The 5 most important people

OK, I'm continuing on my research for my little project, so here is a little
(highly unscientific) survey.

 

Me and the last 4 people who I've bort bikes from.

Aaron
ZX6R

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:23:46 +1000

The inventor of the atmoising carby, those weird tray things just
didn't cut it.

The inventor of the spark plug.

Can't choose between the bod at Zenith who invented the Gradua gear, or
the one who worked out the gearbox/clutch setup.

Edward Turner, like him or hate him he had a massive influence on
motorcycling. Whether it was good or bad probably depends on your view
as to why the British bike industry died.

Sochiro Honda. See Edward Turner.

Zebee

 

Hmmm, interesting. I'll research who it was.

Popularly believed to be Edmond Berger in 1839.

I'll research this as well.

The first two names on my list also.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:06:13 +1000

I am fairly sure that the carbies in use on the first few veteran bikes
didn't take to leaning over that well.... I can't recall much about
the mechanism except that it involved some kind of tray for the fuel.

Velocette made the first commercial footchange boxes, but not sure who
did the first gearboxes. I do recall a Classic Bike interview with a
guy who started riding pre WWI who said that many people were cynical
about gearboxes, saying they increased complexity and would make
roadside repairs impossible...

Zebee

 

You'd have to start with Gottleib Damlier wouldn't you?
How about Ernst Degner for teaching the Japs about performance two-strokes?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:44:48 +1000

Not sure about that. Yeah, he had the horseless horse idea, but it
wasn't a particularly *useful* horse. Didn't really become useful
without carbies and gears...

S/Ernst Degner/Walter Kaarden/

Degner defected and took Kaarden's work with him, but I think the credit
still has to be Kaarden's, Degner wasn't the genius.

Zebee

 

Clem
Zebee
Nev
Kiwipete
Conehead

 

Is it coincedence then that not long after he designed the 2.5 litre and 4.5 litre V8 engines for
Daimler, the company was bought by Jaguar?

;-)

Dale Porter

 

I didn't realise you were related to the Swedish Chef.

 

Come again?

Aaron
ZX6R

 

Bort sounds like something the Swedish Chef would say.

Try the word bought.

 

http://www.muppets.com/profiles/chef.htm

its bork Dale....not bort


mind you I had look it up



--

MH

"the Kiwipete hall of fame"

lame duck who leeches on society
leeching on taxpayers and leeching on society
Maggot
you useless piece of shit
you lazy fucker
leech!
dull dumdrop
bludger
you dirty piece of scum
Moron

 

I know that. Was just having a go at his spelling. And wether it's bort or bork, it still smacks of
the Swedish Chef.

 

bort or bork, it still smacks of

http://www.muppetworld.com/cooking/video_cookbook/clip3.html

laughed and laughed I did


--

MH

"the Kiwipete hall of fame"

lame duck who leeches on society
leeching on taxpayers and leeching on society
Maggot
you useless piece of shit
you lazy fucker
leech!
dull dumdrop
bludger
you dirty piece of scum
Moron

 

For "bort" you'd have been better going for a reference to The Simpson's
episode in the gift shop at Itchy and Scratchy Land.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

I think you'll find at last count it was

1. Knobdoodle
2. Theo Bekkers
3. sharkey
4. Manning
5. Conehead

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

I would've sworn it was "bort bort bort".
DisallusionedDoodle

 

On the novelty numberplate!

 

Thanks mate. I've always felt the honour belongs to:

1. Nev..
2. <>
3. that 'geez your a fuckwit' guy
4. The one who wrote off those two blackbirds
5. Postman Pat.

-----sharks