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Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:34 am
by geodoc
Taken at the LeMay Museum Vintage Bike Festival Aug. 2013 (right-click / view image for full / un-cropped):

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Re: Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:37 am
by firstbuell
that's an early motor - no clutch adjustment access & only 5-fins on the sump.....

Re: Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:39 am
by geodoc
firstbuell wrote:that's an early motor - no clutch adjustment access & only 5-fins on the sump.....
Wonder if it's something from the factory for shows, etc. Or perhaps a dealer with a wrecked bike and a long, unoccupied winter?

Re: Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:48 am
by firstbuell
because it's such an early assembly, my vote is a factory show/education piece

extremely cool

Re: Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:26 pm
by geodoc
firstbuell wrote:because it's such an early assembly, my vote is a factory show/education piece

extremely cool
Maybe even cooler:

Pratt & Whitney R-4360

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Re: Display 750 Cut-Away

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:59 am
by Steve Foster
How about this RR Merlin engine at the National Air Force Museum of Canada which has bevel drive camshaft coolness?

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And check this out - another example of a bevel drive vee design being modified to use belt drive.
http://108.163.194.210/~dbbpcom/dbbp/co ... 000cc.html

Cheers
Steve