What Powers Your Bike

[05SprintST]

Is it a motor or engine??

[Orson]

battery powered = motor

internal combustion = engine

 

[919Maniac]

When I had my EX500 it was a hamster on a wheel.

[MisterEd]

Well, for the Ducati, it appears to be a box full of broken dinner plates...

For the GS - it's a bunch of little teenie tiny German dudes.  

[Mac]

If you're from the Kootenays, I understand its borscht.



My ST is powered by a .5 Gigawatt flux capacitor. I can't travel through time, but can cover a lot of space quickly.

[dm_gsxr]

Imagination and curiosity. What's over the next hill and around the far corner? What happens when I ride in heavy rain? What's camping like in Arkansas (high humidty and mosquitoes)?

Yea. Curiosity  

Carl

[clyde]

Last I checked, mine ran on Cheese Whiz.

[Jeff N]

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow, and down the road we go.

[miles]

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow, and down the road we go.

I think the question was about your motorcycles, not you personally.

[bizarro]

Pasta and vino!

[Cale_Kat]

Trick question? It's a MOTORcycle!

[Athan]

Japanese fairy dust.

[dalan]

battery powered = motor

internal combustion = engine

 

Hmm, so we ride "enginecycles"?    

You are of course right though in terms of the strict definitions of the words.

Anyway, my ZZR is apparently powered by a gigantic nest of really angry mutant bees.  The ZX14 is powered by one of KHI's industrial gas turbines.

[chornbe]

Right wrist.
Passion.
Desire.
The next horizon.

Oh yeah... and an internal combustion engine.  

[ol Rocket]

Last I checked, mine ran on Cheese Whiz.

Ummmm..processed cheese by products

[marc11]

Potted Meat?  

[servicerifle]

The god of speed.

[Sock Puppet]

A perfectly ridiculous blend of immaturity, boyish curiosity, determination, and huevos rancheros.  

[MadMax96]

My ST is powered by a .5 Gigawatt flux capacitor. I can't travel through time, but can cover a lot of space quickly.

No wonder you can't go through time - you need 1.21 Gigawatts for it to work.

[black hills]

Apparently it runs on Stress, bad moods, unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and who knows what else. Because when I ride all those disappear and all I'm left with is happiness (must be a by-product?).

[Doug Just Doug]

Motor?  Engine?  All I know is that it is has an adjustable powerband.  BTW, you folks running flux capacitors: have you tried this one?

[PhilBiker]

Rice?

[RexRider]

Stress!  


By the way, Doug.  Can I get a blue power band to match my bike?  

[black hills]

I've been looking for one of those powerbands. Are they easy to install or do I need to take it to the dealer??

[gman88]

Motor-converts electricity to mechanical energy
Engine-converts internal combustion into mechanical energy

I-4 Engine (Bandit)
V-2 Engine (Harley)

Hoping to add a triple to that one day....

[Kootenanny]

Dilithium crystals!

[Kootenanny]

Dilithium crystals!

Oops, maybe not   :

[1KPerDay]

Love. And fluffy bunnies.

[05SprintST]

I use the Infinite Improbability Drive which makes sport touring far more entertaining and unpredictable.

The Infinite Improbability Drive is a wonderful new method of crossing interstellar distances in a few seconds; without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace. As the Improbability Drive reaches infinite improbability, it passes through every conceivable and non-conceivable point in every conceivable and non-conceivable universe simultaneously. In other words, unless you set the coordinates of where you want to end up, you're never sure where you will end up or even what species you will be when you get there. It's therefore important to dress accordingly. It was discovered by lucky chance, and then developed into a governable form of propulsion by the Galactic Government's research team on Damogran.
This, briefly is the story of its discovery.

The principle of generating small amounts of finite improbability by simply hooking the logic circuits of a Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain to an atomic vector plotter suspended in a strong Brownian Motion producer (say a nice hot cup of tea) were of course well understood-and such generators were often used to break the ice at parties by making all the molecules in the hostess' undergarments leap one foot simultaneously to the left in accordance with the theory of indeterminacy. Many respectable physicists said they would not go to stand for that sort of thing, partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they did not get invited to those sort of parties. Another thing they couldn't stand was the perpetual failure they encountered in trying to construct a machine which could generate the infinite improbability field needed to flip a spaceship across the mind-paralyzing distances between the farthest stars, and in the end they grumpily announced that such a machine was virtually impossible. Then one day, a student who had been left to sweep up the lab after a particularly unsuccessful party found himself reasoning this way. If, he thought to himself, such a machine is a virtual impossibility, than it must logically be a finite improbability. So all I have to do in order to make one is to work out exactly how improbable it is, feed that figure into the finite improbability generator, give it a fresh cup of really hot tea...and turn it on! He did this, and was rather startled to discover that he had managed to create the long-sought-after golden Infinite Improbability generator out of thin air. It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institutes's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass.

[DaveRT]

Very, very, very old dinosaurs power my engine.    

[black hills]

While I'm not sure exactly what powers them, what goes into building them is amazing. I never knew how complicated it was until I saw this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKEuzxC4eGc

[Rincewind]

Tigers eat raw meat.  It sure is tough to stuff it into the tank, though...  

[jadziadax8]

I use the Infinite Improbability Drive which makes sport touring far more entertaining and unpredictable.

 

As for mine, angry bumblebees.

[timmybob4]

A clone of the engine from George Jetson's car. (Well, it sounds like it anyway.)

[Chronic]

Motor-converts electricity to mechanical energy
Engine-converts internal combustion into mechanical energy

I-4 Engine (Bandit)
V-2 Engine (Harley)

Hoping to add a triple to that one day....

Isn't Harley's nickname the "The Motor Company" ....Do I have that correct??

[UFO]

The blood of squids.

And lately, prices have dropped due to availability.

[WJW]

Rice?

+1 but it took 21 posts before that to come up

[steve.ski]

Where's BLS?

 

[dalan]

Isn't Harley's nickname the "The Motor Company" ....Do I have that correct??

For that matter, shouldn't BMW really be BEW (Bavarian Engine Works)?  

[ol Rocket]

Love. And fluffy bunnies.

Dood...are you going to San Francisco?  Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

[stromgal]

Raging sexual desire.

[bizarro]

Raging sexual desire.

Woo! Hardcore Strom!  

[Mydlyfkryzis]

All motors are engines.     (See engine - line 1 and motor - Line 1)
Not all engines are motors

In general, electric motors are usually referred to as "motors".  But General Motors is known for it's engines....

When we are talking about internal combustion engines (motors?), the terms are really synonymous.

One of the dictionary terms for "motor" is "internal combustion engine"  


Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
en·gine      /ˈɛndʒən/
–noun
1.   a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
2.   a railroad locomotive.
3.   a fire engine.
4.   any mechanical contrivance.
5.   a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
mo·tor      /ˈmoʊtər/
–noun
1.   a comparatively small and powerful engine, esp. an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
2.   any self-powered vehicle.
3.   a person or thing that imparts motion, esp. a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
4.   Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
5.   motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.

[ol Rocket]

Raging sexual desire.

   Ya know, I had forgotten all about that stuff.

[Tar Snake]

Love. And fluffy bunnies.

I got an image of you puree-ing fluffy bunnies in a blender   Hater!

[dr_sean]

rapid hydrocarbon oxidation

[JonS]

Blind Faith  

[OmegaSix]

I can't believe we're this deep into page two without anyone remembering the famous Oscilation Overthruster.

Better use it quick before the Red Lectroids knock you dead with a hyper-velocity spitball...

[Boone]

Ive got a mind that can steer me to your house
And a heart that can bring you red flowers
My intentions are good and earnest and true
But under my hood is internal combustion

Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr
Satan is my motor
Hear my motor purr

[JimWilliamson]

My wallet

[Tar Snake]

My wallet

That is the ultimate correct answer! Well Done.

[1KPerDay]

I got an image of you puree-ing fluffy bunnies in a blender   Hater!

Food processor. I get 16 miles to the hassenpfeffer.

[Jeff N]

Blind Faith  

Oh yes. The only Stevie Winwood I can stand. I'll find my way home.

[maddjack]

The Speed Triple is powered by a small quantum singularity ,the Kawasaki has a couple of coffee cans in a large metal lump under the seat producing mucho racket and little power

[sscully]

Raging sexual desire.

That's it, it is now official.... I'm in love!

[05SprintST]

This is an eco friendly biofuel bike I've been working on. Just can't seem to get the power output where I want it and no one will let me use their dyno

[Busa@11K]

Motor-converts electricity to mechanical energy

Kind of like this!    Check out the videos ...  

http://www.killacycle.com/

[cultureslayer]

Rice?

It's not rice, it's sake!  

 My 250 uses so little gas I think it's just a supplementary fuel.  It really runs on the day's first rays of sunshine and fairy farts.

[Melcontent]

Christ, the funnel photo made me get off my chair....Ewwww.

[Giaka]

Is it a motor or engine??

Silly question, money powers all bikes.

[panther289]

When I had my EX500 it was a hamster on a wheel.

Yup and you need to crack the whip on 'em once in a while to keep them in line.

[pushrod]

Kootenanny, you made me laugh hard.
 
It used to be powered by cheese - the stuff from the 'Motor' company.
 
Now its Sushi. and way faster than I am.
 
Pass the Sake.
 
No Calamari here.

[cultureslayer]

Now its Sushi. and way faster than I am.
 
Pass the Sake.

Do you find that the increase in performance is worth the expense of going with roe instead of tuna?  

I wish I could share some cider with my bikes, but I guess I'd have to get a triumph for that.

[Busy Little Whiner]

What powers Mr.RC45 is the same thing that powers Elena Myer's race bike... TESTOSTERONE!!!

[Stromgewehr]

The insides of golf balls....or maybe it was the left over duck sauce from dinner.  The details are kind of fuzzy right now.

[Johnny Monsoon]

Improbability Drive.  


Did someone beat me to it?

[Johnny Monsoon]

Raging sexual desire.

Having met the gorgeous Stromgal... my mind (among other parts of me) is racing.

[happybusa]

Some sort  of  infernal cumbustion engines, I guess?

[Ant]

Gerbils

[Ant]

Oh and in the case of the Bonnie... If it DID run it'd definitely run on Brew XI or Hook Norton  

[LordSmoke]

Sounds like: tractor+sewing machine+gnome with a tiny hammer