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« on: April 05, 2012, 01:00:14 PM » |
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I have seen this bike,...and it is awesome!
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 01:03:39 PM » |
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bigguy
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 02:58:48 PM » |
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Did I hear somebody in that last video saying it was fuel injected?
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 03:53:38 PM » |
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yep, saw it at the smithonian!!   |
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 03:55:27 PM » |
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i would have thought hardley would have coppied something from curtis.....
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 04:01:04 PM » |
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ya seen one Curtiss ya seen em all,, and talk about old technology, shaft drive? and yall talk about our harleys having old technology..
seriously tho,, that is one cool bike,, but is the engine a 2 cycle? and looks like direct drive..
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Patrick
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 05:13:16 PM » |
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That bike has a Curtiss built aircraft engine.. It is 4 cycle and carbureted.. Glenn Curtiss was a great man.. The Glenn Curtiss museum is in Hammondsport New York and is well worth the time going through..
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Patrick
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2012, 07:51:23 AM » |
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I just watched both videos.. I don't know anything about the bike in the second video, something just doesn't look right.. The original 1906 bike is in Washington and a replica is in the Hammondsport museum.. But, Curtiss built a lot of motorbikes that were of very high quality during the early 1900s.. I'm looking for a carburetor [ 1 1/4"] for one of his 1912 W style 3 cylinder engines..
I believe he was the greatest early aviation pioneer and he got into aviation because fliers were willing to pay more for an engine than motorbikers..
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2012, 08:29:00 AM » |
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I believe he was the greatest early aviation pioneer and he got into aviation because fliers were willing to pay more for an engine than motorbikers.. I would think that's because a reliable engine is worth more to a pilot than a biker.  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2012, 11:12:58 AM » |
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I can't say enough about Glenn Curtiss.. He built motorbikes[ and the engines] from 1902-1914 under the names Hercules, Curtiss and Marvel.. At the time he and the bikes were virtually un-beatable, not even the Indian factory team could beat them.. He also made his first flight take-off under the aircraft engine power, others and the Wrights used catapults until 1914.. He created the sea-plane and Naval aviation right on little ole Keuka Lake and his planes made the first trans-Atlantic flight with 3 of his Naval sea-planes in 1919 .. This is just a little of what this man did and I don't want to bore anyone and more than I just did.. The museum is worth the time to go through..
Take a look at the 1906 bike, the home-made u-joint that broke at 90 mph and the brake as well as the direct drive open shaft and open bevels gears and home-made carburetor..
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