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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Cool looking old bike /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1666605723 Message started by justin_o_guy2 on 10/24/22 at 03:02:03 |
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Title: Cool looking old bike Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/24/22 at 03:02:03 What isit? https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1rbOpVybPeBdN8jgTSDm4QD3m5Hq5jiySe264BhbOs_MXu1RJNfFFvAaPPUWG7sCgzL8uhsSAMTqkjVJs5Daripe6-07vR0cVMQGPupKeMNwG35U2U0DCrG7BVLtdjXHbYXJg0RxtKSgJ7LNgUE3ZDQft7yMgbV0C_K1mAx7qWHfAeG1ZuZkMEmeiQ/s640/311925665_5569719306455317_3624801662192610956_n.jpg |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by LANCER on 10/24/22 at 04:17:48 Looks to be a WW2 Soldier with a streamlined bike ready for the salt flats. Interesting. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/24/22 at 06:54:10 Anyone have any idea what kinda trees those are? Flat front tire? I don't see room for much in the way of an engine. The front suspension sure looks skinny.. Yeah, looks very WWII to me. Are those olives growing there? And I don't remember where I found that picture. But I looked and didn't see anything that would tell us anything. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by verslagen1 on 10/24/22 at 08:28:20 https://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/motorcycle-news/art-deco-was-the-greatest-time-for-motorcycle-design/ Quote:
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Ruttly on 10/24/22 at 10:40:02 I’ve never seen one before , very cool , way ol skool motorcycle porn. I would definitely ride that. You would have to dress the part everytime out too ! Front wheel drive must be strange. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Serowbot on 10/25/22 at 06:59:08 http://https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1rbOpVybPeBdN8jgTSDm4QD3m5Hq5jiySe264BhbOs_MXu1RJNfFFvAaPPUWG7sCgzL8uhsSAMTqkjVJs5Daripe6-07vR0cVMQGPupKeMNwG35U2U0DCrG7BVLtdjXHbYXJg0RxtKSgJ7LNgUE3ZDQft7yMgbV0C_K1mAx7qWHfAeG1ZuZkMEmeiQ/s640/311925665_5569719306455317_3624801662192610956_n.jpg |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by LANCER on 10/25/22 at 07:06:11 I think the dude who came up with this design must be an ancestor of Arlen Ness. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by wheelbender6 on 10/28/22 at 14:50:19 If I got a chance to ride that bike, I would wear jeans and a linen blazer. I love that huge front tire. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Serowbot on 10/31/22 at 12:21:15 https://www.bikeexif.com/killinger-und-freund This is one of the most unusual motorcycles I’ve seen in a long time: it’s a ‘Killinger und Freund’ built in 1935 in Munich, Germany. The art deco styling is obviously eye-catching, but it’s hiding something even more interesting: this machine has a driven front wheel, like the Rokon Trail-Breaker. And underneath that huge front fender is the engine itself. The motor is a sizeable 600 cc two-stroke triple—or perhaps three one-cylinder engines joined together. Yet the bike was reportedly very light, at just 135 kg. There’s obviously a story behind this picture too: is the soldier an American who found the bike in the dying days of the war, and posed for a picture taken by a colleague? The Allies rolled into Munich on 30 April 1945, and Wikipedia reports “One motorcycle was discovered by the US Army in the spring of 1945 at a German military installation, but it is not known if this was the original prototype or another Killinger und Freund Motorrad.” |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Serowbot on 10/31/22 at 12:25:24 Better article with more pics... http://www.ridingvintage.com/2013/10/killinger-and-freund-motorcycle.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HmvBmL9O6xc/Uli0Bxyb3rI/AAAAAAAAKeA/DhOFAdn2RSQ/s1600/KandF02.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LhH5HHTm3WU/UljAzasEv2I/AAAAAAAAKeU/qyrRSzUkUIw/s1600/KandF05.jpg |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by wheelbender6 on 10/31/22 at 16:10:58 Servicing the engine must have been fun. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/31/22 at 16:11:46 What a cool design. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by wheelbender6 on 11/04/22 at 19:18:35 Must have been really loud - straight pipes. Steering must have been very heavy with a 600cc engine in the front wheel. I'd still buy one! |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/04/22 at 19:42:04 That should be the picture next to Unsprung Weight in the dictionary. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Ruttly on 11/04/22 at 23:24:12 Shapes and Lines my friends , a classic example. No straight lines.and absolutely aerodynamic. Pure motorcycle porn , the longer I stare at it the more I love it. In my book it’s the sexiest design I’ve ever seen ! |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by LANCER on 11/05/22 at 05:25:12 This reminds me of the Arlen Ness bike that was bumble bee yellow, long and with lots of curves like the old bike here. The line from the headlight through the tank and to rear portion behind the seat, built just like the rear fin area of a ‘57 Chevy. The headlight and tank portion looks like the upper fender of the ‘57 Chevy.....including the chrome strip along the whole side. Curves. |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by Ruttly on 11/05/22 at 10:58:29 Drive design way ahead of its time ! If you look it’s almost the same as our modern electric drive units , drive n brakes all in one unit. Would love to rebuild one with electric drive but change nothing else to retain its awesome design. Almost has a spaceship look to it , something Buck Rodgers would ride , already doing the ton standing still ! |
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Title: Re: Cool looking old bike Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/06/22 at 03:35:16 An E ticket ride..Sexy and fast. The drawings would be great. I wonder what it looks like naked. Well, for the entrepreneur,there is a model. Hiding batteries in there anelectric motor in the hub, if you got it right, people would dig it. |
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