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« Reply #60 on: November 19, 2016, 09:50:10 AM »

The 1903 Buchet-powered machine.

Note the lack of saddle
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« Reply #61 on: November 19, 2016, 01:23:36 PM »

Love the pedal clips on that steyr.
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« Reply #62 on: February 13, 2017, 12:26:34 PM »

A Triumph parallel parallel-twin drag bike from the States
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #63 on: February 13, 2017, 12:30:43 PM »

and from the other side
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #64 on: February 13, 2017, 12:34:39 PM »

And what happens when a Triumph drag bike engine says "no more"

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http://www.keithleeimages.co.uk/html/drag_racing.html
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #65 on: March 08, 2017, 06:24:25 PM »

When you need some cubes - Fred Luther with a Plymouth V8 powerplant circa mid 30s
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #66 on: March 09, 2017, 09:25:20 AM »

And what happens when a Triumph drag bike engine says "no more"

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« Reply #67 on: March 09, 2017, 05:54:05 PM »

 Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #68 on: March 12, 2017, 08:38:29 AM »

 The Luther Plymouth was built for a land speed attempt at Bonneville in 1935. It had a 1934 Chrysler (Plymouth) PF flathead straight six. Did two runs before breaking a con rod and never ran again until it was recently restored.
If the frame looks sort of familiar, that's because it's a stretched Henderson X.
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« Reply #69 on: March 12, 2017, 11:15:34 AM »

"Plymouth"! -I thought it said Flymo on the tank!
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« Reply #70 on: March 13, 2017, 09:18:20 AM »

"Plymouth"! -I thought it said Flymo on the tank!

Hush hush pre-production prototype  Grin
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

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« Reply #71 on: December 07, 2018, 12:46:12 PM »

Thought it might to a good time to revive this thread with some new pics after posting Colin Pearce’s double engine AJS/Matchless on another thread.
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.

Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #72 on: December 07, 2018, 12:48:07 PM »

When two four-pot lumps aren’t enough, why not have three....................
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #73 on: December 07, 2018, 12:49:37 PM »

The Dixon Racing sponsored Assassin (me thinks from the 80’s)
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.

Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #74 on: December 07, 2018, 12:51:38 PM »

Sometimes it goes a tad wrong.........

The remains of John Hobbs’s Triumph lump back in 1968
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.

Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues

Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!

"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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