Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html

Here's a nice fotograph. Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg


It's really quite a simple adaptation. You start with a war surplus
engine out of a T55 tank, and go from there. With a Sidecar, no
less. Took a year to get it all put together, but it ended up 4.7
tonnes (10,470 lb), 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) long, and 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in)
tall. "Dey make 'em Big in zee Old Country!"

Reportedly it will hit fifty mph. But wait till they get on the
autobahn and can open it up. Just don't be in front of it when it
comes time to stop ...

Oh yeah, I want one like it. Well, sort of like it.


pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:18:24 -0700, the infamous pyotr filipivich
scrawled the following:

Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html

Here's a nice fotograph. Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg


It's really quite a simple adaptation. You start with a war surplus
engine out of a T55 tank, and go from there. With a Sidecar, no
less. Took a year to get it all put together, but it ended up 4.7
tonnes (10,470 lb), 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) long, and 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in)
tall. "Dey make 'em Big in zee Old Country!"

Reportedly it will hit fifty mph. But wait till they get on the
autobahn and can open it up. Just don't be in front of it when it
comes time to stop ...

Oh yeah, I want one like it. Well, sort of like it.

How about the one Jesse James built on TeeVee a few years ago? It was
a diesel, too.
http://www.bikemenu.com/Jesse%20James%20Peterbilt%20Discovery%20Channel%20 Monster%20Garage.html

Or a radial engined bike?
http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2006/...00cc-aero.html

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exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong
remedy." -- Ernest Benn

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On 2008-10-18, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html

Here's a nice fotograph. Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg

I especially like the paint job. Thanks for posting this.

i

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

Finally, a motorcycle even a Dodge truck would steer clear of...


jon

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html


V12 Diesel? Wow, quite insane. No mufflers, I
see, I'll bet you can hear it coming from MILES away!

Jon

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On 2008-10-18, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html

Here's a nice fotograph. Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg


It's really quite a simple adaptation. You start with a war surplus
engine out of a T55 tank, and go from there. With a Sidecar, no
less. Took a year to get it all put together, but it ended up 4.7
tonnes (10,470 lb), 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) long, and 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in)
tall. "Dey make 'em Big in zee Old Country!"

Reportedly it will hit fifty mph. But wait till they get on the
autobahn and can open it up. Just don't be in front of it when it
comes time to stop ...

Oh yeah, I want one like it. Well, sort of like it.

How about one built around a Rolls Royce Merlin engine? 2000
HP, and light enough for use in aircraft instead of a tank. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2008-10-18, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html

Here's a nice fotograph. Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg


It's really quite a simple adaptation. You start with a war surplus
engine out of a T55 tank, and go from there. With a Sidecar, no
less. Took a year to get it all put together, but it ended up 4.7
tonnes (10,470 lb), 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) long, and 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in)
tall. "Dey make 'em Big in zee Old Country!"

Reportedly it will hit fifty mph. But wait till they get on the
autobahn and can open it up. Just don't be in front of it when it
comes time to stop ...

Oh yeah, I want one like it. Well, sort of like it.

How about one built around a Rolls Royce Merlin engine? 2000
HP, and light enough for use in aircraft instead of a tank. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.


That one would need handlebars spaced 15 feet apart.

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On Oct 17, 10:18*pm, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. *Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...st-motorcycle-...

Here's a nice fotograph. *Just a couple of the boys out for a ride.

http://www.harzer-bike-schmiede.de/Bilder/zurwaage.jpg

It's really quite a simple adaptation. *You start with a war surplus
engine out of a T55 tank, and go from there. * With a Sidecar, no
less. Took a year to get it all put together, but it ended up 4.7
tonnes (10,470 lb), *5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) long, and 2.29 m ( 7ft 6 in)
tall. * *"Dey make 'em Big in zee Old Country!"

Reportedly it will hit fifty mph. *But wait till they get on the
autobahn and can open it up. * Just don't be in front of it when it
comes time to stop ...

Oh yeah, I want one like it. *Well, sort of like it.

pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with." * *

You people are spoiled with all those extra wheels.
http://www.theriotwheel.com/index.html
Karl

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that Jon Elson
wrote on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:00:38 -0500 in
rec.crafts.metalworking :
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Okay, times are tough, gas is expensive, and you've thought about
getting a motorcycle.

But you want something with a little more "heft" than what is usually
found. Well, cheer up, here is something fro inspiration

http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2...rd-set-by.html


V12 Diesel? Wow, quite insane. No mufflers, I
see, I'll bet you can hear it coming from MILES away!

EH? REMEMBER - LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!



tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"I had just been through hell and must have looked like death warmed
over walking into the saloon, because when I asked the bartender
whether they served zombies he said, ‘Sure, what'll you have?'"
from I Hear America Swinging by Peter DeVries

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On Oct 18, 9:27*pm, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
* * * * How about one built around a Rolls Royce Merlin engine? *2000
HP, and light enough for use in aircraft instead of a tank. :-)

* * * * Enjoy,
* * * * * * * * DoN.

Here's a bike made with part of a Merlin;
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...gine-for-sale/

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

Jim Wilkins wrote:

Here's a bike made with part of a Merlin;
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...gine-for-sale/

From the same site, I like this one:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...in-motorcycle/
And in fact when I first read this thread, this is the bike
I was expecting to see....

Jon

Heavy Metal, a Really Big Motorcycle
 

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:12:14 -0800, the infamous Jon Anderson
scrawled the following:

Jim Wilkins wrote:

Here's a bike made with part of a Merlin;
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...gine-for-sale/

Whew! I had expected to see the Spitfire engine in there. Ain't no
way. g


From the same site, I like this one:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...in-motorcycle/
And in fact when I first read this thread, this is the bike
I was expecting to see....

Oh, that's a fun site, Jon.

I found another fun one there, an ATV^HM:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...n-motorcycles/

The halftrack model:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...torcycle-tank/

And a diesel:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...el-motorcycle/

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Suzuki Hayabusa Police Interceptor bikes:
http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...e-interceptor/

Arr. Arr. Arr!
More Power!

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