Off Topic, Sort Of

[YukonJack]

[tom'sB2B]

Another reason to visit the National Motorcycle Museum 

 

https://nationalmcmuseum.org/2016/07/29/plymouth-monster-and-bonneville-in-1935-one-mans-dream-for-the-worlds-fastest-motorcycle/

[Veemoney]

Great read, thanks for posting. They managed to get 122 hp out of the smaller 1934 L-head without modifying the exhaust or adding multiple carbs. Gotta love it. 

[OUTFXD]

"he got it upto 180 MPH before the engine failed"

 

Engine Failure at 180MPH....

 

On a motorcycle...

 

Talk about bed wetting nightmares for life!

[Merle Coggins]

7 hours ago, tom'sB2B said:

Another reason to visit the National Motorcycle Museum 

 

https://nationalmcmuseum.org/2016/07/29/plymouth-monster-and-bonneville-in-1935-one-mans-dream-for-the-worlds-fastest-motorcycle/

 

Interesting... I've been to Anamosa a couple times to stop in at J&P Cycle, but I've never spent the extra time to go through the museum next door. I can't explain why, but hind sight wants to kick me in the butt. 

[Sniper]

One wonders how fast that engine was spinning at 180. 

[Young Ed]

8 hours ago, Veemoney said:

Great read, thanks for posting. They managed to get 122 hp out of the smaller 1934 L-head without modifying the exhaust or adding multiple carbs. Gotta love it. 

Looks like the one pictured has the newer 201 flathead

[Veemoney]

@1500lbs when the engine goes and you only have a small rear brake, I can imagine what he was thinking.

 

 

[TodFitch]

I have heard about this motorcycle before but this is the best write up of it I have seen. With a lot more and better photos.

 

One thing I had not heard about before and is not mentioned in that write up but is visible in the photos: That motorcycle has the 1933/34 Plymouth automatic clutch actuation device mounted on it. There is probably a story there but it would not surprise me if the reasons for that were lost to history.

[Crazyred]

That's a great story and a nice restoration on the bike.