A 2005 Thruxton that polished up nicely:

Metisse MK5 Café Racer

Early early 1900's Fabrique Nationale 4 bangers .. 

Is that engine not a work of art .. 

 

Tiny Cento 50 Capriolo boxer twin .. 

Capriolo bevel shaft cam drive hidden within the barrel and head ..

 

Omega Racer are a Thailand based manufacturer of custom seats, fairings, and other body parts, specialising in aluminium ones (not for the seats though).  They ship to customers all over the world, and have a nice section on their website showing some of the finished products.  https://www.omegaracer.com/customer-bikes.html

 

Here's some of the more striking ones:

 

Triumph "Street Cup":

 

Thruxton 900:

 

W650:

 

CB400:

Here's some Ariels.  They always get a good reception...

 

1933 supercharged Square 4:

 

Jock West hits the ton in 1934 on a side valve, in a style often imitated by Thai school boys:

 

Dirt racing in Canada, 1938:

 

Two time winner of the 500 mile Greenhorn Enduro, on an unidentified model:

 

George Formby lays down his ukulele and tip toes through the Isle of Man in the 1935 movie "No limit".  He ends up running out of petrol and pushing it across the line, with Ariel detractors pointing out it was the manufacturer's best ever TT finish: 

And a couple of modern Ariels to round it off.  Which one to take?  Decisions, decisions...

One more post to really round it off.  Where it all started:

11 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

And a couple of modern Ariels to round it off.  Which one to take?  Decisions, decisions...

The Atom V8 is one of the fastest accelerating cars out there and one of a handful of 4 wheelers that can match and beat a bike of the line .. 

Atom V8 .. 500 hp and 550kg ( dry ) give this a power to weight ratio very few vehicles can match which is why depending on conditions ( humidity , altitude , wind-speed etc ) one of these can rip from 0-60 in less than 2 and half sec's .. 

Note the quill shaft from the gearbox across the back of the engine to keep the drive shaft's of an equal length .. Done to tame the torque effect which can have cars with this much power and this little weight going sideways under hard acceleration not unlike powerful front wheel drive cars that tend to be affected by torque steer .. 

 

500 horses not enough .? Here's a 700 version .. Is too much enough or enough too much .. 

 

And this is what driving one does to your face:

 

4 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

And this is what driving one does to your face:

 

Hahahaha yea I remember that .. Clarkson raved about it from what I recall .. And didn't it hold the lap record for their test track for a few yrs with a absurdly quick time .. 

Couple of old XT's and a super old 490 Husky .. 

 

Flaming heck .. Dragbike belching back out of the intake .. 

Homemade jet engine job .. 

Problem with gas turbines is they like to run at a fairly constant high speed .. even idle on a jet engine is in the 000's rpm's on bigger lumps and smaller ones often 10k+ ..the output is then controlled by the transmission so long as it is upto handling the high speed .. Mercedes Benz tested a gas-turbine city bus back in the 90's with the lump connected to an electro magnetic transmission .. The lump ran at a fairly constant 20,000 rpm + the pull away and speed of the bus were then controlled by the transmission but a draw back was pulling up at stops with huge exhaust hanging out the back blasting out gas with a temp of 1000c ..

Military grade jet in a go kart is about as mental as it gets .. 

 

 

AV8 v BMW 1000 at the top gear test track a few yrs ago .. 

 

 

 

Puch and Csepel 50's 2stroke singles .. Note the difference in carb' to exhaust port location .. 

 

 

49 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Puch and Csepel 50's 2stroke singles .. Note the difference in carb' to exhaust port location .. 

 

 

The unusual carb position on the Puch follows from the split-single engine design, in which two cylinders share a single combustion chamber.

See for details https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-single_engine

 

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XR600 Supermoto

 

1960 Tiger 100 bobber

Couple of old school Suzy 500's .. 

Rare TR500 water cooled Suzy .. 

 

The late Russ Collins getting the mighty 3 engined A T & S F off the line .. 

Mad Boris's take on the same theme but with added mentalness using 3 H2 lumps .. Man even by dragster standards that'll have a serious drink problem .. 

Dinky 2 engined job utilising Villiers engines .. 

 

Rare Bridgestone 350 GTR .. 

Just as rare Kawa A1 Samurai 250 .. This being a '71 and one of the last as the first 250 triple came out same year .. Pretty looking bike that .. Late 60's Samurai proddie racer .. 

 

Late 60's early 70's Suzy T350 and Yam YR3 .. The Suzook is a cool looking bike in that colour but then Suzuki did have some of the nicest colour schemes of the 70's .. 

 

8 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Rare Bridgestone 350 GTR .. 

Just as rare Kawa A1 Samurai 250 .. This being a '71 and one of the last as the first 250 triple came out same year .. Pretty looking bike that .. Late 60's Samurai proddie racer .. 

 

 

 

I just knew this bike was shot in Germany.

Forget the number plate on the car.

Check the fencing, the hedge, the paving and paving slabs.

Screams Deutschland.

Here's similar when i was visiting relatives in April;

Brand new Kawasaki A1 Samurais at a Kawasaki shop in Tokorozawa Japan in 1969. New H1s in the foreground.

 

 

Brand new A7SS (Avenger) in same shop, same day.

 

 

New W1 Special same day, same shop. As I remember it, the Special was the 2 carb version of the 650-W1.

 

Kawasaki prices in Japan, 1969.

360 yen to one US dollar in those days.

The H1 had just come out and the price of it is not even listed on this poster.

As I recall, the price was 298000 yen.

I shot all my pictures in black and white in those days.

 

3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

I just knew this bike was shot in Germany.

Forget the number plate on the car.

Check the fencing, the hedge, the paving and paving slabs.

Screams Deutschland

Well spotted Guzz' my mince pies wouldn't have seen that .. 

Here's another pic' .. Not sure if its the same bike though but it is a pretty machine is it not .. When the trip's came about these were overlooked abit and sold off cheap as old stock .. But try and find one now .. And another slightly diff' model .. 

On the subject of the Deutschland our German cousins liked an Aero engine and no its not upside down .. German plane makers philosophy was to invert the engine on a lot of machines this one being the Messerschmitt 109 with Daimler V12 turned upsidedown .. And as these were fitted with an early mechanical fuel injection system it could be done .. Advantage was said to be keeping C O G lower down and allowing easier field of vision for the pilot with a lower sleeker engine cowling .. 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 

 

 

That looks exactly like the A7 I had in Japan. I was 16 years old and it was a rocket ship.

Here I am (left side) with a few riding partners. Yamaha 90 twin-cylinder on the right side.

On 8/21/2019 at 12:05 PM, DILLIGAD said:

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There you go mate .. 000's of photos out there of LeMans but here's a couple of personal faves ..