As the branch company of bimota, vyrus focused on lower cost two wheeled vehicle.
vyrus 984 c3 is the new bike from vyrus which i think its radically designed, and reffered as. ‘The New Motorcycle Design yearbook 3’ this version was called ‘the black rocket’ since all the alloy parts are anodized with black color.
Technology pulled from Bimotas 2D a bunch of year back and then now in their Tesi3D
This is the Tesi 2D fro year ago
And here is the Tesi 3D
The front suspension works almost exactly like the rear swing arm. It moves up and down vertically, but in a manner that when it does, the geometry does not change the wheelbase of the bike(which would cause massive fluctuations in under/over steer mid-turn!!!)
Look at the Tesi 3D picture front suspension…notice the two upper lateral links above the main swingarm??? The upper link is the forarm, and is the pice that keeps the entire wheel assembly at the proper angle throughout the suspension travel. Lamens terms, it keep the wheel from flopping front/rear while moving.
The lower link is actually the steering link, or tie rod if you will. That link it connected to the steering column by a series of bell cranks and other links. The real trick is the front hub and mono wheel bearing. If you look VERY closely you can see that the front hub rides on an axle and is a slotted pivot that can move left and right. That lower steering link is connected to the front hub(not the long vertical billet piece from the swing arm and it seems), one on either side. As you turn the clipons, the steering link pushes/pulls the hub and the hub pivots on the ball-like mono wheel bering(which is locked in place bu the tubular axle like any other bike these days).
I had the pleasure of getting down and dirty with a Bimota tech about The Tesi 3D at a show while I was traveling with the Jet’s chopper. the tech let me onto the display and peek around for an hour or so before the show opened, and explained alot to me that day. Couldn’t sit on it though (damn!)
Tesi 3D is the bike I would own over all others right now. Has that enduro/superduke look I love, ducati drivetrain, and some really tech.hiz shit going on.
Yup it does exactly that, also no brake induced nose dive( bike just squats down under braking)…and the main reason why other manufacturers don’t follow suit is because of patents apon patents filed by Bimota regarding this technology. The key lies in the front hub and Bimota has rock solid patents on it.
the engineering is incredible. I know how I will spend the rest of my work day now, looking up more info on this setup. Notice all the weight is as low as possible, low CG and no brake dive WOWW. I would bet the first time you get on that you would have to get used to grabbing front brake and not doing an endo! I dig the look, alot… but I bet the sport bike guys dont as much, but if they extended the plastics around where the forks used to go, and covered up that void it would fool alot of people oon the street thats for sure.
