Never really knew the difference between licence and license. Probably an Americanism, is it? Like Labor and Labour?
Lambretta SX200. Now that was a scooter!
They aren't allowed on the road or the pavements are they? In fact, other than private land, where are they allowed? And it's not as if we have an abundance of cycle lanes in this country. We have tokenism at best because our politicians stink and our govt swan about in chauffeur driven, police escorted ministerial gas guzzlers. When they aren't in RAF jets. And the PM hasn't even heard of a train. So they don't need cycle lanes and we can't have nice things. But I digress.
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8 litres, on two wheels? It must be like being fired out of a catapult. What's the top speed?
I bought a standard pedal bike when I retired, just for exercise. Unfortunately there is no road out of the town that doesn't have a hill to climb, all required a bit too much effort for me. On the advice of my local bike mechanic, I bought a conversion kit which he fitted. I use the power just for the hill climbs, then back to leg-power on the flat. It make a great deal of difference.
It's been clocked at 207 mph and rider Allen Millyard together with passenger, television presenter Henry Cole, claimed a world motorcycle speed-record for carrying a pillion, ratified by Guinness World Records at 183.50 mph.
I'd have thought it'd be somewhat higher, to be honest. Somewhere around 300 mph?
I don't think it was actually designed to go super quick, more just, can you build a V10 motorcycle - more a vanity project than a performance build. It only has one gear, i.e. straight output from the engine to the drive chain, so essentially no gearbox.
I got 2 Renovated 50 cc Honda Expresses, 1979 on a V plate and 1981 on W plate, great lookers, 1 Turmeric Yellow and the other Evinrude light blue. Full chat around 25 mph and great talking points. They are the future and the past....
