Deltic ... mesmerizing.

 

 

 

4-strokes, 2-strokes;

now 3-stroke ?

And here's what you've all been waiting for.  The Lego version:

When it comes to trains though, steam is king.

Don't'cha just love the pipes on both of them .. 

 

The pipe on the bottom one is rather reminiscent of this Coventry Eagle Flying 250 from 1937:

 

They made some very nice bikes in their time.  Here's a 1928 Flying 8 Side Valve:

 

And a Flying 8 Overhead Valve from the same year, with a rather Brough Superior like look to it:

 

Just like Brough, they were unable to source parts after the war and turned to making bicycles under the Falcon Cycles name, which is still going.

 

One more Coventry Eagle, showing the amount of effort that can go into restoring a "barn find" - a 1937 148cc N1 Silent Superb.  Bravo.

 

Another pic' of a Deltic turned arty with a lot of the ancillaries left off .. Still a bit big to use as a coffee table base though .. 

 

Late 20's AJS 500 and Kohler Escoffier 350 .. 

 

OT Some Deltic gearhead porn

 

 

Gear driven cams anyone?

41 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

OT Some Deltic gearhead porn

 

 

Gear driven cams anyone?

That reminds me, I must get my watch serviced.

59 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

OT Some Deltic gearhead porn

 

 

Gear driven cams anyone?

Okeydokey...

I was thinking more like this but I'll let you off 

 

Top pic' .. 

Awesome 37 litre , 24 banger ( two flat 12's atop one another ) Napier Sabre aero lump as fitted to the Typhoon & Tempest fighter bombers of WW2 .. Max power 3500 hp at the end of war .. 

Lower shots 

Napier W12 aero lump .. Near 24 litre , design of this began unbelievably before WW1 had ended .. in production in the 20's it was considered one of the most advanced designs around using bevel shaft cam drives and the latest in magneto ignition systems .. remained in production well into the 30's even when more contemporary lumps like the Merlin were starting to become available but was always more difficult to make than a more conventional V12 ..  

Napier Railton from 20's fitted with a Lion .. 1300 hp on those tyres .. Yikes .. 

 

 

Slam dunked, lowered, and lovely.

 

You'll never believe this was/is a DT250...

Chocolate doubloons to any of you fella's who can guess who this is by .. I was shocked ..

 

Maserati 175 and another drop dead good looking Parilla 250 .. 

 

9 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Chocolate doubloons to any of you fella's who can guess who this is by .. I was shocked ..

 

Longitudinal V Twin.  First thought was a Guzzi, but that would be too easy, and hardly shocking.  However, an article on the origins of the Moto Guzzi twin brought up this fellow Italian from the 50's:

 

Still (mainly) oiled up and ready to go.

 

Let's leave the question open for any other budding detectives.

 

2 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Let's leave the question open for any other budding detectives.

Indeed .. 

555 ???????????? please supply feather to knock me down with.

Am I giving away to much if we add the first production motorbike with a disk brake.

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

555 ???????????? please supply feather to knock me down with.

Am I giving away to much if we add the first production motorbike with a disk brake.

MV Agusta?

Not an MV Agusta. 

 

A clearer side view:

 

Nice scooter.

1938 Moto Guzzi 250GP:

 

 

1938 500GP:

 

1938 GTCL 500cc:

Here's another shaft driven twin, but not Italian this time.  Answer at the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

A 1960 Ural M-52S.

And an Englishman on an Italian.  The late, great, John Surtees.

 

The 1986 French Historic Grand Prix.  Surtees, on a Manx Norton, in his last ever bike race.  Also, from left to right, Dave Roper (Matchless G50), Alan Cathcart (Paton) and Hugh Anderson (Matchless G50). 

Babe

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

And an Englishman on an Italian.  The late, great, John Surtees.

 

Shown here taking a quick nap on the straightaway.

Couple of cooled out Urals and an earlier SV lump .. How cool is that .. 

 

Couple of 20's Excelsior Super X V-twins .. The black one looks a real beauty .. 

And just take a look at the pipes on the past its best Indian 4 .. ( still worth a fortune even in that nick ) ..