Just spotted this on ebay, courtesy of the UKGSer website. A bike suit modelled on a pilot jumpsuit which claims to be even better than the Aerostitch. I got...
This web site shows a diesel-powered motorcycle with hydrostatic transmission. It's Merkan, so the bike is styled on custom lines and has the obligatory...
Hmm. Interesting. Certainly seems to work OK. Shame the video clips look and sound as if they were shot from a mobile phone. Did I mis-hear, or did old man...
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Oct 2, 2007 11:00 am
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Paul, Andy, It looks like fairly standard engineering, Tony has stuff in his books on hydraulic drives too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic IIRC the...
... I can't help feeling that Neil B has got the Sports Quasar confused with another machine, such as the Kymera, the SEV or even the Z13 Quasar? Can he be at...
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Oct 3, 2007 7:58 pm
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... Maybe, but you'll have to ask him directly. Graham - Cogito, ergo recubo....
Maybe with the right power plant, faster round ... Hooray! Please let someone challenge Arnold in the spirit of sportsmanship. It will not be easy though. He's...
... I think there were 2 R1s which had the best lap times during Arnold's weekend last year. Followed by the single seat Turbo Eco.. IIRC. Yes, I know it's...
... And big enough man parts!! Mark Crowson has Brno track experience at the limit and beyond!! Dan Whitfield ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
... and I copied that message to the Burgman group. ... I find that rather encouraging! Still worth converting my 20,000 mile Burger 650 into a "quick & dirty"...
Paul Blezard
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Oct 6, 2007 8:37 am
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One marquee up, not worth putting the other up as a lovely day is forecast, warm with light winds. From York Northern ring road (A1237) take the Strensall...
Thanks for a very enjoyable day and all the effort you put in. Great to see friends old and new, Carvers, Comfortmaxes (maxi?), Voyager. Cheers Steve Scruton ...
Arthur, Thanks for the safety reminder. I've been thinking 150psi max; an explosion would be bad but not too bad, but now with hi-psi bottle I've got to get my...
Yes, I will second this statement. Voyager 05 made it there after an excursion into the Derbyshire dales collection of Harry's Reliant Pistons - thanks Harry !...
Just to confirm my last posting. I have picked up the box of new Reliant +20 pistons from Harry Shuttleworth.(40 thereof ?) These are c/w gudgeon pin. There is...
Its the big problem, getting back on 2 wheels and not riding so hard as proved when I went to fill the ComfortMax up with petrol before the meet. At the first...
Cross poste to ff list because we recently had a discussion on Hydraulic transmission... or was that gearing... ... Tim, It's two axial piston pumps back to...
Ed, ... With the swash plate vertical as shown, the pump would spin and not drive any fluid in either direction. Start moving the swash plate to the left at...
... upright, to the retract side and use that same pressure to raise the outriggers? Force required will be a lot less, and I plan to have a mech. latch to...
This is something you don't see every day. I don't know what type of camera or lens system was used to get inside an internal combustion engine. I merely...
... Hi Bill, I had only heard about this type of photography from my old H.O.D., so thanks for this URL. He used to do "impossible photography" for the M.O.D....
... Probably 15 to 20 years ago now, VW built a research engine with quartz glass piston crowns and very tall pistons with a slot all the way down one side....
What I don't understand is if it's all so clever why don't they show the complete cycle. As it is one doesn't see the exhaust stroke. Just a thought. David....
... Probably 25 or 30 years ago now, I bought a Colourtune (quartz) glass spark plug which achieved some of the same effect...... In case they didn't get to...