Merlin (sort of) powered motorcycle
Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:14 pm
I don't know if this had been posted before. I did a search and did not find it. This motorcycle is powered by a slice of a merlin. more info is at this link http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm
the horror!
Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:44 pm
that exposed cam drive belt looks like it might make life real sporty for the unlucky driver of that thing.... 
Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:52 pm
Lucky Kizer, a bush mechanic in Dubbo, NSW. This is about 20 years old and first hit the world in Motorcyclist Magazine in the mid eighties. I still have it in my bike stuff scrapbook.
How much torque? "Bloody Heaps!"
A couple of years later, he showed up in the US on it with a blower on top!!
Canso42
How much torque? "Bloody Heaps!"
A couple of years later, he showed up in the US on it with a blower on top!!
Canso42
Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:07 pm
Ah. [b] Jan. 1988 Motorcyclist, pp. 60-61.[/b] If I can locate a friend with a scanner, I'll send the whole article with some more pix.
"...with a sound like multiple shotgun blasts, the motor fires. The noise is astonishing."
Lucky also said of the Merlin....."Some say this engine was the best ever built by man; nothing matches it in performance or reliability."
One detail bugs me. The Merlin was 24 liters. This thing is supposed to be five. That would make the original a 30 liter engine. Guess he's bored and/or stroked it. He IS a machinist.
Doug.
"...with a sound like multiple shotgun blasts, the motor fires. The noise is astonishing."
Lucky also said of the Merlin....."Some say this engine was the best ever built by man; nothing matches it in performance or reliability."
One detail bugs me. The Merlin was 24 liters. This thing is supposed to be five. That would make the original a 30 liter engine. Guess he's bored and/or stroked it. He IS a machinist.
Doug.