It must have seemed like a good idea.

Nucking Futz

until the chain comes off and bitch-slaps you...

DukeOfUndersteer wrote: until the chain comes off and bitch-slaps you...

He'll probably give his left arm for that bike.

I don't see what's so incredibly dangerous about that, provided the chain is adequately guarded. I've driven much worse constructed vehicles.

This is a good illistration as to why nothing is idiot proof: because idiots are so berkeleying ingenious

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That's a shovelhead. It won't run long enough for the chain to break.

This makes that 500HP hayabusa look like a 2009 Camry.

Sorry, my bad, that's an iron head Sportster. It won't run long enough to start.

I wonder what its like to lean on a supercharger

If it does run long enough with you leaning on the supercharger, I wonder what it's like to have a roots style supercharger blow under your chest..... Bet it's a once in a lifetime experience.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Nucking Futz

times 1 million!

I really like how the shaft on that angle gearbox cantilevers out about 8" so tension on the tight side of the chain can get good purchase on it.

Unless the "builder" comes up with chain guides they're off in seconds and that shaft is bent.

Talented young engineer I work with was going to make his Geo Metro into a hybrid using a golf cart motor. His intent was to chain drive it of the end of the crank. I advised him as to the existence of Gates toothed belts but he was having none of that. "No way are those strong enough" he offered with the full conviction of his engineering degree.

so why not turn the superchager transverse like the engine and angle the scoop towards the front? Seems like it would save a few metres of chain

It would have been so much easier to put a Japanese straight-4 in there. I'm sure that there's something he can misalign on one to get the characteristic Harley potato-potato-potato-potato....

Rube Goldberg would be proud.

Shawn

Sorry, it appears that the profanity filter doesn't work on signatures!

All better now.

motomoron wrote: "No way are those strong enough" he offered with the full conviction of his engineering degree.

I think most of the dumbest things I've ever heard came out of the pie-hole of an engineer.
To make a long story short, I had a Ford engineer trying to convince me that we could simply unbolt the front cross member to remove it. This was after I mentioned the little fact that it was welded to the frame, three times!!! I guess the Ford engineering department has a special tool to unbolt welds ???

Dr. Hess said: That's a shovelhead. It won't run long enough for the chain to break.

Dr. Hess wrote: Sorry, my bad, that's an iron head Sportster. It won't run long enough to start.

I love Harley owners that admit Harley's are crap ;)

Good thing the tank can only hold enough gas to get it off the trailer at the show

Looks like one of the super elaborate motor powered things I used to make from lego as a kid... I knew they would fly apart when switched on but I built them anyway.

Does someone have a link to a build thread? I want to follow this one.