How cool is this bike (Yamaha)

[Acadian]

taken for THIS THREAD (http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20530)
Air tricker (http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/airtricker.shtml#a) clicky link 8) I would hit it!!
http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/images/airtricker/foto2large.jpg
http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/images/airtricker/foto5large.jpg
http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/images/airtricker/foto11large.jpg

[chicodude]

That's uh...........Useless

[kidwoo]

I heard about that thing. I never figured barspins would make it to the moto world........

[Brian Peterson]

And to think, we already have a fork for it.....

Yup, I would like one of those....

Brian

[Lexx D]

I want one. I could ride it to work, and play the whole way :D

[downhillzeypher]

Pegs for grinding?! On a bike "lighter than a yz250!"?! No thanks, but the concept is cool, I think a full on DH bike with a tiny motor would be cooler... wait... why not make a full on DH bike with a HUGE motor?! Then we could ride on like flat ground and stuff! We could call it "motocross"!

[Toshi]

i'd actually want the original "tricker" more. 250cc kinda scares me... aren't 250cc mx bikes supposed to be a handful?

[Motionboy2]

So does that have cable actuated discs? Or is there a cylender at the other end of the head tube?

http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/images/airtricker/foto11large.jpg

[Damn True]

Looks like a Gas-Gas humped a Chumba-Wumba

[Acadian]

i'd actually want the original "tricker" more. 250cc kinda scares me... aren't 250cc mx bikes supposed to be a handful?

ya I remember that one...it was posted here a few years ago. useless or not, I like both...just another cool toy if you ask me

[Kornphlake]

somebody should tell them the fork is on backwards. :D

I actually like the look of it, although I can't really see it catching on. I mean really, when are you going to use the pegs, it's not like they're going to let you ride that thing in a skate park. I just can't see concrete parks being built to a scale large enough for a bike like that to really be ridden.

On a side note, wouldn't bar spins be kind of difficult with the gyroscopic force of the giant front wheel trying to keep the tire going straight?

[Brian Peterson]

So does that have cable actuated discs? Or is there a cylender at the other end of the head tube?

http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/street/images/airtricker/foto11large.jpg

I think the gyro set up is for the clutch and gas only.... Looks like a hydro line through the steer for the front brake and the rear brake is with the right foot...

Brian

[dfinn]

aren't 250cc mx bikes supposed to be a handful?

um...yeah. my yz250 w/mods would hit power band in 4th gear at probably 60 or so mph and the front wheel would start to come off the ground. so much fun. my lower back reminds me reguarly that i shouldn't get another one.

[James | Go-Ride]

dude that thing is RAD. hey DW, you have a hand in designing the skid plate? :D

[BurlyShirley]

um...yeah. my yz250 w/mods would hit power band in 4th gear .

you know that the power band just means the entire range of power from least to highest right? That its not an actually physical thing or measurable place, right? You may hit the meatiest or best part IN your power band, but you dont just randomly hit it. Youre always in it as long as the bike is revving.

[E.C.]

Uh ,you guys know thats a trials bike not a mxer .right?

[66]

how do i get stanchions like that?

[zedro]

Uh ,you guys know thats a trials bike not a mxer .right?

no, its the next fashionable L.A. item...

[kidwoo]

Uh ,you guys know thats a trials bike not a mxer .right?

I know that it's designed for barspins which makes it slightly cooler than the average fatass redneck transports that are its predecessors.......

[dw]

heh James, I wish man

I think that project is so rad. Ive always wanted a trials bike. If they sell the things I would buy one.

why not

dw

[Low_b]

Sign me up!!@!

That looks like so much fun..More so than the original ones.

[DLo]

you know that the power band just means the entire range of power from least to highest right? That its not an actually physical thing or measurable place, right? You may hit the meatiest or best part IN your power band, but you dont just randomly hit it. Youre always in it as long as the bike is revving.

Do you have to get all technical like that? :eviltongu :D

[lovebunny]

in the motoworld the powerband is known as the part where the motor hits its peak and it accelerates like a bat outa hell

[MikeD]

So let's see...kids on their bikes imitate MX riders/racers, inspiring BMX, mutating into the freestyle/flatland/ramp stuff, which is paralleled in street BMX riding, with a simultaneous evolution of both MX and BMX dirtjumping as their own niches, and suddenly MX is imitating the BMX bikes, which themselves started off as wannabe MotoX bikes!

That's not to mention the imitation of moto-trials by mountain bikers...

Wow.

[dfinn]

you know that the power band just means the entire range of power from least to highest right? That its not an actually physical thing or measurable place, right? You may hit the meatiest or best part IN your power band, but you dont just randomly hit it. Youre always in it as long as the bike is revving.

You know what I mean. I don't really care much about the details but I know that there was a distinct point in my old bikes rpm range where it would start to be really fun (and somewhat out of control).

here's the definition from about.com
Definition: The subjectively defined rpm range over which an engine delivers a substantial fraction of its peak power. The power band usually extends from slightly below the engine's torque peak to slightly above its power peak.

[Rik]

Wow.
I <3 inbreeding of riding styles :love:

[WestCoastHucker]

mikey likey :love:

[Hulkamaniac]

You know what I mean. I don't really care much about the details but I know that there was a distinct point in my old bikes rpm range where it would start to be really fun (and somewhat out of control).

here's the definition from about.com

When I used to work part-time in a moto shop back in my high school days I used to get tons of people coming in to buy or question about a bike that asked me if it had "powerbands". They always referred to it as though it was a special feature of the tranny and would never accept the explanation that I gave them about it only being a term for a noticable "hit" of power in a certain rpm range. I even watched a few rednecks and newbies walk away from amazing deals on a given bike because other shops in the area would play along to their dumbness and tell them the bike had "powerbands".

[Rik]

Yeh, dirtbikers talk of "powerband" like it's NAAAAAAWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSS.
At least powerbands don't blow the welds on your intake manifold.

[zedro]

I even watched a few rednecks and newbies walk away from amazing deals on a given bike because other shops in the area would play along to their dumbness and tell them the bike had "powerbands".

well, its not like you'd be lying if you said it does have a powerband...

[Espen]

Damn, so cool!

E

[Kornphlake]

can you buy powerbands on ebay? I'd like to get one for my saturn.

[syadasti]

can you buy powerbands on ebay? I'd like to get one for my saturn.

Nope, but the 04 V6 Vue Saturn has Honda VTEC :thumb:

[James | Go-Ride]

Well if we want to get technical on it, the powerband isn't actually the entire RPM range. Almost every internal combustion engine on the market, diesel engines excluded, hits the torque peak at somewhere between 55% - 65% of the RPM range, and the horsepower peak is usually somewhere between 75% - 90%. If you graph out the horses and the torque on a dyno chart, the area between the two peaks is what is referred to as the powerband. Subaru uses such a chart in their print advertising for the STi, only they call it the "sweet spot" for some reason.

Anyway, short answer, powerband is the RPM range between max torque and max horsepower.

[dfinn]

Subaru uses such a chart in their print advertising for the STi

i haven't seen it but i'm guessing that's showing the bump in the torque curve due to boost. similar but different.

[zedro]

i haven't seen it but i'm guessing that's showing the bump in the torque curve due to boost. similar but different.

that 'bump' would be there regardless of boost, since peak torques and HP happen between idle and the redline. The boost would change the curves characteristic between that of a normally aspirated engine.

[OGRipper]

Cool. Hey, can I get some of those crowns for my 888? You see the stock crowns are...ahh nevermind... :D :D

[TWISTED]

Duh! That's not a real motorcycle it's a prop from the next Star Wars movie, "Attack of the Jedi Ewoks North Shore Revenge".

Instead of having Jar Jar Binks, and go after the preschool audience, George Lucas is marketing the next movie toward the "EXTREME" generation of rad teenagers, totally!

A few years ago a friend of mine was working in a motorcycle shop, they had a lot of ummm "interesting " customers. Larry and Ron got some various sized rubber bands, stuck them individually in plastic bags and then made some labels describing the products as "POWERBANDS". Even though the larger rubber bands cost more, they sold out first. There are still some small Powerbands left if anyone needs a new one.

[freeridekid]

I can't believe nobody noticed it said yz250f , so it really has the engine of a 125.

[freeridekid]

oh yeah and the pegs could be used for aerial tricks. tons of pro bmx dirtjumpers have pegs on their bikes

[manziman]

That's the ugliest friggen thing i've ever seen.

[VooDoo]

I can't believe nobody noticed it said yz250f , so it really has the engine of a 125.

Or that it DOESN'T have a powerband because it's a FOUR STROKE!!!
Well not as much anyways... 2 strokes get there powerband when the accumulator in the exhaust has the right amount of backpressure for the given RPM's...
Ex, my cousins little 50 is dead to about 2/5 redline, when it hits 3/5 redline, hold on or you're flying off the back...

[Tully]

I can't believe nobody noticed it said yz250f , so it really has the engine of a 125.

I'm no moto expert, but as far as I know, a 250 F is comparable to a 125 in power, and that's the only similarity.

[cali4niabiker]

It looks like it was assembled by a drunk who just put on a bunch of aluminum scraps all over. Ugly! :stosh:

[Lefty]

HAHHAHHAA what the f8ck.. this looks like overpriced yuppy child bike. But the coating on the stanchions looks really awsome.

[freeridekid]

I'm no moto expert, but as far as I know, a 250 F is comparable to a 125 in power, and that's the only similarity.

that's what i was saying.

oh yeah anybody have any idea where you could ride something like that other than a motocross track? obviously they're not street legal but they're way bigger than any motorized scooter, plus i doubt dirtjumping would last long on that thing what with the noise complaints

[scurban]

I've been wondering when a motorcycle company would make a dirt jump specific motorcycle. Pretty damn cool

[Acadian]

http://www.cruiser.no/filer/yamaha-tricker_small.mpeg

[TWISTED]

Here's the Yamaha site with more info and other bikes.
http://ymedc.introweb.nl/en/archive/enduro/tricker.shtml

[Toshi]

http://www.cruiser.no/filer/yamaha-tricker_small.mpeg
good god those look fun. some skilled mototrials riders in that video too :thumb: . that thing is basically a non-competition mototrials bike that you could commute around town on (so as to make it useful). :drool:

[Acadian]

good god those look fun. some skilled mototrials riders in that video too :thumb: . that thing is basically a non-competition mototrials bike that you could commute around town on (so as to make it useful). :drool:

yep...I would commute to work on one of those!! :thumb:

[trialsmasta]

Or that it DOESN'T have a powerband because it's a FOUR STROKE!!!
...

250 4 stroke has a much wider power band than a 125 2 stroke. I can't ride my 125 unless it's above 1/2 throttle. I pretty much ride it 3/4 throttle to WFO because it has nothing under that. The 250F on the other hand pulls from 1/4 throttle up. 4 strokes are so much easier to ride. I'm constantly having to change gears because my powerband is so narrow. I hate to say it but I'll probably be getting a 4 stroke in years to come.

[Nately27]

http://www.electricmoto.com/electricmoto.php?id=product_blade

looks like fun to me!

[S3C]

I've been wondering when a motorcycle company would make a dirt jump specific motorcycle. Pretty damn cool
Almost every company has, there called Motocross bikes. :p

trialsmasta, what kind of bike do you ride? I have a 01 YZ125.

[scurban]

Almost every company has, there called Motocross bikes. :p

trialsmasta, what kind of bike do you ride? I have a 01 YZ125.

Yeah, I realize that, however it seems most of the guys that actually jump and ride freestyle motocross modify their bikes a bit to make them more huckable. A bike bought stright off the dealership floor might be used for trail riding, racing, or anything else. Seeing a bike with pegs, and the ability to do barspins could do nothing but progress freestyle motocross

[trialsmasta]

trialsmasta, what kind of bike do you ride? I have a 01 YZ125.

2003 RM 125 Braaaaaaaaaaaaaap

[Lexx D]

http://www.cruiser.no/filer/yamaha-tricker_small.mpeg
nice vid. I want one. The guy doing wheelies between the trees was sick.

[Rip]

That's the ugliest friggen thing i've ever seen.

Well it is better looking than your avatar.;)