Is there a motorcycle equivalent of this V12, 27L Merlin-rep engined Bentley?

[Fast Eddie]

Somewhere in Oz...

mmm hell yea, mans bit of kit right there..

you wouldn't see that man in a salmon colored polo shirt drinking a shandy

[Stylo]

Have we seen a real Bentley yet ..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ux-eGJoP0

[Geeen]

These are all awesome pieces of well spent time. Kinda scared the days of old guys and sheds are coming to a close. Some of the stuff I've come across through work is astounding.

[Laava]

Whoever destroyed a Merlin engine, should be stabbed with a screwdriver that has been dipped in acid which has been laced with AIDS.

The story accompanying the photo I embedded claimed the motor was from a P51 Mustang which presumably would be more likely to be an Allison V12? Although, I know, it was a copy of the Merlin. Or summat!

[cs363]

Well, seeing as people are going off topic and posting vehicles besides bikes.... (at least it still has a Merlin V12, so vaguely on topic)

[NordieBoy]

6 vids of the Gogomobil from getting a radial shoehorned in to drag racing it...

[Edbear]

The story accompanying the photo I embedded claimed the motor was from a P51 Mustang which presumably would be more likely to be an Allison V12? Although, I know, it was a copy of the Merlin. Or summat!

I know a guy, an old schoolmate not a million miles from here, Matakana actually, who builds Allison powered dragsters...

[Swoop]

At one time they weren't that rare, have a look up at what happened to the Mosquito aircraft the RNZAF had

I know. Even more important to keep engines for warbirds and stop weirdo's from hacking into them.
Hopefully CNC manufacturing will be able to produce "new" engines soon!

[martybabe]

I get this thread, honestly I do. Beautiful complex powerful engines shoehorned into shall we say inappropriate vehicles, but ...

There is a reason these iconic engines were left in the nostalgic mist, simply, they have been superseded in the relentless quest for power. On that basis I offer you the modern bike equivalent of the old 'lets stick one of these bastards in something where it don't belong and see what happens projects'

[cheshirecat]

nah nah nah, I mean it might look that way, but my post of the Bentley was really hankering back to the essence of being close to some great mechanical beastie made by humans, not a clinical production line. Its like being in a steam train, the thing's alive i tell you. What I really liked about the Bentlely was the whole thing about starting it and having to know all its whims. Had an old Range Rover once and the car alarm went off when going downhill round a right hand corner in the rain, the thing ooozed character , most of it growing moss in the rain gutters and on the bonnet. I mean bikes these days go so fast so easy and handle (lets face it) so well its too easy, they start first time every time, you cant get at the engine unless the things out of warantee, and even if you could you need a degree in engine managment systems. I remeber all my early bikes for their characters and having to know how to get them home. Am i to old and Grumpy?

MInd you I'd put one of these for city riding

[martybabe]

nah nah nah, I mean it might look that way, but my post of the Bentley was really hankering back to the essence of being close to some great mechanical beastie made by humans, not a clinical production line. Its like being in a steam train, the thing's alive i tell you. What I really liked about the Bentlely was the whole thing about starting it and having to know all its whims. Had an old Range Rover once and the car alarm went off when going downhill round a right hand corner in the rain, the thing ooozed character , most of it growing moss in the rain gutters and on the bonnet. I mean bikes these days go so fast so easy and handle (lets face it) so well its too easy, they start first time every time, you cant get at the engine unless the things out of warantee, and even if you could you need a degree in engine managment systems. I remeber all my early bikes for their characters and having to know how to get them home. Am i to old and Grumpy?

MInd you I'd put one of these for city riding
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Fair enough, personally I'm just a fan of anything different, old or new. My two favourite machines of all time would be a huge F/off steam train and the Vulcan Jet bomber, machines of awesomeness. Boss hoss, Enfield bullet, jet bike and munch mammoth for the bikes, not sure I'd actually want to own any of them though, stuff that stirs the soul is good.

[cheshirecat]

Fair enough, personally I'm just a fan of anything different, old or new. My two favourite machines of all time would be a huge F/off steam train and the Vulcan Jet bomber, machines of awesomeness. Boss hoss, Enfield bullet, jet bike and munch mammoth for the bikes, not sure I'd actually want to own any of them though, stuff that stirs the soul is good.

Would go with any of those.
You'd like this guy then

[Pussy]

The story accompanying the photo I embedded claimed the motor was from a P51 Mustang which presumably would be more likely to be an Allison V12? Although, I know, it was a copy of the Merlin. Or summat!

The earlier P-51s had Allison V-1710s in them.
Most P-51s had a Packard built Merlin in them.

[Old Steve]

Damn Pussy, you took the words right out of my mouth. Actually, the earlier Allison powered Mustangs (that's the British name by the way, the Americans used the alpha-numeric identifier P-51) were renamed A-36 as a ground attack aircraft as the Allison was better performed at lower altitude than it was at higher altitude.

[SPman]

You mean like in the movie "633 Squadron" when the movie makers destroyed 2 real ones.....
Swoop....don't fast forward to 9:10.....it'll make you cry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A04o_kVonQ


and while we're at it...RNZAF aircraft dump in Rukuhia....oh to travel back in time !!
http://www.wings.net.nz/oldwings/rukuhia.html

(Apologies for getting off topic)

Yeah - Merlins - a dime a dozen for a while.....