Akira Bike Project - 12 - House with shop and CX500 rebuild part 1

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Such a cool project!

[@matus1976]

Oh man thanks! I've watched a ton of your videos and have, and will, use much of what I've learned in them in this project! Keep up the great work!

[@interestedparty7523]

Man, your new shop is wonderful and rigged beautifully. Then on top of that, the lazy-Susan for the engine! This bike build is one heck of a fun journey to follow along with. Thank you sir.

[@matus1976]

Thanks! I'll be doing a full shop tour too, I've done quite a bit more work in it since then. There's alot more to the journey coming up - definitely stick around!

[@imranchaudhry4321]

I love the way your thinking regarding building an entirely new platform towards mass production thats the dream man , ill tell you this much ill be putting my order in right away if that happens

[@matus1976]

Thanks! That definitely seems like the most sensible path to me - prep for manufacturing. I look forward to you being a customer!

[@loganlosoya7556]

Hands down the greatest build I’ve ever scene!! I bow to thee 👽

[@olsonspeed]

Good choice on the Honda CX500 engine. Congratulations on finding a shop/house in the Seattle (my) area, not an easy task unless you have very deep pockets.

[@matus1976]

Oh yeah that was rough, every single week for over a year it was look for new listings on, plan open house visits on the weekend, submit offers mon + tuesday, get in bidding wars, and lose. repeat over and over.

[@olsonspeed]

@@matus1976 The shop is a definite winner, FINALLY a home for your projects.

[@DarianCabot]

That's a dream workshop 👍👍

[@matus1976]

Thanks! I love it, 20 years in the making too, still have plenty of improvements I can do as well.

[@notgray88]

awesome work!

[@matus1976]

Thanks!

[@Dirkadew]

The shop looks cool. Hope you upload more often now that you seem settled in.

[@matus1976]

Thanks! Yeah I think I'll be able to up the frequency here pretty soon, with better video, audio and content as well.

[@madcat1436]

For how much that weighs you should use a larger engine. Use a VTX 1800 engine and you can use the shaft drive.

[@matus1976]

Agreed, going with something lighter for the for the first gen prototype to make it less likely I'll get seriously injured in early testing , I have a cx500 turbo (75HP) and a cx650 turbo (100 HP) that'll I'll upgrade to

[@Mirinmaru]

I wanna see a future version of the project with twin electric motors in the hubs. Instead of a battery pack it could be powered by a gas engine, just like the Fisker Karma.

[@matus1976]

I was actually doing some design studying on a serial hybrid version of this, this actually seems much more practical in a recumbent motorcycle like mine than say a car or truck. You have the extra room for the extra motor/generator, the low aerodynamic cross section, and most importantly, drag low enough that a small generator could do it. Moving the motors to the hubs would free up even more room, but with the disadvantage of hub motors creating higher unsprung mass. Probably an acceptable compromise in a high mileage road vehicle though. Might be in v2 or v3!

[@Mirinmaru]

@@matus1976 not to mention that it'd be closer to the original version of Kanedas bike. I wanna see arcs from the wheel hubs like in the movie.

[@imranchaudhry4321]

Whats the CAD software your using , looks cool

[@matus1976]

I'm using Lightwave for most of my design work, which is actually a 3D animation and modeling program. I re-create things in SolidWorks to do stress analysis.