cygnusx1 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 If you are lucky enough to have the HDTH channel. 727 on the Optimum network or also on Voom, there is a good documentary/movie on tonight called "Birth of a Racer" . "The next revolution in motorcycle engineering is here. Racer, architect and design daredevil Michael Czysz is on a mission to build a world-class, made in America, superbike capable of competing at the Laguna Seca round of MotoGP. Motivated by a lack of innovation on the part of major manufacturers, Czysz has taken matters into his own hands. His ultimate goal is to create a high performance street bike for the man on the street that will directly compete with elite Japanese and Italian companies. This outsider uses fresh ideas and innovative technology to achieve a stunning new level of motorcycle performance. Watch Michael Czysz put his new generation C1 prototype to the ultimate test." It's on at 8pm est on the HDTH channel. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=31001 http://www.discoverychannel.com.au/ontv/birth_racer/index.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeatrpi Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I watched it. The commercials on TV made it seems like it was a real grassroots effort. The actual show was nothing of the sort! I found it amusing that they were "running out money", yet they were traveling around in a shinny new crew hauler bus. The idea for the counter-rotating crankshafts is interesting though. I also enjoyed their track day with the professional riders. Thanks for the reminder to tune in, cygnus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Is this the rig? If so yeah-thats one hell of a grassroots effort,on requiring i would guess about $37,900,000,000 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dechavesgarage.com/images/view/big/Motocysz_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dechavesgarage.com/view/index.php%3Ftp%3D1%26mod%3D4&h=486&w=731&sz=84&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=jzt871z7ANeu-M:&tbnh=94&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMotoCysz%2B%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerBjt Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I loved it, amazing show and i cant wait to see what happens with the bike and company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Tuned in last night and was glad I did. What a cool effort! I really hope they pull this off. They've taken a very significant risk and it would be cool to see it pay out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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