Bored and just realised the Honda RC148 of '65 was making 272hp per liter, air cooled with an 8 speed gearbox.
Jam and tarts....
Bored and just realised the Honda RC148 of '65 was making 272hp per liter, air cooled with an 8 speed gearbox.
Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
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BMW Motorrad
Porsche created a 1,500kgs 2 seater convertible car with two electric + a petrol engine. A hybrid car. This was before Hawaii annexed to the U.S.
Yes, I've been reading about the new 918 Spyder.
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Too old to die
Just after in fact. Around 1900.
July 7, 1898, U.S. President McKinley signed a bill which resulted in the United States Annexing Hawaii.
Anorak moment...
The best way to forget all your troubles is to wear tight underpants.
Anarchic Wild Child
And in 1948 a Vincent Black Shadow had a top speed of 150mph ... that's about 242 klicks ...
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Jam and tarts....
Even airbag systems aren't new...
Indian had an 8v ohc water cooled twin in 1908...
Hemisperical combustion chambers and gear driven ohc in 1903 by a french bunch..
Hydrualic lifters as standard on straight 8 buicks from the late 40's.
Not fair, I want new cool stuff.
Alfa's "multi-air" system seems to be the only "new" thing.
Alloy, stainless and Ti polishing.
Bling your bike out!
PM me
BMW Motorrad
Even airbag systems aren't new...
Indian had an 8v ohc water cooled twin in 1908...
Hemisperical combustion chambers and gear driven ohc in 1903 by a french bunch..
Hydrualic lifters as standard on straight 8 buicks from the late 40's.
Not fair, I want new cool stuff.
Alfa's "multi-air" system seems to be the only "new" thing.
Airbags arn't new but wasn't very popular till late 90's.
Here's some questions. Wanna guess how many airbags the latest (in 1995) BMW 750iL had? That's the top of the line $269,500 flagship model back in the days.
How about how many in a Ferrari 512 Testarossa ($545,000)?
How many in Mercedes Benz S 500 Coupe ($325,100)?
Both top of the line BMW and Benz had two. Both cars costing more than a house had one for the driver and the passenger each.
The half million dollar Ferrari had 0.
Heck, Porsche 911 (993) had 1.
No airbags in any Toyota production models except for Celica (1), MR2 (1) and Supra (2).
No airbags in any Nissan production models except for the 200SX(1).
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
In the riders seat
I think you will find it was a Black Lightning, the Shadow wasn't ever that fast
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Anarchic Wild Child
Whatever ... It was a Vincent and it would still be bloody quick now ..
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Hardcore Biker
a philosopher once said "nothing has or will be thought, that hasn't been thought of before". He was pointing to the fact that in the great old civilisations (Greece Rome, Egypt, Incas etc) they had no mod cons, so had lots of time to sit around thinking of the grand design, (universe, higher being(s) etc).
"I saw, I came, I conquered".
The metal is always nude.
Rudge made a radial 4 valve head for it's 1930 350 race bike about 50 years before Honda did on the XR's..
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Trying to be a good dog
The car is a buggy without a horse, a bike is a horse.
Churches are monuments to self importance
Hardcore Biker
Go figure eh? they are all trounced by a dirty ol stinky two stroke.
CC for CC that is.obviously not automakers in their quest for the green fallacy.
BMW Motorrad
Speaking of old age vs modern, the USS Consititution (Named by G Washington himself) cost approx $302,000 to build... Well ofcourse, in 1794 money..... But still sounds like a bargain tho!!!!
Porsche 550 Spyder (famous for James Dean's car) was on sale for $6,800 brand new back in 1955!!!!! (In 1955 money ofcourse)
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
The metal is always nude.
The next model, the RC149 in 1966 was made entirely out of magnesium.Bored and just realised the Honda RC148 of '65 was making 272hp per liter, air cooled with an 8 speed gearbox.
Had a 5 cylinder 125cc with a crankshaft that was a 3 cylinder with conrods 120 degrees apart and then a 2 cylinder that was 180 degrees apart with the camshaft drive between them. The pistons were 35mm diameter.
It revved to 23,000 rpm and stalled below 17,000 rpm !!!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Rasta Ratskins
Guys, guys, cupholders? You overlooked cupholders
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