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Dec 15, 2003 | 11:45 PM

f350xlt460

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Monster Garage!!!!

OMG!!!
Did anyone see Monster Garage on the discovery channel tonight!!???
The most pointless, useless, but MOST badazz project yet, Peterbuilt powered bike. Jessie James' crew did it again, WOW...

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mo...pisode_34.html

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Dec 15, 2003 | 11:51 PM

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Damn, I was at work.. The good thing is that they rerun it about 15 times throughout the week, maybe i'll see it then.

Dec 15, 2003 | 11:56 PM

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id love to know how it felt to ride that tryc with 1500 foot pounds of torque

Dec 16, 2003 | 01:04 AM

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yea i saw that one. pretty cool. his only comment about it was "i love it, it's so worthless." then he raced a new peterbuilt and just smocked it. i wish they had made it with 4 wheels though. seemed pretty stupid with 3 and really looked unsafe.

Dec 16, 2003 | 01:21 AM

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I watched it, but was disappointed that they didn't build a 2-wheeler as originally planned. Anyone can build a tryc, but building a true 2-wheel motorcycle with a huge engine takes some engineering and creativity. I kept yelling at the TV, "Use two wheels, hold it upright with a gyro", but they wouldn't listen. Good show anyhow.
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Dec 16, 2003 | 08:03 AM

f350xlt460

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i think if they were going to do the tric like they did, they should have kept a dually so it woud "sort of" look stock, like their rules imply.

Dec 16, 2003 | 09:15 AM

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At one point during the show, a couple guys were making fun of Jessy.

I seriously thought Jessy was goona open up a fresh can of whoop ***!!!!

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Dec 16, 2003 | 11:03 AM

dono

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Originally posted by BuiltToughF250
this months Mens Fitness magazine has an article about Jesse James. pretty interesting.

yeah, it would have been sweet to see them make it on 2 wheels but with the height of the motor... it would tip over once, and claim the life of the person under it. theres no way anyone could lift that off someone before they suffocate.

i loved the way he just ran right out into the street and cut off traffic with it too.

hmmm.... a V8 in my 4wheeler?!?!?!?!?!

Mount a gyro, spin it up, and it would not tip over. Did you notice that is view to his right was completely blocked?
Dono

Dec 16, 2003 | 11:51 PM

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You know ever since I saw the tomahawk I've thought it would be kinda fun to build a powerstroke version only with thin high temp stainless exhuast tubing so it would glow better.
Or one of those mid engine replicars with a PSD in it and a transaxle with the top three or four gears overdrive, no weight, all that low end torque, it wouldn't be quick but the top end would be great.

Dec 17, 2003 | 12:55 AM

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Dono, he could see to his right. He was sitting to the back of the motor next to the tranny, he could look over the tranny and see clearly. It just had to be to his immediate right, couldnt see anything to the right ahead of time though.

Oh and what is a gyro?

Dec 17, 2003 | 06:35 AM

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This show comes on at my son's bed time (he's 3), so I always tape it and watch it later. Well, I watched the tape last night, and thoroughly enjoyed when Jesse pulled the two guys aside and basically told them to stop crying. As far as the finished project goes.....

:-staun

Dec 17, 2003 | 12:54 PM

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Quote:

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Dono, he could see to his right. He was sitting to the back of the motor next to the tranny, he could look over the tranny and see clearly. It just had to be to his immediate right, couldnt see anything to the right ahead of time though.

Oh and what is a gyro?

A gyro (short for gyroscope) is basically a rotating wheel with a free axis that when spinning will resist a change in direction. You could mount a gyro on a motorcycle standing upright on its wheels and (with the wheel spinning at high speed) the motorcycle would not fall over. This is not an original idea, years ago I saw a motorcycle with an auto motor and gyro that was built for Bonneville. I spent a night in your town once - nice.
Dono

Dec 17, 2003 | 01:08 PM

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im having a hard time picturing a gyro. im not an idiot when it comes to mechanics, but i just cant get this idea of what it should look like? is there anything i should be able to associate it with to get an image ?