Burt Munro's Scout

[DELLORTO]

he would of gave it very small and short pistons that dont last long but realy pump out power......the rest is classified...........

[tri boy]

With patience & perserverance youll fit a ducks arse over a bucket.....

And you know this how, exactly?

[puddytat]

And you know this how, exactly?

[wbks]

he would of gave it very small and short pistons that dont last long but realy pump out power......the rest is classified...........

I'm going to assume you mean a shorter stroke? I'm not sure how short the stock indian one is so maybe he even lengthened it slightly for a little more torque
Puddytat... Sometimes I worry about people... You're one of those people

[Slyer]

Clearly aliens helped, there is no other explanation and there is no evidence you could show me that will ever change my mind.

[JacksColdSweat]

Clearly aliens helped, there is no other explanation and there is no evidence you could show me that will ever change my mind.

Clearly someone's trying to get himself quoted....

[Forest]

You need to remember that Burt didn't work on his own. The movie didn't mention it, but he had a team of like-minded mates (like Duncan Meikle) and they worked on many of the bikes together.

[McJim]

Heard a story down here about a time someone asked him how he did it. He said "It's simple really, you just need to work out how to get more power per explosion and then have more explosions per second".

I don't think he said much about how he acheived this though....

[wbks]

You need to remember that Burt didn't work on his own. The movie didn't mention it, but he had a team of like-minded mates (like Duncan Meikle) and they worked on many of the bikes together.

Kind of like John Britten? From what I'm reading in the book on John at the moment it seems like although he was the ambitious one with the idea and the motivation for the final product, many other people were the ones with the specialist skills and the materials that spent just as much time on the bike as him to achieve the final product or at least taught him the know how so he could do it himself.

I guess it could have well been the same sort of thing for Burt Munroe. I mean people don't just pop out in to the world knowing casting techniques and aero dynamics

[pete376403]

You really need to read the Munro book. Burt was a "trial and error" type of engineer. Not a huge amount of science, but a shit load of perserverance. He had access to some engineering equipment (beyond what was in his shed) and he didn't have distractions of a wife, kids or regular job. He was able to get by without a lot in order to satisfy his passion. The less regulated times he lived in helped a bit too, I guess (so many things you're not allowed to do now)