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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: canuck750 on March 27, 2019, 03:32:46 PM
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I love this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Other-Makes-M3W/254179260531?hash=item3b2e43b873:g:7YIAAOSwisZcm3Zq
(https://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg217/canuck750/CRASH/s-l1600_zpspxlp2bjn.jpg) (https://s249.photobucket.com/user/canuck750/media/CRASH/s-l1600_zpspxlp2bjn.jpg.html)
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Or this?
(https://i.ibb.co/ZzVyWFZ/7528q0-large.png) (https://ibb.co/ZzVyWFZ)
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When you are old and feeble, getting in and out may pose a challenge. :evil: DonG
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I prefer this...
(https://i.ibb.co/rfhwfhK/sidecar.jpg) (https://ibb.co/rfhwfhK)
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JoeW - Is that a DMC rig?
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Only with a Guzzi engine...
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Gimme the Moggie any day. It's just so gorgeously eccentric in that oh so English way. Love it!
What powers them these days? It was once J A Prestwich, same as George's Brough Superior line, & probably quite a few others. But that's definitely no JAP motor. A Hesketh? A flatulent Milwaukee Hardly Dangerous?
As an alternative there's always one of those awfully bland & boring Seadoodoo-type 3 wheelers. Of Canadian origins too I believe. I forget the proper name for it: Snowcat?? There's literally ferryloads of tourists 'of that certain age' that ship them from Australia to drive??/ride??/steer?? 'em around Tassie. They invariably look unhappy: something to do with our 'four seasons in one day' perhaps?
I'm probably being a bit unfair. For all I know they may very well be the best thing since the Wonderbra. I'll never know coz just like the Wonderbra I personally wouldn't be seen dead in/on/astride one.
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I think either one would be fine...as opposed to sitting on the couch with the TV remote!
I really like this...but a Morgan or TriKing or similar 3-wheel reverse trike would be way cool as well! :thumb: :cool: :smiley:
(https://i.ibb.co/Wx4NHG5/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-4-36-25-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/Wx4NHG5)
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I think the current Morgan uses an S&S powerplant on a Miyata’s clutch/transmission. The Guzzi versions are sentimental favorites...
(https://preview.ibb.co/dG1i6U/IMG-0252.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jf5AmU)
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If I couldn't make a hack work, I'd love a Morgan or the Guzzi Equivalent "Triking" but likely would be looking strongly at this....
(https://i.ibb.co/QPQHvyc/high-front-ruby.png) (https://ibb.co/QPQHvyc)
(https://i.ibb.co/ftKCf4w/high-rear-ruby.png) (https://ibb.co/ftKCf4w)
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I think the current Morgan uses an S&S powerplant on a Miyata’s clutch/transmission. The Guzzi versions are sentimental favorites...
(https://preview.ibb.co/dG1i6U/IMG-0252.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jf5AmU)
Thanks for that. I'm unfamiliar with both of those brands. Unsurprising in some ways: the SS or S&S brand has fairly threatening if not outright sinister & evil connotations where I come from, and Miata sounds vaguely reminiscent of an infectious disease. Both are uniquely North American I presume?
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I have one. It goes like stink.
I mean that in a good way :wink:
If I couldn't make a hack work, I'd love a Morgan or the Guzzi Equivalent "Triking" but likely would be looking strongly at this....
(https://i.ibb.co/QPQHvyc/high-front-ruby.png) (https://ibb.co/QPQHvyc)
(https://i.ibb.co/ftKCf4w/high-rear-ruby.png) (https://ibb.co/ftKCf4w)
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(https://i.ibb.co/vk5qQZ9/3-CF0435100000578-4209354-Playboy-model-Smith-rose-to-tabloid-fame-after-marrying-billiona-a-85-1486737165414.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vk5qQZ9)
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That is an S&S X Wedge motor , a pretty sophisticated powerplant capable of making some serious HP .
Dusty
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My father in law would love to get back on a bike. Sadly, he's pushing 70 now and worries about his balance.
I told him I'm rebuilding that 82 Goldwing, and was planning to put a DMC sidecar on it.
I don't think I've ever seen that man happier.
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That is an S&S X Wedge motor , a pretty sophisticated powerplant capable of making some serious HP .
Dusty
Looks like a super charged motor Dusty ??? Pretty lethal in the wrong hands methinks.
Not much information given on fleabay
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Thanks for that. I'm unfamiliar with both of those brands. Unsurprising in some ways: the SS or S&S brand has fairly threatening if not outright sinister & evil connotations where I come from, and Miata sounds vaguely reminiscent of an infectious disease. Both are uniquely North American I presume?
Nothing "threatening" or "sinister" whatsoever. :rolleyes:
S&S: https://www.sscycle.com/
Miata: name of the small Mazda sportscar, just called the MX-5 in other markets:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5
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Looks like a super charged motor Dusty ??? Pretty lethal in the wrong hands methinks.
Not much information given on fleabay
That could be a mechanically driven blower sitting twixt the cylinder heads , although it might just be some fancy air cleaner . The largest version of the X Wedge is well over 2,000 CC's and produces enormous torque numbers .
If I was designing a trike from scratch , it would house an R3 motor and slightly resemble a 1950's Lakebed streamliner with modern suspension , brakes , and some modicum of crash protection . If it won't lean , or squeeze thru narrow spaces , it needs to give some protection .
Dusty
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Pete Egan did a touring feature about the Morgan back in 2015. Originally published in Road & Track, it gives you the feel for the newest "Cyclecar."
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a26664/peter-egan-morgan-road-trip/
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When I can no longer throw a leg over, I'd hope to be physically able enough to use this...
(https://i.ibb.co/j6yXbhj/heli.jpg) (https://ibb.co/j6yXbhj)
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Best option ever! :thumb:
(https://i.ibb.co/LpgsTC5/dd.png) (https://ibb.co/LpgsTC5)
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I fear the day when that comes for me, but it surely must unless misadventure intervenes.
I’d sooner own a boat than a Morgan or sidecar, but I can conceive of seeing myself out on a trike if it came to that..
Or in an extreme case..?
A unicycle.
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Unicycles are great fun...not nearly as much as a motorcycle though!!
About half as much if my arithmetic serves.. :rolleyes:
How do go pulling a wheelie on one ?
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About half as much if my arithmetic serves.. :rolleyes:
How do go pulling a wheelie on one ?
Stand on your head? :huh:
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Stand on your head? :huh:
I live in the universally accepted best country in the world.
According to those in the North, I already am..!
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I think the current Morgan uses an S&S powerplant on a Miyata’s clutch/transmission. The Guzzi versions are sentimental favorites...
(https://preview.ibb.co/dG1i6U/IMG-0252.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jf5AmU)
I thought I heard they were switching to a New Indian Chief motor. I'd take any of them!
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My fathers choice in vehicles was a little strange going back. When he was 18 he bought a three wheel BSA car with front wheel drive that some nut had squeezed a British Anzani 8 valve racing engine into. Terrifying was the description my mum gave of it. While they were courting he used to work on it while she sat and watched. When they got married it had to be sold to buy an oil heater. I think my dad was a frustrated fighter pilot. He always went a bit dewy eyed when he saw a three wheel Morgan. I would love a three wheel Mog but in Australia they are extortionately priced as they are registered as cars and had to be complianced as such. This pushed the price into the stupid region.