Fuck the H.Ds, TLs, VTRs, RSVs, Duc's, etc. [Archive]

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TurboKat

31-08-2006, 11:53 PM

This is a REAL V Twin.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/5000cc-V-Twin-Rolls-Royce-Merlin-Engine_W0QQitemZ180022459904QQihZ008QQcategoryZ102 690QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

bluemk1

01-09-2006, 12:19 AM

performance per $1 spent is somewhat lacking

Tony Nitrous

01-09-2006, 05:41 AM

Almost 20 years old.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8850/rrv2bf6.jpg

http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddped/rrv2.htm

I think SpondonAsh said he saw it at Daytona.

alfiestorm

01-09-2006, 07:13 AM

What an absolute amazing feat of engineering in it's day.
Would love to hear that engine run up the strip

Booster

01-09-2006, 08:59 AM

I'm sorry i missed hearing it too.
It went on to run landspeed in later years
http://www.sandgate.net/~fettesi/merlin.htm

Large

01-09-2006, 09:30 AM

fark that you can buy 12 cylinders of merlin for less than that

01-09-2006, 10:48 AM

If the motor weighs 150 k's bare, then you're looking at Goldwing weights by the time you get it into a bike.

But then, could be the ultimate upgrade for an MT01