This is like watching a tv series on its last season, where things are escalating dramatically and excitement building up! And the season finale is soon to come :) Keep up the good work!
This aint no finale Johan, the show don't even start till we get back to the engine and make the title true! This is just a distraction, a fun one but let us not forget the main subject matter which is making the big names lick their own balls (since their head is so far between their knees )
My GOD! You're really channeling Bert Munro! Loving this series and wishing you the very best of luck! 2STROKESTUFFING and WINTERGATAN are the Scandinavian Engineering Gods!!
I just in joy withing u u R l hell of a man u have wet it teat in u to mack it heapn an l no u will do good go mi Brethr u R ight gifted u c I love wet u do Near let ney l tell u it wot work I no u no u can do ney thing if u pot your mid to iit U R the man U go git it
This one has been out now 3 years, and not that I don’t like hearing you explaining things and such, but this one is just so chill. The tone set with dim (ish) lighting and just working in silence. I’d like to see more of these. Nice work. Seriously nice work here.
looking forward to seeing you out on the flats, been following and watching your vids for a while now, cant wait to meet you and your machine, love what you do- Zen Pro Racing...this will be our first time out there to test our machine, smiles
your fabrication skills are beyond reproach, I enjoy every minute watching your vids...if you need assistance as far as sponsorship for brake pads during the Bonneville event, let me know as I am affiliated with EBC Brakes and Im sure we can help out...keep up the great work...Zen Pro Racing
Just do what ya think is best, everyone has to put their two cents in but I’m sure you’ve got it under control and you’re obviously resourceful enough to get outta any fix you find yourself in so just “GO MAN GO”!!!
Can you imagine how much more and quicker he would accomplish if he had a real shop. Amazing what he manages to get done with what little he has available to him. I know he is limited because where he lives but awesome work.
What you are doing is amazing!!!! I have been watching your channel for about a year now and can see how determined you have been. Good luck with the land speed record.
Dude, I can't wait to see this on the flats. I can't imagine how stoked you must be. As far as engineering and inovation goes I am more excited about this then space x's rickets. Love your work with the router by the way. May the gods of speed be with you.
I guess I am going to be on of the thousands that told you that, but mate, buy yourself a lathe. After that you will think how did you possibly live without it :D Thanks for sharing your jobs and more important, your passion and resilience about them. Greetings from Spain.
Build is going well on with the minimum of tools, but your fabrication is spot on. Only thing that got my eyebrows raised is the use of the original moped drum brake made for 25mph, and not 125mph! I hope you install proper disk brakes on the front wheel, otherwise you will have total hub meltdown before you reach the end of the lakebed.
I have only come to your series recently, you constantly amaze me, your growing knowledge is impressive and I can only hope all works out well.. lots to look forward to. Thank you.
I had an old 'Wal Philips' similar to the injector you fitted on the rotary there . I ran it on a boned down 1966 lambretta..225 cc for a sprint one meeting ..awesome bit of kit !...can't wait to see the first run of this animal when done ! Awesome stuff bruv!
@2strokestuffing It needs a cigar holder added somewhere, for when you celebrate after smashing the record Alex! Best of luck, rooting for you from England.
If there is a better and more interesting project going on on youtube right now please point it out to me because this one is going to take some beating. I think i've basically told everyone i know who has even a slight interest in motorbikes/engines/2 strokes/speed records/engineering/design/motorsport about this project and channel. Absolutely brilliant stuff!
I love your build..the only thing I see is those cable's..a "swedge" kit is cheap and I have had cable failure where you torched it several times on my race builds..at least make several cables for spares ..Be a shame to lose the opportunity over a cable..
@@carpetmantis you can by a cable swedge kit for making your own cables pretty cheap..all his are "one off" lengths and that can get tricky on "pre-made" store bought type
@@carpetmantis Motion Pro actually is really good about cables. If you give them all the measurements they need they will make you up whatever you want. We do it at my work for older bikes that come in that don't have cables in stock anymore.
Well done I know you are now in your element and putting to good use of all the skills you have learned and this will be the 50cc King of the salt I wish I could be there to help you, bloody good luck
You remind me of the gentleman from New Zealand I believe the world's fastest Indian he built everything by hand was nothing but hand tools you sure are just no amazing what you do with nothing and so precise and so beautiful I was mesmerised by this video and Dick I can't remember his last name you had to be as Protege I mean you are him as a young man and this video was probably the best video I've ever watched ever on RU-vid thank you and I look forward to your next video I can't wait to see this bike run..
You were already blowing minds with your cylinder design/prototyping stuff but then you're like ok hey imma just build a drag bike real quick and put it in my luggage and go race on the salt flats, nbd. Awesome work Alex, can't wait to see how this goes :)
Fantastic work, Alex! I have been doing some similar fabrication recently with similar tools, I know firsthand how much effort it takes to make each of those little things. So much respect!
If I remember rightly TOMOS holds the 50cc land speed record after they took it from Kreidler. The 21 gear speed Kreidler "Flying camp bed" (the rider laid in a hammock inside the frame).achieved 121 MPH in the 1970's. The TOMOS bike pushed the record into the 130 MPH zone in the mid 1980's. This is going to be some record to break. Nothing's impossible, only bloody difficult!!
You should consider adding an air deflector behind the radiator or your just gonna heat up the frame and yourself and it's already hot enough at Bonneville
Great work keep it up and good luck for bonneville chance of a lifetime experience that even if no records are broken can't wait to see the footage of your adventures enjoy and good luck
Very clever how you bend the aluminum plate....I would love to do the same thing, build my own small capacity Bonneville bike. Can't wait to see video of you doing it and the information on how well you did passing the safety exam for it and the total cost of getting there and the event cost.
My friend, you are a study of patience and perfection in essential engineering. And thank you for keeping your videos free of stupid music and distracting "special" effects!
I checked yesterday for a new video there was none. I knew it was close !! Would like to hear that engine running Btw I know nothing about this sort/style of racing bike I can’t not see this till the end now 🤣 ✌️
Sorry to say that you removed the temper of your cable when you brazed the end on it. Lead free solder and flux will work on steel. Take the heat away as soon as it starts flowing. Thank you for all your effort and thinking outside the box. You have shown me new ways to use some of my basic hand tool.
Very good work my friend! Very very good! One thing, my little opinión, change the exsaust system completely You can get ideas from Tavi escapes 😉 Dont stop!
Follow you since you decided to create your own zylinder. I have to say you are doing great work! You have cool ideas and your implementations of those are really great :) Happy to see the second part of your Bonneville Landspeed project. Keep on goin! Looking forward to see the next video. Kind regards from Germany!
Just thinking out loud. By removing the pitot tube you might end up with only positive pressure resulting with zero fuel from the jet? Perhaps relocating the carb to the turbo inlet? Your throttle response issues, could be due to the case/ducting volume. Retaining pressure/mix. By reducing the length/diameter of the ducting you could find a swifter response. Like wise with throttling up, less volume= quicker response. Kind of like driving an old 911 turbo, you need to think way ahead when your in boost. Foot off the throttle, car continues thrusting forward due to lingering pressure/mix. Awesome as always thanks for the content.
You are well on your way. I would think that keeping the spark timing accurate at the Rs that thing will turn will be one of the main obstacles. On outboards I usually let the carb hit its W.O. stop then let your top end come from timing alone.Considering the consequences of a melt down its tough without a computer control.Good luck with your build. You have the bulk of it handled.
Seems like it's going to weight a lot. Think you could have used much thinner aluminium and more sheet metal in quite a few components. The belt cover for example. Don't get me wrong, I love your work and hope that you get the record.
Thanks! Weight isn't too important. With approximate drag figures I will need 17hp to go 95mph with a 300lbs bike(including rider), 17.4hp with a 400lbs bike.
Love the build and hope you do well at the flats! My only concerns are those cables and weight reduction... drill out the case, swap out non loading bolts/spacers with aluminum or nylon, triangle and circle cuts wherever you can lol Good Luck!
Alex said on IG that he wants to make it work with the "proven" engine first, once the bike is finished he'll work on the most powerful 2stroke engine and hopes to take it to Bonneville as well
I think the shakedown/test fitting will be using plenty of throw away cylinder... Once the chassis is ready, i bet he will use the custom fastest cyl and be there
Been following your fantastic videos in the quest for the holy grail! Haha A few items I was a bit concerned with and thought I should mention. The rear brakes: wouldn’t it be better to go with disc instead of drum? You are gonna burn it up trying to slow down at those speeds!? The rear end: should you beef it up a bit? The welds look OK and the tubing diameter is a bit small.....I mean you are going to be hitting some SERIOUS speed and I don’t want you to sacrifice the integrity of your rear end. (Both rear ends-haha). And finally: could you get away with using the battery to just start the bike and run without a battery to save a bit of weight? Just thoughts man and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your series you have here. It’s soo exciting to watch! One word: badass!!!!
@@jimdale9187 Thanks for the info, the streamliner I'm building is for a Lambretta streamliner with a twin that I've designed although I won't be going to Bonneville as it's way out of my finances. If you're interested have a look at videos I've put up on RU-vid, they aren't of the quality and interest of the two stroke stuffing videos but will give you an idea of what I'm intending. I hope to do some proper videos in the future. My apologies if I'm treading on anyone's toes. Regards, Bob Monkhouse.
@@bobmonkhouse50 Viewed your 3 videos - lots of work to make a nice fairing. Yours turned out well. I would suggest that anyone who is really interested in land speed racing procure the rulebook which SCTA uses, if for no other reason, than for safety guidelines. Unfortunately, I have not found copies online, but they are available at www.scta-bni.org/
@@jimdale9187 Thanks, I've had a quick look at the SCTA site, I very much doubt if I'll be entering any events in the States, I believe scooters don't qualify to run at Bonneville at least because of the wheel size but it's not what I had in mind when I started the project, I'm doing everything myself without financial support and that will limit me to events in the UK but we'll see how it goes here then attempt to cross further bridges.
I wold recomend you to use some ventilation vents for cooling the variatorbelt and parts because they can overheat abd i you use stanced sheets with holes you can save some weight
Loving your videos think im not alone =) I want to help you. Methanol should give 20% hp over pump gas. Pure Nitromethane will give 2.7x bhp over pump gas. So your lil puppy 50 cc bike could make close to 50 BHP. Done right. Im willing to help you on the record. i also did some heavy tuning on 2 stroke aro engines any yes its more than possible to double the the power and some more, i did it already. had some ideas on pumping with a twin rotary valve. turbo charged 2 stroke..## ports would be lowered massivly. thus releasing more tourqe per Degrees rotation. Massivly lower Comression Ratio, to get more air n fuel in. Can be done... id recon 100 bhp from 50cc can be done not for long tho... hehe
Getting very close. Re the belt cover, I would have gone for some thin perforated sheet metal for weight reduction. and air can flow through it freely and you can see the belt for any issues. Easy to bend, cut and weld into the shapes you made from sheet.
