Sunday, November 29, 2009

1923 Scott Sprint Special

Another neat bike that I saw at Barber...This one is a 1923 Scott Sprint Special...

Originally built for racing, these bikes were far superior to their competition of the time period that they were banned from certain racing events...This bike had some aspects built into it that were way ahead of its time; water cooling, automatic oil injection and rotary inlet valves are just a couple of the innovations Alfred Angus Scott used that can still be found on some modern two stroke bikes today...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

1938 Crocker

Saw this at Barber Motorsports Museum when I was there a few weeks ago...Love these bikes...Here's the stats on the one in the picture:

Engine: Air-cooled 45" 4 stroke V-Twin
Ignition: Autolite distributor and coil
Power: 60 bhp @ 4,000 rpm
Bore x Stroke: 3 5/16" X 3 1/2"
Displacement: 60.3 cc
Valves: Overhead, pushrod
Fuel System: 1 1/4" single bore Linkert
Transmission: Close ratio 3 speed
Suspension: Front dual spring girder forks, rigid rear
Brakes: Front and rear drums
Weight: 495 lbs.
Top Speed: Approx. 110 mph.




Monday, November 23, 2009

Hey, it's Monday!

At least it's a short work week for most everyone...

By the way, I'll be back to posting regular randomness on here very soon (within the next day or so)...Lot's going on recently and the blog kinda took a backseat for a bit...

Anyway, thanks for stopping by!

-Jordan.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Bugatti Veryon

So, apparently some guy in Texas thought his Bugatti Veyron could also be driven across a lake...These things are referred to as "super cars" right?? Sorry...

Pretty funny to watch actually, considering this car costs close to $2 million...Anyway, check out the video if you haven't seen it already:



Thursday, November 5, 2009

1938 Brough-Superior SS100

Probably one of my favorites during my visit to Barber...I'll post more pics and info about this bike later:


1925 Bohmerland

Going to start posting a few of the pics I took while at the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham last week and thought I'd start with this one...

It's a 1925 Bohmerland...Originally manufactured from 1924 until 1939, approx. 1,000 were built with only a handful still intact...The one seen here is apparently the oldest Bohmerland still in exsistence...

Pretty interesting bike that was originally manufactured in Czechoslovakia...It was offered in a few bright colors: yellow and red, yellow and black or yellow and green, along with cast aluminum wheels which supposedly was an inovation of sorts during that time period...Powered by a 598 cc single cylinder 4 stroke engine, this Bosch magneto fired motor cranks out 20 hp at 3,500 rpm...This 700 lbs bike is backed by a hand shifted 3 speed trans and has drum brakes on all 3 wheels...Yes, 3 wheels; it was originally equipped with a sidecar type deal and the bike was originally designed to carry 3 people in tandem with some versions being almost 10 feet long...

Anyway, check it out:


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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sooo...

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted on here...Been pretty busy over the last week or so...

In other news, I was able to visit the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds Alabama recently...Very cool place and in my opinion a mandatory visit for anyone interested in motorcycles, vintage racing and really anything "motor" related...I'll definitely be going back there for another visit soon! I'll be posting more pics of my visit there in the days to come...

Also went over to Talladega yesterday to check out some NASCAR practice for the up coming races today and tomorrow...I've never been to that track before and it was cool to finally be able to see it first hand...

Anyway, that's enough rambling...As always, thanks for stopping by!

-Jordan.


Thursday, October 15, 2009

Wow!

Looks like a little product demonstration taking place here...Apparently these two guys are pretty sure that the bulletproof vest was going to live up to its name on this particular day! Gotta imagine the guy wearing the vest was hoping so at least...guess that's why he gets paid a nickle more an hour!

I think it's a great pic:

Better pull over for this guy!

Jolly Rogers...neat pic

Tuesday, October 6, 2009