Reasoning: The purpose of this design is to create the opportunity for petrol cycle engines to have the ability to turn on and off based on demand without affecting rideability. This in effect would allow the petrol driven engine to have zero emissions at idle and under stop-go cycles.
Good reasoning is like great seasoning.
Components
– The heads are specially modified to run electronically controlled servos that open and close the valves according to a program
– The Engine block itself is stock and standard in design. The crankshaft has a sensor on it to detect engine timing.
– The fuel injection is electronic and the accelerator is “fly by wire” type.
– The ignition system is coil on plug
– The brake and foot levers have microswitches to detect braking action and the electronics can monitor duration of braking and hence intensity when graphed against deceleration calculated from speed.
– The clutch lever has a microswitch
– There is no starter on this bike. The starter is replaced with a geared electric motor with an electric clutch on its gearbox.
– Fuel injector can handle micro pulsing
– Purely oil cooled engine
Operation
Starting
1) Power to the bike and the valves are held open as the electric motor is running bike
2) When bike is placed in gear, and the clutch released, the valvetrain resumes its cycle and the injection resumes and the electric motor is stopped
3)When the accelerator is released, depending on the time allowed, the engine would shift into electric idle mode where the injection stops, the valves go to fully open state and the electric motor maintains idle state.
4) During acceleration, the motor regenerates the kinetic energy into electrical energy to charge the battery.
5) When the battery is full and under long distance cruising under 1500rpm, the electric motor can provide additional drive torque to reduce fuel usage. This mode is electric assisted.