Name That Bike! - Page 13

PhiSig1071 · 11-12-2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Dan Gurney's Alligator.

650cc Honda motor IIRC.

JC

Right you are! (It's hard to do this with modern bikes!)

Yeah, I saw it at Barber (along with the DKW) when I did a trackday there.

askmrjesus · 11-12-2008, 04:11 PM

Ok, this is a purpose built, factory bike. Who made it, and what was it for?

JC

PhiSig1071 · 11-12-2008, 04:26 PM

I'm thinking it's a hill-climb bike, small displacement Excelsior-Henderson?

askmrjesus · 11-12-2008, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

I'm thinking it's a hill-climb bike, small displacement Excelsior-Henderson?

Damn, you're on a roll today!

Yes and mostly yes. 1000cc Super-X Excelsior-Henderson Hill Climber (1929)

JC

PhiSig1071 · 11-12-2008, 04:54 PM

What can I say, sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.

Here you go, trying to stick with the modern theme. Saw one of these in person once, but can't find the picture:

Whoops, hang on, forgot to edit out the name.

cuttle · 11-12-2008, 04:56 PM

a diver with a spear gun!

askmrjesus · 11-12-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

What can I say, sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.

Here you go, trying to stick with the modern theme. Saw one of these in person once, but can't find the picture:

That definitely makes it more challenging.

JC

askmrjesus · 11-12-2008, 04:59 PM

Morbidelli?

I think they were 1000 cc.

JC

PhiSig1071 · 11-12-2008, 05:01 PM

Yep, not bad. It's a Morbidelli V-8!

It's a small Italian firm that made hugely successful 50cc GP bikes for a while, and even had some success with larger bikes, and for some reason theowner just decided to make a 1000cc, v-8 road-going bike. It bombed.

askmrjesus · 11-12-2008, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

Yep, not bad. It's a Morbidelli V-8!

It's a small Italian firm that made hugely successful 50cc GP bikes for a while, and even had some success with larger bikes, and for some reason theowner just decided to make a 1000cc, v-8 road-going bike. It bombed.

It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

JC

11-12-2008, 04:11 PM	#122
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11-12-2008, 04:26 PM	#123
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11-12-2008, 04:59 PM	#128
askmrjesus Soul Man Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Everywhere, all the time. Moto: '0000 Custom Turbo Cross (with jet kit). Posts: 6,481	Morbidelli? I think they were 1000 cc. JC __________________ The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me.

11-12-2008, 05:01 PM	#129
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	Yep, not bad. It's a Morbidelli V-8! It's a small Italian firm that made hugely successful 50cc GP bikes for a while, and even had some success with larger bikes, and for some reason theowner just decided to make a 1000cc, v-8 road-going bike. It bombed. __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem