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Old 11-12-2008, 04:59 PM   #121
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Dan Gurney's Alligator.

650cc Honda motor IIRC.

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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.
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Old 11-12-2008, 05:11 PM   #122
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Ok, this is a purpose built, factory bike. Who made it, and what was it for?

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Old 11-12-2008, 05:26 PM   #123
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I'm thinking it's a hill-climb bike, small displacement Excelsior-Henderson?
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Old 11-12-2008, 05:38 PM   #124
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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)

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Old 11-12-2008, 05:54 PM   #125
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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:

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Old 11-12-2008, 05:56 PM   #126
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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.

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Morbidelli?

I think they were 1000 cc.

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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.
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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.

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