6 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

in his spare time at the shipyard he worked

 

I know a guy who races karts in Canada with the same work ethic.

Like this one ?

 

Sorry cannot race in normal classes. ???? Although I suppose if one could find enough like minded people.

" Go kart 1 , you are cleared for take off " 

 

Probably take off ( groan ) quite well in Thailand as it's powered by gas bottles .. 

 

165 HP - 9 secs 1/4 mile

21 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Go kart 1

 

Exactly.  ????

 

The ones raced in organized events are called, by the participants and organizers,  Karts. ????

 

46 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

 

She should be sitting on the tank facing him...

On 5/1/2021 at 3:44 PM, Justgrazing said:

" Go kart 1 , you are cleared for take off " 

 

Probably take off ( groan ) quite well in Thailand as it's powered by gas bottles .. 

 

Go kart?  More like a gone kart.

These days they're better known for their Atom cars, but Ariel still make decent looking bikes too.  Most recently, the Ariel Ace Iron Horse.  Each one is completely built by one man, who signs the frame when done.  Fitted with a 173bhp / 129Nm / 1237cc V4 Honda engine, she'll do 0 - 60 in 3 seconds and go on to 170mph.  And give you something to climb on when you paint the house too:

 

One of the wonders of physics - the Ariel factory. A place where you can see individual Atoms being put together:

 

Happened at 200 Kph. Tire one year old. And NO - it is not worn out. It is a slick.

17 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Happened at 200 Kph. Tire one year old. And NO - it is not worn out. It is a slick.

 

Looks like it's delaminated ..

27 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Happened at 200 Kph. Tire one year old. And NO - it is not worn out. It is a slick.

That's pretty much why you dont want to be using slicks on the road... if you're ever at Buri Ram (or any other) circuit, go and speak to one of the tyre guys there. They'll explain about heat cycles and cold shear... no point in slicks on the road either to be honest - irrespective of how quick you think you are, you're not good enough to get them up to temperature on the road and keep them there. They're also too stiff for your street suspension - be like riding a bone shaker on some of these roads...!!

 

You'll be much better off with a decent sport/touring tyre - they come up to temp much faster and will stay there - work well in wet or dry and will give you lots more grip and feedback than cold slicks... Full on sport street tyres are fine too, but you wont notice any benefit over sport/touring tyres unless you're doing lots of track days...and of course you'll chew them up in a few hundred miles if you're fairly quick on the road...????

On 5/1/2021 at 3:44 PM, Justgrazing said:

 

I see you are keeping your finger on the pulse. 555

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On 5/1/2021 at 4:27 PM, canthai55 said:

165 HP - 9 secs 1/4 mile

For those who might not know, the bottle on the side of the frame is not NO2 but compressed air to feed the pneumatic gear  shifter.

Officially revealed recently, the Triumph Gold Line Street Twin, complete with gold retro logo.  Only 1,000 to be made.  I wonder what the chances are of getting one over here?

 

 

 

 

 

Have a hard time seeing the attraction for flat black paint these days.

 

 

On 5/12/2021 at 8:08 AM, canthai55 said:

 

Never look back!

On 5/12/2021 at 6:00 AM, canthai55 said:

Have a hard time seeing the attraction for flat black paint these days.

 

Ya it used to stand out as different and unique from standard paint jobs but like many thing well over used ,    but that said I certainly wouldn't turn one down. 

How many pictures to guess who it is?

 

One of the greatest names in motorcycle history takes his mother for a spin on a V twin built by his father:

 

The same man, chatting to a customer riding one of his motorcycles shortly after an accident on his own bike - hence the walking sticks:

 

The customer's bike transported to an inquiry into his death on it:

 

Should be obvious who he is now, sitting on one of the first bikes he produced, and, given the bike, who the customer was too:

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Triple 1200 RS 2021

1 hour ago, Fab5BKK said:

Speed Triple 1200 RS 2021

How fast will it go?