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This is wot you need . :D
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http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/vtwininnovators2.html
:x makes you wonder looking at that lot .

Nothing but whineing consistantly in the 70s , that What We Needed , was ' A New ' Vincent ' Twin . Amongst all the prattle about vibraty twins , obsolescent
singles , and sophisticated japanese fours " that diddnt Vibrate " . There was Ducati , all along . ( note the prevelant twins & singles , these days . PRESS ?? )

Finally ' we ' get a Kiwi ' New Vicent Twin ' , and ive niether seen nor heard a word acknowledgeing that ' Here was the 21st century VINCENT . :cry:
If the faschist government spent what the twerps have on the Americas Cup , on Financing BRITTEN Production , thered be a few about , Like Ducatisti .

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:x ' bother ' .
 
Matt Spencer said:
If the faschist government spent what the twerps have on the Americas Cup , on Financing BRITTEN Production , thered be a few about ...
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Except they'd have to resurrect john Britten first...
 
The featherbed frames were also made with different wall thicknesses depending on engine size. With that said I had a 61 Slimline Triton with a Triumph 750 unit construction mill. I had no problems and the frame came from a 350 single!
 
" Except they'd have to resurrect john Britten first... "

Ferrari dont have that problem . :wink:
 
Matt Spencer said:
Ferrari dont have that problem . :wink:
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That explains this then, neither fish nor fowl ??
Wink indeed....

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No featherbed content !
 
phillyskip said:
The featherbed frames were also made with different wall thicknesses
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Featherbeds were also made in different grades of steel, depending on use.

Roadbikes were mild steel tubing, Inters were something better, and Manxes in 531 hi-tensile tubing.
Not forgetting that some frames had extra tubing inside some tubes, invisible reinforcing where it matters...
 
bit of topic . :wink:

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its not as big as might be thought . Stood in front of it looking for it , and couldnt see it as I only saw the junk on top . :( :oops:

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Think he's likely more 5'8" than 6'4". you could check from front tyre , 26 in o/a hight .

but WILL IT FIT . :D

heres the Aussie ' Motor Cycle News ' artical , on the olde cowe . thats-not-motorcycle-this-t11756.html?hilit=rolls%20royce
 
Imagine throwing that through fast right and left hand bends on a race circuit ? It would grab you by the throat and jump all over you. It is easy to build something which would scare the shit out of you. A friend of mine built a bike with a turbocharged Chev V8 engine hanging in it. His mates in the local bikey gang took turns trying to ride it, with the expected result - they all ended up nursing injuries.
 
He did build it for drag racing, according to the stories done on it.....
Although it was tried as a LSR streamliner vehicle for a while.
It doesn't rev very hard though (aircraft engines generally don't), so didn't produce huge power for its engine size.

Not that there is any featherbed frame content here....
 
Many years ago I was at a bike show in Brisbane where the V2 Merlin was on display, at about 2 pm that day the owner fired it up and did one of the best burnouts that I have ever seen, it was so loud, there was hundreds of poeple standing around it and they all disappearded in the smoke haze, I will never forget that burnout, always wondered what happen to that bike.

Ashley
 
ashman said:
Many years ago I was at a bike show in Brisbane where the V2 Merlin was on display, at about 2 pm that day the owner fired it up and did one of the best burnouts that I have ever seen, it was so loud, there was hundreds of poeple standing around it and they all disappearded in the smoke haze, I will never forget that burnout, always wondered what happen to that bike.

Ashley
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No idea if this is the same engine, posted in 2006;


http://thekneeslider.com/5000cc-v-twin- ... -for-sale/
 
It is most definitely the same engine.
There is no mention if it has sold though ?

That comment about getting 6 of them out of a V12 is a bit off the mark though.
Sawing it apart loses you at least 3 of them....
 
Theres one in the museum up near ipswich

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http://www.australianmotorcyclemuseum.com.au/

theres one down in the left hand crner , there .
The bloke says he did ' several ' & he bought three & sold one . or similar .
Were from a pair of Mosquito engines sitting in a paddock when Kisner was a lad .
Think there were three in the paddock , actually . So were FREE . ! :D :wink:

the Narrowmine ' Hiball ' Mosquitos were sold for scrap . :(

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http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... quito-Pt-2

http://www.warbirdz.net/forum/showthread.php?t=568

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that was Quick ! Rick = Richard :shock:
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Mosquitos were built from wood ! (although the engines weren't).
That page talks of a Ford Cortina engine ???
PUI ?
 
Sorry about that : its KIZBRUNNER , thought it might be the same chap .

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though he might have changed name , or DROPPED the BRUN , to avoid paperwork involveing noisey things with flashing lights . :wink: :lol:

Definately a FEATHERBAD , Anyway . :)
 
Matt, the bike looks good fitted with the Trident engine. I doubt it would handle well if pushed hard. Even a standard Trident tends to wheel stand. Hard to beat a Rob North frame for that motor. If you look at the frames around previous to the Featherbed, it was an earth-shattering improvement. Seeleys etc were made 15+ years later, after guys had ridden featherbeds to death. Colin Seeley know more about handling than most of us ever knew back in those days. For a commando engine, the early Egli frame is probably better than most.

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Rohan said:
Mosquitos were built from wood ! (although the engines weren't).
That page talks of a Ford Cortina engine ???
PUI ?
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The whole fuselage of the Jet powered Vampire was also made from wood :!:

(Originally named the "Spider Crab," the aircraft was entirely a de Havilland project, exploiting the company's extensive experience in building with moulded plywood for aircraft construction.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire
http://www.vampirepreservation.org.uk/
 
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