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The Motorcycle Exposed

by "Speed" Webber

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For our layouts of a 2035 cycle, I have stripped off all the armor and farings. This gives us an inside view of what makes it work. Please seep in mind that this is a generalization - not all bikes are exactly like this one.

1. Full wheel disc brake with electromagnetic brake calipers - stops bike by magnetic drag
2. 16" x 5" low profile armored tires (front and rear)
3. Leading link front forks with air shocks or optional telescoping tube air forks
4. Front brake anti-dive link - stops front end from diving down during heavy breaking
5. Steering damper - helps high-speed stability
6. Power supply and motor turbine function monitoring computer pack
7. High-power head lamp and infrared lamp
8. Targeting sensors (infrared, radar, etc.)
9. Main targeting and weapons control computer link
10. Computer manitor screen and other monitoring gauges
11. Handle bars and controls (throttle, brake, weapons, etc.)
12. Secondary weapon control computer link (no targeting capabilities)
13. High-pressure air compressor (for cooling system, flamethrower, air shocks, paint sprayers, oil sprayer, etc.)
14. Pressure tanks (for air, oil, paint, flamethrower, fuel, etc.)
15. Driver harness coupling (releases automatically when both handgrips are released)
16. Mono air shock rear suspension
17. Computer control for motor turbine, rear wheel drive turbine, and power supply
18. Smoke screen outlet and smoke generatior (one on each side)
19. Flamethrower, oil and paint sprayers
20. Inner rear fender (keeps oil and flames off rear tire)
21. In-wheel drive turbine pump and transmission (see drive line notes)
22. High-pressure hydraulic lines
23. Sidecar jettison joining (optional)
24. Main drive turbine pump
25. Foot peg (rear brake pedal on left side)
26. Main power supply coupling
27. Power supply coupling release
28. Power coupling for weapons (lasers, machine-guns, rockets, etc.)
29. Power supply removal handles
30. Power supply
31. Power supply charging port
32. Radiator for cooling system, power supply, and weapons

Drive Line Notes

Here's how it works -

The power supply (30) powers a variable electric motor which turns the main turbine pump (24). The main turbine pump (24) feeds hydraulic fluid under pressure (approximately 10,000 pounds per square inch) through the hydraulic lines (22) to the in-wheel drive turbine pump (21).

The in-wheel drive turbine pump (21) is both a drive motor and a transmission.

Inside the turbine is a fan- or propeller-type item that is spun by the incoming hydraulic fluid. So the faster the fan (turbine) spins, the faster the wheel spins.

The transmission part works by changing the angle (pitch) of the fan (turbine) blades. This creates the effect of gears without having gears.

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