Here's a pic of the Alex Macfadzean/James Toseland Rolls-Royce turbine bike liner that made it's public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. There is still a ton of work to do but we managed to get enough of it together to give visitors a good idea of what it will look like when finished. Rebuilt engine (we have a spare as well) and transmission fitted along with reworked front end , data logging and instrumentation. Tyre testing and brake disc testing (single disc on drive shaft) next up. Wind tunnel testing to correlate the CFD work on air intakes and body shape begins Thursday. For those unfamiliar with the project, Alex was part of the Vesco Turbinator team and did a deal with Rick involving an engine one way and little used Kawasaki liner the other way. Rob North did a great job of disassembling everything and modifying and rebuilding the monocoque based chassis before it was shipped to the UK for aero work and final build. The body panels on the liner at the moment are reworked versions of the Vesco originals. Target run date is next year.
Robin
