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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: manxie on September 22, 2015, 07:16:50 PM
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There is a program on Quest TONIGHT called "Engine Addict", some of you may know of it. I`ve been told tonight`s episode is about Royal Enfield ..... may be worth a look???? Cheers, Steve.
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Looks good. I believe it's repeated on fri eve at 8 pm.
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S**t missed it. Anyone watch it? Suppose it will be on again no doubt
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........Suppose it will be on again no doubt
See post above yours. ??? ;)
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Watched it, wasn`t what I was expecting but OK? Interesting to see how they "customize" their exhaust pipes :o
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Morning old timer , just checked and yes it,s repeated again tonight at 8pm. I,ll be tuning in. Cheers Michael
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..........Interesting to see how they "customize" their exhaust pipes ..............
But did you notice that the ones used on his twin engine set up were not the same, they had welds in them......also the Enfield sprockets he had machined???? ended up being Reynold duplex sprockets...and using a pin for the drive!!!! he would have been better off using the original items and getting splines milled onto the shaft.
Another thing while I'm at it....why refer to the engine as an cast iron engine, when it's only the barrel that's cast iron.
It's an interesting series though, if only to pick faults...
Dave.
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You pick faults? Dave . Surely not
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Even as a non-engineer, I couldn't get my head round him using pins to fix the drive sprockets. I also thought when he took the shaft away, he was going to get splines cut. Also, as an ex fire officer, i'm well aware just how dangerous acetylene is, so thought their home production method was something else. I wonder how many serious accidents they have in that area of Delhi? :-\
As a four speed enfield owner myself, I enjoyed the programme though.
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And for those, like me, who can't watch it on television its on their website.
I rather enjoyed the watercooled Polish two stroke triple from the 1950s.
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...........You pick faults? Dave . Surely not..........
Hi Martyn, They say the devil is in the detail and that's where the program is, for me, let down.
Looking forward to next weeks episode....we could play...spot the errors ::)
Dave.
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Maybe I should have started this thread in the "humour" section of the forum ?? ;D ;)
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Hi
I saw the episode about the Polish two stroke car and had to remember that the needs of tv programme makers don't always include accuracy. They kept banging on about how the car's engine was famous for having only 7 moving parts, but by their formula any single cylinder two stroke only has 3 moving parts!
They also claimed to increase a 39bhp figure by 25bhp just by skimming the head and fitting twin carbs, which they appeared to buy with no internals. If that was all there was to gaining a 75% power increase we wouldn't need tuning shops.
So, utter bollocks but fun to watch anyway is my opinion.
Ian
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Here, here. Well said smithy. I did,nt see the two stoke polish car program but did manage to tune into the twin Enfield engine dune buggy episode. Yes plenty of holes kud be picked but hey like smithy says this is TV and anything that just mite stir the soul of some young up n coming petrol head gets my vote. Oh and it was very entertaining. Only one thing missing. Guy Martin as presenter. Now that WUD be entertainment. Cheers. Michael
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THIS is what should be done with two Enfield engines .......
http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2015/10/05/the-musket-hazan-motorworks.html
;) ;)
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Ah, now we,re talkin. Been following hazan,s work over the last couple of years, turns out some stunning customs, not all rideable by the looks of them but stunning all the same. Plus I know which TV program i,d rather watch if it was a choice between "engine addict" or max hazan building one of his bikes. Eeerrrr not a difficult choice hazan wud win every time. Ps thanks for postin photo,s manxie. Cheers Michael
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(http://www.pipeburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/05_10_2015_hazan_musket_02.jpg)
Not keen on the styling myself. The V twin Enfield Bullet engine has been done before - I seem to remember someone putting it in a Classic style chassis - sort on Vincent-esque.
Eerrmmm... this one
(http://usercontent1.hubimg.com/519588_f520.jpg)
Doesn't look quite right though.
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I here wot you,re saying Steve. The v twin Enfield does,nt look quite right, that said you,ve gotta tip ya hat to the guys (n gals) that have a go at executing these "projects". Like I said before the one problem with hazan,s stuff is that a lot of it seems to be done around style with the riding taking 2nd place. Still like most of his stuff tho. Cheers Michael
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It's not so much the engine, that looks OK, but it doesn't seem to sit right in the Enfield chassis to my eye. I've every respect for the guys who do this sort of thing though. Some of the radical 'show bikes' are amazing to look at and from an engineering point of view but often not really useable even if they are technically rideable. I love to see something that looks 'normal' but is something else well engineered - there was an Isetta bubblecar at a recent show that looked very tidy but when you really looked you found it had been fitted with a GPZ250 engine!
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Ha ha ha, yeah i like it. Remember once reading an article about a guy who had installed a turbo,d R1 engine into one of the old electric milkfloats. From memory the thing used to go from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. Brilliant
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The Velo Vulcan V twin made by Bob Higgs looks much nicer (apart from the rear mudguard):
(http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site3541/Vulcan%20complete%20-%20crop.jpg)
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Ha ha ha, yeah i like it. Remember once reading an article about a guy who had installed a turbo,d R1 engine into one of the old electric milkfloats. From memory the thing used to go from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. Brilliant
Unlike the Enfield bullet, which will go from 0 to 60......
Allegedly. ;D