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Originally posted by Tony Nitrous
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Originally posted by Bitchfish
WTF is that?????Looks umm interesting. Got any more pics Tony?
Not sure how true this is...
but the only write up I have seen said...
The AiResearch / Suzuki turbine bike ( Galerie )
The building of….
In 1996 I came across a turbine ground power unit (GPU) that belonged to a NF 5 jet fighter. The same type is also used as a auxiliary power unit (APU) of a Fokker F28 . I bought it for 2000 guilders not knowing what to do with it. First I planned to put it in my Trabant P601 car but the idea was abandoned in favour of a turbine motorcycle.
It all started on the drawing board, fitting the turbine and gearbox in a Suzuki GT 550 frame. First I intended to use a Guzzi , BMW or a English gearbox because the are separated from the engine but it became a GT 550 box because I have loads of parts and experience with it. Due to the dimensions of the turbine, I had to place the box upside down (Chain on the right). A intermediate gearbox was designed and milled from a 40 mm thick aluminium plate (thanx to UMI, Uitgeest, Holland
info@umi.nl ).
All miscellaneous parts like wheel shafts, brackets and fittings were made of aerospace aluminium or titanium. Things I could not make myself like switches, brakes , electrical- and pipe connections were adapted and “recycled” from the GPU box or motorcycles .
