call helicpoters with twin cranks and twin turbine twins. Seems like God's ultimate layout a 90 degree V-4 would of produced a simple yet narrow design. See KTM post above.



The Great One's engine preference.*

1. V-4

2. Boxer 4

3. Inline 4

4 Boxer Twin

5. Boxer 6

5. 90 degree V-Twin

6. Single

7. 45 degree V-Twin.





*Give to KPaul by God via a burning bush I mean burning Dunlop...

 

[kpaul]

Re: Free buzglyd!

There is no claim about it shister, it's fact. We are going to get a lean I mean lien on his house in Charger country too.

 

[pdad13]

Re: Funding

Actually, I think it's his son who started a Chicago-based Architecture firm that also does product design (like the Lenny Kravitz guitar). But, as you say, it looks like they did more glorified interior design stuff. I read the son has left the firm to join the MotoGP project full-time.

I'm sure they're probably shopping for a big corporate sponsor (or sponsors) to get this thing really going. That's probably why they went and built a very finished-looking prototype. It'll be a tough sled, but who knows?

 

[pdad13]

Re: KR is using KTM engine now.

Hey, prophet. You're only about three weeks behind on this one.

I think you're losing your powers.

 

[jungkvist]

So, does that make the bike a motorsizzle or a motorsizzcycle?



Bet ya there’s gonna be some very strangely alliterated copy when this one comes out…"Surveying said snapshots, and sizing-up said sizzlecycle, cynical secret surveys surmise something strangely sinister" said SuperCylcle's, sneaky-super-snoop, Sneed Snavley.

 

[Buzz_Waloch]

Re: KR is using KTM engine now.

It's not prophet. It's prophylactic as in "Nostrilitis the Great Prophylactic."

 

[49605]

HMMM... so how much of that is from personal riding experience?

 

[longride]

Who cares what he likes. Besides, who listens to a guy that swindles old people while standing in line for handouts in Washington? LOL