does your Guzzi remind you of a plane?

[Alex-Corsa]

Here a couple more

[savagehenry]

flying aeroplanes, down hill skiing, and riding motorcycles have allways been the greatest buzz i've found!

and free falling. not from a bike though!

 

When I was skydiving, some jumpers would see my various bikes at the dropzone and tell me,

"YOU must be crazy! Motorcycles, especially choppers, are dangerous!" or words to that effect

I feel the linear nature of both the bike and plane's path of travel, and the rider/pilot position right on top of it is why they vary so much from a wider ride. Think "sleeping in a hammock" for your car, and "sleeping on the top fence rail" Bike/plane.

 

Life IS short, Live it! MAKE yourself a great day, S.H.

[Admin Jaap]

This one:

[dhansen]

How about this "twin" Jaap?

 

[Admin Jaap]

"I want to go left!"

"No way! We're going to the right!"

 

 

Never seen that. A real prototype or photoshopped?

[Skeeve]

"I want to go left!"

"No way! We're going to the right!"

 

 

Never seen that. A real prototype or photoshopped?

 

Real. XF-54? XF-57? Can't recall details. I think the idea behind it was to be a deep penetration photo-recon plane: photog could sit in left nacelle & pilot in the right, each attending to his particular concerns. By the time it was built & flyable, the jet age had superseded it.

[Daniel Kalal]

Real. XF-54? XF-57? Can't recall details.

 

F-82. Quite a few (at least a couple of hundred) were deployed during the Korean War

[dhansen]

F-82 info.

[ferguzzi]

I fly airplanes for a living.

 

Bikes are for fun. I think guzzis are more akin to sex , to be honest. Mind you, they're the most masculine looking bikes I know of.

 

Now I'm very confused....

[belfastguzzi]

Mind you, they're the most masculine looking bikes I know of.

 

Not mine: it's been through Quat D surgery.

Mind you, that does make it sound much more like an aeroplane, for sure.

[Greg Field]

A V11 is like a P-47. A hot-rodded V11 is like an F2G Corsair.

 

Jaap: I knew Jakc Illford, pilot of Happy Jack"s Go-Buggy. Interesting guy.

[Daniel Kalal]

A hot-rodded V11 is like an F2G Corsair.

 

only if you double the displacement and add a supercharger. I mean, really, an F2G is almost scary to even think about.

[Greg Field]

only if you double the displacement and add a supercharger. I mean, really, an F2G is almost scary to even think about.

 

DK: If you ride up to Seattle, I'll take you to the Boeing museum. They have an F2G, but even better, they have a cutaway R-4360 corncob radial that's hooked up to an electric motor that spins all the works. I could watch that for hours . . . The camshafts are on the flywheels, of all places. My house is a mile from the museum, an you (and anyone else) have (has) a standing invite to stay here.

[Daniel Kalal]

DK: If you ride up to Seattle, I'll take you to the Boeing museum. They have an F2G, but even better, they have a cutaway R-4360 corncob radial that's hooked up to an electric motor that spins all the works. I could watch that for hours . . . The camshafts are on the flywheels, of all places. My house is a mile from the museum, an you (and anyone else) have (has) a standing invite to stay here.

 

There have been a few F2Gs at the Reno air races over the years. An Amazing sound.

 

I used to have several 4360 valves around, but have given away all but this one. It's an amazing engine. Even this valve is amazing.

[Greg Field]

There have been a few F2Gs at the Reno air races over the years. An Amazing sound.

 

I used to have several 4360 valves around, but have given away all but this one. It's an amazing engine. Even this valve is amazing.

 

Not just at Reno; Cleveland, for the Thompson Trophy. I trust you know who Cook Cleland is, yes? He told me a great story of how he got his planes. This is one of them . . .