9 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

And if you keep it to 90°

Only way to go.

One day.

From the R/H side with the finning, almost Ducatiesque.............

Fair bit on YT.

 

More birds'n'bikes. And decent photography.

 

And IMHO, the prettiest woman to ever have walked this Earth.

And on a DT too...

 

 

And finally, sod the bike, LOOK AT THOSE SHOES!!!

 

Only way to go.

One day.

From the R/H side with the finning, almost Ducatiesque.............

Fair bit on YT.

 

More birds'n'bikes. And decent photography.

 

And IMHO, the prettiest woman to ever have walked this Earth.

And on a DT too...

 

 

And finally, sod the bike, LOOK AT THOSE SHOES!!!

 

 

Would we not rather “sod” the gal in the shoes, or do I not understand the term?

 

But the one on the yammie looks like more fun and lower maintenance...

On 7/19/2019 at 11:26 AM, mogandave said:

But the one on the yammie looks like more fun and lower maintenance...

You do know who that is, surely?

 

Here's another famous face and stunner in her day, who actually could and did ride a lot of bikes.

 

 

You do know who that is, surely?
 
Here's another famous face and stunner in her day, who actually could and did ride a lot of bikes.
 

 

Looks familiar, but no, I don’t recognize either.

The red one looks like a gal I was shacked up with in the ‘70s

34 minutes ago, mogandave said:

 

Looks familiar, but no, I don’t recognize either.

The red one looks like a gal I was shacked up with in the ‘70s

 

Jeez, both poster wimmin on my bedroom walls in the 70's.

Brigitte Bardot (and God created Woman)

and the feisty, genuine biker gal Ann Margret.

 

 

Edit;

BB was prolly the most photographed woman of the 60's and 70's

 

 

I reckon she's sprayed those trousers on .. 

Nice seat warmer on the Trumpet and the red works well with the black .. 

 

Proper birds on proper bikes;

 

Don't know if this should go in this thread, or the "get up, stand up, stand up when you ride" one...

Not bad ... zero to 400 kph in 26 seconds.  I couldn't quite make it out, but it seemed like about 130 kph in first gear.

 

 

24 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Not bad ... zero to 400 kph in 26 seconds.  I couldn't quite make it out, but it seemed like about 130 kph in first gear.

 

 

Looks like Turkish WSB rider Sofalogu .. was a publicity stunt across a new bridge ( Istanabul I think ) and yep 0 - 250 mph in a stupidly short time .. Those H2R's are supposed to be track days type bikes with no lights and indy's and various other non compliance for road legalness but a few have found their way onto the street .. 

Some outfits;

# racing

 

# sedate - take in the views, smell the flowers

 

Some dark Guzzis...

V7 III Carbon Dark:

 

A reborn '99 Nevada 750:

 

V35C:

 

And, the not so dark, Carbon Shine:

Triumphs!

 

 

 

 

All that, and a Bugatti Type 57 SC Gangloff Atalante Coupe thrown in as well.

 

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

All that, and a Bugatti Type 57 SC Gangloff Atalante Coupe thrown in as well.

Lump out of a 57 coupe ..

Described as over engineered pieces of automotive art sometimes are Bug' engines but then Ettore Bugatti was a quite brilliant engineer with some idea's that were way ahead of the time .. But he was said to also be quite stubborn and refused to compromise his idea's to mass production arguing the quality of hand made could not be replicated .. Ultimately trying to hand build everything cost more , the figures never added up and the banks called time .. Olde Worlde Bugatti's are now so rare they fetch a kings ransom whenever they come on the market even basket cases on the very rare occasion that they turn up run into the hundreds of thousands .. 

 

 

 

10 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Lump out of a 57 coupe ..

Described as over engineered pieces of automotive art sometimes are Bug' engines but then Ettore Bugatti was a quite brilliant engineer with some idea's that were way ahead of the time .. But he was said to also be quite stubborn and refused to compromise his idea's to mass production arguing the quality of hand made could not be replicated .. Ultimately trying to hand build everything cost more , the figures never added up and the banks called time .. Olde Worlde Bugatti's are now so rare they fetch a kings ransom whenever they come on the market even basket cases on the very rare occasion that they turn up run into the hundreds of thousands .. 

 

 

 

Check the "engine turning" out on the alloy panels.

I have learnt how to do that over the years, a delicate, very time consuming process, but oh so effective in the right enviroment.

 

 

   

BP's Guzzi's above - nah, no thumbs up from me, sorry, - they are all what Guzzista or even the factory call "small block twins" - based on the 70's V35 and V50.

Great bikes, reliable etc, but too physically small for big blokes and lack the torque of the bigger more traditional "big twins".

A proper learner bike, a great girl's bike (not being disrespectful) or an ideal modern Hipster bike (being disrespectful).

The new V7's are not even knocking out 50 bhp - pretty embarrassing IMO.

 

 

The above is a proper V7, a replica of the first of the Tonti framed V7's, a 750 but a big block.

 

 

Never heard the term engine turning, but we used to use a piece of broomstick in a vertical mill and valve lapping compound...

3 hours ago, mogandave said:

Never heard the term engine turning

Me either, new one on me:-

 

4 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Check the "engine turning" out on the alloy panels.

I have learnt how to do that over the years, a delicate, very time consuming process, but oh so effective in the right enviroment.

Yeah t'was one of Bugatti's trademarks was engine turning finishing of everything .. The cam cover's and bulkhead in this pic' shown the level he took it to .. 

I have seen it done in college years ago but there was no real call for it in the truckworld .. 

 

4 hours ago, mogandave said:

Never heard the term engine turning, but we used to use a piece of broomstick in a vertical mill and valve lapping compound...

Yeah i've heard of that method too.

I use a loaded cylindrical mop, either with metal polish or grinding paste, depending on material, again, a vertical mill is best for consistent results twiddling the handles, but a pillar drill will suffice if you've got a good eye and patience (which i neither have).

Note. This photo was posted for illustrative purposes only, and in no way denotes the opinions, likes, cravings or dreams and aspirations of the poster.  And that goes equally for the bike and the mode of decoration chosen.

More examples:

 

 

 

Some Trialsumphs:

 

1966 T100C

 

Some Tiger Cubs.  Same same, but different.

 

 

That last one looks like the ‘61 Scrambler that I bought for 800 quid, could never get going so sold it for £1600 !!!


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Bugatti 16 cyl .. 2 straight 8's mounted parallel to and geared to each other .. That in itself goes against usual engine doctrine as cranks of that length suffer flex and twisting issues .. Bugatti's answer .? Hand built roller bearing cranks to keep them as short as possible .. 

3 valves a cyl , gear driven cam's , twin supercharger .. All this in the late 20's .. And with engine turned finish .. 

 

6 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Yeah t'was one of Bugatti's trademarks was engine turning finishing of everything .. The cam cover's and bulkhead in this pic' shown the level he took it to .. 

I have seen it done in college years ago but there was no real call for it in the truckworld .. 

 

If you look carefully, the bulkhead appears to be alloy sheet and engine turned finished, but the "cam cover" sheet or whatever it is, looks a different pattern and i would say it is hand scraped "half moon" for aesthetics only.

 

Back to bikes, c  l  a  s  s ;

 

 

A bobbered Bobber

A bobbered Bobber

Nice paint!


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