On the cover of the latest Cycle World.. Made in Portland, Oregon.. No specs on the website and you really can only see the rear suspension is different. The magazine article goes into great detail w/ pics and info... This Makes Cannondales innovative idea's look like Puppy Chow!!!
www.motoczysz.com Enjoy!!!
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bansheebeater
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J. Delaney
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I've seen this bike in person! It's only a bit longer and taller than a 125 GP bike. The sound is amazing!
The C1 has a 15* twin crank (counter rotating) v-4 engine mounted longitudaly. The CW article stated that the engine uses a conventional cylinder head design that limits hp to the 180-190 range. The rear suspension is quite unique in that the damping unit is seperate from the springs. This should make it easier to change spring rates and damping rates as you don't have as many parts to disassemble (you don't have to have a stand to support the bike when the shock is removed as in a normal configuration). The front is also very unique. The fork tubes are sliders and the actual shock is mounted inside the steering head. Rich Oliver (multiple AMA 250 GP champion) was very impressed with the way this front end behaved on Portland International Raceway (it's a pretty bumpy track and a good test of suspension). Czysz needs to get the weight down a bit and the horsepower up. Minimum weight for a 4 cyl, 4 stroke MotoGP bike is 320lbs and the C1 is rumored to weigh just under 400lbs. What is really intimidating is that Honda's RC211V is cranking out around 60 hp more than the C1 is and is probably about 50 lbs lighter!
The C1 has a 15* twin crank (counter rotating) v-4 engine mounted longitudaly. The CW article stated that the engine uses a conventional cylinder head design that limits hp to the 180-190 range. The rear suspension is quite unique in that the damping unit is seperate from the springs. This should make it easier to change spring rates and damping rates as you don't have as many parts to disassemble (you don't have to have a stand to support the bike when the shock is removed as in a normal configuration). The front is also very unique. The fork tubes are sliders and the actual shock is mounted inside the steering head. Rich Oliver (multiple AMA 250 GP champion) was very impressed with the way this front end behaved on Portland International Raceway (it's a pretty bumpy track and a good test of suspension). Czysz needs to get the weight down a bit and the horsepower up. Minimum weight for a 4 cyl, 4 stroke MotoGP bike is 320lbs and the C1 is rumored to weigh just under 400lbs. What is really intimidating is that Honda's RC211V is cranking out around 60 hp more than the C1 is and is probably about 50 lbs lighter!
The front end is kinda like a Springer front end only waaaayy more hi tech. It uses forks, but has no springs or oil inside. It has a spring mounted on the headtube that has springs bushngs and bearings. It has two,,,,,,,,,,2 cylinder motors. They are both placed long waaays in the chaissis. Each tilts 15 degrees in the opposite direction. They run on their own crankshafts. The power is then united between each motor via a gear to the front sprocket drive.. The advantage of the way the engine is placed in the frame is it is waaaay narrower. It also eliminates the bike wanting to stand up in the corners under braking. Jap bikes will stand up under braking, because the crankshaft runs 90 degrees the opposite way the bike is always traveling (foward). This bike the crank/s are positoned front to back in the machine instead of side to side. It also has a dry clutch for the front motor, placed between where the number 2&3 pipes would hang down on an inline four, and a wet clutch for the rear motor at the back of the second motor.. No hp specs and they won't reveal the firing order of the motors.. John Britton was this guys inspiration. He made a very unique machine in the mid/late 90's and if he hadn't died I think we would be seeing a factory Britton team..