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1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:19 am
by pietpetoors
Imagine you do 217km/h on a bike like this?
There are many v8 motorcycles today, but this is the craziest I have ever seen.
Despite all you read about early car speed records, trains actually held the land speed record until 1907. That all changed when Glen Curtis built and rode a V8 motorcycle to a land speed record of 136 mph. Within a decade he would become the Henry Ford of the aerospace industry, but his motorcycle record of 1907 was not bested until 1930. It was the only motorcycle to ever hold the outright land speed record and
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Curtis installed one of his 4000cc V8 aircraft engines into a motorcycle and blew all competitors into the weeds with a run of 136.27 mph on 24 January 1907
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:19 pm
by TertiusK
Ek ry nie saam nie hehehehe
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:39 pm
by Dowe Koos
Ja geen skokbrekers, jy moet 'n harde gat ou wees om daai ding te ry. In elke geval, ek het baie respek vir daai manne in die beginjare van petrol en diesel enjin tegnologie.
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:58 pm
by Racing snake
AND those beaded edge tyres would have pumped to about 50 Psi. Scary indeed.
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 4:09 pm
by Thunder02
And that steering will be very twitchy...
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:16 pm
by Mud Dog
Note that it was driven with a shaft and not a belt as was the norm of the day. I'm surprised he didn't strip those gears. Crazy sjit!
(Click on image for larger view.)
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:08 pm
by Dowe Koos
Ja Andy, die mense in die ou dae het goeie goed gebou. Hulle het gehou.
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:03 pm
by ChrisF
Kon sekerlik nie ver kom met daai klein tenk nie ....
Sien ook nie regtig n gearbox nie ... beslis nie iets wat n V8 vandag as n gearbox sal gebruik nie
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 7:17 pm
by Thunder02
ChrisF wrote:Kon sekerlik nie ver kom met daai klein tenk nie ....
Sien ook nie regtig n gearbox nie ... beslis nie iets wat n V8 vandag as n gearbox sal gebruik nie
Chris, I think that was the brakes, hit top speed, run out of fuel and free wheel until stopped.
Re: 1907 V8 Motorcycle
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:53 pm
by Knuppel
No shocks, thats why its only fit for riding on the beach