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The TZ350 powered – Highwayman Bikes – “Orange Bird” Became the World’s Fastest Ride-on 350cc motorcycle!!!
October 20, 2015
AHRMA, Custom Ignitions, Expansion Chambers, Featured, GP200, HPI ignition, Kawasaki, Kawasaki F3, Kawasaki F7, Metal Fabrication, Uncategorized, Welding
This is Part II of the F37 story that covers the design and fabrication of the thin wall chromoly road racing chassis. Construction of the engine and some racing footage aboard the finished bike can be found here in Part I.
This story highlights the creation of a road race engine from the fusion of two different enduro motors, as well as the design and fabrication of a custom racing chassis to house the “franken-motor.”
When I got a call to make a set of expansion chambers for “The world’s smallest manned twin engine airplane” I just could not resist!
The Colomban Cri-cri (or Cricket) was designed in the early 1970’s by Michel Colomban. Since then many renditions have been built. Most Cri-cri aircraft are powered by two single-cylinder 2-stroke engines making 9-15 HP each. However this Cri-cri is special in that it has two twin-cylinder 2-strokes as the power plants!
