Products that never made it.

[JasonJ]

Hey Wankel boy! LOL How many rotors did that Zuk have? and whats that thing under the frame, it almost looks like the exhaust pipe wraps around and comes forward again?

 

[dirt bike dave]

Jason,

The RE-5 is a single rotor, 498cc wankel. 

It looks like there is a little 'air scoop' on the front of the exhaust pipe.  One web page I found says the exhaust pipe got extrmelely hot on the bike.  Maybe it is a functional scoop to help lower pipe temps?

BTW, anyone remember the Hercules rotary engine dirt bike?  It was never sold, but did race in the ISDE one year in the mid '70s. 

 

[Rich Rohrich]

Originally posted by dirt bike dave
Maybe it is a functional scoop to help lower pipe temps?

Exactly. Wankel engines have very poor thermal effciency and dump a ton of heat into the exhaust system. Mazda set more than one race car on fire during development.

 

[MotoXdog]

Remember.... ProBelt kidney belts, SEER goggles, anything from Tamm?(the coolest ((temperature and style wise)) riding pants I ever had!!) Too bad Team Tamm didn't make it. I didn't see anyone mention any leading link suspension! Anybody use JT Phase2 air filters? I still have my pair of Moto-X Fox boots from 1978. Last but not least...Oury gripps....the OVAL ones!

 

[louis]

Before kawasaki called it KIPS it was HERPES. Hot exhaust something.

 

[nickdask8]

YUP THEY STILL MAKE COLOURED CHAINS!

 

[mdkuder]

Fox Air Shox
Boyesen No-Link rear suspension or was that floating link or linkless
Rotary rear suspension
Full Floater rear suspension
ahh the list goes on!

 

[TVRider]

I have Fox Air Shox on my 78 Honda CR250 vintage racer and they're great. They ooze cool. :cool:

 

[mdkuder]

Yeah, I always wanted a pair of Fox Shox and Scott boots. Today my picks would be Ohlins and Tech 8's.

 

[scrambler220]

I can't think of the name of them, but my dad still has a sealed box of supercross trading cards laying around somewhere. I've still got a few opened packs.

 

[mdkuder]

Hi-Flyers would be my guess!

 

[bike5]

What happened to those motocross cards that were coming out in like 2004, they had full page adds for a couple months in dirt rider mag. I forgot their name, procomp somthing or another. They looked really cool and had a nice website and everything but I can't come up with the name to find their website and see what happened to them. When I get some time I am going to tear through the last year of dirt rider and find their website again.

I have the whole set of champs 91' high flyers, their cool, we just need some new ones!

 

[j_freak]

Full Floater rear suspension

My bike has the full floater rear suspension. Works awesome (though I can't really compare it to anything because it's the newest bike I've ridden)

My other bike has piston port injection, a toolbox on the lower part of the rear fender, an aluminum gas tank complete with knee dents, dual shocks with two springs each (one long stiff one that sits on a short softer one), drum brakes, air cooling (don't think anyone's mentioned that yet), and two spark plug holes in the head

 

[chicoman]

How about the "Turbo Crank" with impeller blades cut into the crank that were supposed to suck in extra air?

 

[john stu]

what about them full fairing MX bikes?????

ooooh thank god those never cought on

 

[Shaw520]

Whoa! Old thread here!
reading through these again reminded me of another one;
Can-am had those off-set bearing races in the steering stem, you could turn them and actually change fork rake! :laugh:

 

[Rich Rohrich]

Triple clamps with eccentrics to quickly adjust trail are common in most forms of racing.

Harris Adjustable Triple Clamps pictured below.

 

[Shaw520]

Triple clamps with eccentrics to quickly adjust trail are common in most forms of racing.

Yes they are O' mighty one,.. in street design 'choppers' as well,... just having fun reminiscing some old oem features.

 

[MXP1MP]

Digital Numbers - like a clock radio late 80's early 90's who made those again. 100% ?

 

[Moose]

Green Ketchup? :whoa:

Sorry, haven't been in this sport long enough to think of a product that didn't make it.

 

[dezryder]

*ATK bike shoe
*Fork saver
*Good Year Eagle MX tires
*Pockets in riding pants for knee/shin guards
*Covered zippers on pants fly (still around but scarce) not exactly where I want vents.

 

[thorman75]

13 pages, i got you on one wardy. How about leading link front ends ala DKW and Sachs. When you applied the front brake in a corner the torque would raise the front end, no dive. thats what Honda was looking for on the Ribi system.And how about Pro Am SOLID aluminum handle bars, torque weights for TM 400 Suzukis that were solid brass and weighed 4 POUNDS.
btw i had a 81 490 Maico that was freshly rebuilt by Eric the guy still had the reciept from 82.I pulled the pipe and looked thru the exhaust port to see a BRAND NEW MAHLE piston. I decided it was more than I wanted to mess with and sold it. AHHHHHHHHHHH
Well at least Ive got my 83 complete with left hand kick
also I love those ATK bike shoes they sold alot better than the bikes. I think AJ is still using them. and I need 3

 

[CRboy167]

What about the Honda Fatcat and the Yamaha Bigwheel? Motorcycles with atv tires.

 

[friar tuck]

Hey, Rokon is still going strong with their 2 wheel drive bike on fat tires. No MX bike, but their utility bike is still in production. Has either a Honda or Kohler engine now. I have a '72 in the garage with a Chrysler Outboard Corp. engine on it. It has sounded like it was ready to explode since '74. :) Say, how do threads this old come back to life? LOL

 

[Mac Dre]

I typed in "fmx" into search and this came up haha, interesting thread though! what the hell was a boysen link in 86' on the suzukis????