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Morrisman
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And he has ridden something like 8000 miles on the beast too. Rode it to the Isle of Man a couple of years ago.
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Project Hercules, as mentioned in the forum, is a 2.7 litre single.
To be fair BMW manage over 200bhp in a 1litre engine in their S1000rr (probably 220bhp or more in the fancy variants)
The big Twins are designed as refined plodders really.
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Absolutely - just highlights quite how "extreme" the engine is, to me
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Is that " AS refined plodders " or " FOR refined plodders" ?
you buy on horse power ,,, you ride on torque .
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Interesting bike, I thought my 1200 BMW twin was big enough. I can see the appeal of a big torquey engine and hardly having to use gears.
I am sad, I prefer the simplicity and lightness of the older ones like my R75, no plastic or massive fuggly exhausts.
I am sad, I prefer the simplicity and lightness of the older ones like my R75, no plastic or massive fuggly exhausts.
I work on this now and again, started life as a R100.
Hard tail, knobbly tyres, straight through exhausts etc.
Quite fun to ride and always gets comments when it's parked up.
Rebuilt his carbs, new starter motor, new headgaskets, sorted wiring out. Nice to work on compaired to modern stuff.
Hard tail, knobbly tyres, straight through exhausts etc.
Quite fun to ride and always gets comments when it's parked up.
Rebuilt his carbs, new starter motor, new headgaskets, sorted wiring out. Nice to work on compaired to modern stuff.
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I used to work with a guy who worked in our factory in France, rode an old R100 BMW as a cafe racer, clip on's and rear sets etc- he was a huge black guy with a droopy moustache and wore a p155 pot helmet/goggles - years ahead of his time, he'd be called a hipster or something nowadays. Actually no, he probably wouldn't - he was proper hardcore!!
This is his friend's RnineT.
Just had a new seat / subframe etc but didn't get a picture.
First job I did on it was sawzall his airbox out, wouldn't want to do another!.
Triple clamps, Canbus display, clear valve covers, hand made exhausts, airbox delete.
Quite nice to do something a bit different.
They are both the same as well, never question how much, just want it done right.
Just had a new seat / subframe etc but didn't get a picture.
First job I did on it was sawzall his airbox out, wouldn't want to do another!.
Triple clamps, Canbus display, clear valve covers, hand made exhausts, airbox delete.
Quite nice to do something a bit different.
They are both the same as well, never question how much, just want it done right.
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Just for you, Graham -appreciate the recommendation!
And while the bar service was particularly cheap at around £3.70 for a pint, large vinho tinto and a bottle of water, the takeout prices are stupendous!
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Cheers Scot. I've not been for 6 years. The last time that I was there a large plate of presunto, some bread, and a good-sized glass of local red was €4.
€8 for 5 litres of local plonk, still very good value, then
€8 for 5 litres of local plonk, still very good value, then
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Me either look really cool. But would they not become opaque with spraying oil while running? Like to see a video of it running.
€8 for 5 litres!
Used to buy huge 5 and 10l boxes of wine in French supermarkets on caravan holidays when you could bring back as much wine as you liked for personal consumption. Haven't been since 2019, guess brexit will have put a stop to that. 
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There was one of those in my mates garage for MOT yesterday. Quite a trick looking beast, with a short titanium open 'silencer' on it. When it was fired up and left idling for a minute I put my hand over the exhaust, there was hardly anything coming out, and a sort of strangled mechanical rustling sound, whereas I expected a decent flow of hot air.
Apparently there is a huge cat slung underneath, which probably stifles several dozen potential horsepower. I'll bet a lot of those are quickly removed by speed freaks who feel they really need the full 220hp available....
