9 cylinder Kwaka 2 stroke!

[zadok]

Yep, you had better believe it. Watch five short video clips on this link: http://motorcycle-photos.com/forum/t...w.aspx?id=2550

[Sniper]

Wow, thats err interesting Who would tune it

[Fishy]

Hmmm thats very ahhh different.

[nudemetalz]

That's nothing,....try the 48 cylinder Kawasaki 2-stroke, and it runs too !!!

[Momentum]

That is one bloody big RINGA DING DING

[Phurrball]

That is too bizarre for words. (And that other thing too!?)

Perhaps 'twas the engineer with the screw loose rather than the machine itself...

[Fishy]

bet ya couldn't wheel stand that thing!

[Korea]

Interesting, but the camerawork is a bit crap on those videos, eh?
I would like to have seen it in proper action; like knee down around the Rimutakas...

[Madmax]

The nine cylinder one used to run 8.2 seconds on plain old
pump gas

[TygerTung]

I'd like to see it actually running down the strip or somthing.

[Shadows]

Those motors must be out of those old H2s or something. Three of them in a row sounds heaps better than one ever did.

[Madmax]

Those motors must be out of those old H2s or something. Three of them in a row sounds heaps better than one ever did.

3Xh2 motors each one had a name think the last one was called topeaker
the whole kit was wasted and turned into a coffee table at some point
Bummer
(you can tell i know to much about these old things??
but 8.2 on pump gas?? would love to doubled up a tripple in a road race
sidecar)

[Motu]

The Acheson Topeka and Santa Fe was a drag bike powered by 3 SOHC Honda engines - the bike owned and ridden by one of the editors of Cycle magazine.....his name is on the tip of my tongue,but I won't embarass myself,someone will fill us in I'm sure.

[HenryDorsetCase]

The Acheson Topeka and Santa Fe was a drag bike powered by 3 SOHC Honda engines - the bike owned and ridden by one of the editors of Cycle magazine.....his name is on the tip of my tongue,but I won't embarass myself,someone will fill us in I'm sure.

Joe Parkhurst was the founding editor of Cycle.

Schilling had the Overdog and California Hot Rod Ducati racers. I re read his Cycle articles over Xmas, so well written, intersting, and haaaard work.

Cook Neilsen rode the bike to its Daytona win.


Speaking of specials, did anyone see the Classic M'cycle Mechanics mag last year with the guy who had made a V12 KAWASAKI KZ2600 out of two six cylinder KZ1300 engines? Absolutely amazing. four stroke and water cooled!!!!

and the crankshaft was stock, the second bank of cylinder con rods bore on the front bank of conrods (somehow.... FIIK) apparently its aircraft engine practice.

[Motu]

Yeah,Cook Neilson - I had the two names,but as 2 surnames couldn't be sure.Cycle was a great mag back in those days,I've still got some lying around,saved for the good tech articles they did.