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Honda Introduces New Infinitely Variable Transmission for Motorcycles
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| 10-4-07
Posted on 10/04/2007 3:20:49 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: 230FMJ; 68 grunt; absolootezer0; AdamSelene235; AJMaXx; angry elephant; archy; bad company; ...
To: martin_fierro
To: martin_fierro
so did they drop an ATV tranny in a bike?
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posted on
10/04/2007 3:50:30 PM PDT
by
postaldave
(republicans need spending rehab before trying to control congress again.)
To: martin_fierro
I remember reading about an infinite variable tranny in Popular Science back in the 70’s.
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posted on
10/04/2007 3:52:32 PM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(WWII. "I built a slit trench, a mortar shell came in one side and blew me out the other")
To: jwh_Denver
I remember reading about an infinite variable tranny in Popular Science back in the 70’s. It was a belt device, where one side of the pulley got bigger and the other got smaller. It is in production today. This device is probably the same in theory, just computer controlled.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:08:02 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: org.whodat
Yeah, I remember it used pulley’s but had no idea it was being used today. In what? Thanks for the info.
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posted on
10/04/2007 4:12:44 PM PDT
by
jwh_Denver
(WWII. "I built a slit trench, a mortar shell came in one side and blew me out the other")
To: martin_fierro
Check out the Milner transmission
here. Looks like a pretty close relative.
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:12:27 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: martin_fierro
If I read this right, there is no “shaft”, no belt, no pulley, between the engines and the drive wheel. It’s just oil under pressure. Hydraulics. A hydraulic line. Simple modern hydraulic pump driven off the gas engine shaft, located at the engine. Hydraulic lines (to and from) to the wheel axle and a hydraulic motor on the axle.
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:27:19 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: martin_fierro
So, what is this? A better looking scooter?
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:29:13 PM PDT
by
cll
(Carthage must be destroyed)
To: martin_fierro
Honda....Slowly taking the Motorcyclist out of Motorcycling.
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posted on
10/04/2007 5:34:26 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I sing Karaoke the way it was meant to be sung, drunk, badly and in Japanese)
To: martin_fierro
It will be great when I hit 90 years old.
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posted on
10/04/2007 6:26:30 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
To: tacticalogic
Gas engine golf carts use the Milner Transmission. Extremely simple design and works!
To: martin_fierro
The HFT is a compact and efficient...I'll give 'em compact...but efficient? The article mentions a lock up for cruising, but pumping fluid always takes a lot of power, so I'm wondering about acceleration.
To: Blue Jays
The first poster to mention the silly word "Donorcycle" in his/her commentary after this post is a nitwit!
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posted on
10/04/2007 11:43:16 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: martin_fierro
ah yes! the concept that woldn’t die!
“return of the hondamatic”!
yeesh
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posted on
10/05/2007 5:43:19 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: Blue Jays
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posted on
10/05/2007 7:02:55 AM PDT
by
Andyman
(The truth shall make you freep.)
To: martin_fierro
About time. Suburu intro’d this in a econo car back in the 1980’s. It doesn’t need to be all that complicated.
The only thing missing is the constant rev up and shift, rev up and shift. It feels wierd at first to only have one rev up and not has to shift at 15 mph, 30 mph, 45, and 60.
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posted on
10/05/2007 8:45:31 AM PDT
by
Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - Ann Coulter is My Press Secretary)
To: martin_fierro
A shiftless MC.
Is that anything like a shiftless MF.
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posted on
10/05/2007 10:35:32 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: blackie
Is that anything like a shiftless MF. I plead the 5th.
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