Ohhh an Eleven Special

[crazy steve]

What, are they all starving because of the payments they have to make on the chrome or what?

C'mon... this is America! Tell people there's something free and they'll come even if they don't really want it... 'cause it's free!

[cywelchjr]

Errrrrrr...........you don't REV it incessantly at stoplights do you Ed?

A lot of people have said that they don't like the sound of Mac 4 into 2s. I like the way mine sounds with the turnouts.

I thought John's sounded decent when he stopped by on the way back from the Colo rally. Not as good as my Jardines, but then IMHO few things do . I too like the sound of the Jardines, especially when really romping on it, it reminds me of the quote from lee (trainz) about the sound of the badger .

[jwhughes3]

That sounds....

Positively Badgertastic!!

John


If you've never heard of "badgertastic", visit:

http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/

[b.walker5]

i dont quite get why many guys think a Harley is the sh.t. the only answer i can come up with is the V-Twin vibration and straight pipe loudness does somethin for their ego and have a pocket of cash to blow.

Almost right.... It's called LDS. Little Dick Syndrome. (not Latter Day Saints )

[LoserShoes]

reminds me of the exhaust note of the WW2 Allison V12 powered Spitfires that I heard at the last Fly In in Half Moon Bay. It still gives me a big sh#t faced grin!

Spitfires never had Allisons, Those were Rolls Royce Merlins. P51s originally had Allisons,and were considered mediocre at best untill they were fitted with Merlins.

Steve

[jwhughes3]

replica spitfires use the Allison engines

to keep costs down. Merlins are too expensive and rare. If it was flying at Half Moon Bay it was likely an Allison that was heard.

John

http://www.spitfirebuilder.4t.com/catalog.html

[Special Ed]

Shows what I know about air planes.

"Spitfires never had Allisons, Those were Rolls Royce Merlins. P51s originally had Allisons,and were considered mediocre at best until they were fitted with Merlins."
My bad. I'm not a fly guy, I just know what I heard was awesome. It could very well have been a Merlin powered plane. I'm quite sure I heard one at the Watsonville Fly In.
Special Ed

[crazy steve]

"Spitfires never had Allisons, Those were Rolls Royce Merlins. P51s originally had Allisons,and were considered mediocre at best until they were fitted with Merlins."
My bad. I'm not a fly guy, I just know what I heard was awesome. It could very well have been a Merlin powered plane. I'm quite sure I heard one at the Watsonville Fly In.
Special Ed

They may not have been that good in planes, but they were a staple in the unlimited Hydros for years. And there was this guy.... http://www.dragracingonline.com/nowthen/viii_9-1.html

[Bonz]

Hey, point of clarification... Was there ever a Special that had a speedo that read past 85 mph?

And good job for representing us all vicariously, and representing us well at that.

[crazy steve]

Only the '79 Special... every XS after that had those 85 mph speedos until they came to their senses... after the XS was out of production.

[b.walker5]

Only the '79 Special... every XS after that had those 85 mph speedos until they came to their senses... after the XS was out of production.

Not quite correct. Non US models had 160 or 240 km/h speedo's, depending on where they were going. Mine was a Canadian model with a 240k dial.

[Special Ed]

'79 XS11 Speedo



Special Ed

[jwhughes3]

new speedo

Ed you are about to have a brand new speedo at 0000000


John

[b.walker5]

Not quite correct. Non US models had 160 or 240 km/h speedo's, depending on where they were going. Mine was a Canadian model with a 240k dial.

Sorry, I stand corrected, it's a 220k dial not 240.




Fitted to non US Specials in '79, 80 and 81.

[Special Ed]

Miles of miles

"Ed you are about to have a brand new speedo at 0000000"
Heh, heh, this is an old photo. The speedo turned over about a year or so ago. I actually wore it out and replaced it with a salvaged one that came with 30,000 or so on it. Due to riding for a month with a broken cable, and riding Lord knows how long with an optimistic clock, I don't know the true mileage, but I estimate it at around 130,000!
Special Ed