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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' .. "

 

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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...

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

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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.

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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

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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...

 

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Posted
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:

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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 .. 

 

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Posted
7 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

A take on a modern Hinkley twin;

 

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

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