Just been looking at the Lotus Omnivore two stroke engine. The prototyoe is already 10% more fuel efficient than the most economical four stroke engine around. To see it working go to Google search. Lotus Omnivore engine. Click on (flash) Animation Lotus Omnivore Engine and see for yourselves. After you start it up you can alter rpm / engine load and petrol / alcohol mix and... well WOW its going to be big in say 10 yrs time.
...and carry the two.....
Here's the link -
http://www.grouplotus.com/manageshow...sthru/8628.swf
Brrrmm - '04 XL650V Transalp in Silver
It's not a case of whether we can fix it or not - it's more a case of how fixed would you like it?
Einstein - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Thanks Lutin! DD
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2 strokes are very efficient.. guess if we go back to them they will gubins to remove that nice smell
XLV 750Rf RD01 1985 Simple and Sweet
XL 600V R Transalp 1994 Stella Basher
DR 600 Raider 1985 Knee Smasher
XRV 750R RD03+ 1988 FrankienTwin spawn of the Transalp and RD01
XRV 650R RD03 1989
The Longest Day Rider 6
TLD 2008 John-O-Groats to Lands End 14h 50m 880 miles
TLD 2009 5 capitals 23h 50m 700 miles
TLD 2010 Run for the Sun 19h 30m.
TLD 2011 Tower to Tower 17h 700m+ one channel Tunnel and arrived in time to watch the Eiffel Tower lights go on
2 bikes = twice as happy
Certainly not a conventional 2 stroke and some similarities to a diesel 2 stroke. Doesn't say how it will be lubricated though so probably same as a conventional 4 stroke which means no nice exhaust or clouds of blue smoke on a cold start.
2001 Transalp XLV650. Faithful old friend still chugging away nearly 100,00miles
2007 Varadero XLV1000. Now you're torquing but sadly gone to another forum member. One of the best bikes - period.
Yamaha XT660r - slowly getting it ready for some big adventures
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the smoke and smell is all part of two stroke owning. dont want to loose those!Originally Posted by Austin
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those are the two reasons we lost them in the first place
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ohhh getting pangs... must get old smokey fired up ( 1975 T500 )
' love the smell of Castrol R in the mornings '
back on topic... bit to many moving parts fro my likin.....
XLV 750Rf RD01 1985 Simple and Sweet
XL 600V R Transalp 1994 Stella Basher
DR 600 Raider 1985 Knee Smasher
XRV 750R RD03+ 1988 FrankienTwin spawn of the Transalp and RD01
XRV 650R RD03 1989
The Longest Day Rider 6
TLD 2008 John-O-Groats to Lands End 14h 50m 880 miles
TLD 2009 5 capitals 23h 50m 700 miles
TLD 2010 Run for the Sun 19h 30m.
TLD 2011 Tower to Tower 17h 700m+ one channel Tunnel and arrived in time to watch the Eiffel Tower lights go on
...and carry the two.....
One of the benefits of going back to 2-strokes was supposed to be the lower number of precision machined parts and hence lower cost, weight etc etc.
Not sure about this version of the venerable 2-stroke. There's plenty in there that would need fairly precise, and therefore expensive, machining.
Maybe I'm missing something?
Brrrmm - '04 XL650V Transalp in Silver
It's not a case of whether we can fix it or not - it's more a case of how fixed would you like it?
Einstein - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Austin's Son
More power for a smaller engine size at a guess. Looks good though, I'd love to do micro-controller design for this sort of stuff
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