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ungeheuer

#3645
February 23, 2014, 03:38:25 PM
Quote from: Betty on February 23, 2014, 03:30:25 PM
Well ... if d'Ascanio hadn't been 'allowed' to go and work with Piaggio, then Pallavicino & Torre (aeronautical engineers too) wouldn't have created the Lambretta for Innocenti as we know it and we may have only had the stamped-frame Vespa-like design.
Fascinating. 
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ducatiz

#3646
February 24, 2014, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: HotIce on February 23, 2014, 11:40:49 AM
Once again, proof that airplane engineers should stick to airplanes  [thumbsdown]


Well, there go the Saabs.
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memper

#3647
February 24, 2014, 09:19:00 PM
Glenn Curtiss. Aviation dude. Built a 4000cc 40hp bike that did 136mph in 1907.
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kopfjäger

#3648
February 24, 2014, 09:26:51 PM Last Edit: February 24, 2014, 09:31:49 PM by kopfjäger
Quote from: memper on February 24, 2014, 09:19:00 PM
Glenn Curtiss. Aviation dude. Built a 4000cc 40hp bike that did 136mph in 1907.

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Skybarney

#3649
February 25, 2014, 09:26:21 AM
Derby!  I posted up the Curtis after seeing it at he Smithsonian.  Not that I mind seeing it again, I just like saying "derby".   [thumbsup]
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ducpainter

#3650
February 25, 2014, 01:28:00 PM
Quote from: Skybarney on February 25, 2014, 09:26:21 AM
Derby!  I posted up the Curtis after seeing it at he Smithsonian.  Not that I mind seeing it again, I just like saying "derby".   [thumbsup]
No link...

no derby. ;)
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HotIce

#3651
February 25, 2014, 02:20:49 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 24, 2014, 03:21:50 PM
Well, there go the Saabs.
Are you out to prove my point?  ;D

DarkMonster620

#3652
February 25, 2014, 05:35:25 PM
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Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AM
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kopfjäger

#3653
February 25, 2014, 05:44:19 PM
 [evil] [evil]
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Speeddog

#3654
February 25, 2014, 06:55:19 PM
Hard to make the beast with two backs up when you're starting with a Mantra.

Better looking and easier to work on, no doubt.
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DucHead

#3655
February 26, 2014, 05:46:34 AM
Quote from: kopfjäger on February 25, 2014, 05:44:19 PM
[evil] [evil]

Really?  The frame looks like its from an SV.

You can make the beast with two backs it up starting from a Mantra.  Because you started from a Mantra.   [laugh]
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Dirty Duc

#3656
February 26, 2014, 06:15:35 AM

Skybarney

#3657
February 26, 2014, 09:37:30 AM
That bike started off nice but then it accidentally got stuck in an experimental Matter Transportation machine and came out scrambled.
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Curmudgeon

#3658
February 26, 2014, 09:46:26 AM
Quote from: Skybarney on February 26, 2014, 09:37:30 AM
That bike started off nice but then it accidentally got stuck in an experimental Matter Transportation machine and came out scrambled.
More Tron. We must be too old to get the Transformers "look". [roll]
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Skybarney

#3659
February 26, 2014, 10:44:39 AM
This is my "other" project.  A 1968 Aermacchi/Harley.  I only work on it a couple of hours a week so it has been a slow process.  What makes it a cool Italian bike?
My uncle set the 125cc world land speed record with it in 1970 at Bonneville.  He also raced it on tracks all over the West.  He garaged it uncovered for 40 years so we had to repaint the frame and all the silver stuff.  We left the tank and headlight stock.  I also rebuilt the wiring harness as all the wires were brittle beyond reason.  Surprisingly there is a great source for NOS parts so I also replaced all the gaskets and seals.


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