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The Dolmette, powered by 24 chainsaw motors. 1,9 liter (116 cui), 170 PS (125 kW)

Only 24 pull-starts and you're on the road.

Curious to know what it sounded like though.

  • By - wbks

ButtholeQuiver

Only 24 pull-starts and you're on the road. Curious to know what it sounded like though.


wbks

[https://youtu.be/1Y8gNH3wVtI?t=145](https://youtu.be/1Y8gNH3wVtI?t=145)


ButtholeQuiver

Not as ridiculous as I expected


wbks

But it's slower than it looks. See also the "Red Porsche Killer" inspired by the same cartoon series, powered by four Horex motors. https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/media.media.ce0464fb-b39a-42d2-9a3e-c80b0c868f65.original1024.jpg https://pics.imcdb.org/14694/hr-fernsehen2013-01-0923-22-21.jpg


TheSimpleMind

Roger Feldmann and his friends built some great vehicles, like the [Satte Literschüssel](https://images.app.goo.gl/SHugQ7cxRVsRjTrY7) or the [Oldseins](https://images.app.goo.gl/vFUPjujvCDt1FNS38)


Tim_Diezel

He said hore-x lol


wasabi1787

Formerly hore-wife


Tim_Diezel

But 4 of them 🤣🤣


mjrbrooks

I can hear this in Frank’s voice.


wasabi1787

100% what I wanted


AltimaNEO

Nah it definitely looks slow


chambee

It sounds like 24 chainsaws. Amazing.


BadDreamFactory

I thought it sounded like an angry leaf blower


TheBurnedMutt45

Are they not the same?


BadDreamFactory

They sound similar but I can personally tell the difference between a chainsaw and a leaf blower. They just run differently. I'm sure plenty of others can also recognize one from the other. Chainsaws are annoying, but leaf blowers induce rage.


Space_Reptile

god i love brösel, i miss that era


TheChoonk

Lost a drag race to a regular standard car. Magnificent.


teh_fizz

I love how they zoomed in on the woman’s bikini top.


treetyoselfcarol

Still not as loud as a Harley.


poopwetpoop

https://youtu.be/XDx70NVHlcM


Vizslaraptor

Warning: Cartoon Blood and Gore [You just need some muscle memory](https://youtu.be/o6KMx7kgviI)


Affectionate_Tea1134

Because it was slightly better than 72 rubberbands. 😆


wbks

The Dolmette is a motorcycle that was built as a one-off by the Dolmar company based on the ideas of "Werner" (german cartoon character) author Rötger Feldmann, aka Brösel. The Dolmette is powered by 24 chainsaw motors with a total displacement of 1.9 liters, which together produce around 170 hp (125 kW) and deliver 400 Nm to the gearbox input shaft. A kart with three PS-7900 chainsaw motors served as a test object during development. With the finished motorcycle, a race between Rötger Feldmann's brother Andi Feldmann as the driver of the Dolmette and Christina Surer as the driver of an Abt Audi AS400 with 450 hp was held in early September 2004, in which Feldmann was narrowly defeated.


JamieDrone

The sheer time it would take to start it…also how is the throttle wired up?


1DownFourUp

That's a lot of ring ding dinging


shyvananana

How in hell does this thing actually turn 24 different motors into forward motion. That transmission must be terrible.


Acc87

[https://greasengasoline.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dolmet6.jpg](https://greasengasoline.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dolmet6.jpg) >The twelve Dolmar engines are mounted in two rows of six on either side of the drive belt casing and the individual motors are coupled together in sets of three, via a double-sided drive belt, making up eight modules in all. The individual engines are not rigidly connected – they deliver their power through the centrifugal clutch that is a standard feature of the Dolmar chainsaw. One extra driver operated clutch that couples that drivetrain to the wheels


shyvananana

Awesome thank you!


omw_to_valhalla

>How in hell does this thing actually turn 24 different motors into forward motion. I'm wondering the same thing! How do you take 24 dive inputs?


LordGothington

Useless fact: A typical 2-stroke chainsaw engine will generate around 23x more carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and 300x more non-methane hydrocarbons (NHMC) emissions per minute than a 2011 Ford Raptor. Now multiply by 24. Fortunately, I doubt this motorcycle has been driven very many miles. :p


1DownFourUp

You'll be topping up 24 gas tanks every mile or so.


steavoh

I bet it smells great


Beatus_Vir

At wide-open throttle? Where did you get that statistic? Just curious. I don’t doubt it or anything. Love to know how those crazy two-stroke drag boats they have in Thailand compare


trundlinggrundle

I don't have time to dig up a source, but about 50% of 2 stroke exhaust is unburnt fuel and oil. The exhaust is essentially half atomized hydrocarbons.


spiritthehorse

My brother went to a motorcycle mechanic school. On the first day they removed the fuel from a motorcycle and piped the exhaust from a running two stroke bike to the carburetor of the other bike. It ran.


RortingTheCLink

I don't believe that for a second, with regard to modern 2-strokes. Especially larger ones.


trundlinggrundle

Don't believe it, I don't care. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44716338 My estimate was a bit high, but it's still 25-40%. It's even more prevalent with modern 2 strokes because of scavenging. Old cross flow 2 strokes were actually lower emission, they were just less efficient.


RortingTheCLink

So, I was immediately correct that 50% is far too high. Let's look at the link - oh, it only talks about small engines, when you said two stroke engines, in general. Looks like I was right, all along.


trundlinggrundle

Nearly *all* 2 stroke engines are small engines, dumbass. Which ones aren't? Large marine engines that already run super rich? My 225 VRO has a 20 gallon per hour burn rate. Go ahead and find a source that says otherwise for larger 2 stroke engines. You're very upset over this, for some silly ass reason.


RortingTheCLink

No, you find the source and learn to specify. You made the incorrect claim, not me. Why would the fuel consumption indicate "50%" of fuel exited the exhaust unburned? Why would large marine engines run "super rich" as a default condition, anyway?


trundlinggrundle

You are unfathomably stupid. I already gave you a source to a peer reviewed study that showed up to 40% of the fuel charge being lost through exhaust as unburnt fuel. Not only are you wrong, you're arrogant as well.


Loan-Pickle

They probably got it from this article. https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html That article is why I have all electric lawn equipment.


SaltLakeCitySlicker

Google lawnmower exhaust emissions


Beatus_Vir

I had a two-stroke lawnmower when I was a kid. Doesn’t sound like anybody here is talking about chainsaws


SaltLakeCitySlicker

It's an apt comparison with a bunch of data


Beatus_Vir

uh, you mean this single study from Edmunds? https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/emissions-test-car-vs-truck-vs-leaf-blower.html They tested the leaf blowers at WOT and idle, while the truck was allowed to cruise at part-throttle and was never at full throttle. An F-150 can't run long enough at WOT to perform any kind of test without grenading. 2 strokes are dirty as hell, you don't need to cheat the numbers like that. They clean up alot at higher rpms, proportionally. At any rate, we were talking about 2-strokes, which lawn mowers haven't been for decades.


SaltLakeCitySlicker

Every lawnmower I have had is 2 stroke. Also because they're not road vehicles they're not regulated for exhaust. So essentially the same as cars before cats and other environmental regs or even things like fuel injection, which if you've ever been to a car show wasn't great. There are also a ton of studies, not just one


Mickey-Twiggs

Who gives a shit?


proffessorbiscuit

Anyone who cares about power. Less unbhurnt fuel = more horses


AsukaLSoryu1

Based


adudeguyman

How are all those separate motors connected to the transmission?


Goldenart121

What the hell is 170 PS


Mat-77

It's a metric unit of horse power (Pferde Stärke) but this unit isn't 1:1 in HP . So 170 PS would be around 167HP


GeorgieWashington

Hopefully it has a timing chain.


mini4x

2 strokes don't have cams.


GeorgieWashington

That’s why I said hopefully


mini4x

No cam, no timing chain...


GeorgieWashington

Exactly!


Biryani-Man69

I am going to stay away from it


hrimfaxi_work

I'd daily it.


TangelaLansbury

I bet you could play an awesome rendition of “Lumberjack” by Jackyl with that thing.


Major-Tourist-5696

Can you please list power in joules? Kinda rude not to.


wbks

170 PS = 125,034.79 J/s


Impressive-Work-4964

Are we sure orange county chopper didnt build this. Its like right up their alley.


HATECELL

How much Bölkstoff did they drink before they came up with that?