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Zachybilly. My oil header pipes seem to be OK. Just how many cars, bikes & trikes do you have? I lost count. You did not mention the power boat or light aircraft, you do have those don't you? Do they all get used? I guess you must have a hanger or lots of friends with barns to house that lot.

Tim.

If it floats, flies or fornicates....rent it.

15 motorcycles (7 motorcycle trailers) and now, the M3W. I have quite a few vehicles, mostly trucks. With the addition of the M3W, I now have 105 tires on the ground not counting spares or extra wheels.



Get good use out of my tire machine which will handle 8" to 22" wheels. Those are motorcycle tires (run a rear m/c dual compound tire on the front and a car Run-Flat on the rear).

Z

Hi
Share your concerns ref drive train. I'm on my third compensator.
The ordinal units look identical to standard harley compensators but with the sliding cam on the outer side. Good news is Morgan have scrapped the unit completely and are now fitting new rubber cush drive from a company called Centa. They build gear for ships so should be tough.
Hope to get one fitted soon along with new bevel drive.
All the rubber mounts are a waste of time so definitely keep a bag full spare
I too bought mine secondhand and although it's been back to my local dealer more times than it's been parked at home I'm not regretting buying it. A bit more fettling and it will be fantastic.
Have fun
Matt

We've counted cylinders on here before but never tyres I believe!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2oddafrsc2gmwj/2013-11-24%2006.32.56.jpg

This is fundamentally what's fitted tomthe m3w

Mine is an early 2012 model but sold to me new in 2013. Compensator, bevel box, rectifier, new rear hub, oil tank change were done for 1500 miles driven... but enjoying every mile

Ah, a Darksider, eh? For those readers who aren't aware, it's a 'modification' for high miles bike riders, the intention being to obtain far higher mileages between tyre changes via a flat car tyre profile.

Over here in the old world, there are things called corners so it's a distinctly USA orientated thing. Thankfully..

Well that is good news. Centa cush drives are used in a lot of oilfield equipment...big, portable diesel powered units (them, along with LoveJoy http://www.lovejoy-inc.com/products/hydraulics/couplings.aspx ) Hopefully I can milk enough life out of my current compensator without beating up the rest of the drive train to see what the outcome is on the Centa performance.

Parking the M3W in 1st gear and rocking it fore and aft, there is much less back-lash in the system than I expected to find (compared to how it sounds) especially considering a belt drive, bevel box, shaft, tranny and compensator in the mix.

Matty, I think you have the right attitude, my friend. We will get them sorted and the juice will be worth the squeeze. Tweaking is half the fun and we'll know more about the M3W as a result. Besides, we've got the get the drive train up to snuff before we can even consider boring, stroking and re-mapping as an option.

Z

That was the school of thought that I was from until I actually tried them for myself. A car tire on a motorcycle behaves entirely different than what you see in your (or mine) mind's eye. I periodically loan Wings to experienced rider friends to go on trips. I purposely don't tell them there is a car tire on it until after the fact for that very reason and to get an unbiased opinion. Of the setup I run, you are more likely to wear out the front tire (m/c rear tire) in the mountains & twisties due to it's soft compound rubber on the sides.

This guy runs a car tire and is notorious at Deal's Gap (Tail of the Dragon...318 turns in an 11 miles section of road). He doesn't have the acceleration exiting the corners or grunt in the straight sections of the road but he carries more speed through the corners than the majority of the crotch rockets that frequent that road...and a Wing is prone to scrubbing the ground in hard cornering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nrMQ3QwyPo

I agree that if the car tire was that great, MotoGP riders would be using them but practical everyday use, they work good. If the MotoGP riders had to ride their bikes 1,000 miles one way to get to the race and use the same tire in the race, they might be using them. And if you do get a puncture, they work even better at getting you off the road and to a place where you can deal with it at your convenience. A tire pressure monitoring system is mandatory to prevent you from riding around on a flat (it happens)and not knowing it. If the M3W doesn't have a Run-Flat in the rear, it sure needs one considering its easy access. As a side note, my chopper project has spoked wheels and it runs tubeless tires (nipple area sealed off).

Z

Z,

I'm not being convinced about car tyres on two wheelers & never will be I'm afraid! However, each to their own and all that..