I'll see your Triton Trident and raise it with a 1000cc bored and stroked Norman Hyde kit.
Always thought a triple suits the Featherbed frame so well.
 

 
Concur - the Imp motor is hideous, and no amount of alloy polishing will hide it.
Come back SR500 Yam in a Norton frame - all is forgiven.....
 

Norman Hyde made nice seats too. God, I miss that bike!!!


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What happens when the Germans take the feather bed frame and run with it.  A 1972 Munch Mammoth 1200 TTS.

 

 

A Canadian built belt driven Norton Featherbed Commando Café Racer, that's easier on the eyes than on the tongue:

 

Another belt drive.  The 1959 Norton - Velocette Dustbin Racer, or Model 99/Venom Special, to give it its official title.  Powered by a 499cc twin plug Velocette engine.

 

That front end is nothing to sniff at.  The winner, by a nose:

 

 

"Is that a T160 lump which had a starter fitted O E as far as I can remember or is it an earlier lump retro fitted with a starter .? You're considerable knowledge of Brit's is needed here Guzz' .. "

 

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OE Tridents with an electric start were the T160, 1975 onwards with a L/H shift and rear disc brake, and most notably, a slanted fwd motor.

1969-74 was the T150, upright motor, R/H (proper) shift box, conical rear drum hub, and no gaylord thumb start.

 

The above motor is a modified T150 with a non OE (nicely done) e start conversion and a big bore kit (note the finning on the barrels).

 

Both nicely done in a different way, with to-die-for (or left testicle exchange) front brakes.

Some of these TLS and 4LS front brakes these days (no rim & spokes) are 2k GBP plus!

 

Unlike JG, i'm rather partial to a Sportster lump in a Featherbed...

Unknown bike with interesting rear brake.  Wooden brake shoes ...

 

2 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Unlike JG, i'm rather partial to a Sportster lump in a Featherbed...

Hahaha yea I couldn't allow my somewhat chastened view of H D's to look any further other than that twin choke don't really do much for the aesthetics .. A single point injector or S & S might blend in a bit better .. 

As cross pollination is allowed I put forward the Ducati engined one .. 

And keeping it in house again an Olde Worlde AJS in a Featherbed .. 

The bottom bike a clue I have not .. Its a V8 but I don't recognise the engine ..

it's fairly tightly packed in there for sure .. Any idea's anyone .. 

 

8 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Unknown bike with interesting rear brake.  Wooden brake shoes ...

 

 

Wooden stop very well?

9 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

The bottom bike a clue I have not .. Its a V8 but I don't recognise the engine ..

it's fairly tightly packed in there for sure .. Any idea's anyone .. 

It's a 1700cc V8, made by a guy called John Crudgington.  He combined two Reliant Robin alloy engine blocks, running off a single crank.  Just hope it doesn't run into Mr Bean.

 

Another Norton V8, equipped with a '76 Rover engine:

 

Triumph 650 flat tracker.  Very nice!

A couple of Vincent engine Nortons:

1959 Viscount:

 

Norvin:

More mongrels:

Tricati:

 

Norley, or should that be Hardon?

 

Vincati:

 

 

10 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Unknown bike with interesting rear brake.  Wooden brake shoes ...

 

Must be Dutch.

54 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

IMHO, and for my current tastes, the bike below is one of the prettiest i have seen in a long time.

Thanx. Nice & simple.

Tad too much red anodizing but hey, each to their own.

 

 

 

Norley, or should that be Hardon?

 

 

 

A take on a modern Hinkley twin;

 

 

 

 

A couple of VERY VERY different takes on the new Enfield EFI Bullets you can buy in the shops right now in 2019...

 

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

Must be Dutch.

Why ?

 

Wooden Shoes

Wooden Head

Wouldn't listen

 

14 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

"Is that a T160 lump which had a starter fitted O E as far as I can remember or is it an earlier lump retro fitted with a starter .? You're considerable knowledge of Brit's is needed here Guzz' .. "

 

***********************************                   *******************************

 

OE Tridents with an electric start were the T160, 1975 onwards with a L/H shift and rear disc brake, and most notably, a slanted fwd motor.

1969-74 was the T150, upright motor, R/H (proper) shift box, conical rear drum hub, and no gaylord thumb start.

 

The above motor is a modified T150 with a non OE (nicely done) e start conversion and a big bore kit (note the finning on the barrels).

 

Both nicely done in a different way, with to-die-for (or left testicle exchange) front brakes.

Some of these TLS and 4LS front brakes these days (no rim & spokes) are 2k GBP plus!

 

Unlike JG, i'm rather partial to a Sportster lump in a Featherbed...

 

The most striking thing about this bike is the Weber carburettor?

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

 

The most striking thing about this bike is the Weber carburettor?

I'd say it's the 55ci / 900cc rarer iron head XLCH (competition - hot) lump. A Sportster motor with a 4 speed box with the shifter on the right, correct side and came stock with a competition magneto.

Wonderful engines, even the stock 900 XLH's were great bikes. Absolutely nothing like the later lardy 61ci, 1000cc Iron heads or Evos.

Proper competition at the time for Brit twins such as Norton Atlas, Bonnies, tuned BSA A65's etc.

But yeah, concur, the sticky out Weber would not be my first choice of carb on this bike...

 

I've shown this before, but this is what a typical street legal XLCH would look like in the mid 60's.

Perfect fast street bike.

Two great looking Re's that is some wild looking front end on the red one. Both are great looking and a very nice interpretation the the Bullet. But I really prefer the red and yellow Steam Punk version retro from another dimension 555. Both are sure miles away from the stock look

Just now, Randell said:

Two great looking RE's that is some wild looking front end on the red one. Both are great looking and a very nice interpretation the the Bullet. But I really prefer the red and yellow Steam Punk version retro from another dimension 555. Both are sure miles away from the stock look

 

6 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

A couple of VERY VERY different takes on the new Enfield EFI Bullets you can buy in the shops right now in 2019...

 

 

7 hours ago, ballpoint said:

It's a 1700cc V8, made by a guy called John Crudgington.  He combined two Reliant Robin alloy engine blocks, running off a single crank.  Just hope it doesn't run into Mr Bean.

 

Another Norton V8, equipped with a '76 Rover engine:

 

Right thanx B P .. Can't quite work out why he elected to have the exhausts exiting into the Vee as that goes against conventional wisdom ( Honda though did build a V12 F1 engine in the 60's that had a sim' layout ) .. The heat build up must be tremendous in the top of the engine but respect to him for having a go .. Love to hear it running .. 

Yea I've seen the one with the Rover lump in it before .. If you were going to do something like this the Rover V8 is as good a choice as any .. Small , light ( all All'y ) simple ( no OHC's ) and reliable .. You can get 190/200 hp out of one without too much effort .. The clincher of any of these types of conversion is the clutch/gearbox issue .. Running with the standard clutch on the back of the crank is a nono so the drive has to be passed back which is where it all starts to get messy along with finding a gearbox that will handle the torque .. The Rover V8 is prodigious from low down .. enough to consider 2 speed semi automatic type gearbox's so long as you can achieve a neat transfer of power from the engine .. 

Honda RA300 V12 F1 engine from the 60's which as you can see adopts a similar layout to the Norton with the exhausts exiting into the Vee .. 

 

7 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

A take on a modern Hinkley twin;

 

 

 

 

That is nice .. I'm not big on cast type wheels as a rule but the spinners on this look the part .. 

7 hours ago, Fab5BKK said:

Jeez .. On a par with finding Merratiti' tomb that would be .. A nest of widow makers .. 

If you've got an hour to spare then check out this video that just came up on YouTube about a week ago.  Getting a former record breaking '48 Triumph rigid frame, fitted with a '61 Bonneville engine, up and running, and out on the Bonneville salt flats again:

 

 

The lead mechanic shows his credentials:

Aussie Drysdale V8 from the 90's I think .. 

 

Mad Max indeed ..