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From Mule Motorcycles, a one man outfit in San Diego.

Triumph 'Brighton' café racer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

904cc Bonneville T100:

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

is the hideous Dr Big 800 Suzy from the 90's ..

I liked it.

And i liked all the trail bikes / dual sport bikes from the 70's to late 90's, up until 10-15 years ago where tons of transformer plastic, and water cooling took over.

They had normal dashes, headlamps and were easy to work on.

Reliable, light and fit for purpose.

Prolly THE ideal bike for over here.

Big fan of the Jap big singles, 400cc up.

DRZ 400

DR 650

KLR 650

XLR 650

XT 500-550-600-660

et al.

58 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

The other side...

No idea what that ally cover is, er, covering.

It aint OHC drive, as this motor has a very nice bevel drive on the timing side to the OHC cam box.

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Oh for sure it'll have a weighty flywheel .. The only other engine I can think of that bears comparison to it is the single cyl Lister diesel that is fitted in small Thwaites dumper truck's .. that has a flywheel weighing in at 20lbs .! is quite large and you know it when trying to start it with a starting handle .. On the other side the NSU when running will pull a house down I would imagine .. 

I have a KRT 140 Kubota tractor here, 750cc single diesel, electric and hand start, and our farm truck runs the same motor, albeit, all the electrics died years ago, so it's hand crank only.
Great fun, about 14 hp, but as you say - torqua all the way up the side of a house.

These motors have the external steel flywheel, (bacon slicer), electric start ones have the ring gear attached.

About 2" thick and a good 18" across. Weigh a fair bit more than 20 kgs.

You see these engines everywhere in the countryside, iron buffaloes - E Teks, modified farm vehicles - E tens, etc.

The 14hp ones retail for around 40k TB. Gearbox extra.

Pic below shows 14 hp can carry and pull along 1500 kgs...

Sorry, back to the topic......

 

Was this a brand or one off...

Some tank art from 1920's and later Swiss Condors .. 

1920 NUT ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) made by Angus Sanderson & son ..  

 

Edited February 25, 20197 yr by Justgrazing
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14 hours ago, DJ54 said:

Was this a brand or one off...

One off.

3 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Some tank art from 1920's and later Swiss Condors .. 

Just look at that blue & silver tank.

Just look at the workmanship.

Look at the bottom seams & details.

Let alone the paint job design and gorgeous colours.

Always loved that art deco period.

Buildings, trains, cars, motorcycles, even machine tools of that period.

 

Not art deco, but close - late 60's...

 

2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Always loved that art deco period.

Buildings, trains, cars, motorcycles, even machine tools of that period.

The town of Napier in NZ was destroyed by an earthquake in 1931 and totally rebuilt in the style of that time. 

No motorcycles here, but oozing art deco...

 

Managed to find some bikes after all...

A 1913 Henderson Model B.  934cc, 7HP.

 

 

On 2/24/2019 at 3:23 AM, thaiguzzi said:

Big fan of the Jap big singles, 400cc up.

DRZ 400

DR 650

KLR 650

XLR 650

XT 500-550-600-660

et al.

Yeah for sure Dr 650 was a good bike and an' excellent all rounder .. Not quite as bottom end torquey as XT600 but Suzy was smoother running especially at higher revs than Yam' .. an' also quite nickable as mine got tea-leafed like my XT600 ..

Dr 350 was an excellent smaller capacity trailer and a very underrated bike as was XT350 .. 

Dr400 is a good 'un generally but liquid cooling added complexity a small'ish capacity trailer doesn't need especially off-road in the middle of nowhere .. 

Dr800 though I think took it too far and was too much of a water buffalo to get serious with off road  weighing in at 189kg from what I recall .. 

Dr 650 .. 

 

680 boxer twin Condor ..

 

32 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

680 boxer twin Condor ..

 

Another Condor: the A350, a dedicated Army bike, with a 350 Ducati engine. 3000 made between 1973 - 1978.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_A350

On 2/24/2019 at 2:18 AM, ballpoint said:

Continuing with the kinky side of porn, a 48 cylinder Whitelock Tinker Toy.  4,200cc, 16 Kawasaki KH250 2-stroke triples, plus a separate 50cc 2-stroke as a starter engine:

 

 

 

How accurate it is I'm not sure but its said the guy who built the 48cyl Kawa also built the bike below .. A recap for any guys who didn't see it last time 'round the engine is apparently the 2 front cylinders that were loped off a RR Merlin V12 ..

 

 

Doc' 350 and XT 350 both excellent 'trailer's and all rounders ..

 

14 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

How accurate it is I'm not sure but its said the guy who built the 48cyl Kawa also built the bike below .. A recap for any guys who didn't see it last time 'round the engine is apparently the 2 front cylinders that were loped off a RR Merlin V12 ..

 

 

 

Nah, it's not the same guy.  The (slice of) Merlin powered bike was made by an Aussie fella, named Lucky Keizer.  Looks like he's made a few mods to it from that photo above.  Apparently he found the engine in a wrecked Mosquito bomber and was able to salvage two of the cylinders.  He says it will do 400 km/hr.

He's changed a bit since then too:

Sounds like a good bloke, and not only because he's wearing a Triumph shirt:

'Lucky's love for motorbikes goes back to when he was 11 years old.

"I had the mechanical inclination and need for speed back then and I got done for speeding in a baby's pram," he laughed.

"I put a motor in it out of my father's cement mixer... I was so proud of it I had to take it down the highway near Dubbo in New South Wales.

"I got fined five pound ten and it took about two years to pay it off."

"I will go till the day I die I guess, but I plan to go way beyond 80 or 90; I will still be riding," he laughed.'

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/08/19/4296075.htm

 

The 48 cylinder Whitelock Tinker Toy was built by an English bloke called Simon Whitelock.

 

Whilst we're on off roaders, trail bikes or dual sports, here's a Ducati built before Ducati management had invented the "Scrambler" sub genre, based around an air cooled Monster.

Not too shabby...

 

Prolly great for hooning back roads here in TH.

 

On 2/24/2019 at 9:18 AM, ballpoint said:

Continuing with the kinky side of porn, a 48 cylinder Whitelock Tinker Toy.  4,200cc, 16 Kawasaki KH250 2-stroke triples, plus a separate 50cc 2-stroke as a starter engine:

#savetheplanet ahahaha

While reading up on the Merlin, I found an even bigger V Twin.  The 6.7L Gunbus, using 2 cylinders from a 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine.  And aircraft tyres as well.

7 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Whilst we're on off roaders, trail bikes or dual sports, here's a Ducati built before Ducati management had invented the "Scrambler" sub genre, based around an air cooled Monster.

Not too shabby...

 

Prolly great for hooning back roads here in TH.

 

Black n' red works well and its got a goodly amount of ground clearance .. 

Indian 1913 e model ..

Superb piece of Indian tank art on one of their new breed bikes .. 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Whilst we're on off roaders, trail bikes or dual sports, here's a Ducati built before Ducati management had invented the "Scrambler" sub genre, based around an air cooled Monster.

Not too shabby...

 

Prolly great for hooning back roads here in TH.

 

I see a resemblance ...

R5...

 

 

Always loved the yam-yellow..

1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said:

R5...

 

 

That is neat .. Not often do you see older aircooled Yam's tricked up but that is cool as cluck .. The minorest of gripes it just needs slightly shorter stingers on the end of the expansion chambers .. 

9 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

.. The minorest of gripes

and the rear tail light placement does not suit it IMO.

51 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Jeez dude.

Lay off the drugs....

 I hope you had no hand in the making of this thing...

 

Couple of neat YR3's ..

 

1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said:

Lay off the drugs....

 I hope you had no hand in the making of this thing...

555

Took that pic at least 15 years ago riding Pattaya to Koh Chang

The Great John Mayall tribute to Jimi Hendrix

 

1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

he Great John Mayall tribute to Jimi Hendrix

I'll forgive him the choice and style of bike as it was late 60's .. and he is/was the greatest rock guitarist .. 

 

9 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

I'll forgive him the choice and style of bike as it was late 60's .. and he is/was the greatest rock guitarist ..

Panhead the greatest HD ever !

30 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Panhead the greatest HD ever !

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