The imagination on the network seems to have no brake, and the channels of YouTube Specialized in the motor world demonstrate it again and again. One of the most peculiar is CBOYSTVa group that has become famous for carrying out occurrences as extravagant as entertaining. Your last feat: embark on the crazy mission of building a cross motorcycle with a wood chassis and using components of a Gasgas as the basis of the experiment.
The idea, from the point of view of any engineer, is little less than a recklessness. Motorcycle racks, especially fields, are manufactured with materials capable of supporting extreme tensions: chromium-molibdenum steel, aviation aluminum or even carbon fiber in the most advanced cases.
The reason is simple, these motorcycles are designed to resist falls, violent jumps and dynamic loads that sometimes exceed the weight of the motorcycle itself and its pilot.
Wood, on the other hand, is a material with many virtues … but not in this context. It is relatively light, it works easily and has acceptable compression resistance, but it is very vulnerable to torsion, moisture and vibrations. In a Cross motorcycle, where impacts are continuous and chassis flexions are part of their dynamic behavior, wood is simply a material condemned to failure.
This is the wood bike pit bike
The CBOYS They were not intimidated by physics or the accumulated experience of decades of the industry. Instead of a steel chassis designed in CAD and soldier in a high precision plant, they chose the most accessible: a few oak boards bought in Home Depot. According to his reasoning, “The oak is the most resistant wood”, An argument that may sound convincing in carpentry, but not when we talk about a motorcycle jump.
The process consisted of removing the original chassis from a Gasgas of mx and replace it with the improvised wooden structure. The result was a kind of hybrid between motorcycle and work bank that, surprisingly, rolled a few meters. However, the story soon confirmed: As soon as a greater effort was required, the chassis broke in half.
The funny thing is that Gasgasthe brand whose components served as the basis for this eccentricity, presumes precisely the sophistication of their chassis. In the MC 85for example, the firm explains that every detail of the steel frame is calculated to offer a perfect balance between “Rigidity, Stability in Straight and Flexibility Controlled in Curve”, Something impossible to replicate with oak boards.
The comparison between high -level industrial development and homemade occurrence makes it clear why material science exists. Where engineers spend years in tests and simulations, CBOYS They bet on the test and error method … with an announced failure.
Despite the absurdity of the experiment, the CBOYS They have experience in this type of project. In their channel they have shown the highest Pit Bike in the world, elongated versions impossible to drive and other inventions destined more to the show than to functionality. The difference, of course, is that on those occasions they always started from real metal chassis, which allowed them, at least, maintaining the structural integrity of the vehicle.
In the case of the wooden motorcycle, the objectives were more modest: start, roll a few meters, make a horse and, if there was luck, try a small jump. They fulfilled the first two, but the last one was out of any possibility. Motocross landings generate such large impact forces that not even some metal racks survive unharmed after a bad jump. For wood, it was simply a death sentence.
In the end, the experiment has no practical value, but it does fulfill its purpose: entertain and surprise an audience that seeks the unexpected on YouTube. The video adds to the long list of extreme occurrences that, although they do not contribute anything to the world of engineering, do wake up smiles and make it clear that creativity (although it clashes from the front with logic) remains a powerful engine in digital culture.
