featherbed frame

Matt Spencer · Oct 15, 2013

This is wot you need .

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 .

:x ' bother ' .

pierodn · Oct 16, 2013

Not for me, sure.
Ciao
Piero

grandpaul · Oct 16, 2013

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 ...

Except they'd have to resurrect john Britten first...

phillyskip · Oct 16, 2013

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!

Matt Spencer · Oct 16, 2013

" Except they'd have to resurrect john Britten first... "

Ferrari dont have that problem . :wink:

Rohan · Oct 17, 2013

Matt Spencer said:
Ferrari dont have that problem . :wink:

That explains this then, neither fish nor fowl ??
Wink indeed....

No featherbed content !

Rohan · Oct 17, 2013

phillyskip said:
The featherbed frames were also made with different wall thicknesses

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...

Bernhard · Oct 17, 2013

Merlin engine V twin;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-Merlin-4 ... 8840wt_932

http://eatsleepride.com/c/9572/1991_mer ... motorcycle

Matt Spencer · Oct 18, 2013

bit of topic . :wink:

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 .

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 .

heres the Aussie ' Motor Cycle News ' artical , on the olde cowe . thats-not-motorcycle-this-t11756.html?hilit=rolls%20royce

acotrel · Oct 24, 2013

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.

Rohan · Oct 24, 2013

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....

ashman · Oct 24, 2013

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

Bernhard · Oct 25, 2013

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

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

http://thekneeslider.com/5000cc-v-twin- ... -for-sale/

Rohan · Oct 25, 2013

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....

Matt Spencer · Oct 26, 2013

Theres one in the museum up near ipswich

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 . !

:wink:

the Narrowmine ' Hiball ' Mosquitos were sold for scrap .

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:

Rohan · Oct 26, 2013

Mosquitos were built from wood ! (although the engines weren't).
That page talks of a Ford Cortina engine ???
PUI ?

Matt Spencer · Oct 26, 2013

Sorry about that : its KIZBRUNNER , thought it might be the same chap .

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 Spencer · Nov 7, 2013

Whistleing Icon .

acotrel · Nov 9, 2013

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.

Bernhard · Nov 9, 2013

Rohan said:
Mosquitos were built from wood ! (although the engines weren't).
That page talks of a Ford Cortina engine ???
PUI ?

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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