Akira Bike Project - 13 - CX500 rebuild part 2 

no chance of that friend! I'm on a roll!

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Hello there, thanks! Turkey! I've been to Turkey, I visited Ephesus years ago!

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Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks! Yeah I thought leaving that coolant pipe stock would give a nice contrast and I like emphasizing the different function of different parts with colors. I was tempted to do the front letters polished but chose not to, I regret that now though.

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They'll probably watch all his videos, steal ideas and give him no credit.

I'd love to see a major manufacturer make a bike like this, but all the big manufacturers are notoriously conservative. Market leaders won't generally do much more than absolutely necessary to barely distinguish themselves from competitors while minimizing risk along the way. Primarily innovators and startups take the major risks. Recumbents have been around for many decades and still no one has done anything with them. Honda changed the world with the supercub, they could do it again, but don't have much interest in it. They dabbled a bit with the NM4 scooter, which I felt was a half hearted comprise between uprights and recumbents and wasn't very good at being either, but that's about all any major manufacturer has done.

@@matus1976 really you could be designing a better, more safer, motorcycle since the rider is a little more protected.

@@JBGecko13yt Yup absolutely, the recumbent platform offers quite a few potential safety advantages. I'll be taking advantage of them as the build goes on!

Oh yeah definitely going to make an electric version, I'm focusing on getting the prototype done and testing started before doing any major design changes like that though. Most of that front area under the steering column is all open too, there's actually plenty of room for batteries AND an I.C.E. The under-carriage can be mostly filled with batteries as well, I've done some design studies and it's looks pretty good. An all electric version with some basic fairings would probably get 2-3x the range of any other electric motorcycle.

@@matus1976 I wish I had the money and skills to get on similar project but based on the Suzuki G-Strider concept. I think the lowered center of gravity and the aerodynamics would be great for range.

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Thanks! Timewise, hmm, tough to say, definitely a few weeks worth of evenings or afternoons though.

These videos are all either my Canon VIXIA HF R800 or my Galaxy Note 10+, I did just recently pick up a nicer camera (Canon EOS M50 M2) that can do FHD 60FPS too, so video qualities will start improving as well.