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Posted
1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

^^^^^

Off topic, but speaking of supercharged ...

Merlin had over 11,000 parts prior to fitting the blower behind the engine.

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Oh yeah? What happened to them after they fitted the blower then? 

 

Sorry, couldn't resist ????

Posted
9 hours ago, canthai55 said:

^^^^^

Off topic, but speaking of supercharged ...

Merlin had over 11,000 parts prior to fitting the blower behind the engine.

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An Icon of Brit' engineering with just over a 1000 hp in earliest versions finishing up over 2000 hp towards end of WW2 .. Licensed to Packard whose version went in the beautiful P51 which finished as fastest piston engined fighter of the war .. A low flying Spit' has probably one of the best soundtracks of any engine ever .. In the years following WW2 with the rush to Jet engines the Merlin became obsolete almost overnight and many were broken down for the scrap value of their components ( magnesium in some ) .. £250k now for a historic ready to use one .. If you can find one .. 

 

Only one I'll put up as it ain't strictly bike .. As good as the Merlin was it's a lightweight next to the monsterous Napier Sabre fitted to the Typhoon fighter bombers used in WW2 .. 24 Cyl's , 36 litre , 2 stage supercharger with 2300 upto 3500 hp by the end of the War .. As it strafed the **** outta them the retreating Germans are said to have nicknamed the Typhoon " whistling death " because of the noise the engine made .. 

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Posted
24 minutes ago, camble said:

Harley-Davidson at Thailand International Auto Expo, Imact Challenger

 

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I cannot help it, and it’s just an opinion: I wouldn’t buy a HD even it was the last bike available on this earth. 

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Jones supercharged flat4 2 stroke from late 40's ( think though info on it is not in abundance ) said to have a unique induction setup and looking at the those 'zorsts exhausts ports on both side of the barrel's .. Love to hear this running .. 

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Posted
I cannot help it, and it’s just an opinion: I wouldn’t buy a HD even it was the last bike available on this earth. 


Fortunately you won’t have to.
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Posted
13 hours ago, canthai55 said:

^^^^^

Off topic, but speaking of supercharged ...

Merlin had over 11,000 parts prior to fitting the blower behind the engine.

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Couldn't leave it without a mention of BRM's V16 of the late 40's which was in part designed by the same people behind the Merlin hence the aero engine style 2 speed supercharger built in to the front of the engine .. Only 1500 cc it was said to shunt out 600+ bhp at 12000 rev though RR reckoned it was safe to 14000 .. This makes a noise unlike anything else but was afflicted by ign problems right throughout its life so most clips of it being opened up you will hear it missing and running rough at high revs .. 

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Posted (edited)

I wouldn't buy a Harley either, can't afford it.  But they're the only bikes I photograph because the others look so boring.  I'd expect if I rode them it would be the same.

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, damascase said:

I cannot help it, and it’s just an opinion: I wouldn’t buy a HD even it was the last bike available on this earth. 

"would'nt buy a NEW HD even if"............

 There - fixed it for you.

The older ones were pretty good bikes, up until the end of the last century.

And the vintage & classic stuff was, well, like all classic bikes, wonderful.

Pretty damn good feel good engines, i'd have an older one or Evo in a heartbeat.

Posted
6 hours ago, camble said:

Harley-Davidson at Thailand International Auto Expo, Imact Challenger

Just when I thought it was safe...............lots of decent bikes then someone posts the Christmas trees..................still, it is nearly Christmas I suppose ????

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Posted
11 hours ago, kickstart said:

AJS 500 4 cylinder supercharged water cooled, built in 1939 55 BHP top speed 216 km/hour, not bad considering it was at the start of the war.

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Yabbut, that's not any more power nor speed than what JAP were getting out of 1100cc air cooled much simpler pushrod v twins of the time, put in other peoples bikes.

And i think those AJS over complicated bikes were the start of their financial downfall post war.

Did this bike actually win anything or did the war stop stop it?

AJS Porcupine anyone?

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Posted
14 minutes ago, kickstart said:

Aermacchi 1968 ALA Verda a 250 ccOHV engine Aermacchi made a lot of small 2 strokes have seen the racing bikes being raced, nice looking bikes.

This one was built after Harley Davidson invested in the company.

What I remember  Aermacchi were those awful 2 strokes trial style bikes of the '70s with an HD badge on.

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Look at that motor!

It's a 250/350 Honda Wave on steroids.

Lovely!

Pretty sure they were pushrod motors as well.

 

I actually liked those 2 stroke HD trail bikes of the 70's......

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