The widow maker

[WNJ]

Are you fucking kidding me ????

Hey fucknuckle I just asked a question, no need to be a fuckwit with your reply, just shows what a wanker you are

[AllanB]

Thought one of the Vincents was the original Widowmaker motorcycle.

[Laava]

Yeah, I always thought it was the Colt Peacemaker?

[admenk]

Maybe the OP just has a pet name for his bike. I call my bikes all sorts of names, most of which I couldn't possibly repeat in such a highbrow, highly regarded publication such as KB

[sidecar bob]

Anyway, I think everyone is studiously ignoring the big pink elephant in the room.
How the hell does one of these things make windows?

[jellywrestler]

Anyway, I think everyone is studiously ignoring the big pink elephant in the room.
How the hell does one of these things make windows?

especially when tied up
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...?id=1371952016

[pritch]

Yeah, I always thought it was the Colt Peacemaker?

That was the Peacemaker not the widow maker, like the name says. I'd say Peacemaker was written on the box except the box would have "Single Action Army" written on it. The SAA didn't come out until all the real wild west stuff was pretty much on the decline, whatever Hollywood says.

FWIW I agree with the people who nominated the Kawasaki triples as that coincides with my memory of events.

[Laava]

That was the Peacemaker not the widow maker, like the name says. I'd say Peacemaker was written on the box except the box would have "Single Action Army" written on it. The SAA didn't come out until all the real wild west stuff was pretty much on the decline, whatever Hollywood says.

FWIW I agree with the people who nominated the Kawasaki triples as that coincides with my memory of events.

Yip the peacemaker, good for making widows. See what I mean there?

[husaberg]

I think you need to google "the blitz" it was only 30 years after WW2, the Brits were still rather annoyed with the Germans at that point.
Handing out prizes for kicking their arses at engineering wasn't at the top of their list, regardless of how much I agree with you.

Funny enough the Martin B-26 Marauder used to bomb those same jerries was nicknamed the "widowmaker"

[jellywrestler]

Funny enough the Martin B-26 Marauder used to bomb those same jerries was nicknamed the "widowmaker"

northrop P61 was called the widowmaker too

[sidecar bob]

northrop P61 was called the widowmaker too

With all these things making widows it would be quite a lucrative opportunity to become the Dildomaker.

[TheDemonLord]

northrop P61 was called the widowmaker too

Erm - Pretty sure that the P61 is the Black Widow (after the Spider)

[caspernz]

The term widow maker has been coined about so many inanimate objects, it just depends on where you identify with it most. Bikes aren't even in my top three...

Some of us think of this: http://www.accuracyinternational.com/ax-rifle-systems/

[Voltaire]

Funny enough the Martin B-26 Marauder used to bomb those same jerries was nicknamed the "widowmaker"

More for its design flaws than bombing Jerries.

[husaberg]

With all these things making widows it would be quite a lucrative opportunity to become the Dildomaker.

BMW aleady has a model its called the M3

northrop P61 was called the widowmaker too

Erm - Pretty sure that the P61 is the Black Widow (after the Spider)

yip
pretty sure it was because it had effective radar and was able to sneak up at night on other aircraft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder

B-26 crews gave the aircraft the nickname "Widowmaker". Other colorful nicknames included "Martin Murderer", "Flying Coffin", "B-Dash-Crash", "Flying Prostitute" (so-named because it was so fast and had "no visible means of support," referring to its small wings) and "Baltimore Whore" (a reference to the city where Martin was based).

a few other are too i think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockhe...04_Starfighter

Grieving widows sued Lockheed from 1969, and by 1975 more than thirty of them had received 3 million DMs each.[70] Hence the F-104 became known as Witwenmacher ("The Widowmaker") in West Germany. Some operators lost a large proportion of their aircraft through accidents, although the accident rate varied widely depending on the user and operating conditions

McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

The AV-8 was dubbed a "widow maker" by some in the military

More for its design flaws than bombing Jerries.

Odd according to the USAF it had lowest combat loss rate of any US aircraft used during the war.