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Cant have too much 2stoke screaming! Should probably ask an admin to change the threat title to great bike pics and videos!
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I had 3 into 3 Pipers on my GT750. Much better than the 3 into 1 in that video.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:24 am I had 3 into 3 Pipers on my GT750. Much better than the 3 into 1 in that video.
Had piper 3-1 on a gt550, bloody loud but no faster, probably bit slower in reality tbh.
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ogri wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:22 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:24 am I had 3 into 3 Pipers on my GT750. Much better than the 3 into 1 in that video.
Had piper 3-1 on a gt550, bloody loud but no faster, probably bit slower in reality tbh.
Each expansion chamber had to only be fed by one piston to get the required expansion and rebound to send unburnt gases back into the cylinder.
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I saw this today at the farnborough air show and had an interesting chat with the Kawasaki guy.

Don't expect to see one on the streets any time soon.


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Taff wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:40 pm Don't expect to see one on the streets any time soon.
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Taff wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:40 pm I saw this today at the farnborough air show and had an interesting chat with the Kawasaki guy.

Don't expect to see one on the streets any time soon.


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Couldn't they have made it any more ugly?
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But it runs on hydrogen, I thinks it rather cool 😎

Ok it has the aesthetics of a fridge but hey
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mangocrazy wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:14 pm
Taff wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:40 pm I saw this today at the farnborough air show and had an interesting chat with the Kawasaki guy.

Don't expect to see one on the streets any time soon.


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Couldn't they have made it any more ugly?
He said that It's very much in the realm of a technology demonstrator, there's lots of challenges in the supply chain for components for the hydrogen and the challenges in the hydrogen infrastructure are huge.
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Taff wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:26 pm He said that It's very much in the realm of a technology demonstrator, there's lots of challenges in the supply chain for components for the hydrogen and the challenges in the hydrogen infrastructure are huge.
And the hydrogen tanks to give it a decent range are huge.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:24 am I had 3 into 3 Pipers on my GT750. Much better than the 3 into 1 in that video.
2 strokes need individual pipes. The 3-1s did sound good but killed performance.
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Gina Bovaird, the first woman to compete in the 500cc World Championship, circa 1982.

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Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:01 pm Gina Bovaird, the first woman to compete in the 500cc World Championship, circa 1982.

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What's under her right arm?
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Buckaroo wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2024 9:53 am
Taipan wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:01 pm Gina Bovaird, the first woman to compete in the 500cc World Championship, circa 1982.

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What's under her right arm?

Looks like an air-vent (photo is taken on a ship's deck for some long-forgotten reason).
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Rockburner wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2024 10:26 am Looks like an air-vent
Bleedin' obvious when you say it, but at first blush it does look like she's wearing a wing suit or carrying an ironing board