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Mainly for historical family reasons.

So, what does it for you?


 
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Posted : 05/09/2011 8:33 pm
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jesus what's that? 😯


 
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jesus what's that?

Its a Wartsila Sulzer RTA96 C turbocharged 2 stroke diesel.

about 100000bhp. Powers container ships and redlines at 102 rpm.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 8:37 pm
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Just for the noise they make


 
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My Orange 5 ? 😆


 
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Judging by the exhaust on it, I'm pretty sure there's a local yoof who's stuck one in his saxo.


 
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anything runing on steam and coal.


 
Posted : 05/09/2011 8:43 pm
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Are these mechanical? ffft, doesn't matter, they are great...My Whisky Jack is an object of waaay to much affection..
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What's going on with the front end of the AM? A bit of homegrown tuning?
Anyway...
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After starting my new job I love looking back at my work. And have started looking at clocks in a different way.

This is a picture of the typical sort of thing I get called out to.

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And any old Nikons


 
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Don, it's a V600. As in 600hp. Works built, and sounds like the gates of help opening!

Matt, what about l'Hydroptère?

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Egli Vincent by Patrick Godet.
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Polini Vespa Streetracer.
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Don, it's a V600. As in 600hp. Works built, and sounds like the gates of help opening!

Doesn't excuse the front end though. 😉


 
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Where are the:

gates of help

?


 
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Oldgit , I know someone who has 3 of those broughs , one with a sidecar and he lives in Mk


 
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Anything from here

http://www.red.com/


 
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pmsl @ Al!


 
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Spitfire
Vulcan
SR-71
Original Mini ~ they just make me smile. Happy memories
Those climbing cam things, I'll never use one, but they look fantastic


 
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Gates of Hell! Auto-correct fail!


 
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Those climbing cam things: Friends. Great name too. 🙂


 
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CFH - hydroptere is amazing, but not beautiful....


 
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Oh good christ that's a good picture.


 
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I love that contraption, Jamie.


 
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are you fudging serious????

nearly a page of posts and no fudging bicycle????

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Posted : 05/09/2011 9:21 pm
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Still want a go, Matt!

Loving the diversity here!

Brakes, that's hardly "lovely", but it is oar sum!


 
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oooh, Deltic.


 
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A couple of my faves which couldn't really be more different!
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Brakes, that's hardly "lovely", but it is oar sum!

yeah, I thought to post a picture of a lovely simple road bike, but felt so ashamed I ended up posting the opposite


 
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