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Title: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/04/13 at 01:39:16 :-? THE RAVEN http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/8967746345_4b415bf68e_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/8967734715_b5429f352f_b.jpg (And... take a look at the hassle he went through for primary and final transmission !!!) :o Talk about Italian Ingenuity !!! 8-) ;) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by gizzo on 07/04/13 at 03:09:33 That's great! And slightly mad. Looks like a Norton gearbox? |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/04/13 at 05:22:56 quite the project. the guys on the guzzi forum pointed out some pitfalls. that motor isnt meant to be loaded on the crank with side thrust. I guess some more engineering to compensate for the crank being sucked sideways when it tugs on that chain could be added on,, |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by old_rider on 07/04/13 at 23:35:05 All I could think of when I seen it was..." shouldn't there be a prop on the front of those pistons?" Reminds me of an engine that was on a friends home made plane. One of those mounted behind the passenger section with an overhead wing. |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/05/13 at 00:01:17 http://www.bikernet.com/docs/stories/10689/morgantrike.jpg |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/05/13 at 00:14:56 7B7870667D707166140 wrote:
No, my friend. Maybe nobody pointed out to you, that engine is a Moto Guzzi V7 (round heads) separated from the gearbox and mounted sideways on a custom made frame. Way back before the japanese polluted the V-twin market, all V-twins were mounted longitudinally, with the sole exception of Moto Guzzi who mounted the V-twin transverse and BMW-Zundapp-DKW who had flat twins. http://www.bakecannunci.com/adpics/moto_guzzi_v7_fronte124.jpghttp://www.strangevehicles.com/images/content/160581.jpg Else, everybody else, from Moto Morini to Ducati to Vincent, mounted their V-twins longitudinally. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/ArchivioNews/20110413_morini.jpg http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/uploadedImages/Articles/Issues/2006-09-01/Ducati-2.CMYK.jpg http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/vincent-motorcycle-3.jpg :) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/05/13 at 00:15:47 6C7375726F6859695961737F34060 wrote:
That is quite possibly a Morgan Three-wheeler with a Jap engine. (It is called "JAP" but it's 100% British) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/05/13 at 00:35:19 yea,, i googled guzzi powered car & picked that out of a series,, then looked at the motor & said ooops,, but, it was representative of application, there are guzzi powered ones out there im pretty sure, |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/05/13 at 01:01:49 There are Guzzi, Honda and even Harley-S&S powered three-wheelers (I just can't call them "cars") http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02397/3-wheeler-group-2_2397405b.jpg Here's the link to an article on the Daily Telegraph (mind you, they're journalists, not test drivers) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9675884/Three-wheelers-group-test.html 8-) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by Pine on 07/05/13 at 06:09:43 Cool.... isn't that rear shock upside down? |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by gizzo on 07/05/13 at 16:21:59 Way back before the japanese polluted the V-twin market, all V-twins were mounted longitudinally, with the sole exception of Moto Guzzi who mounted the V-twin transverse and BMW-Zundapp-DKW who had flat twins. Well if you include flat twins, there plenty to choose from- douglas flat twin, Russian and Chinese BMW clones, Sunbeam/BSA vertical twin (V twin folded right up?) for example. I love that you can still buy a brand new Morgan 3 wheeler. 8-) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by old_rider on 07/06/13 at 09:11:21 3D2035233331243F2239500 wrote:
No, my friend. Maybe nobody pointed out to you, that engine is a Moto Guzzi V7 (round heads) separated from the gearbox and mounted sideways on a custom made frame. Way back before the japanese polluted the V-twin market, all V-twins were mounted longitudinally, with the sole exception of Moto Guzzi who mounted the V-twin transverse and BMW-Zundapp-DKW who had flat twins. :)[/quote] Sorry, not much of a motorcycle engine enthusiast.... but that white BMW just screems form and function, and not a bad looker either, i'd put it in my garage....if I could afford it! ;D |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/06/13 at 14:07:18 "that white BMW just screems form and function, and not a bad looker either" 'ere you go, Old Rider, enjoy ! BMW R50 http://www.midamericaauctions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bmw-r50-3-1-1486.jpg http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4089/5078416733_dc7a57f823_z.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2369/2148738232_d1272a66f5_z.jpg?zz=1 I've had THIS pic as my desktop for years ! :) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/1959_BMW_R50_on_Alpine_Road.jpg/610px-1959_BMW_R50_on_Alpine_Road.jpg Those panniers remind me a lot of the Vespa rear... ;) http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/bags/enduro/AAside.jpg |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by old_rider on 07/07/13 at 10:16:16 What year are those models? I really like the ivory colored one in the last pics. Stop now or i'm gonna be a bmw fan.... |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/08/13 at 06:40:35 MAESTRO ! DRUM ROLL, PLEASE... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And... VOILA'! Ladies and gentlemen... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A BMW FAN !!! http://www.smgc.co.za/images/BMW%20FAN%20CLUTCH.jpg ;D |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/08/13 at 07:11:25 That was awesome! A magic trick, online,, |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by Badass94Cad on 07/10/13 at 15:36:33 I was looking at that bike and thought that was a Guzzi engine, but it couldn't be mounted that way, and I must be wrong. Glad you all cleared that up! 8-) |
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Title: Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Post by mpescatori on 07/11/13 at 08:14:01 Actually, it IS a Guzzi engine, and it shouldn't ever ever be mounted that way... :-X |
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