Now HERE'S a Kawi triple I could live with!

[RadioHowie]

Click the pic:

 

[canyonman]

says they can build a 4 up to 2200cc.

hmmm a 2200cc 2 stroke FJR. yeah thats the ticket.

 

[BwanaDik]

Looks like it might handle better than an H3. 'Course, most anything would I guess (flexi-flyer anyone?)

 

[RadioHowie]

Looks like it might handle better than an H3. 'Course, most anything would I guess (flexi-flyer anyone?)

Here's "triple" that would handle better than an H3:

 

[BwanaDik]

Looks like it might handle better than an H3. 'Course, most anything would I guess (flexi-flyer anyone?)

Here's "triple" that would handle better than an H3:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Too true!!

 

[bikerskier]

Looks like it might handle better than an H3. 'Course, most anything would I guess (flexi-flyer anyone?)

Are you dissn' my wonderful ol Widow Maker?

 

[madmike2]

I'm thinking they won't pass the CA smog requirements.....

....BUT....

Wouldn't that be a fun machine to run to the mie-week Hard Rock Motorcycle night!?!?!?!?!?

 

[RenoJohn]

They certainly did a better job than I did when I turned my FJR into a 2-stroke (thread here clicky)

generically speaking, the two stroke world gives twice the power at a given displacement and much less weight. Who can argue with that?

Neat to see these Australian guyz doing neat stuff, I'd like to learn more -especially what they're doing for carburetor and ignition.

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

 

[canyonman]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

 

[Capt. Bob]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

I'm thinkin' smell :good:

 

[RadioHowie]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

I'm thinkin' smell :good:

I've got an old Cox .049 airplane motor mounted on a board I fire up every now and then just to remind me of what my old H2 sounded an smelled like. :lol2:

 

[BwanaDik]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

Something like this?

Ring da ding ding

 

[Hit the Road Jack]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

Something like this?

Ring da ding ding

Ho Ho, that's funny! Strange, but funny.

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

Wouldn't it be nice to double the fjr's horsepower and shed some of that obesity from it ....ah, fun to dream.

Imagine what that sucker would sound like.

I'm thinkin' smell :good:

You can buy 'scent additive' to add to your fuel tank -- or just put in a small amount of good ol' "R" bean-oil.

As to 2-strokes..., there are many reasons we don't have 2-strokes today -- but, performance isn't one of them..!

But, be careful what you wish for -- the hoary old Kawi H-2 (750) just loved to do full-throttle work (it detested poking along at part-throttle). If you could go up-hill all-day it'd be happy (think big/powerful chain-saw in a log) -- now, imagine even bigger (1100cc)? The 400cc KH 400 triple was my all-around favorite -- a good 100 MPH top speed and smooth and docile elsewhere.

Although the 3-cylinder 2-cycle acts like (balance-wise) an in-line six 4-cycle, and is very nice in that regard -- things like cylinder porting have serious drawbacks (see photo in link, first post). All those "holes" in the cylinder wall don't support anything and the area of the wall near them wears much faster than general other areas of the cylinder. Lots of rapid cylinder wear -- especially, in high-perf. 2-strokes (lots of big "holes").

The magneto CDI (another pic from first post link) is a nice way to do ignition -- Kawasaki eventually opted for similar. One Kawi iteration on the mid-years H-1 (500) had 3 sets of points on the end of the crankshaft -- that was a horrible set-up.

Still, you haven't really tasted performance until you cracked the throttle WFO on a high-performance 2-stroke -- hang on..!

 

[gearman]

I remember the breaker point version of the H1...1972 I believe. I had a '69. Mediocre brakes and horrible rubber chassis. I did a lock to lock tank slapper at 90 and sold it a week later! Even with its faults, the explosive power when it came on the pipe was pretty awesome.

 

[FJRBluesman]

That is one bad arse triple!!! I'll take two please.

Here's a shot of my old 1975 H1 tripple. I also had some nice chambers on it, sold seperaetly.