more bike porn

[ballpoint]

13 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Was this supposed to have a link?

The video was posted further up the page.

[Damrongsak]

14 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Was this supposed to have a link?

No - Canthai55 posted the video earlier.  But here it is: 

 

[Justgrazing]

Some more golden French oldies and tank art .. 

Pic 5 is a 225 Terrot and the bottom one a 750 Gillet both 30's .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

We haven't had a plane up for a while and it just so occurs that it's 33 yrs shortly since one of GB's finest left service .. 

All part of the arms race precipitated in the late 40's , into service late 50's to act as a fast interceptor protecting the V bomber bases before getting a broader remit of chasing the Soviet TU95 heavy bomber off when the mind games started .. 

2 R R Avon engines mounted atop one another with one slightly further forward to give it the " with child " look to the underside of the fuselage .. there was actually space available at the rear of the fuselage to accommodate a rocket engine booster to aid climb but the development of afterburners for the Avon's rendered that unnecessary so the space was turned over to other components .. 

Raked back wings , menacing nose cone , shiny aluminium finish , top speed of Mach 2 along with the slightly unerving ability to climb vertically at ridiculous speed with its signature plumes of flames .. if bikes are planes then the E E Lightning is a KH750 twin engined dragster with matching fuel consumption .. 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Justgrazing
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[Yellowtail]

12 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Take six BT200X mini bikes, top speed 20 mph:

 

I'll take the red one, third from top (or bottom). You guys can fight over the rest, I'm off.

 

 

I had a Rupp when I was a kid, pretty much like this one, though by the time I got it the lights and fancy muffler was gone, as was the chrome on the gas tank and the pleather on the seat. It did have a decent 5hp Tecumseh. Painted it yellow & black and recovered the seat (my dad sewed up a cover), Pull-start was gone so I had to start it with a drill-motor when I was home, or push it off when away. Always had to keep a clothes-pin in my pocket...

 

 

 

[Damrongsak]

On 5/29/2021 at 10:17 PM, Yellowtail said:

 

I had a Rupp when I was a kid...

A friend of mine had a Little Indian, then a Rupp.  Later on he got a Pontiac GTO.  Collected quite a few more GTOs over the years.  A neighbor kid had a Rupp go-kart.

I was born in Mansfield, Ohio where the Rupps were manufactured.  Mickey Rupp's dad co-founded Gorman-Rupp, a large manufacturer of pumps. 

[Yellowtail]

9 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

A friend of mine had a Little Indian, then a Rupp.  Later on he got a Pontiac GTO.  Collected quite a few more GTOs over the years.  A neighbor kid had a Rupp go-kart.

I was born in Mansfield, Ohio where the Rupps were manufactured.  Mickey Rupp's dad co-founded Gorman-Rupp, a large manufacturer of pumps. 

 

I wonder who made those little Indians, they were good looking. I think Micky Rupp is still alive, yes?

[VocalNeal]

I saw this before with a picture of a Triumph but think it deserves its own post. A spin-off of F1 technology? 

 

[Randell]

On 5/30/2021 at 2:13 AM, Justgrazing said:

Some more golden French oldies and tank art .. 

Pic 5 is a 225 Terrot and the bottom one a 750 Gillet both 30's .. 

 

Thank you I find this era fascinating and  functionally beautiful works of art.

[Yellowtail]

47 minutes ago, Randell said:

Thank you I find this era fascinating and  functionally beautiful works of art.

 

Ever been in a machine shop with equipment from the '30s, '40s & '50s?

 

 

[VocalNeal]

48 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Ever been in a machine shop with equipment from the '30s, '40s & '50s?

 

 

 

Too many belts?????

Edited June 2, 2021 by VocalNeal

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

Too many belts?????

 

I was in a fair sized shop in Massachusetts back in the '70s that still had a functioning  line-shaft in the ceiling. It had been converted from steam to diesel.

 

All 2" leather belts running from the machines up to the line-shaft. To turn am machine off, you moved the belt over on to an idler-pully. To reverse, you had a second belt, on a second idler-pully that had a 180 degree twist....

 

It was wild...

[canthai55]

Nov 24 th , set the record for naturally aspirated H2s at 7.83 @ 167mph

[canthai55]

 

[Damrongsak]

11 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

I wonder who made those little Indians, they were good looking. I think Micky Rupp is still alive, yes?

History of “LiL” Indian Mini-Bikes:  https://www.alliedleisurecorp.com/littleindianhistory

 

1965 Lil Indian ad

 

I believe Mickey is still living in Mansfield.

Edited June 2, 2021 by Damrongsak

[canthai55]

 

[Damrongsak]

7 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Ever been in a machine shop with equipment from the '30s, '40s & '50s?

The Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC used to have a large collection of some beautiful machine tools.  I don't know where they moved it. 

[Justgrazing]

Some more oldie tank art for ye'z Randell .. there's hundreds nay thousands out there but these are some faves ..

Koehler Escoffier from France ..

Sears , the U S ..

Superb Motosacoche out of Switzerland ( note the crimping on the tank ) ..

Schüttoff from Germany with their signature finned exhaust front pipes .. 

A single and 3 cyl Royal Enfield .. 

 

 

 

 

[Justgrazing]

30's Wolf Villiers with a bit of raunchy advertising .. 

rare motorcycle these now ..

 

[Justgrazing]

Some Italian tank art from Parilla , also noted for making works of art engine cases ..

 

[Justgrazing]

Love them or hate them 'Leccy bikes are here and Curtiss are on a mission to make them as wacky and off the wall as possible ..

The top four pic's are the Curtiss One and show a high level of innovation , imagination and top class engineering .. 

Bottom bike is the V8 Zeuss mimicking their very early V8 .. 

 

[Damrongsak]

I like this ...

 

 

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

I like this ...

 

 

Yeah, it's great, but I think I'll keep taking my prostate meds...

[Yellowtail]

13 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

History of “LiL” Indian Mini-Bikes:  https://www.alliedleisurecorp.com/littleindianhistory

 

1965 Lil Indian ad

 

 

I believe Mickey is still living in Mansfield.

 

I was talking about the little Indians that looked like enduros. I assume they were imports someone put the Indian name on. I'm thinking they were all white. Maybe late '70s early '80s.

 

Taco was big on the west coast. 

 

I had an Ingels-Borelli go-cart. Bought as junk frame-only and I got it going. No clutch and no brakes. Kill the engine to stop. Got shocked countless times stopping it...

[Randell]

20 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Ever been in a machine shop with equipment from the '30s, '40s & '50s?

 

 

 Only In old movies and video's and photos sadly not  in person. But I know exactly what your talking about  all the big heavy functional equipment. I'm 70 so have seen a tiny bit as a child growing up. 

[Randell]

12 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Some more oldie tank art for ye'z Randell .. there's hundreds nay thousands out there but these are some faves ..

Koehler Escoffier from France ..

Sears , the U S ..

Superb Motosacoche out of Switzerland ( note the crimping on the tank ) ..

Schüttoff from Germany with their signature finned exhaust front pipes .. 

A single and 3 cyl Royal Enfield .. 

 

 

 

 

Incredible absolutely fantastic thanks so much. 

[VocalNeal]

This is also Parilla but you'd have to know.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

12 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Some more oldie tank art for ye'z Randell .. there's hundreds nay thousands out there but these are some faves ..

Koehler Escoffier from France ..

Sears , the U S ..

Superb Motosacoche out of Switzerland ( note the crimping on the tank ) ..

Schüttoff from Germany with their signature finned exhaust front pipes .. 

A single and 3 cyl Royal Enfield .. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unless Sears was a separate US brand, this was likely an import built for Sears. Does the engine look familiar to anyone? 

 

My sister has a Sears scooter (I think) build by by Vespa.

 

Sears had an amazing product line, they manufactured virtually nothing, but their market share was so big all the top US brands manufactured for them. If it was a Sears product, it was most always great product. 

[VocalNeal]

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

My sister has a Sears scooter (I think) build by by Vespa.

 Sears Allstate

[canthai55]

22 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Ever been in a machine shop with equipment from the '30s, '40s & '50s?

Was born in a very small prairie town.

My uncle had a blacksmith shop, huge leather bellows hanging from the roof.

Added machine tools after WW2, electric powered with a roof mounted shaft and leather belts down to different machines - lathe, mill, grinders, etc.