January 25, 20197 yr Apologies - I bought my Ducati in Thailand. how do I tell where the parts were made and where it was assembled? I am reading through my Green Book and I don't see it listed there.
January 25, 20197 yr At the end of "Godzilla vs Mothra", this is the bike the hero and his love interest are seen fleeing on. A classic!
January 26, 20197 yr Popular Post 12 hours ago, kickstart said: A Rickman Interceptor 750 The engine is a Royle Oilfield Enfield 750, fitted in to a Rickman brothers frame only 130 where built, the engines were left over from another defunct project, so Rickman's come up with this, the write up at the time the 750 engine proved to be a good one, a dry sump pressurized system with the oil tank built in to the engine case, dry weight 365 pounds . Great bike! This is, as you say the last of the Enfield twin engines, with a cleaned up g/box outer cover and a conversion to a points-in-the-timing-cover. C/cases and oil in separate dry sump the same as the previous version. However, IMO, nowhere near as pretty as the previous engine, which, again, IMO, is one of the best looking and beefiest parallel twins Britain ever produced, or the world had ever seen. Here you can see the details of the how Enfield still ran a dry sump oiling system without the need for a separate oil tank. They used this design on all their post WW II singles and twins, 350cc up. All their twins, like Matchless & AJS ran two separate heads. IMO, not such a great idea. Stuff they did do well, was an extremely robust bottom end, inc a very well balanced very strong crank, and a bolt together separate g/box and c/case with mating flat faces and using a slipper tensioner blade to adjust the primary chain, when pretty much everybody else was moving the g/box back to get primary chain tension right. Other manufacturers did'nt go to this until the early 60's with unit construction motors. Enfield were doing this in the late 40's with the Bullet singles.... Edit, i forgot, looking at the second last pic, another neat idea, especially for racing, was the ability to change cams without splitting the cases and bottom end.
January 26, 20197 yr Popular Post Stunning late 30's Norton Superior 1000 .. Attention to detail on this is top class .. like the pin striping on the oil tank .. JAP 1000 in a Brough Superior competition bike .. Awesome old 1920's Coventry Climax also with a JAP engine .. Along with Brough's and Montgomery's the Coventry was seen as one of the superbikes of the day ..
January 26, 20197 yr Popular Post 1918 New Imperial V twin with some tank art like you can only get from the good 'ole days .. And a lovely old 30's Terrot ..
January 26, 20197 yr Popular Post On 1/24/2019 at 7:53 AM, thaiguzzi said: Motor is a SOHC CB750 with 2 extra cylinders glued on. The Benelli became a Honda and the Honda wants to be a Benelli .. A CBX wanting to be a Ben' me thinks .. A badass CBX1000 with proper front pipes .. And a Benelli turning all Honda like with crank end cover bearing Honda instead of Benelli and 6 carb's ..
January 27, 20197 yr Popular Post That CBX is just stunning, especially from the rear! The second one aint too shabby either. And i don't even like 4's let alone 6's, but i'd have either in a heartbeat. For some reason, a lot of people (inc on this forum) don't get the current Yamaha XSR series, especially the XSR700 twin. But i do, and always have shown it some love... IMO one of the best bikes for A & B roads and roads here in TH. A French one; A German one;
January 27, 20197 yr Nice, especially as they’ve got the Yammy ‘checker-block’ stripes too.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 27, 20197 yr Popular Post 41 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said: Nice, especially as they’ve got the Yammy ‘checker-block’ stripes too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You and me both, Brother. IMHO, and i am admittedly very biased, the badge below always was the greatest of the Japanese Big 4.
January 27, 20197 yr Popular Post 3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said: That CBX is just stunning, especially from the rear! 2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said: You and me both, Brother. IMHO, and i am admittedly very biased, the badge below always was the greatest of the Japanese Big 4 A better side on shot of Benelli imposter CBX .. New breed Yamaha twin alongside old fave XS .. In one of the best colour schemes .. And how can we have a Yam' love-up without the incomparable Very Max .. wheelbase of a truck , weighs the same as a elephant and one of the most powerful bikes out there mid 80's .. Yamaha must be doing something right with 'em though as the last time I looked they were still making them ..
January 27, 20197 yr 15 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: A better side on shot of Benelli imposter CBX .. The fuel tank on that CBX - and the pipes - just shot my load.... 16 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: New breed Yamaha twin alongside old fave XS .. In one of the best colour schemes .. Hagerman at it again... 16 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: And how can we have a Yam' love-up without the incomparable Very Max .. The new ones, out for a few years now are a completely different beast, still a V4, but.... 1700cc i believe and over 200 bhp and huuuuge torque... Here's a double post from Papa Al's trials thread; early rigid frame post WW II Brit single trials bikes;
January 27, 20197 yr Popular Post Top bike DKW 125 late 30's .. Bit of unsung hero this bike as DK' did a lot of R & D on 2 stroke design that everyone else making strokers tried to match and eventually copied when after the end of WW2 the allies had a carve up of German Industry and the plans for the DK' were passed about .. a bit .. U S's interpretation was H D Hummer .. Russia's the Moskva .. BSA's take on the plans was the Bantam ..
January 28, 20197 yr On 1/27/2019 at 4:23 AM, Justgrazing said: Stunning late 30's Norton Superior 1000 .. Attention to detail on this is top class .. like the pin striping on the oil tank .. JAP 1000 in a Brough Superior competition bike .. Awesome old 1920's Coventry Climax also with a JAP engine .. Along with Brough's and Montgomery's the Coventry was seen as one of the superbikes of the day .. Something never sat right with me from this bike when i first saw it. Norton never made a v twin around this time, or ever without getting my books out. I believe it is a one-off custom special built recently to look like a vintage Brough -nought wrong with that, just sayin'. That timing cover is a one off casting. The k/start is either a modified Trident or a Sammy Miller item with a dreadful (spoils it) Harley custom made in Taiwan pedal atop. Ditto the K&N type breather filter atop the R/H c/case. Motor is possibly a JAP with a couple of one-off rockerbox inspection sideplate castings. Nice, but the bars (too high) and the tank (too short), and minor detailing (like the K/S pedal) spoil it for me.
January 28, 20197 yr 3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said: Something never sat right with me from this bike when i first saw it. Norton never made a v twin around this time, or ever without getting my books out. I believe it is a one-off custom special built recently to look like a vintage Brough -nought wrong with that, just sayin'. That timing cover is a one off casting. The k/start is either a modified Trident or a Sammy Miller item with a dreadful (spoils it) Harley custom made in Taiwan pedal atop. Ditto the K&N type breather filter atop the R/H c/case. Motor is possibly a JAP with a couple of one-off rockerbox inspection sideplate castings. Nice, but the bars (too high) and the tank (too short), and minor detailing (like the K/S pedal) spoil it for me. Correct mundo Mr Guzz' I had to double take it as well .. Sure the kick start pedal and breather give it away .. The name on the tank of Norton Superior also hints so my guess is a one off job .. But the rest of it looks the part methinks ..
January 28, 20197 yr Popular Post Yam's take on the DKW the YA1 aka Yammyha No1 .. From this to second biggest bike maker on the planet ..
January 28, 20197 yr Popular Post 50's minimalist Zundapp boxer twin .. Dead cool Horex 350 from mid 50's ..
January 28, 20197 yr Popular Post Often overshadowed by their trial and scramblers Bultaco made some neat road bikes also .. All 60's machines .. Cool or what ..
January 29, 20197 yr Popular Post 5 hours ago, Justgrazing said: Cool or what .. Very cool. H/bar bend seems a very nice sweep. Great colour schemes. Class. Nowhere near as pretty as the original classic 60-70's trials bikes, this bike below was built to show what a Bultaco could have looked like if they'd kept going into the late 80's, early 90's. The last proper Buls were made in 82-83 before the factory closed, same time as Meriden.
January 29, 20197 yr Popular Post 12 hours ago, Justgrazing said: Often overshadowed by their trial and scramblers Bultaco made some neat road bikes also .. All 60's machines .. Cool or what .. There were a few of these Bultaco 250 Metralla on the road in The Netherlands in the second half of the sixties, but most of the Bultaco’s sold there were the scramblers. I bought a Bultaco TSS 250 production racer in December 1968, and raced it in the ‘69 season. Water cooled - no pump, a thermosyphon system - transistor ignition, 6 speed gearbox, 40hp@9500 rpm, 96 kg with fairing. Its weak point was the primary chain - on the right - between crankshaft and gearbox.
January 29, 20197 yr Popular Post King of cool Stevie boy giving Triumph some priceless advertising .. Note it's the same bike that he bought himself when just cruisin' 'round town and then in ISDT mode complete with " modified " silencer possibly for a bit more kickstart clearance ?
January 30, 20197 yr Nicely merging the talk about the latest Speed Twin on the other thread, and Steve McQueen on this one, here's a 1938 5T Speed Twin 500:
January 30, 20197 yr Popular Post And another king of cool on a Triumph, a 1949 Trophy TR5. It sold for USD179,200 last year:
January 30, 20197 yr Popular Post Who wants a 1967 BSA Victor 441? Or a 1967 Spitfire Mk III? No? How about ditching the guy and getting a 1968 Thunderbolt then?
January 30, 20197 yr Popular Post A couple more BSA ads from the '60s. There seems to be a common factor in these, but I just can't put my finger on it. A 1968 Spitfire Mk IV: A 1969 Victor:
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