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From: Krusty on 12 Nov 2009 04:01 My brother's latest project. He's fitting a Vincent engine to a Tiger chassis to do the road of bones. I'll provide updates & pics as & when if anyone's interested. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: CT on 12 Nov 2009 04:08 Krusty wrote: > My brother's latest project. He's fitting a Vincent engine to a Tiger > chassis to do the road of bones. I'll provide updates & pics as & when > if anyone's interested. heh. I'd been skimming through last night's posts, and ended up here last without reading the title. My first thought was "that's insane!". -- Chris
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 12 Nov 2009 04:15 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Krusty <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> typed >My brother's latest project. He's fitting a Vincent engine to a Tiger >chassis to do the road of bones. I'll provide updates & pics as & when >if anyone's interested. Consider me interested. Does he mind if I fit a covert tracking device? I'd like to know where to go to collect the engine after he dies. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Pip on 12 Nov 2009 05:04 In article <hdgmal$iqm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty says... > > crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: > > A few spare magnetos would be a good idea. > > Yeah, always handy to have when riding a bike with an alternator. <chortles> -- Pip, the "Mechanical Nightmare" (tm Bonwick Major)
From: 'Hog on 12 Nov 2009 05:15
Pip wrote: > In article <hdgmal$iqm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty says... >> >> crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: > >>> A few spare magnetos would be a good idea. >> >> Yeah, always handy to have when riding a bike with an alternator. > > <chortles> Didn't a Vincent engine use a Magneto as OE? As for reliability, yeah if you rebuild one from scratch using loads of modern parts. Otherwise.... In that day I don't think "reliability" as we now refer to it was practical, down to the materials science. It certainly challenged them to keep aeroplanes sunny side up. -- Hog |