TWO WHEEL DRIVE BIKES

[Beemer-5]

Will it ever happen, large-scale and would you like a bike with 2wd?

[bimsb6]

yamaha have already done it .

[bimsb6]

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?Ar...

[Beemer-5]

bimsb6 said:

yamaha have already done it .

Yes i know, but i said large-scale, as in, many road bikes having it as standard.

[wildone63]

Probably would have already happened if it was ever going to,and most likely with off road bikes rather than road bikes.

[Silver993tt]

Yamaha developed a 2-wheel drive R1 a few years ago using the same technology. I would have thought it was more suited to the road bike since the front wheel on a dirt bike is often not making contact with the ground:

http://www.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/11162003084...

[Carl-H]

I cant see the point. Would the front suspension need a swinging arm if much power was being put to the wheel? Just seems like alot more weight and probably wouldn't help much anyway.

[Beemer-5]

I have done quite a lot of sand riding/racing, at Dumont and Glamis, in California.
2WD would be a fantastic bonus, i would say, in sand.
I also rode trikes and quads there and the extra traction they give over a bike is immense.

[podman]

From what was released to the press(or the press made up..) the 2WD R1 was supposedly quicker around a track as you could use more of the power, more of the time..However bike electronics have moved on since then and traction control wasnt in the equation...

I think with the more recent development in bike electronics we may not get it on a road bike but off road its got to be a bonus, if the weight penalty wasnt too bad..

[Beemer-5]

Good point. Every time you add something, it's got to be worth the weight penalty and any drag on power.

[Beemer-5]

Like 3 extra cylinders!



















JOKE!

Edited by Beemer-5 on Saturday 12th January 15:27

[Hooli]

how are ya gonna manage burnouts though?

[Beemer-5]

You concentrate on going forwards instead!

[podman]

Beemer-5 said:

Like 3 extra cylinders!



















JOKE!

Edited by Beemer-5 on Saturday 12th January 15:27

lol! Git!