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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? 07/04/13 at 01:39:16 THE RAVEN (And... take a look at the hassle he went through for primary and final transmission !!!) Talk about Italian Ingenuity !!!
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #1 - 07/04/13 at 03:09:33 That's great! And slightly mad. Looks like a Norton gearbox?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #2 - 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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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #3 - 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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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #4 - 07/05/13 at 00:01:17
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Reply #5 - 07/05/13 at 00:14:56

old_rider wrote 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.

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.

Else, everybody else, from Moto Morini to Ducati to Vincent, mounted their V-twins longitudinally.

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #6 - 07/05/13 at 00:15:47 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/05/13 at 00:01:17: http://www.bikernet.com/docs/stories/10689/morgantrike.jpg 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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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #7 - 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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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #8 - 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") 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
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Pine Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1694 Mississippi, USA Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #9 - 07/05/13 at 06:09:43 Cool.... isn't that rear shock upside down?
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Reply #10 - 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. Cool

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Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ?
Reply #11 - 07/06/13 at 09:11:21

mpescatori wrote on 07/05/13 at 00:14:56:

old_rider wrote 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.

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.

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! Grin

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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #12 - 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 I've had THIS pic as my desktop for years ! Those panniers remind me a lot of the Vespa rear...
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #13 - 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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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: Edgar Allan Poe's motorcycle ? Reply #14 - 07/08/13 at 06:40:35 MAESTRO ! DRUM ROLL, PLEASE... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And... VOILA'! Ladies and gentlemen... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A BMW FAN !!!
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