And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I think I could tough it out. I can barely hear anyway according to my wife. Bet it sounds better than all the little 4 and 6 bangers with that deafening sound.
Little more info here:
ReplyDeletehttps://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-motorcycle-brands/megola/
Wrong bike Ghost, The Peugeot is running starting at the 2:55 mark
DeleteHow is it not at that link?
DeleteLike a 9 cylinder Cox engine, running alky and castor oil mix.
ReplyDeleteThere are some very large rc airplanes with radials that sound amazing. Look them up on YouTube, you'll be amazed. Jets too.
ReplyDeleteWrong, there are no jets with radials that sound amazing.
Deletelet Tony have at it, he can fix anything so no one else can fix it.
ReplyDeleteWell it's French so you will be making good use of those pedals sooner rather then later.
ReplyDeletemy guess is it sounds very annoying, and probably smells bad too
DeleteI think I could tough it out. I can barely hear anyway according to my wife. Bet it sounds better than all the little 4 and 6 bangers with that deafening sound.
DeleteIt’s in a 1930 Peugeot P50T oval boardtrack racer. Modern scale version of WW1 period Gnome&Rhone overhead valve 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine. Methanol premix fuel. Glowplug ignition. 100 cc, 7hp 7000rpm.
ReplyDeleteThere are double d-cells in the fire extinguisher case giving 22,000mah for powering up the plugs
Made by Bo Hare, You can read about him in Classic and Sports Car, April 2015 page 185
for great coverage of this bike, see http://www.dwrenched.com/2015/05/dwrenched_29.html?showComment=1433212592449#c4661055066840973789