MadModder
The Craftmans Shop => PowerSports => Topic started by: Bluechip on June 29, 2010, 05:39:58 PM
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Brough Superior 3-Cyl. Supercharged Radial bike engine ..
Just found out about this tonight from a Biker mate ..
And about 4 miles away from me ...
Sounds quite nice ..
Dave BC
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Nice engine!
I cringe when I see a crank handle gripped like that, though. My Dad taught me :hammer: to wrap my thumb round the same side of the handle as my fingers, in case the engine kicked back and broke it.
Andy
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So that's what a 3 cylinder Harley is supposed to sound like. :lol:
Very nice sounding indeed.
Bernd
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Hi Guys,
As they would say on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In "very interesting, but stupid".
Mr Brough may have been a "brilliant engineer", but that does not like a good engine configuration for a road bike. The weight is too high and 2 cylinders are vulnerable on bends and the third would over heat. Having said that, wouldn't it be great to have one.
Ned
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I can imagine a project like a small one-man plane using this beauty!!!!! :proj:
Andreas
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Erm... :scratch: Why is it called "Brough Superior"? Whatīs the connection to the bike made famous (among others) by Lawrence of Arabia? The pre-war Brough Superiors were powered by J.A.P. engines, now also extinct, 2 cylinders at 45deg., or the very similar Matchless 1000cc V-twins. Brough didnīt make engines themselves. The frames they did build, but I donīt see any frame there, just the motor.
In itself, thatīs a nice motor, just rather short on cylinders for a radial. Love those flames issuing off the exhausts, not very efficient, power-wise... But mounted to a bike, scooting around on it during night-time, a sure-fire (hehe...) head-turner. Even for blind people - no silencers... :lol:
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Hi Troops
Maybe the radial configuration was intended for a sidecar bike, Brough made sidecars as well as bikes... :thumbup:
Ah, Citrontmg ...
Never made their own engines ,,, ?? Oh, no, they didn't ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Superior_Golden_Dream
Oh, yes they did :thumbup:
Also put Austin7 engines in them ...
http://vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Brough%20Bikes/Brough%20Superior%20index.htm
Dave BC
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Heh, OK, I stand corrected! :bow: (Sort of... 5 bikes worth...) :)
"Five Golden Dreams were produced during 1939 and another model was planned for exhibition at Olympia; but World War II was declared in September 1939 and the Brough works were turned over to the war effort, making components for Rolls-Royce. They never returned to motorcycle production."
"Maybe the radial configuration was intended for a sidecar bike, Brough made sidecars as well as bikes..."
They certainly did, and they even made a few (some 85) cars. Using engines & chassis from Hudson. And one with a Lincoln-Zephyr V12.