jimharri
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8 litres, on two wheels? It must be like being fired out of a catapult. What's the top speed?
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Do you have an electric bike?
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mexico1970
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Way too much traffic on the road to even consider driving any 2 wheeled vehicle unless you are just jollying about in off peak hours or a Sunday.
Fiftyyearsandcounting
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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.Did you get one? I am after one but have no idea what to get where to start.
Mine has a thumb throttle switch, which is technically illegal, but when going through traffic in the town centre I can get up to close on 20 mph and avoid impatient drivers cutting in too close to me.
EastStandLower
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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.8 litres, on two wheels? It must be like being fired out of a catapult. What's the top speed?
Millyard is a genius engineer, he's spent his life building wacky motorcycles.
jimharri
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I'd have thought it'd be somewhat higher, to be honest. Somewhere around 300 mph?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.
Millyard is a genius engineer, he's spent his life building wacky motorcycles.
EastStandLower
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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'd have thought it'd be somewhat higher, to be honest. Somewhere around 300 mph?