(13 Scooterists pose for a shot with Austin’s Mayer Will Winn… Sorry for the bunny ears Will)
April 2nd marked the 29th Annual Capitol 10k where over 13,000 runners take to downtown Austin and as we do every year for the past 5 years, Piston Broke owned the streets just before the race… No cars, no obeying the law, just the crew kickin’ up blue clouds. How do we get away with it? We pass out noise makers! Check out more cool shots here! We even got a mention here (the corp of scooter pilots) and here (pack of Vespa scooters).
10. April 2006 at 5:07 am
MORE PIAGGIO 850CC CVT INFO
PDF in Italian (the document was created 7/13/2004 and includes diagrams and an actual photo of the CVT broked-down):
http://etd.adm.unipi.it/theses/available/etd-07062004-123225/unrestricted/03-Cap.2-Descrizione_del_motore_e_sua_modellazione.pdf#search='piaggio%20850cc%20CVT%20test‘
BABELFISH TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST SECTION:
Description of the motor and its modellazione
A prototype of manovellismo coupled to a transmission to continuous relationship is come true. The motor which reference is made is a scooter bicylindrical with piston displacement of 850cc four times, currently in phase of development in Piaggio & C. S.P.A..
The motor block is to V of 90° with crankshaft to a single wrist pin of connecting rod and therefore with two single bearings of bench
The transmission to continuous variation of the relationship is constituted from two pulegge and a strap bite in rubber with fibers of I reinforce in aramidica fiber. The modellazione is made with the aid of codes multibody, in the case of Adams, and to the ended elements, in the case of Ansys, for the description of the flexible parts. They are realizes prototypes to you of the motor in the three more critical configurations and therefore analyzed also in the common tests experiences them: