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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Richard on December 29, 2007, 02:57:18 AM

Title: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: Richard on December 29, 2007, 02:57:18 AM

ebay 260196762893

Someone pass me a carb balancer...............

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: steveD on December 29, 2007, 10:23:17 AM

This bike has been at Stafford and was fired up there!
I did ask the bloke who made it if he knew if one of the cylinders wasn,t firing........he gave me quite a blank look!
Quite impressive though.

SteveD

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest27 on December 29, 2007, 10:25:50 AM

Riiiinnnnnggggggggggggg-a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding  now one of the pistons had a little slap - but which one...

R

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: trophydave on December 29, 2007, 12:52:45 PM

Brilliant.Gallons to the mile anyone??

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest146 on December 29, 2007, 01:20:21 PM

What make of bike are the heads and barrels from? I guess its a 2 stroke?
Ken

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest27 on December 29, 2007, 02:18:22 PM

KH250 Kawa if I remember rightly

R

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: steveD on December 29, 2007, 04:13:25 PM

Have a peep at this

SteveD

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest146 on December 29, 2007, 04:50:47 PM

You have to take your hat off to him.

http://www.bigbikeriders.com/48cyl.htm

While we are talking about projects did anyone ever read the story of John Britten. He made this at home Cast the crankcases himself made the lot even the carbon fiber parts. He died a few years back but a remarkable man


http://www.britten.co.nz/

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest27 on December 29, 2007, 09:33:45 PM

The Britten was a remarkable bike built by a remarkable man - unfortunatly it seems the drive and determination died with him.  Would have been good for the ideas to be aken on - maybe there would even be aspects in road bikes now - but has not happened...

R

Title: Re: The antithesis of Thumperdom
Post by: guest7 on January 01, 2008, 07:58:48 PM

I watched that YouTube film, then I followed a link to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvAI7-Qa2Io (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvAI7-Qa2Io)
(a V8 chainsaw)

And then a link to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWqJe1dCgY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWqJe1dCgY)
(a bike using 24 chainsaw motors - but superbly engineered)

Ye gods!
GC