Returning to Air-cooled in 2 weeks!
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Returning to Air-cooled in 2 weeks!
After almost a year in the water-cooled wilderness I will be returning to the bosom of air-cooled on the 4th April.
As a little afternoon teaser, can you guess what it is from this?
And no cheating by checking the URL of the photo!
As a little afternoon teaser, can you guess what it is from this?
And no cheating by checking the URL of the photo!
Porscheless but still aircooled
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Ongoing topic amoung bikers- any pics of evidence are "photoshopped".
Think it stems from early bikes where the motor & gearbox turned in the same direction as the shaft, when you cracked the throttle open the bike leaned right over- resulting in gravel rash.
Think it stems from early bikes where the motor & gearbox turned in the same direction as the shaft, when you cracked the throttle open the bike leaned right over- resulting in gravel rash.
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Thats the most infamous of the pics - Was in "RIDE" IIRCBewildebeest wrote:ninetenths wrote:Ongoing topic amoung bikers- any pics of evidence are "photoshopped".
Wassat then ?
Can you prove it was (photoshopped) or do I have to prove it wasn't ?
(I can't but I believe it)
The lack of sparks off the Zorsts is the giveaway.
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Sorry ninetenths but you still haven't convinced me. I spotted the lack of sparks but there isn't sufficient detail in the photo to show that the pipes are actually down. Plus the pilot looks to be concentrating awfully hard - as he would be - and with a pillion (particularly one leaning back) it would all help getting the front end up, and you don't know how many bricks are in the top box.
Secondly there are plenty of other pics of wheelie-ing shafties (Mostly Goldwings for some perverse reason) on t'internet. Can you PROVE that they have all been 'shopped ?
Thirdly can you give me a reason based on engineering and/or physics why a shaft 'can't' be wheelied ? It's true that bikes with an in line crankshaft (i'e' along the bike) get a bit weird if you jump them (that is - both wheels off the ground) due to the torque reaction of the engine but any similar effects from a shaft would be minimal and with one wheel on the ground none existant.
It's 'just' a case of having lots of power, skill, experience, throttle control, clutch control and big balls. (I only qualify on about 2 of those)
Finally I remember a chap called Archie Nyqvist doing stunts on a Z1300 back in the early eighties. His speciality was smashing the back light on the ground while doing a ....um .......er ......um ......wheelie. I saw photo's and film footage - all long before the days of Photoshop and t'internet. Admittedly I didn't see him in the flesh - but have you ever SEEN anyone try and fail and established that it was because 'you can't wheelie a shaftie' rather than any other reason ?
Secondly there are plenty of other pics of wheelie-ing shafties (Mostly Goldwings for some perverse reason) on t'internet. Can you PROVE that they have all been 'shopped ?
Thirdly can you give me a reason based on engineering and/or physics why a shaft 'can't' be wheelied ? It's true that bikes with an in line crankshaft (i'e' along the bike) get a bit weird if you jump them (that is - both wheels off the ground) due to the torque reaction of the engine but any similar effects from a shaft would be minimal and with one wheel on the ground none existant.
It's 'just' a case of having lots of power, skill, experience, throttle control, clutch control and big balls. (I only qualify on about 2 of those)
Finally I remember a chap called Archie Nyqvist doing stunts on a Z1300 back in the early eighties. His speciality was smashing the back light on the ground while doing a ....um .......er ......um ......wheelie. I saw photo's and film footage - all long before the days of Photoshop and t'internet. Admittedly I didn't see him in the flesh - but have you ever SEEN anyone try and fail and established that it was because 'you can't wheelie a shaftie' rather than any other reason ?