When one engine isn't good enough, add two more
When one engine isn't good enough, add two more
cross-posted from: https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/users/mrpistachios/statuses/114870583550542224
When one engine isn't good enough, add two more
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This is absolutely impressive and horrifying at the same time.
How does the drive train even work on this thing? Or is it really just one engine powering the bike and then two just making noise to impress the crowd?
I found a gallery that has other photos of what appears to be the same bike with the drive chain visible.
https://motorcyclephotooftheday.com/2010/04/26/insane-triple-engine-yamaha-r5-based-2-stroke-drag-racer/
That's honestly a better solution than the two differentials I hoped for and achieves essentially the same results. I just figured I'd you're trying to do something as silly as packing the power of 3 engines into one vehicle, creating a train of differentials that provide an output of (1+2)+3 would be far more amusing and mechanically overcomplicated.
But I guess whoever built this was trying to be slightly more serious. But obviously not serious enough to buy a bigger engine.
I'd be very excited to find out that they're using two differentials
I guess you're not going to be very excited then. See my comment above for a link to more photos.
A better photo would have been to take a picture of the other side of the bike.