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Some bikes by Russian designer Mikhail Smolyanov, inspired by 1920's racing cars.  Not really my cup of hot beverage, but it can't be denied that they are stunning.  And, the curves, the curves!

 

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2 hours ago, ballpoint said:

1954 MV Augusta 175cc CSS Squalo

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What a stunning bike! OHC engine, technically far ahead of the British industry at the time.

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4 hours ago, ballpoint said:

1954 MV Augusta 175cc CSS Squalo

I wondered about one of the responses to the post.  Squalo = shark in Italian, but when I typed it into Google translate to double check, and let it auto detect the language, it came up with Latin, where it means squalor.  So, it'll either bite you or drive you to abject misery, depending on where you went to school.  

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7 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Some bikes by Russian designer Mikhail Smolyanov, 

Far too decadent and bourgeois for comrades bp .. 

You were after a bike with a gun abit earlier ? How's about a Ural combo' with fitted machine gun .. 

And for Guzz' the agricultural version .. 

 

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10 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Here's another Triumph but with mummified 'zorst pipes ..

We owned and built a lot of Triumphs like that in the 80's & 90's.

Nice, simple, clean, good fun bikes.

People who have not ridden a short wheelbase rigid frame, will not understand how good they can handle on smooth tarmac.

Fantastically well.

Until it gets really bumpy...

 

Edit. that bike pictured might not look it, but is surprisingly stock ish.

Weld on hardtail, throw all the unnecessary crap away,  and job's a good 'un basically.

 

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10 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Beautiful prim' case rework on that .. Is that R/H drive chain a pop' conversion an' is it easily done .?

Primary case is stock.

I think just the g/box sprkt behind it has been converted to a crossover link and drive on the other side to clear the fat tyre and be a bit different.

No, not easily done.

Japanese built bike by a famous Jap custom shop.

Note the lovely oil tank behind the primary.

And those fork legs may be off a 90's trials bike.

17 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Looks like a 1931 4F.31

Those early OHC 500cc Square Fours were a disaster waiting to happen.

God does have off days like everybody else.

TBH i don't think even think the last OHV 1000cc models or whatever they were, were the most solid bikes you could own, especially in hot weather, long highways etc.

ie California...

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Raunchy bike porn.  The owner ("Rat Bike Milo") had driven it 615,000 miles ... as of June, 2011.  I saw it at a big bike meet a few years back.  He had driven from the State of Oregon to Washington, DC. (about 2,600 miles each way.)  

 

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Big engines .? You gotta go some to out big this .. 

Lycoming 36 cyl , 77 litre liquid cooled aero lump .. 9 banks of four churning out it is said 5000 hp on take off .. 6 of them ( yes 6 ) were to have powered the abandoned B36 " Peacemaker " bomber end of WW2 .. 

 

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