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Throbbing Between Your Legs
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Is that a v-8 cylinder engine???
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It sure is. DIY build from scratch bike.
Title says 392 cc V8. Small for a car but impressive on a bike!
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There is something about the sound of the V8.
4s and V4s can be farty. V12s and V16s mellow until they transition to screamy.
I love the burble, burble, roar of V8s, and it just gets better with revs.
Two-strokes are an example of pure distortion.
Who says I can't be subjective.
4s and V4s can be farty. V12s and V16s mellow until they transition to screamy.
I love the burble, burble, roar of V8s, and it just gets better with revs.
Two-strokes are an example of pure distortion.
Who says I can't be subjective.
Don Hills
Addicted to Fun and Learning
Thanks for that. It is indeed a beautiful sound. And scratch built in a period style bike for extra props.
My own yardstick is still the Triumph Trident. It has a unique "heavy hauler" sound:
My own yardstick is still the Triumph Trident. It has a unique "heavy hauler" sound:
Sounds great with no DSP.
Someone is an excellent machinist.
The V8 throb, that is with a cross plane crankshaft; excellent for engine balance. The great sound is actually the uneven spaced firing of the cylinders, nature of the cross plane, but again great balance and great sound.
iridium
What an incredible piece of workmanship!
V8's have that special sound, surprising how it comes thru even in a engine that small, 24 cubic inches. The roar as he wound it up on the roar was adrenaline inducing and I would never have guessed the minuet size.
V8's and V-twins, all somehow relate to the bodies internal clocks to produce a positive response in those attuned to things mechanical.
Sal1950 wrote: "V8's and V-twins, all somehow relate to the bodies internal clocks to produce a positive response in those attuned to things mechanical."
Now for some extra harmonics: get rid of the chain or belt driving the camshaft; use a gear drive - beautiful background.
iridium.
Now for some extra harmonics: get rid of the chain or belt driving the camshaft; use a gear drive - beautiful background.
iridium.
That's called a Harley-Davidson, at least up to the 1999 intro of the Twin Cam engine.
Must be very noisy with clatter or whine?
No worries of chain issues though.
Harley Cam Case cira 1936-1999
Harley 4 Cam motors 192? - present Sportsters
DAMN!
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Fabulous, don't like the look of the brakes though...
Sounds great with no DSP.
Correct.
For the most power, and the ability to tune the exhausts properly without needing crossover to the other bank of 4 a 180 deg crank is needed, leading to even firing and a scream rather than burble but lots of VIBRATION. Balancer shafts running at 2x engine speed can cancel the vibration but are too heavy for racing.
My Ducati Darmah had bevel gear drive to the desmodromic valve gear. It sounded glorious.
You have to add the glass windows to the bevel drive so you can watch them spin while running, that's so kool.
I've had 2 Ducati's, both of later belt drive designs.
I fell off mine soon after the birth of our second daughter in 1978. I decided 'bikes were too risky for a family man and haven't ridden one sinceYou have to add the glass windows to the bevel drive so you can watch them spin while running, that's so kool.
I've had 2 Ducati's, both of later belt drive designs.
A life without risk is a life half lived.
