Tag: Motorcycles

Hybrid X

On: By: Romeyn

Auto Engine Drives Motorcycle at High Speed

Assembled especially for establishing a world’s record of more than 300 miles per hour, an over-size motorcycle powered with an automobile engine has been making speed tests on the pacific coast. The motorcycle weighing 1,500 pounds is powered with a six-cylinder Plymouth automobile engine with fan and generator removed. With special timing and carburetor jets, the engine makes 4,100 revolutions per minute. The wheelbase is eighty-five inches and the overall-all length is 115 inches, a standard motorcycle frame being lengthened and reinforced with steel tubing. Two large sprockets connected by a three-quarter inch chain facilitate steering, the handlebars having been moved back several inches from their original position. Two steel plates, one on each side of the rear wheel, serve as brakes by actual contact with the ground or track. They can be raised or lowered by a lever.

Fits Like a Glove!

On: By: Romeyn

J.S. Write, motorcycle and speed record holder, riding a stream lined machine with which he hopes to establish a new record of 170 m.p.h.
Note how the rider is literally built into the car to reduce wind resistance to absolute minimum.

 

When J.S.Write, present motorbike record holder, makes an attack on his 150 m.p.h. record established last year, he will ride a machine which represents the last word in streamlining.

To such an extent are the streamlining principles carried out that certain parts of the cowling were built with the rider on the machine, much as a tailor fits a suit to a customer.

The power of the racing motor has been boosted to deliver well over 100 h.p. by the use of a supercharger, and it is expected that this motorcycle will reach a speed in excess of 170 m.p.h

Motorcycle Drawn Chariot

On: By: Romeyn

Chariot of 1938 Ben Hur Drawn by Four Motorcycles

For the Ben Hur of the motor age, no four-horse team would do. Instead, the charioteer – stunting in a sports festival sponsored by a Potsdam regiment in Germany – rides on a rubber-tired chariot drawn by four motorcycles. “Reigns” in the driver’s hands lead to the handlebars of all four “bikes.” which are harnessed together by three horizontal bars. The harness recalls certain farm tractors which are controlled by reigns

Five Miles A Minute!

On: By: Romeyn

Auto Engine Drives Motorcycle at High Speed

Assembled especially for establishing a world’s record of over 300 miles per hour, and oversize motorcycle powered with an automobile engine has been making speed tests on the Pacific coast. the Motorcycle, weighing 1,500 pounds, is powered with a six-cylinder Plymouth automobile engine with fan and generator removed. With special timing and carburetor jets, the engine makes 4,100 revolutions per minute. The wheel-base is eighty-five inches and the overall length is 115 inches a standard motorcycle frame being lengthened and reinforced with steel tubing. Two large sprockets connected by a three-quarter inch chain facilitate steering, the handlebars having been moved back several inches from their original position. Two steel plates, one on each side in front of the rear wheel, serve as brakes by actual contact with the ground or track. They can be raised of lowered by a lever.