Saturday, July 25, 2026

Crazy. Wonder what it sounded like running.


 

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  1. Little more info here:

    https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-motorcycle-brands/megola/

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    1. Wrong bike Ghost, The Peugeot is running starting at the 2:55 mark

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  2. Like a 9 cylinder Cox engine, running alky and castor oil mix.

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  3. There are some very large rc airplanes with radials that sound amazing. Look them up on YouTube, you'll be amazed. Jets too.

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    1. Wrong, there are no jets with radials that sound amazing.

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  4. let Tony have at it, he can fix anything so no one else can fix it.

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  5. Well it's French so you will be making good use of those pedals sooner rather then later.

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    1. my guess is it sounds very annoying, and probably smells bad too

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    2. 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.

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  6. It’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.

    There 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

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