Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:12 pm
8 cylinders and only 500cc! Have I read that right?
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:44 pm
A FS1e per pot
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:46 pm
https://cybermotorcycle.com/marques/gal ... busera.htm
BLIMEY STURMEY ARCHER GEARBOXES
BLIMEY STURMEY ARCHER GEARBOXES
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:59 pm
That is just too damn spooky. 2 minutes ago I was stretched out on the floor trying to ease my back and having nothing better to ponder than why Sturmey Archer hub type gears (which are absolutely genius) were never scaled up for bigger applications.rodbargee wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:46 pm https://cybermotorcycle.com/marques/gal ... busera.htm
BLIMEY STURMEY ARCHER GEARBOXES
I know thats not what's going on here but to open this and find Sturmey Archer writ large is a bit
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:06 pm
ruined many a young man.... least its not google listening to you and then sending you emails
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:09 pm
The Guzzi V8 (W8?) GP bike was only 500cc. (iirc)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi_V8
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:12 pm
Rockburner wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:09 pmThe Guzzi V8 (W8?) GP bike was only 500cc. (iirc)
That's an awful lot of metal for not a lot of cc. Must be somewhere on the limit for diminishing returns power/weight-wise. Perhaps it was a 'cos we can' exercise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi_V8
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:33 pm
I used to work with a chap called 'Johnny' Johnson (they knew how to make nicknames back then). He had been a designer for Connaught. The boss was involved in a class of racing where cars were limited to 500cc engines. The Norton single was preferred.Count Steer wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:12 pm That's an awful lot of metal for not a lot of cc. Must be somewhere on the limit for diminishing returns power/weight-wise. Perhaps it was a 'cos we can' exercise.
Boss came up with the idea of a 10 cylinder engine based on 10 miniature Norton barrels and heads. They got as far as a prototype.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:11 pm
The hub gears were scaled up for motorcycles, in veteran days. http://www.go-faster.com/VeteranMotorcycleHubGears.htmlCount Steer wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:59 pm why Sturmey Archer hub type gears (which are absolutely genius) were never scaled up for bigger applications.
The Sturmey Archer “real gearbox” ended up as the Norton Gearbox.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:42 pm
Thanks. I was sure someone must have done it!JackyJoll wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:11 pmThe hub gears were scaled up for motorcycles, in veteran days. http://www.go-faster.com/VeteranMotorcycleHubGears.htmlCount Steer wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:59 pm why Sturmey Archer hub type gears (which are absolutely genius) were never scaled up for bigger applications.
The Sturmey Archer “real gearbox” ended up as the Norton Gearbox.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:34 pm
I've no idea if an 'Ultimo' is betterer than a standard SB8R, but I want one!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124841902421 ... SwTAlhDazF
Are the lotto results out yet?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124841902421 ... SwTAlhDazF
Are the lotto results out yet?
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:42 am
Not a bad looker at all IMO and sounds lovely, but I think it's the sales pitch rather than the bike itself that is interesting- that and the blokes helmet made me smile anyway 
Browsing through the others on there, the prices that are being asked for what, on the face of it, are complete stinkers I also found interesting- maybe people do pay it though I guess- The XS750 based PoS was my particular favourite in this respect
https://classifieds.thebikeshed.cc/details/2790CARBON NEUTRAL HONDA HORNET £11950
For sale is this custom cafe racer based off of a 2005 Honda CB600F Hornet, named 'Cuckoo' after the infamous cuckoo wasp, that has taken over a year to build, and comes with some unique eco-friendly features as well as a lot of custom fabrication and parts.
Eco-friendly features:
It has a plant-based/animal-free cork leather seat (with a removable cowl for passengers) and hand grips made in collaboration with the fantastic guys at Corkor
The custom fuel tank badges and Quadlock phone mount were laser-cut out of second-hand aluminium off-cuts (spare material from the most eco-friendly metal available)
The decals on the motorbike and AGV Helmet were produced from spare off-cut PVC-free 3M vinyl
It has been calculated that this bike will produce just under 23 tonnes of Co2 over the course of 1,000,000 kilometres, so the builder has donated to a charity called Team Trees in order to help plant over 100 trees to offset this, essentially making the bike “carbon-neutral” for that distance
Video of bike:........
Browsing through the others on there, the prices that are being asked for what, on the face of it, are complete stinkers I also found interesting- maybe people do pay it though I guess- The XS750 based PoS was my particular favourite in this respect
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:44 am
£12k for a 2005 Hornet... and 100 trees.
Bargain.
Bargain.
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:47 am
Even by the standards of 70s bike the whole Yamaha XS range was dire
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:44 pm
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:46 pm
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 4:06 am
Made me think of this!
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 11:25 am
Ye Gods
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:12 pm
A Japauto 950 SS 
Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:13 pm
A what now?