Akira Bike Project - 17 - recumbent motorcycle frame jig part 1

[@ORIGINALCONCEPTGARAGE]

Dang brother you are really a perfectionist as I know when this bike is done it will be a show stopper

[@matus1976]

Thanks man, I think it'll be entirely something amazing!

[@ORIGINALCONCEPTGARAGE]

Brother I know I've commented on. These videos on my sKyBizzare channel but can't find them as I've been following you for months if not over a year or two now and it's like my comments are gone or am I crazy! Idk it's strange

[@matus1976]

Ah man thanks for following! I don't know where the comments went, I don't delete anything that isn't spam!

[@vanlacio4396]

Drop a hayabusa motor on it.

[@ORIGINALCONCEPTGARAGE]

Looks like my workbench lol I bout went through as much hell on my workbench as you did is why I'm laughing so hard about the rubber being more a mess as I had one heck of a mess too on my table just not leather and rubber

[@matus1976]

Yeah that thing was crazy to cut apart, much more work than I anticipated. Editing made it look less terrible than it actually was, I didn't want to dwell on it much but it sucked, lol.

[@Bizzare_Kentucky_Sky]

Awesome brother as you are so good at what you do, I'll be right back on my garage channel

[@matus1976]

Thanks for the extra comments!

[@scramble7673]

Electric in hub motors are now available, no need for petrol motor. Just letting you know bud.

[@matus1976]

Yup! I plan on making hybrid versions and all electric versions. Hub motors do have challenges of their own, they substantially increase unsprung weight which decimates suspension response and thus control in emergency situations, ligther weight ones still require transmissions to handle the RPM and torque ranges necessary, and motorcycles in general have less room for batteries due to the physical laws of scaling, and battery energy densities are still an order of magnitude less than petrol. Currently, and for the foreseable future, electric motorcycles are much more expensive and even less useful than regular petrol powered bikes. Plugin hybrids give the best of both worlds imo and my platform can comfortably handle all the requirements!

[@EricPoulsen]

Nice job on the jig! Quick question: What band saw is that, and did it come with the hydraulic piston?

[@matus1976]

Thanks! That bandsaw is the 5"x6" swivel head from Grizzly.com (model Grizzly G9742) The piston does come with it