CYCLONE GEARBOX – BATCH 2 RECALL

[Adam_Winstone]

^... same as me. I like mine to the point that I'm thinking about getting another to further explore the potential of using one in a revvier motor, along the lines of Jap 2-strokes having narrower/higher BHP powerbands and more gears so that the riding experience is no different to a standard machine... other than that is much faster because of the higher BHP. My V1 is in a 260cc tourque monster and gives a sedate long/relaxed ride, pulling a high 5th to a respected touring speed but I can see why Rimini have put one in a TS1 as a demonstrator. Even with one of the expansions that has a narrower powerband / higher BHP figure you can simply select power, rather than 'chase' it in the way you do with a 4-speed.

One of the reasons why my own tuning/setup learning curve has taken me from standard bikes to tuned iron barrel bikes, through kitted bikes to tuned kitted bikes, through tuned kitted bikes with all the pipe/reed/ignition add-ons, then back to big cc torque'y touring motors is that I got bored of chasing the power... drop out of the revs and drop out of the power so up and down the box and finding that I really needed a 3.5th gear (or a 2.5 on twisty and hilly roads!) on a 4 speed box. Hence settling on the limitation of a less peaky motor with a nicer ride, when using a 4-speed. The Cyclone instantly bypasses this limitation.

I'm really trying not to write to Santa.... but swapping between my 4-speed and 5-speed bikes for work reminds me of this issue every week!

Adam

[sideout]

^.... and me Adam. You don't appreciate what a gap there is between 2nd and 3rd on a Indian GP200 box until you try to go up a hill using an engine with a narrow power band!
It's more fun for me to ride an Avanti or even a standard SX200 than be chasing revs and going up and down the box all the time
I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a Cyclone for the GP now, just waiting for the 5 speed gear change housing for Indian GPs to get produced.

[twenty eight]

more than happy with mine ran a tuned ts1 high bhp franspeed race pipe, the cyclone gearbox performed well (always a revvy monster) always had the edge on pick up and had the power on inclines ,dropped a ring peg and I found a crack on the spigot of the barrel from a repair...just had a cast iron rs Kawasaki 225 conversion done for a change not sure of what pipe to use with it very much looking forward to getting it set up should have plenty of torque

[RAP 200]

Hi Adam Darren here ,my tune is mugello 225 v4 , franspeed race , variatronic with modified 1.2 kg flywheel ,34mm vm mikuni ,60mm crank, I have spent a lot of time porting the cylinder and the timings are as follow, ex 190 ,transfer 130 , inlet 165 , this motor is all top end power ,now on a 4 speed this motor would be hard work but it runs a cyclone 5 , it also runs 17-46 primaries , this motor goes like stink and because of the 5 speed you can now run very light flywheels , also you seem to be able to run longer inlet durations as the motor picks up much faster between gear changes so it doesn't have that boggy period of a 4 speed that has just changed to its next gear so there is very little spit back through the carb , I live in Adelaide Australia and this tune is perfectly suited to riding through the Adelaide hills area with endless miles of winding roads and will still pull 80mph+on this gearing , much more fun to ride than a low rev touring tune. Cheers Daz.

[Adam_Winstone]

Daz,

Thanks for the feedback. Your port timings are similar to Sticky's Rapido, other than the fact that his is running a reed with extended inlet timing, which I was lucky enough to test ride. Yep, very different to my current setup and much closer to the sort of motor that I'm very tempted to give a go.

I'll let you know if I go down this route, and how I get on. Sounds like fun

Cheers,

Adam