more bike porn

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, Randell said:

Incredible absolutely fantastic thanks so much. 

 

If you like old bike tank art there are 000's out there .. if for example you put " prewar Italian motorcycles " into your search then often a list will be available ( wiki is good for this though they don't always include all bike manufacturers ) for you to work from but if you also click on images then more often than not some really obscure long lost marques will be found that won't sometimes be listed .. or you can be more specific like " prewar Bianchi motorcycles " for example if you have a particular marque in mind .. 

The Mondial is early 60's .. 

 

 

 

[canthai55]

 

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 Sears Allstate

 

Yes, manufactured by (I think) Vespa and sold by Sears & Roebuck....

[canthai55]

Good Morning Vietnam !

2 Part series - Part 1 here

 

[ktm jeff]

15 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

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

 

 

100 cc kart engine. Straight gear drive ?

[VocalNeal]

Yep. Direct drive. I'm old enough that now they are called vintage! When I moved I switched to Yamaha

 

With a clutch.

Edited June 4, 2021 by VocalNeal

[Randell]

On 6/3/2021 at 2:13 PM, canthai55 said:

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.

 

I was born in 51, Saskatoon Saskatchewan . Most the the belt driven shops had been converted over. But was able to see a couple of classic examples . The best example i think was an old foundry making  manhole covers and grates for storm sewers for the city. They still had a belt driven system  for laths, grinders drill presses etc. My brother was fortunate  enough to be able to buy all the equipment when they converted over and old high school shop.

But most were  these one tone or more solid pieces of equipment..  Now very collectable amount the wood work set. 

[ktm jeff]

5 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Yep. Direct drive. I'm old enough that now they are called vintage! When I moved I switched to Yamaha

 

With a clutch.

I still have 2 100 cc direct drive karts in England. 1 has a rear disc brake , the other has a rear drum brake. Thats vintage , lol.

[canthai55]

My first go cart was powered by a Maytag gasoline engine.

Wooden frame, scrounged wheels, chain drive.

No brakes. Used to roar around the neighborhood after school and on weekends.

Try that today and SWAT would be over your house in a chopper, cart your parents away to jail for endangering life and property

[canthai55]

2 hours ago, Randell said:

I was born in 51, Saskatoon Saskatchewan .

This was in Acme, Alberta

[VocalNeal]

2 hours ago, ktm jeff said:

I still have 2 100 cc direct drive karts in England. 1 has a rear disc brake , the other has a rear drum brake. Thats vintage , lol.

 

I think the drum brake one is past vintage. As I've never come across one.????

[VocalNeal]

56 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

This was in Acme, Alberta

 

Home of Wile E. Coyote?

 

Got my shirt is is very nice! 

[ballpoint]

On 6/4/2021 at 4:07 PM, Randell said:

I was born in 51, Saskatoon Saskatchewan . Most the the belt driven shops had been converted over. But was able to see a couple of classic examples . The best example i think was an old foundry making  manhole covers and grates for storm sewers for the city. They still had a belt driven system  for laths, grinders drill presses etc. My brother was fortunate  enough to be able to buy all the equipment when they converted over and old high school shop.

But most were  these one tone or more solid pieces of equipment..  Now very collectable amount the wood work set. 

 

Many of the machines were things of beauty themselves. Check out the carving on the legs of the one in front:

 

But it couldn't have been too much fun working in some of them, with belts whizzing about front, back, and sides:

 

While others were downright boring:

 

Though, some might have been pretty cool to work at:

[ballpoint]

Back to planes. An interesting photo of a US aircraft carrier in WW2.  Spot the odd ones out:

 

[Justgrazing]

5 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Back to planes. An interesting photo of a US aircraft carrier in WW2.  Spot the odd ones out:

 

 

Taking a guess here B P .. the ones to the foreground like like F6 Hellcats while the ones further back look like Curtiss P40's Warhawks .. possibly .. 

 

[canthai55]

Maybe time to start a Planes topic

[VocalNeal]

9 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Maybe time to start a Planes topic

 

or a train one! 

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

or a train one! 

 

I used to travel with a carnival and lived on a train for a few years of it. 

[Damrongsak]

17 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

or a train one! 

Then I could tell one or two train stories from Thailand 40+ years ago.  Have a couple of bus stories as well. 

[Yellowtail]

47 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Then I could tell one or two train stories from Thailand 40+ years ago.  Have a couple of bus stories as well. 

 

Took the train from BKK to HH about twenty years ago. It was pretty nice, but it broke down on the way and they had vans take us the rest of the way.

[VocalNeal]

Picture thread? I think there is another sub section for interesting (to you) stories!

[Yellowtail]

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

Picture thread? I think there is another sub section for interesting (to you) stories!

Sorry

[ballpoint]

9 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

 

Taking a guess here B P .. the ones to the foreground like like F6 Hellcats while the ones further back look like Curtiss P40's Warhawks .. possibly .. 

 

Here's one of the ones at the back taking off:

 

The USS Wasp was used to transport Spitfires from Glascow to Malta, on two occasions, where they became a major factor in the defence of the island, and therefore, (to try and quench the tears of those who don't seem to realise that this thread long ago developed into a place for the appreciation of all well designed machinery, not just that on two wheels), preventing the capture of dozens of Maltese motorcycles by the Italians and Germans.

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Here's one of the ones at the back taking off:

 

The USS Wasp was used to transport Spitfires from Glascow to Malta, on two occasions, where they became a major factor in the defence of the island, and therefore, (to try and quench the tears of those who don't seem to realise that this thread long ago developed into a place for the appreciation of all well designed machinery, not just that on two wheels), preventing the capture of dozens of Maltese motorcycles by the Italians and Germans.

 

Interesting .. here's another to show how all-inclusive of things with engines this thread has become .. 

Carrier launched dragster of the skies the Mosquito .. 

Bottom pic' , the dome on the nose is an experimental radar seeker developed for hunting shipping and U-boats with the torpedo slung underneath ready to be launched at any suitable detected targets .. 

Further down is the bewilderingly smart , deadly and expensive F35 , the latest kite to be operated from GB's new carrier and the long awaited replacement to the Harrier with its short take off and ability to hover and land vertically .. though it's yet to be confirmed if Akrapovic will be making a slip on can for this baby .. 

 

[Justgrazing]

Nice old FN M70 from Belgium and a early 4 cyl ..

[ktm jeff]

On 6/4/2021 at 1:30 PM, VocalNeal said:

 

I think the drum brake one is past vintage. As I've never come across one.????

The drum brake kart has an Arrows - Hewland engine. Its pretty old.

[ballpoint]

Of course, planes and bikes don't have to be mutually exclusive.  Here's Max Biaggi introducing the Pirelli Angel GT sport touring tyre onboard the Italian Carrier Cavour, back in 2013.  Those of a delicate disposition should remain focussed on the foreground:

 

[ballpoint]

And a US marine rides an unspecified motorcycle on an unspecified carrier in an unspecified location:

[ktm jeff]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

though it's yet to be confirmed if Akrapovic will be making a slip on can for this baby .. 

Would add 10 BHP , with a re-jet. Sorry.

[ballpoint]

The Bajaj V, a fairly nondescript Indian made bike that probably wouldn't feature in this thread at all, if not for the fact that its fuel tank was built using some of the metal from a scrapped Indian aircraft carrier:

 

 

The carrier it was made from, originally built as HMS Hercules for WW2, the war was over before it was completed, so the work in progress was sold to the Indian navy and renamed INS Vikrant (hence the 'V' in Bajaj V):

 

Can't have been that invincible if they turned it into a cheap motorbike.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by ballpoint