At the risk of excommunication

[SuperDave]

Click on the pic for a closer look.

[Garnet]

So Guzzi owners are weird too? (as well?)

[Garnet]

Oh it gets about 80 mile per gallon on veggie oil............................

Riding on Salad Oil:

http://www.altmann.haan.de/riding_on_sa ... efault.htm

[Deleted User 62]

Oh it gets about 80 mile per gallon on veggie oil............................

Riding on Salad Oil:

http://www.altmann.haan.de/riding_on_sa ... efault.htm

Wow, 160 MPG and a wide variety of fuels are usable. That Enfield looks pretty good, too.

[mattcfish]

Still trying to figure out what the point of doing it was. A heavy 800cc motor to replace a light 800cc motor?
It didn't even look good let alone run. I want to see a Porsche flat 6 in an airhead. That would be something. Better yet, two airhead motors coupled together to make a 4 cylinder.

Not a flat 6, but nice. I like the position of the Webers. Easy to adjust while driving.

[00weel]

I myself would take this Overhead Twin Cam Spyder motor over a Six.

Back in 83? Cant remember exactly??? When this bike was brought out of the estate, very few knew it even existed.

The motor alone was estimated to be worth somewhere in the 150K plus range as posted on one of the Porsche forums.

And here it was in sitting in a /2 BMW

[Garnet]

And where is it now

[00weel]

And where is it now

Last I heard it was in Colorado. I never spoke with the owner. The Bikes historian was doing research
and for some reason due to my VMW association's was lead to me. This bike was so one off and unusual
I helped as much as possible, which was very little. I grew up just blocks from the
Vasek/Polak Porsche dealership but had never actually seen the bike.

The story goes right after it was built the lead mechanic took it for a spin and wrecked it. They brought it back and
rebuilt it and then it was stored in the collection out of sight of public view for decades.

The owner who had just bought it decided he wanted to run it, so while starting the bike it back fired and caught his pants on fire.

The historian said the motor was absolutely wicked sounding.

[melville]

And where is it now

Last I heard it was in Colorado. I never spoke with the owner. The Bikes historian was doing research
and for some reason due to my VMW association's was lead to me. This bike was so one off and unusual
I helped as much as possible, which was very little. I grew up just blocks from the
Vasek/Polak Porsche dealership but had never actually seen the bike.

The story goes right after it was built the lead mechanic took it for a spin and wrecked it. They brought it back and
rebuilt it and then it was stored in the collection out of sight of public view for decades.

The owner who had just bought it decided he wanted to run it, so while starting the bike it back fired and caught his pants on fire.

The historian said the motor was absolutely wicked sounding.

At least 150 hp in that one! Must be pretty scary.

[Jean]

More than one BMW has been modified by wedging a VW engine into the frame.
Now...if I can just find those negatives of the one I saw in Huntsville about 10-12 years ago!!
(Negatives...pictures made on transparent/chemically-treated media, and then printed in a secondary magical process)