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Jim
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      04-19-2011, 10:23 AM
^..^ Lone Wolf wrote:
> http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/bmwthree.htm
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> One BMW 1500cc triple. Sounds nice too.


That only needs the addition of propeller to look complete.
 
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      04-19-2011, 10:32 AM
On Apr 19, 11:23*am, Jim <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote:
> ^..^ Lone Wolf wrote:
> >http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/bmwthree.htm

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> > One BMW 1500cc triple. *Sounds nice too.

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> That only needs the addition of propeller to look complete.


Isn't it brilliant? I'd have added some sort of bach plate to protect
the lower pots, mind.
 
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      04-19-2011, 10:59 AM
TOG@Toil wrote:

> On Apr 19, 11:23*am, Jim <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote:
> > ^..^ Lone Wolf wrote:
> > > http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/bmwthree.htm

> >
> > > One BMW 1500cc triple. *Sounds nice too.

> >
> > That only needs the addition of propeller to look complete.

>
> Isn't it brilliant? I'd have added some sort of bach plate to protect
> the lower pots, mind.


Musically minded engine safety ..

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^..^ Lone Wolf
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      04-19-2011, 11:05 AM

"Adrian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Wotcha.

>> BMW did it themselves, with the R25/26 series. Basically a boxer engine
>> with one pot lopped off, and turned through 90 degrees so the remaining
>> pot stood vertical.

>
> <has vision of triple>


http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/bmwthree.htm

One BMW 1500cc triple. Sounds nice too.


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Macabre of Auchterloonie
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      04-19-2011, 05:56 PM
Adrian wrote:
> "TOG@Toil" <(E-Mail Removed)> gurgled happily, sounding much
> like they were saying:
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>>>> Why not go ght whole hog and chop the cylinder off too?

>
>>> It's reportedly been done, in Tasmania. A crash wrote off one side of
>>> the engine, but the owner contrived to keep it going as a single.

>
>> BMW did it themselves, with the R25/26 series. Basically a boxer engine
>> with one pot lopped off, and turned through 90 degrees so the remaining
>> pot stood vertical.

>
> <has vision of triple>


Why not a radial?

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      04-19-2011, 05:59 PM
Champ wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2011 09:50:06 GMT, Adrian <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>> <has triple vision>

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> Yersh, it probably would vibrate a bit.


Why?

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      04-19-2011, 06:35 PM
Macabre of Auchterloonie <(E-Mail Removed)> gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:

>>> <has triple vision>


>> Yersh, it probably would vibrate a bit.


> Why?


I think that's hint-of-whoosh.
 
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