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 PaulClarkRS |
Russian Trials bike in Epitrochoid |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 02:58:16) |
>I'm going to do some RE5 riding as soon as I get back
from Daytona. Man, getting 3 bikes ready for AHRMA MX and trials has sure kept me busy. Trials? Got your eye on that new Russian rotary trials bike featured on a recent issue of Epitrochoid? Paul |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 02:58:32) |
Hey Paul - -
What is an EPITROCHOID ? I went to my Dictionary but couldn't find it. Will you enlighten me? Thanks - - Don Irmiger, Jr. |
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PaulClarkRS |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 02:58:44) |
In plain english, an epitrochoid is a curve. In the case of the wankel, it is the defining curve of the rotary chamber on your RE5. It is formed by rolling one circle around another.
Ron |
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PaulClarkRS |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 02:58:58) |
Thanks for explaining what this is, Ron.
Next I'd like to know how Paul used it when he asked about a bike being "featured on a recent issue of Epitrochoid". Is this in reference to a magazine or some other publication by that name? If yes, how would I find it? Don Irmiger, Jr. |
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PaulClarkRS |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 02:59:35) |
The Epitrochoid is the journal of the rotary owners club(GB)
and an excellent publication it is too. Graham Wilshaw. |
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PaulClarkRS |
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Posts: 1071 (07/03/03 04:24:44) |
for those who don't know, Dave Cameron in the UK is the ringleader of the
Rotary Owners' Club, which features not only the RE5, but equally the Norton, Hercules, Van Veen, and other rotary motorcycles as well as the odd 4-wheeler. I highly recommend that all RE5 lovers subscribe, as it not only helps support a great institution in the club newsletter, but is an amazing source of info we don't usually see in the US. Past issues have included pictures of the upcoming russian rotary trials bike, and what remains of the hercules prototype (as well as a running modern replica with the shaft-drive). The newsletter itself is not unlike this list in that it is a published collection of letters and correspondance between members sharing information. Not everyone in the world has email, and when you read letters like the gentleman on the Isle of Man who has worked out a successful SU carb swap for the RE5, you realize that every source of information you can accumulate only adds to the experience. |
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