1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

According to the Triumph Thailand website, THB890,000 is the asking price for one with no further accessories fitted.  They don't say how many Thailand is being allocated though - the US is getting 200, and Canada 20 being all I can find, so I don't imagine Thailand will get too many.  I might make a trip to one of the Bangkok dealers and see if there's still one unaccounted for.

I think if you plonk down a big enough deposit they would find you one. But if you simply want to kick the tyres? no. 

2 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Two stroke, Turbocharged, 14 Cylinder, 107,390 HP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wärtsilä-Sulzer_RTA96-C

I think it said "mass produced"  But I'll give marks for "two-stroke"

 

Those zany Gérmans at it again .. Plain Jane Be-eM fitted with Konig flat 4 500cc stroker marine engine .. 

 

 

20 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

More MV'ness .. 

Ago having a go at the TT ..

Someone else giving a 500 a caning ..

1949 GP125 .. One of the earliest MV's .. 

350 Electronica twin .. 

 

What do the  two tank decals  represent on the 350?

24 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Those zany Gérmans at it again .. Plain Jane Be-eM fitted with Konig flat 4 500cc stroker marine engine .. 

 

 

That same König 500cc flatfour twostroke was also used in 500 GP racing in the seventies. One of them even beat the MV four on top speed on one of the tracks. I do remember the screaming sound they produced.......

More info on König: https://www.odd-bike.com/2013/04/konig-500-gp-outboard-powered-underdog.html

50 minutes ago, Randell said:

What do the  two tank decals  represent on the 350?

At a guess I would say they might represent the number of World Championships they've won as MV were one of the dominant manufacturers in G P racing in 50's , 60's and early 70's in numerous classes .. 

44 minutes ago, damascase said:

That same König 500cc flatfour twostroke was also used in 500 GP racing in the seventies. One of them even beat the MV four on top speed on one of the tracks. I do remember the screaming sound they produced.......

More info on König: https://www.odd-bike.com/2013/04/konig-500-gp-outboard-powered-underdog.html

Indeed it did .. Can't remember the name of the bloke who used to race it though .. I think who ever put the engine in the Be-eM turned it thru 90° possibly to continue using the original gearbox as the GP racer has the cylinders running in line .. 

 

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

At a guess I would say they might represent the number of World Championships they've won as MV were one of the dominant manufacturers in G P racing in 50's , 60's and early 70's in numerous classes .. 

37 times world champion

 

The other is redundant, as it says 21 times world champion.

 

Top bike looks great in that colour scheme .. Purple & Silver always works well .. 

Bottom bike is just stunning .. 

 

9 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

I think if you plonk down a big enough deposit they would find you one. But if you simply want to kick the tyres? no. 

If they use up the Thailand allocation, then they'd have to try and get a spare one from elsewhere.  I've had six Hinkley Triumphs in Thailand over the last 20 years, and currently still have two, so they know if I am interested it wouldn't just be to kick the tyres.

12 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Apparently this is the largest mass produced piston engine. Although I suspect the writer of that article may not have been aware of these?

 

 

Or even this one.

 

I am not surprised it was abandoned, with all that weight how would it take off, and where would all the fule go for 216 cyinders .

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Indeed it did .. Can't remember the name of the bloke who used to race it though .. I think who ever put the engine in the Be-eM turned it thru 90° possibly to continue using the original gearbox as the GP racer has the cylinders running in line .. 

 

I thought Konig rang a bell, they were used very successfully in sidecar racing, in the '70s.

A friend of mine had a 750 BSA A65 outfit, used it in club racing, did ok on a very limated budget , at the time a lot of winning outfits where useing Imp engines, as in Hillmen Imp ,and they had a fair bit of sucsess, did once see a Konig outfit ,or heard it first ,it did scream. 

12 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Going from modern builds of old bike names, to a modern rebuild of an old bike.  A 1953 Thunderbird.

To this day i like bikes with a low seat height, even better a very low seat height.

And i'm 6'3" / 190 cms tall.

Both my current bikes (79 Triumph twin, 89 Guzzi big twin) have a sprung rear end, yet have considerably lower seat heights than stock.

Yet both are designed to go, stop, and go round corners better than std.

The bike in the above pic looks to have a most excrutiatingly painful footrest position for that low seat height.

I would be cramping up before i even got down to the corner shops.

And then my wrists might ache....

 

Here's something a bit more sensible, i'm sure the seat is prolly still on the workbench inside...

Honest Guv...

I

12 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Two stroke, Turbocharged, 14 Cylinder, 107,390 HP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wärtsilä-Sulzer_RTA96-C

That engine on the picture is only a 6 cyl model, 14 cyl model will be over double as long.

 

I am an marine engineer and have worked on those big 2 stoke engines, boy they are something, dead slow is something like 15 rpm/min. On some of them you can take the exhaust valve off and enter the bore in the head, stand on the piston and then turn the engine (with turning gear engaged) and inspect the liner, on the biggest engines the stoke is app 2mtr, pretty cool eh.

Those engines span over 3 floors in height (3 decks, marine talking), man I miss them, we don't use them in oil off-shore but only small 4 stoke moped diesel engines.

1 hour ago, kickstart said:

I thought Konig rang a bell, they were used very successfully in sidecar racing, in the '70s.

Indeed they were .. Here's the solo GP racer .. 

 

Couple of Alfa Romeo engined machines ..

Top one with flat 4 as fitted in 'Sud and other smaller models ..

Bottom one with a V6 out of the 164 .. And lump in it's usual abode .. 

 

Another crazy German bike, with a 6L V12 Aston Martin engine...

 

19 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Those zany Gérmans at it again .. Plain Jane Be-eM fitted with Konig flat 4 500cc stroker marine engine .. 

 

 

Clever. Like fitting a Mercury/Evinrude two stroke in a motorcycle. 

 

I would pay money for one of those.

 

There is a whole article about the concept. https://www.odd-bike.com/2013/04/konig-500-gp-outboard-powered-underdog.html

4 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Another crazy German bike, with a 6L V12 Aston Martin engine...

Yep always been a bit of intertwining t'wixt bikes , cars , planes and boats .. Some can carry it off some can't .. Here's one of each .. 

Sunbeam with a Porker flat 4 ( read Beetle with added Porscheness ) now that looks reasonably in proportion if a little weighty .. 

 

And when crossovers go badly wrong you end up with the truly bloody awful Bond 3 wheeler from the 50's with its Villiers engine which looks like its getting a hearty kicking in the bottom pic' .. Shades of Basil Fawlty there ..

 

Early early Anzani W3 .. The engine was originally developed from an aero engine design and put in a bike .. Don't'cha just dig those handlebars .. Would love to hear this running .. 

 

19 hours ago, guzzi850m2 said:

I am an marine engineer and have worked on those big 2 stoke engines,

I'm a Doxford man myself  Have climbed into almost every part except the scavenge space.

On 3/18/2019 at 1:27 AM, Justgrazing said:

Ahh them was the days when men were men and almost always had a tab' on the go when a camera was about .. 

Baz' dragging the life out of one and Baz' partying with badboy Public Schoolboy and F1 champ James Hunt who not only liked a tab an' drink was also quite partial to the odd Air Hostess or 30 .. not to mention a bit of fisticuffs for which he gained a bit of a reputation ..  Complete geeza then .. Alas both are no longer around now .. 

 

 

 

               He , should  have  flown Eva  or Thai Air,  better suspension and smoother ride .

 

On 3/22/2019 at 6:12 PM, Justgrazing said:

More MV'ness .. 

Ago having a go at the TT ..

Someone else giving a 500 a caning ..

1949 GP125 .. One of the earliest MV's .. 

350 Electronica twin .. 

 

 

        Ago on a dream machine ,  and Mike the bike , on the  Honda six . 

             Those were  the days ...

 

 

Another car to bike crossover .. 

Mazda 13B twin rotor Rotary with underslung radiators and whacking great twin choke to fuel it .. Would run better with EFi but that adds complexity so to keep it simple suspect they've gone for the carb' .. And those pipes .? No joking you'll want ear plugs in when one of these rotary's are running with open pipes .. 

 

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Another car to bike crossover .. 

Mazda 13B twin rotor Rotary with underslung radiators and whacking great twin choke to fuel it .. Would run better with EFi but that adds complexity so to keep it simple suspect they've gone for the carb' .. And those pipes .? No joking you'll want ear plugs in when one of these rotary's are running with open pipes .. 

 

 

Here's a couple more biblical quotes:

"The roar of Moses' Triumph was heard in the hills".

And, once he finally settled down, Moses sold the bike to Joshua.

"Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land".

5 hours ago, ballpoint said:

more biblical quotes:

Offa my Guz...

Couple 'o more shots of old Sunbeam kitted with a Porsche lump .. 

Old Zundapp doing the same but with the peasant VW engine instead ..

 

A crossover bordering on the ridiculous .. Jag XK 3.8 lump in a combo' .. Don't bother with a rad' .. or a silencer .. or much else .. It's the look of total concentration/terror in his eyes that seals it .. 

V8 stroker marine engine with outrageous spannie's .. 

 

 

Moving even further into the ridiculous, the Cosmic Motors' "Detonator".  Originally a concept for a fantasy movie, 9 were produced.  The front wheel arrives at your destination 5 minutes before you do.

 

 

Perhaps yellow is more to your taste?

Nothing plain about these bikes from Spain.  Two Bultacos: a 1964 Works 244cc, and a 1968 TSS 500.  Plenty of beans in these 'tacos.