Something Different

[RP#62]

Well this is different.  Wheels look a little wobbly to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps82JmgoVg

-RP

[Westernbiker]

Never seen it take a corner either! 

[baldo]

Well this is different.  Wheels look a little wobbly to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps82JmgoVg

-RP

Continental TIO-540 or something close?

[Psychotic Bovine]

I wonder if he has to pay an axle tax when paying a toll?!?

[baldo]

I wonder if he has to pay an axle tax when paying a toll?!?

Good question....

[RP#62]

Well this is different.  Wheels look a little wobbly to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps82JmgoVg

-RP

Continental TIO-540 or something close?

That's what I was thinking.  Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

-RP

[old2soon]

            Looks Good BUT the practical side sux.  And that's like My opinion! RIDE SAFE.

[Jess from VA]

Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

More like scootched back, like one inch, then the pants and butt crack get the Johnny Skidmark treatment.

No plate and probably no insurance.

And like every other bike sold, it needs taller risers.  

Very novel and interesting build, with no real world use value whatsoever

[Rams]

Was waiting for the pot hole....

[Psychotic Bovine]

Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

More like scootched back, like one inch, then the pants and butt crack get the Johnny Skidmark treatment.

No plate and probably no insurance.

And like ever other bike sold, it needs taller risers. 

Very novel and interesting build, with no real world use value whatsoever

I am thinking past skidmark and right into atomic wedgie territory.

[Serk]

Well this is different.  Wheels look a little wobbly to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps82JmgoVg

-RP

Continental TIO-540 or something close?

That's what I was thinking.  Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

-RP

"Continental flat six from the Rolls-Royce aircraft company that was lifted from a 60's-era aircraft and polished within an inch of its life."

Need to put small fake squirrels inside the rims that look like they're running to make the wheels turn.

[baldo]

Well this is different.  Wheels look a little wobbly to me though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kps82JmgoVg

-RP

Continental TIO-540 or something close?

That's what I was thinking.  Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

-RP

"Continental flat six from the Rolls-Royce aircraft company that was lifted from a 60's-era aircraft and polished within an inch of its life."

Need to put small fake squirrels inside the rims that look like they're running to make the wheels turn.

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

[Willow]

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

Makes good sense.  Wikipedia - Rolls Royce aircraft engines

Not a good idea to question the Google-Fu Master.   

[Jess from VA]

Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

More like scootched back, like one inch, then the pants and butt crack get the Johnny Skidmark treatment.

No plate and probably no insurance.

And like ever other bike sold, it needs taller risers. 

Very novel and interesting build, with no real world use value whatsoever

I am thinking past skidmark and right into atomic wedgie territory.

Except a wedgie is performed by pulling up, and that tire will pull down (and there's not enough room to get your ass down in there, (like the passengers who slip off the rear of a sport bike and get sucked under the tail section).

[baldo]

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

Makes good sense.  Wikipedia - Rolls Royce aircraft engines

Not a good idea to question the Google-Fu Master.   

Well aware of the Rolls Royce aircraft engine. This is what I see a few times a week....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVEk-w4sheY

.. That's what I think of when I think Rolls Royce.

I was referring to the mention of Rolls Royce in relation to piston engines. The only piston Rolls Royce engines I'm aware of are the mighty Merlin and Griffon....... there is no more awesome sound than a P-51 or Spitfire screaming overhead at full speed. .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUCsTswOOMk

Not a RR, but pretty cool....
 

[Serk]

"Continental flat six from the Rolls-Royce aircraft company that was lifted from a 60's-era aircraft and polished within an inch of its life."

Need to put small fake squirrels inside the rims that look like they're running to make the wheels turn.

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

I will definitely acquiesce to your knowledge of aircraft engines, but from the Wikipedia article about the Continental O-300 engine:

First produced in 1947, versions were still in production as of 2004. It was produced under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce in the 1960s.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_O-300

And my earlier quote about the engine was from this link:

https://newatlas.com/tmc-dumont-giant-hubless-rims/55471/

So, Wikipedia saying Rolls Royce made that engine in the 1960's, and the other article saying it was a Rolls Royce engine from a 60's era aircraft, seems to line up.

Now as to WHAT aircraft the engine came from, I haven't the foggiest idea...

[Psychotic Bovine]

Looks like if you leaned back a little it would ruin your whole day.

More like scootched back, like one inch, then the pants and butt crack get the Johnny Skidmark treatment.

No plate and probably no insurance.

And like ever other bike sold, it needs taller risers. 

Very novel and interesting build, with no real world use value whatsoever

I am thinking past skidmark and right into atomic wedgie territory.

Except a wedgie is performed by pulling up, and that tire will pull down (and there's not enough room to get your ass down in there, (like the passengers who slip off the rear of a sport bike and get sucked under the tail section).

You had to get all technical.   

[Psychotic Bovine]

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

Makes good sense.  Wikipedia - Rolls Royce aircraft engines

Not a good idea to question the Google-Fu Master.   

Well aware of the Rolls Royce aircraft engine. This is what I see a few times a week....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVEk-w4sheY

.. That's what I think of when I think Rolls Royce.

I was referring to the mention of Rolls Royce in relation to piston engines. The only piston Rolls Royce engines I'm aware of are the mighty Merlin and Griffon....... there is no more awesome sound than a P-51 or Spitfire screaming overhead at full speed. .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUCsTswOOMk

Not a RR, but pretty cool....
 

Seeing the size of that nacelle/grill makes me realize that one of those shells would make an awesome pull-behind camper.  If I only had the money.....

[baldo]

"Continental flat six from the Rolls-Royce aircraft company that was lifted from a 60's-era aircraft and polished within an inch of its life."

Need to put small fake squirrels inside the rims that look like they're running to make the wheels turn.

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

I will definitely acquiesce to your knowledge of aircraft engines, but from the Wikipedia article about the Continental O-300 engine:

First produced in 1947, versions were still in production as of 2004. It was produced under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce in the 1960s.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_O-300

And my earlier quote about the engine was from this link:

https://newatlas.com/tmc-dumont-giant-hubless-rims/55471/

So, Wikipedia saying Rolls Royce made that engine in the 1960's, and the other article saying it was a Rolls Royce engine from a 60's era aircraft, seems to line up.

Now as to WHAT aircraft the engine came from, I haven't the foggiest idea...

Well, you learn something new every day. I've never heard that about RR building small piston engines.

[baldo]

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

Makes good sense.  Wikipedia - Rolls Royce aircraft engines

Not a good idea to question the Google-Fu Master.   

Well aware of the Rolls Royce aircraft engine. This is what I see a few times a week....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVEk-w4sheY

.. That's what I think of when I think Rolls Royce.

I was referring to the mention of Rolls Royce in relation to piston engines. The only piston Rolls Royce engines I'm aware of are the mighty Merlin and Griffon....... there is no more awesome sound than a P-51 or Spitfire screaming overhead at full speed. .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUCsTswOOMk

Not a RR, but pretty cool....
 

Seeing the size of that nacelle/grill makes me realize that one of those shells would make an awesome pull-behind camper.  If I only had the money.....

You'd be amazed at what some people do with surplus aircraft parts...http://www.skyart.com/design-furniture/cowling-reception-desk/

Some have relocated entire aircraft to the craziest locations and converted to homes and restaurants. I stopped for gas at a place in Oregon 30 years ago that had a B-17 up on supports, as the roof over the pumps.

[RP#62]

"Continental flat six from the Rolls-Royce aircraft company that was lifted from a 60's-era aircraft and polished within an inch of its life."

Need to put small fake squirrels inside the rims that look like they're running to make the wheels turn.

Google-Fu Master? But from the Rolls Royce aircraft company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-G0bkl8MQ

I will definitely acquiesce to your knowledge of aircraft engines, but from the Wikipedia article about the Continental O-300 engine:

First produced in 1947, versions were still in production as of 2004. It was produced under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce in the 1960s.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_O-300

And my earlier quote about the engine was from this link:

https://newatlas.com/tmc-dumont-giant-hubless-rims/55471/

So, Wikipedia saying Rolls Royce made that engine in the 1960's, and the other article saying it was a Rolls Royce engine from a 60's era aircraft, seems to line up.

Now as to WHAT aircraft the engine came from, I haven't the foggiest idea...

Continental engines are made by Continental Motors in Mobile Alabama and have been since the '20s.  (Note to Baldo, I've been to the factory - it over near the new Airbus facility and Mobile Aerospace). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Motors,_Inc.

I think what the other article was saying is that RR made some Continental engines under license from Continental, just like Buick made some Pratt & Whitney engines under license from P&W during the war (I was working on DC-3 once and the engine had a Buick nameplate on it, which made me look it up). 

-RP

[Hook#3287]

Merlin=totally awesome

I was having lunch in Naples Florida one day and a P-51 came over low.

I knew what it was before I saw it and I'd never seen one before.

Such a unique sound.

I'd jump at the chance to fly a mustang, probably the best fighter ever.

That RR had it all over the Allison.

I'd like to see that bike on our roads

[Patrick]

Engines built under license. Kinda along these lines but different. Studebaker built 60K+ Wright Cyclone R1820's as well the never completed XH-9350. When The National Warplane Museum owned the B-17 Fuddy Duddy I wanted to snatch the plates off 2 of its engines [ Studebaker].

Also, if member serves, Once the P51 switched from Allison to Merlin I think most were fitted with Packards built under license.

[baldo]

Merlin=totally awesome

I was having lunch in Naples Florida one day and a P-51 came over low.

I knew what it was before I saw it and I'd never seen one before.

Such a unique sound.

I'd jump at the chance to fly a mustang, probably the best fighter ever.

That RR had it all over the Allison.

I'd like to see that bike on our roads

Here ya go....https://www.collingsfoundation.org/

For a tax-deductible donation of $2200 for 1/2 hr, or $3200 for 1 hr, you too can strap into a TF-51D.
https://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/north-american-tf-51d-mustang/

They're based not too far from you in Stow, MA. They have quite a busy schedule every year. I've seen them almost every year in either Hyannis or Plymouth.

Their mission is to keep these planes flying, and to educate the public so that they're not forgotten. They do a fantastic job. The planes are always immaculate.

[Hook#3287]

That's doable.  Seems like I'll be heading to Stow this year for a day trip.

I believe the test flying is part of the shows they have around the country, closest ones in NJ.

I'm going to look into it when I visit the museum.

Thanks for the info Bob.

[NewValker]

Hey Bill, if you want company on that trip, count me in.
Craig

[DDT (12)]

RP,

Simply bizarre! I can't imagine riding one of those cross-country, though... Wonder how long it will be before somebody figures a way to go 'dark-side' with those...? The other photos posted also show the awesome imaginations some folks have! No wonder why I never did so well on an engineering tract in college!!!

DDT