coo.

now this is what I call a monumental mod.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg
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------------------------------------------------\
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In message <9qcc13p7hqgl55nkbhsmnb7l6s9bi23p4t@4ax.com>, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> writes
>
>now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg

I think I'd like something to keep my parts away from that belt.
--
Tim
http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/

Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg

That's rather good.

--
BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

In article <1hw5i0d.dt7f8jjmhieuN%
chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>, The Older Gentleman says...
> Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
> > now this is what I call a monumental mod.
> >
> > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg
>
> That's rather good.
>
>
>
I subscribe to Cycle World (US m/c magazine) and they had a fascinating
article on aero-engined choppers in the April 07 issue. Bit tricky
filtering I should imagine.
--
jeremy
Sprint ST 955i

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:47:54 +0100, Aus
tin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net>
wrote in <9qcc13p7hqgl55nkbhsmnb7l6s9bi23p4t@4ax.com>:

> now this is what I call a monumental mod.

> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg

How many furlongs to the tank?

--
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

In article <MPG.20805da0e0ca77bb98a412@news.individual.net> , Jeremy
says...
> In article <1hw5i0d.dt7f8jjmhieuN%
> chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>, The Older Gentleman says...
> > Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:
> >
> > > now this is what I call a monumental mod.
> > >
> > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg
> >
> > That's rather good.
> >
> >
> >
> I subscribe to Cycle World (US m/c magazine) and they had a fascinating
> article on aero-engined choppers in the April 07 issue. Bit tricky
> filtering I should imagine.
>
Bad from etc. though I should point out the ones in the mag to which I
referred were mounted (how would you call it) transverse in the frame.

--
jeremy
Sprint ST 955i

Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>
>now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg

**WANT**
--

FrJ

On or around Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:53:04 +0100, Fr Jack <sp@m.com> enlightened
us thusly:

>Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>>
>>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg
>
>**WANT**

'tis rather shiny, innit.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>'tis rather shiny, innit.

Bollocks to shiny - Mental wins! ;-)
--

FrJ

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> saying something like:

>
>now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg

Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome.

On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:29 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
<grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly:

>We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>drugs began to take hold. I remember Austin Shackles
><austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> saying something like:
>
>>
>>now this is what I call a monumental mod.
>>
>>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg
>
>Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome.

might be scary - ISTR they run at a fixed speed and you make it "idle" by
switching the sparks on and off.

now, build the rotary into the back wheel...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:29 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
> <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly:
>

>> Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome.
>
> might be scary - ISTR they run at a fixed speed and you make it "idle" by
> switching the sparks on and off.
>
> now, build the rotary into the back wheel...

Trust you to come up with a daft idea like that - sensible people build
rotary engines into the /front/ wheel. Assuming the perpetrators of the
Megola can be classed as sensible.

A few years ago, LVM did a sort of mini-Megola as a poisson d'Avril.
'Twas alleged to have 5 cylinders of 10cc each... a Megola moped.

--
Andrew

On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:26:09 +0100, Naqerj
<pattle@globalnet.co.invalid> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:29 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
>> <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>
>>> Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome.
>>
>> might be scary - ISTR they run at a fixed speed and you make it "idle" by
>> switching the sparks on and off.
>>
>> now, build the rotary into the back wheel...
>
>Trust you to come up with a daft idea like that - sensible people build
>rotary engines into the /front/ wheel. Assuming the perpetrators of the
>Megola can be classed as sensible.

rotary in BOTH wheels - 2 wheel drive!

has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:28:01 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?

Yamaha.

Some variant of the four-stroke YZ MX bike. They've been demo-ing it,
if not selling it, for several years. It uses a hydraulic system for
the front wheel that kicks in when the rear wheel spins up.

--
-Pip

Austin Shackles wrote:

>
> rotary in BOTH wheels - 2 wheel drive!
>
> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?

Oh yes, several... I'm sure others in this group will come up with the
more sensible stuff [1] but I must mention Bill Greaves who, in the
1950s, fitted Cyclemasters to the front and back of his push-bike and
set off on a World tour. I don't know much more except that the tour
included Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica and he covered 12,000 miles
or more.

I believe one or two people have also built 2WD VeloSolexes - being
piston-ported, the rear engine can be mounted back-to-front and re-timed
to run backwards.

[1] Neatly avoiding having to go and look up any details.
--
Andrew

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:28:01 +0100, Austin Shackles <austin
DITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net>
wrote in <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>:

> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?

Rokon, amongst others.

http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm

--
Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

In article <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>,
austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net (Austin Shackles) wrote:

> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?

Not exactly what you have in mind but the German WW2 combinations could
drive the sidecar wheel.

Ken Young

Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:28:01 +0100, Austin Shackles <austin
> DITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net>
> wrote in <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>:
>
>> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?
>
> Rokon, amongst others.
>
> http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm
>

Ah yes, that's one I was thinking of but CBA to look up the name of.

--
Andrew

kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>,
> austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net (Austin Shackles) wrote:
>
>> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?
>
> Not exactly what you have in mind but the German WW2 combinations
> could drive the sidecar wheel.

Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean?

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative.”

kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>,
> austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net (Austin Shackles) wrote:
>
>> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike?
>
> Not exactly what you have in mind but the German WW2 combinations could
> drive the sidecar wheel.

As could the Belgian ones - Gillet-Herstal and FN. Not the sort of
information I normally carry about in my head, I just happened to read
an article about them last week.

--
Andrew

In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote:

> Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean?

Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly
usable for getting out of mud etc.

Ken Young

kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
> monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote:
>
>> Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean?
>
> Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly
> usable for getting out of mud etc.

http://www.uralmotorbikes.info/ural_outfits.htm

6th and 7th down are 2WD, but can't legally be used on the road in the UK.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative.”

On or around Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:50:41 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>> In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
>> monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote:
>>
>>> Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean?
>>
>> Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly
>> usable for getting out of mud etc.
>
>http://www.uralmotorbikes.info/ural_outfits.htm
>
>6th and 7th down are 2WD, but can't legally be used on the road in the UK.

why not?
--
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Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms...
------------------------------------------------\
>> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them.
a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:50:41 GMT, "platypus"
> <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>>> In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
>>> monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean?
>>>
>>> Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly
>>> usable for getting out of mud etc.
>>
>> http://www.uralmotorbikes.info/ural_outfits.htm
>>
>> 6th and 7th down are 2WD, but can't legally be used on the road in
>> the UK.
>
> why not?

Because the government has decided that, for your safety and comfort, the
only motorcycle sidecar combination to be allowed on British roads is the
one that swerves into the oncoming traffic when you close the throttle.

http://www.f2motorcycles.ltd.uk/rhsidecars.html

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>>...so long as they're pre-'81. Or foreign-registered.
>
>fine by me. ideally, pre-73 and then there's no road tax to pay...

You really are rediculously tight, aren't you. You may even be worse
than TOG, FFS!
--
Champ

Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> fine by me. ideally, pre-73 and then there's no road tax to pay...

<http://www.uralmotorbikes.info/chang_jiang.htm

This crowd were at one of the Stafford shows a few years back. They were
doing 'brand new' (zero miles) 1958 Chang Jiangs, that qualified for
classic tax status.

Looks like they can still do them judging from the comment to the left
of the prices.

The whole website's quite interesting - they were the providers of the
Ural outfit Mr Pole used on the recent telly prog.
--
Rob - Shropshire
So many cats,
So few recipes...

Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
> >>...so long as they're pre-'81. Or foreign-registered.
> >
> >fine by me. ideally, pre-73 and then there's no road tax to pay...
>
> You really are rediculously tight, aren't you. You may even be worse
> than TOG, FFS!

Oi!

--
BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125
GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

	#1
Austin Shackles	coo. now this is what I call a monumental mod. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

	#2
Tim	Re: coo. In message <9qcc13p7hqgl55nkbhsmnb7l6s9bi23p4t@4ax.com>, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> writes > >now this is what I call a monumental mod. > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg I think I'd like something to keep my parts away from that belt. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/

	#3
The Older Gentleman	Re: coo. Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > now this is what I call a monumental mod. > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg That's rather good. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....

	#4
Jeremy	Re: coo. In article <1hw5i0d.dt7f8jjmhieuN% chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>, The Older Gentleman says... > Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > > > now this is what I call a monumental mod. > > > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg > > That's rather good. > > > I subscribe to Cycle World (US m/c magazine) and they had a fascinating article on aero-engined choppers in the April 07 issue. Bit tricky filtering I should imagine. -- jeremy Sprint ST 955i

	#5
Dr Ivan D. Reid	Re: coo. On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:47:54 +0100, Aus tin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote in <9qcc13p7hqgl55nkbhsmnb7l6s9bi23p4t@4ax.com>: > now this is what I call a monumental mod. > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg How many furlongs to the tank? -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk\|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

	#6
Jeremy	Re: coo. In article <MPG.20805da0e0ca77bb98a412@news.individual.net> , Jeremy says... > In article <1hw5i0d.dt7f8jjmhieuN% > chateau.murray.takethisout@dsl.pipex.com>, The Older Gentleman says... > > Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > > > > > now this is what I call a monumental mod. > > > > > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg > > > > That's rather good. > > > > > > > I subscribe to Cycle World (US m/c magazine) and they had a fascinating > article on aero-engined choppers in the April 07 issue. Bit tricky > filtering I should imagine. > Bad from etc. though I should point out the ones in the mag to which I referred were mounted (how would you call it) transverse in the frame. -- jeremy Sprint ST 955i

	#7
Fr Jack	Re: coo. Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > >now this is what I call a monumental mod. > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg WANT -- FrJ

	#8
Austin Shackles	Re: coo. On or around Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:53:04 +0100, Fr Jack <sp@m.com> enlightened us thusly: >Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > >> >>now this is what I call a monumental mod. >> >>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg > >WANT 'tis rather shiny, innit. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

	#10
Grimly Curmudgeon	Re: coo. We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> saying something like: > >now this is what I call a monumental mod. > >http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome.

	#11
Austin Shackles	Re: coo. On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:29 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly: >We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >drugs began to take hold. I remember Austin Shackles ><austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> saying something like: > >> >>now this is what I call a monumental mod. >> >>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...s/R985bike.jpg > >Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome. might be scary - ISTR they run at a fixed speed and you make it "idle" by switching the sparks on and off. now, build the rotary into the back wheel... -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

	#12
Naqerj	Re: coo. Austin Shackles wrote: > On or around Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:29 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon > <grimly4REMOVE@REMOVEgmail.com> enlightened us thusly: > >> Be even more fun if it was a proper rotary, like a Gnome. > > might be scary - ISTR they run at a fixed speed and you make it "idle" by > switching the sparks on and off. > > now, build the rotary into the back wheel... Trust you to come up with a daft idea like that - sensible people build rotary engines into the /front/ wheel. Assuming the perpetrators of the Megola can be classed as sensible. A few years ago, LVM did a sort of mini-Megola as a poisson d'Avril. 'Twas alleged to have 5 cylinders of 10cc each... a Megola moped. -- Andrew

	#14
Pip Luscher	Re: coo. On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:28:01 +0100, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: >has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike? Yamaha. Some variant of the four-stroke YZ MX bike. They've been demo-ing it, if not selling it, for several years. It uses a hydraulic system for the front wheel that kicks in when the rear wheel spins up. -- -Pip

	#15
Naqerj	Re: coo. Austin Shackles wrote: > > rotary in BOTH wheels - 2 wheel drive! > > has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike? Oh yes, several... I'm sure others in this group will come up with the more sensible stuff [1] but I must mention Bill Greaves who, in the 1950s, fitted Cyclemasters to the front and back of his push-bike and set off on a World tour. I don't know much more except that the tour included Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica and he covered 12,000 miles or more. I believe one or two people have also built 2WD VeloSolexes - being piston-ported, the rear engine can be mounted back-to-front and re-timed to run backwards. [1] Neatly avoiding having to go and look up any details. -- Andrew

	#17
kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk	Re: coo. In article <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>, austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net (Austin Shackles) wrote: > has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike? Not exactly what you have in mind but the German WW2 combinations could drive the sidecar wheel. Ken Young

	#18
Naqerj	Re: coo. Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:28:01 +0100, Austin Shackles <austin > DITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> > wrote in <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>: > >> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike? > > Rokon, amongst others. > > http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm > Ah yes, that's one I was thinking of but CBA to look up the name of. -- Andrew

	#19
platypus	Re: coo. kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > In article <d7uj13p44i14hhltjai35qlcp050ocmvlj@4ax.com>, > austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net (Austin Shackles) wrote: > >> has anyone ever done a successful 2WD bike? > > Not exactly what you have in mind but the German WW2 combinations > could drive the sidecar wheel. Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean? -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.”

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kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk	Re: coo. In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote: > Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean? Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly usable for getting out of mud etc. Ken Young

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Austin Shackles	Re: coo. On or around Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:50:41 GMT, "platypus" <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> enlightened us thusly: >kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >> In article <DtSSh.9011$NK2.1686@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , >> monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk (platypus) wrote: >> >>> Like Ural Gear-Up outfits, you mean? >> >> Never heard of that. It was IIRC a dog clutch with no dif so mainly >> usable for getting out of mud etc. > >http://www.uralmotorbikes.info/ural_outfits.htm > >6th and 7th down are 2WD, but can't legally be used on the road in the UK. why not? -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!

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Champ	Re: coo. On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: >>...so long as they're pre-'81. Or foreign-registered. > >fine by me. ideally, pre-73 and then there's no road tax to pay... You really are rediculously tight, aren't you. You may even be worse than TOG, FFS! -- Champ

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The Older Gentleman	Re: coo. Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0100, Austin Shackles > <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS@ddol-las.net> wrote: > > >>...so long as they're pre-'81. Or foreign-registered. > > > >fine by me. ideally, pre-73 and then there's no road tax to pay... > > You really are rediculously tight, aren't you. You may even be worse > than TOG, FFS! Oi! -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....