I discovered a Rocket III eater.

It's here and it's German.

Maybe old news to some, but nice imho and _not_ a cruser.

http://www.muench-mammut-2000.com/

1998cc with Turbo
380Nm torque @ 3500 rpm (about 280 ft/lbf i think !)
260 bhp @ 5650 rpm

Hmmmm..

 

In

Only 4 years old! MCN used to mention it all the time, hence most thought
it was just a myth

 

That particular one, perhaps, but they've been made for _much_ longer
than that. I think the 'original' mammoth was first produced in the
1960s, with an NSU motor or something similar, but ICBW.

 

Ace says...

The first bike designed to cruse at 200KPH IIRC.

http://www.thecreeper.net/munch.htm

Bloody ugly gurt thing. Hardly surprising its rare.

 

Heh, those older ones are a bit ugly. This newer style one, I think is
nice... for a bike with a 2l engine in it. Better looking than the
Rocket 3 too imho.

What gets me about the bike, is it's superb torque figures. If I had the
dosh, I'd buy one, and one of those turbine bikes too.

 

Muck muck@dsl_TEETH_.pipex.com says...

Most thing are.

Oh, I'd have one as well. It looks a tad uncomfortable to ride though.

http://www.muench-mammut-2000.com/action/fahr_2/fahr_2_02.jpg

Still it'll keep your legs warm in winter.

 

Ace says...

Correct, they used the engine from the NSU Prinz. All told it was a good
idea, because the Prinz was a fucking awful car with a nice engine.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Let's face it, any car with the name of a disease is going down the
tubes.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Great performance figures, but just look at the brakes......

 

More to the point, look at the weight.

Other than the vertical engine, it looks pretty special. But heavy.

 

Dunno, but I wouldn't like to find out on the turbine machine. Loose
screws and turbines don't mix nicely, less so if they're between your
legs.

 

Twin 8 pot brakes, I would have thought, would be ok.