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Old 19 March 2013, 01:18   #1
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Awesome Bike!

And with limited resources!......

Someone give this guy a searider to play with

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Old 19 March 2013, 09:16   #2
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Is that a car back tyre?????
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Old 19 March 2013, 11:52   #3
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Its car tyres front AND back. I've ridden with a car tyre on the back, but not on both. it made life....'interesting'...

Nice job he's done, shame the motor can barely turn those heavy wheels/tyres.
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Old 19 March 2013, 18:30   #4
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What's with the spinny whirly thing on the exhaust?
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Old 19 March 2013, 18:40   #5
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What's with the spinny whirly thing on the exhaust?
It's a gatling gun, probably ex-GarFie
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Old 19 March 2013, 19:02   #6
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What's with the spinny whirly thing on the exhaust?
Driven by the exhaust? No back-pressure problems there then!
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Old 19 March 2013, 19:07   #7
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Driven by the exhaust? No back-pressure problems there then!
Actually not, if you do it right it acts as a silencer. It's a design commercially available in the US.
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Old 19 March 2013, 19:09   #8
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Actually not, if you do it right it acts as a silencer. It's a design commercially available in the US.
In that case it needs some flashing red/orange LEDs - no more tailgaters.
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Old 19 March 2013, 19:16   #9
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nice square edge car tyres, I would not want to ride it in shorts and flipflops as the guy is doing weaving about, road rash anyone.
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