Wooler 1949, a very clever bike...

[george formby]

How long does it take to take your motor out....?

[vifferman]

Very impressive, but given I've never heard of it, it was obviously a commercial failure.

[Laava]

Hhhhyesssss quite so Mr Cholmondely Warner!

[PeteJ]

Yeah, never productionised; I believe there's one in the NMM.

[jellywrestler]

Yeah, never productionised; I believe there's one in the NMM.

Wooler made bikes much earlier than this the NMM one is the model nicknamed the flying banana

[PeteJ]

Oh, yeah, Spyda - Mr Wooler was designing the weird and wonderful way back in your earliest preferred days ie around WW I.

I think the "FB" Wooler in the NMM is one of the later, redesigned version of the one in the first post on this thread, is that right? He abandoned the beam/coupled conrods, I believe.

[maggot]

Man, that hand-pump concealed in the footpeg had me going 'oooooooooh!'
Cool little touches!

[Brian d marge]

Wonder why it never flew ? looked to weird for Chummily warner?

Stephen

[ducatilover]

Call me odd, but I think that looks great.
Very cool bit of kit!

[nudemetalz]

Yes I agree, the neat touch's meant the designer really thought about the owner of the bike.

[Paul in NZ]

Yes I agree, the neat touch's meant the designer really thought about the owner of the bike.

Frankly thats a sure fire way for a motorcycle maker to go bust.

During the 'classic' period the makers listened to what the buying public 'said' they wanted and we got bathtub enclosures, the Vincient Black Knight / prince 'horror', Yamaha GTS, Honda Rune and all sorts of commercial flops. GaH!

I appreciate what Mr W was trying to do but all his bikes were just plain ugly.....

Also - I wonder if Mr Wooler was the origin of the term 'wooly thinking'

[dangerous]

yeah but, frame as exhaust... cool and that engine configeration, flat twin crank four? love this way of thinking, kinda like the NR750 LOL

[Brian d marge]

Frankly thats a sure fire way for a motorcycle maker to go bust.

During the 'classic' period the makers listened to what the buying public 'said' they wanted and we got bathtub enclosures, the Vincient Black Knight / prince 'horror', Yamaha GTS, Honda Rune and all sorts of commercial flops. GaH!

I appreciate what Mr W was trying to do but all his bikes were just plain ugly.....

Also - I wonder if Mr Wooler was the origin of the term 'wooly thinking'

do you remember Homer Simpson designing the car......Im a fan of simplification, and parts doiing more than one job, ...i suppose the looks would grow on you


but its a consumer society now , must turn over product , cant have minions repairing things ...if they do we will charge em for it ,,,,


( side note and completely unrelated , but the womn if front of me has awesome legs ....fk me ....oh well i cn only dream )


as you were


Stephen

[marty]

shafty, 100mpg. 2 spanners to take out the engine. how far have we come?

[bogan]

That's really cool, tank flowing into the headlight looks neat!