Bandit Alley

GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: Red01 on May 14, 2006, 03:43:35 PM

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: Red01 on May 14, 2006, 03:43:35 PM

So you like that radial engine sound of Harley's Big Twins, but even the big-bore aftermarket versions aren't enough for you - and the V8 sound of the Boss Hoss isn't what you're looking for?
Maybe this is the solution you've been looking for then:


(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/paulweit/Bandit%20Alley/radialmc.jpg)

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: Desolation Angel on May 14, 2006, 04:44:30 PM

The museum that owns this plane...

(http://www169.pair.com/jcat/jason/flying/vintagepics/trimotor.JPG)

...wants it's engine back NOW!

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: ArcticEd on May 14, 2006, 06:30:56 PM

......And to think that BMW boxer owners used to worry about dragging their valve covers on the ground......

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: Maniac on May 14, 2006, 10:29:12 PM

Hey look, we found a bike that'll make bigger oil spots than a harley!  :banana:

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: jimmym1296 on May 14, 2006, 10:54:27 PM

that's wild looking. My first plane ride was on a Tri-Motor Ford. I'm not that old, it was used to fly to an island in Lake Erie.

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: B6mick on May 15, 2006, 02:05:10 AM

Wish I still had an old Ozbike mag, from years back, some crazy bloke over here got his c#*# scratches on to a Merlin V12 motor, hacked off the front 2 cylinders and made a 5000cc V twin, shoved that into a frame and started the sucker up in front of parliament house, Canberra during the celebration of Aust motorcycling festival. Now that was awesome. :bigok:

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: Red01 on May 15, 2006, 10:31:09 AM

I remember that bike!! (Hard to forget something that extreme!) It was featured in one of the US rags, too.

I even managed to find a little info on it - and a pic:

(http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrfulls.jpg)

http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm

Title: motor
Post by: tacoman on May 15, 2006, 01:33:47 PM

I'd love to hear that bike run.  I love those old piston aircraft engines, especially the old V12 supercharged Rolls Royce Merlins.  I remember the old days of Hydroplane racing when there'd be 5 or 6 of those monsters out there.  That was true thunder.

Title: So you like the sound
Post by: Red01 on May 15, 2006, 03:09:12 PM

I hear ya! The current crop of Unlimiteds with their turboshaft jet helicopter engines, while faster, just aren't real Thunderboats... more like screaming, whining boats.

And I just love the sound of a Merlin at full-song... in a Hydro, an old warbird, or a Reno Unlimited Air Racer. When I was growing up, the crewchief for the Miss Notre Dame lived across the street... I just wish I still had some of the swag he gave me back then...