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1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

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Buck's next adventure?...the exhaust baffle mod would probably rattle the cabinets loose....:classic_biggrin:

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4 hours ago, YamaHead said:

Mean lookin' '63 Split-window....💪😎

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That’s been lowered and widened on photoshop, hasn’t it?

 

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4 hours ago, Pedro said:

That’s been lowered and widened on photoshop, hasn’t it?

 

Probably....It just looks like it'd be a Blast to drive--...👍😎

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The 2714cc North London Garage Record Breaker

The early days of the motorcycle were characterised by rapid and often extraordinary engineering, engines were made with eye-wateringly large swept volumes and then often mounted in chassis that were little more than re-purposed bicycle frames.

The motorcycle you see here is an exact re-creation of the 1909 North London Garage record breaker, the original no longer exists so an enterprising Czech engineer named Pavel Malanik set about collecting images of it before embarking on a mission to build a new one from scratch.

There aren’t many people in the world who possess the skills and tooling necessary to machine a motorcycle engine from a block of raw metal.

And there are even fewer that can do it after looking at some 100+ year old images and making a few sketches. Pavel is one such person.

His first order of business was machining the crankcase from a block of aluminium, he decided to begin with the engine as it’s by far the most difficult part – especially when it has a capacity of 2714cc and needs to be capable of running at speeds in excess of 90mph.

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9 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

 

I had a 2.0S but never got hold of a 3 litre.  

I had to make do with a 1.6...bloody thing rusted away before I had finished paying for it. 😂 

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1 minute ago, Clive said:

I had to make do with a 1.6...bloody thing rusted away before I had finished paying for it. 😂 

Yet the 1981 my mate has has no welding at all. It's got a few spots on the body but the underside is remarkably good.

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28 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

 

I had a 2.0S but never got hold of a 3 litre.  

i had a fair few 3lt ones... 

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1 hour ago, Clive said:

I had to make do with a 1.6...bloody thing rusted away before I had finished paying for it. 😂 

I had a 1.6 Mk11 as well clive , but my first Capri was a Mk1 1300 , that was bloody slow.

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25 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

I had a 1.6 Mk11 as well clive , but my first Capri was a Mk1 1300 , that was bloody slow.

Mine rotted so bad that it was like a Fred Flintstone car when I finally sent it to the scrappers...  😂 

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