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Title: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on November 10, 2012, 06:41:25 pm: (http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/534563_488542287857290_1611324080_n.jpg)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/sewingmachineviking.jpg)
anymore ?
Title: Single exhaust port CZ
Post by: GMC on November 10, 2012, 08:41:15 pm: A CZ of the highest calibre
Shoot out of the gate with this CZ
Small bore CZ

Anymore.... puns

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc%20bike%20stuff/CZ-single-ehaust.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: tony27 on November 10, 2012, 09:01:45 pm: Funny that, my brother in law owns a CZ pistol for competition shooting & likes my t-shirt but reckons the symbol is wrong for their armaments
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: smed on November 10, 2012, 09:17:42 pm: http://www.sportrider.com/features/146_0711_kawasaki_heavy_industries/photo_15.html

A little Kawa motor ;)
Title: Twin port CZ
Post by: GMC on November 10, 2012, 11:58:18 pm: (http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc%20bike%20stuff/CZ-USA_SPORTING.jpg)
Title: Re: Single exhaust port CZ
Post by: 09.0 on November 11, 2012, 08:27:38 am: Quote from: GMC on November 10, 2012, 08:41:15 pm
A CZ of the highest calibre
Shoot out of the gate with this CZ
Small bore CZ

Anymore.... puns

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc%20bike%20stuff/CZ-single-ehaust.jpg)
Just point and shoot out of the corner.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Iain Cameron on November 11, 2012, 10:29:56 am: BSA = british small arms.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: JAP 454 on November 11, 2012, 10:40:27 am: Royal Enfield --- Built like a gun !!
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Iain Cameron on November 11, 2012, 10:42:18 am: Jaguar started out making side cars
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: JAP 454 on November 11, 2012, 10:43:11 am: Quote from: iainyz on November 11, 2012, 10:29:56 am
BSA = british small arms.

Oi, Ian, from a Brummy, its BIRMINGHAM Small Arms

Foss
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 11, 2012, 11:08:09 am: OSSA started off making movie projectors.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/ProOssa3.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Mike52 on November 11, 2012, 11:54:08 am: Husqvarna put their name on anything ;D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 11, 2012, 12:03:35 pm: Yamaha make musical instruments
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/1273904501_93429048_3-Used-Yamaha-Piano-for-sale-LU-90-PE-For-Sale-1273904501.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/yamahaacousticguitar.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 11, 2012, 12:13:16 pm: New South Wales Police use Kawasaki helicopters.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Helicopter20Kawasaki20BK117202.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/kawaheli.jpg)
They also make these big buggers.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/526.jpg)
and let's not forget the Bullet Train.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/kawasaki_heavy_industriesshinkansen_bullet_train.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Lozza on November 11, 2012, 12:43:35 pm: Just select "convincing race win" from the drop down box
(http://www.lgblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/honda_asimo.jpg)
If only they made one that would go to work for me !
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Lozza on November 11, 2012, 12:47:22 pm: KTM X-Bow being used for the Race of Champions(ROC) this year.
(http://stylecrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ktm-x-bow-roc_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Lozza on November 11, 2012, 12:49:00 pm: Yamaha F1 engine
(http://forix.autosport.com/8w/engines/ox10.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: bazza on November 11, 2012, 01:04:39 pm: back in the day (74) dads boss owned Kawasaki agency in Rotorua,bikes were 4% of turnover for kawasaki,helicopters,ships etc were they made there money
Yamaha now have 2 shops in Auckland WTF !!!!
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Iain Cameron on November 11, 2012, 02:21:41 pm: Quote from: JAP 454 on November 11, 2012, 10:43:11 am
Quote from: iainyz on November 11, 2012, 10:29:56 am
BSA = british small arms.

Oi, Ian, from a Brummy, its BIRMINGHAM Small Arms

Foss
Dumb !! I stand corrected .
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 11, 2012, 02:29:41 pm: (http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/1324229281_8fb1553398_z.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/de77da09.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: mustanggrahame on November 11, 2012, 02:40:04 pm: That worked real well for Bultaco, didn't it?
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Rookie#1 on November 11, 2012, 02:48:45 pm: Quote from: mustanggrahame on November 11, 2012, 02:40:04 pm
That worked real well for Bultaco, didn't it?

:D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 11, 2012, 03:03:34 pm: Greeves made these Villiers 250 powered Ivacars that were leased by the UK government to disabled war veterans. It's now ilegal to drive one on UK roads because of safety concerns ::).
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/invacar1.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on November 11, 2012, 11:39:42 pm: Mr Puch also designed all terrain 4wd trucks baxk in the 60's.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tim754 on November 13, 2012, 10:09:01 pm: The Haflinger is a small, lightweight, four wheel drive, high mobility vehicle about 3.5 m long and 1.5 m wide, powered by a 643 cc twin horizontally opposed, rear mounted, air-cooled engine. Weighing around 600 kg (1322.8 lb), the Haflinger can be lifted by four strong people and yet can carry a load of 500 kg (1102.3 lb). This truck falls into the category of the light utility vehicle.
1976 Steyr-Puch Haflinger with fibreglass closed cab
US-Version "Pathfinder" (1971)
Haflinger used as a fire vehicle. 2007 in Ellmau, Austria

After WWII, the newly organized Austrian Army was equipped with the surplus US Army Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeep. A decade after hostilities ended, the Austrian Army was considering the retirement of the aging Jeeps in favor of something more contemporary as well as locally designed and produced. The design genius of Erich Ledwinka was utilized by the Austrian firm Steyr-Daimler-Puch to produce and field test prototypes. Once the production model design was finalized, the trucks were manufactured between 1959 and 1975 and were exported all over the world. The manufacturer designated the trucks as "Type Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle". A total of 16,647 were made with approximately 7,000 of them being recruited into military service by the Swiss, Austrian and Australian armies and the Royal Navy. Some of the Australian Army trucks saw service in Vietnam during that conflict. The majority of the Haflinger trucks entered directly into the hands of private owners around the world with a small number also being placed into municipal, ambulance and fire brigade services. Just like its predecessor, the US Army Jeep, the Haflinger trucks are at home both off and on road. They have been licensed for on-road use throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. During their 16 year production run, the trucks not only saw domestic sales in Austria but were exported to thirty-five other countries. The first trucks to see use in the United States arrived in 1960. In 1983, a gentleman drove his newly purchased used Haflinger from Vermont back to his home in California. While that is an impressive journey, it pales in comparison to the journey documented by famous Austrian travel journalist Ernst Wiese in his book 10,000 Miles Through Arabia. That work describes his four month long travels from Vienna to the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula and back in his "brave Haflinger". Due to its multi-functional capabilities, many in Europe refer to these vehicles as cars, trucks as well as the "Austrian Jeep". Since August, 2006 there exists a web-project that wants to document the different Haflinger types, the many details and the changes that came with the years of production.
Yadda yadda yadda some wiki-twaddle
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Slider29 on November 14, 2012, 08:24:40 pm: Suzuki also make guitars
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Doc on November 14, 2012, 08:52:24 pm: Suzuki outboards, generators, recorders, pianos, violins, harmonicas and mower engines.
Kawasaki generators, brush cutters, hedge trimmers, blowers and mower engines.
Husqvarna brush cutters, hedgers and trimmers, cultivators, ride-ons, stump grinders, chainsaws and blowers.
Yamaha generators, golf cart, pianos, keyboards, flutes, saxophones, speakers, digital mixers, and drum kits.
Honda, trimmers, hedgers, blowers, mowers, generators, outboards.
BSA bicycles, rifle scopes
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tony T on November 14, 2012, 09:05:03 pm: Very interesting stuff.
Keep it coming fellas. ;D

The only Honda I own is a lawnmower....... ::)

Edit: I forgot the XL175 and CT90's...... ::)
Jeez, I need another beer..........
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: GMC on November 14, 2012, 09:14:39 pm: And what about the forgettable / unforgettable* Suzuki 2 stroke 4WD

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/B050.jpg)

* cross out whichever is inapplicable
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Hoony on November 14, 2012, 09:24:40 pm: (http://www.gmctools.com/media/img/photos/101207092802/o.png)

(http://www.gmctools.com/media/img/photos/100809170040/o.png)

::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

:D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: smed on November 14, 2012, 09:28:56 pm: That guy from broadford put them out of business for using his name :D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Curly3 on November 14, 2012, 09:33:55 pm: The mighty LJ50, wish I had one, could climb trees and never get stuck in sand.
I had a girlfriend around 81 that drove one and it was a beauty, so was she by the way.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 14, 2012, 09:36:53 pm: I think the Broadford Industrial Complex is concentrating on their 2013 SUV line at present. Wendell Sailor is seen here examining one while he was in Broadford picking up his pipe late last month.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/gmc-pickup_truck-3-copy.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Simo63 on November 14, 2012, 09:42:03 pm: Quote from: GMC on November 14, 2012, 09:14:39 pm
And what about the ~~forgettable /~~ unforgettable* Suzuki 2 stroke 4WD

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/B050.jpg)

* cross out whichever is inapplicable

An awesome little 4WD that was much more capable than it's small size and cheap price led people to believe. Sure they fell over easily but that's only becasue they would go so damned far off road. I'd love to have one.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 14, 2012, 09:43:52 pm: That bloke in Broadford use to fit in a 2 smoker Suzuki 4wd.....now he needs that GMC..... ;D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 14, 2012, 10:03:08 pm: Royal Enfield also made guns. I think they still might.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/l1_rifles_wtt_custom_ar_for_royal_enfield_73189.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/royalenfieldmadelikeagun.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: zorroz on November 14, 2012, 10:03:46 pm: (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/zorroz/46027_10151264102060909_1320685915_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 14, 2012, 10:09:46 pm: (http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/1305885048.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Bridgestone_1.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Doc on November 14, 2012, 10:44:37 pm: (http://www.key.aero/central/images/news/1476.jpg)
Kawasaki’s XC-2 military transport aircraft

(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/583486-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Kawasaki T-4 trainer

(http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201011/101125/photo/10112509.jpg)
Kawasaki MSDF Sub

(http://www.lunajets.com/photo.php?width=632&height=238&tag=amodel_outer_45)
Honda

(http://www.lunajets.com/photo.php?width=632&height=238&tag=amodel_outer_49)
Bombardiar
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on November 14, 2012, 10:58:39 pm: Sunbeam
cheers Ben
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: GMC on November 14, 2012, 11:02:02 pm: Bastards :D ;D

Early GMC days saw the construction of the Cash-Cube. A fan on a timer would blow money around inside a cubicle and people had to try and catch as much money as they could.
Thought is was a bit of a wank job when I built the first one but I ended up building a couple of dozen of them in the early 90's.

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/Cash-Cube-3.jpg)

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/Cash-Cube-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Davey Crocket on November 14, 2012, 11:36:16 pm: Where did all the cash go?
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Hoony on November 15, 2012, 06:29:55 am: Quote from: Davey Crocket on November 14, 2012, 11:36:16 pm
Where did all the cash go?

he forgot to put the roof on
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tony T on November 15, 2012, 08:01:29 am: Jawas................

(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/Jawas.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Canam370 on November 15, 2012, 08:31:28 am: (http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201011/101125/photo/10112509.jpg)
Kawasaki MSDF Sub

Certainly not utilising stealth technology. Looks like its dressed up for a Bollywood parade :D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Mike52 on November 15, 2012, 08:42:36 am: Quote from: GMC on November 14, 2012, 09:14:39 pm
And what about the forgettable / unforgettable* Suzuki 2 stroke 4WD

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/Misc/B050.jpg)

* cross out whichever is inapplicable

Mate had one of these.
It cost $3200.
The next model that came out cost $2800.
Spewin.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Simo63 on November 15, 2012, 08:48:24 am: Quote from: Canam370 on November 15, 2012, 08:31:28 am

(http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201011/101125/photo/10112509.jpg)
Kawasaki MSDF Sub

Certainly not utilising stealth technology. Looks like its dressed up for a Bollywood parade :D

Lol .. that's the limited Geisha edition ;D
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: GMC on November 15, 2012, 09:20:52 am: (http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/201011/101125/photo/10112509.jpg)
Kawasaki MSDF Sub

No wonder the Japs lost the war, they built there Subs with big red targets painted on them!!
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: pancho on November 15, 2012, 10:19:58 am: Quote from: firko on November 14, 2012, 10:09:46 pm
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/1305885048.jpg)
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Bridgestone_1.jpg)
Hey Mark do you remember the story going around, about how those Bridgestone "rocket ships"had to make a deal with the other Japanese majors to pull out of motorcycle manufacture?
pancho.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 15, 2012, 11:07:51 am: (http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/5658677_1.jpg)
Harley Davidson bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/9914.jpg)
Royal Enfield bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/100_0349.jpg)
BSA bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/bicycle4.jpg)
Firko bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/fdbdown.jpg)
Indian bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/2005_0709july9bikes0016.jpg)
Triumph bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/dsc00989_lg.jpg)
Yamaha bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/bmwbike.jpg)
BMW bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/1997mcgrath1_lg.jpg)
Suzuki bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/jagbike.jpg)
Jaguar bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/colnago-ferrari-cf-7.jpg)
Ferrari bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/maserati-bicycle-veloce-model-pic01.jpg)
Maserati bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/porsche-bicycle-3-576x431.jpg)
Porsche bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/biovw-26mtn-042809.jpg)
Volkswagen bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/chevbike.jpg)
Chevy bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/meivici_ae_ford.jpg)
Ford bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/subarubike.jpg)
Subaru bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/hummer-bike-fold1.jpg)
Hummer bicycle
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 15, 2012, 11:22:58 am: Quote
Hey Mark do you remember the story going around, about how those Bridgestone "rocket ships"had to make a deal with the other Japanese majors to pull out of motorcycle manufacture?
Here's an explanation I found.........

The motorcycle side of Bridgestone had always been run as somewhat of a sideline, with profits being ploughed back into the general company coffers rather than being used for the design and development of new salable motorcycles. Much of the development which went on was concerned with one-off racing and competition machines. The new production models which appeared in the late Sixties were either cosmetic updates (the 175 Hurricane and the 350 GTO Street Scramblers), or simply overbored versions of existing models (the BS 100 and BS 200 ranges). The only major new models produced during this period -- the BS 100GP and BS 100 TMX -- used the over-bored BS 90 engine in a chassis which was virtually a scaled-down version of the BS 175 Dual Twin.

In America, the growing environmental lobby was posing a serious threat to future sales of two-stroke engined vehicles, and this of course was a major export market for Bridgestone. Also, the Bridgestone Tyre Company were suppliers of O.E. tyres to the other Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, and it has been suggested that these firms may not have been too keen to carry on buying their tyres from a rival motorcycle maker when there were other sources available. Whatever the reasoning, Bridgestone decided to close the motorcycle manufacturing division in 1970/71. The dealer and sales network in the U.K. had already gone by then, and the demise of the network in other countries swiftly followed.

The manufacturing rights and tooling for the 60cc and 100cc range of singles was sold to BS Tailung of Taiwan. This company -- no connection with the original Bridgestone Cycle Company -- continued to build trail and mini-bikes for the U.S. market, using the Bridgestone engines in newly-designed cycle parts. They were sold in America until 1975 by Rockford Motors (the old BS importers) as the Rockford "Chibi", "Taka" and "Tora".

With the closure of the Taiwan production line in the mid-seventies, the family line of Bridgestone motorcycles finally came to an end. The BS name is nowadays associated with tyres and bicycles, but a significant number of Bridgestone motorcycles still exists in the U.K., U.S.A., and Australia, and their owners are keen that the marquee should not fade away and should be more than just a memory from years past.

.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tony T on November 15, 2012, 12:40:31 pm: Ya forgot one, Mark! :P

(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/trailblazer1.jpg)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: firko on November 15, 2012, 12:52:16 pm: Quote
Ya forgot one, Mark!
And more....
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Saab-bike.jpg)
Saab bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Kawasaki-Speed-Bicycle.jpg)
Kawasaki bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/Ducati_Corse_Limited_Edition_Bianchi_Road_Racing_Bike.jpg)
Ducati bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/buellbike.jpg)
Buell bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/REDLINE.jpg)
Redline (flat tracker manufacturer) bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/championbmx-1.jpg)
aChampion (flat track manufacturer) bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/cannondale.jpg)
Cannondale bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/ktm-bike.jpg)
KTM kiddie bike
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/katobikejpg.jpg)
KTM grown up bicycle
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/maicobicycle.jpg)
Maico bicycle
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: steve234 on November 15, 2012, 01:18:45 pm: even ktm make bicycles now!
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tim754 on November 15, 2012, 10:48:44 pm: So what happened to "Cannondale"?
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tim754 on November 15, 2012, 10:52:47 pm: Hmmm a Mr Daimler started all this motorcycle religion, then totally lost the plot and made .....cars.... ::)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on January 13, 2013, 08:29:34 pm: Quote from: iainyz on November 11, 2012, 10:29:56 am
BSA = british small arms.

http://www.doesnotcompute.co.uk/urbex/bsa
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: mcady318 on February 02, 2013, 02:16:32 pm: wish I had one of those Maico bikes back then
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on February 02, 2013, 02:36:26 pm: Quote from: Mick on February 02, 2013, 02:16:32 pm
wish I had one of those Maico bikes back then

2005 not too often do they come onto ebay
http://sports.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/10725

NSU is another
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tim754 on February 02, 2013, 07:43:32 pm: Birmingham Small Arms says it on the frame plate of an old pushbike in my back shed!!!
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on October 27, 2013, 02:11:22 pm: (http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/DUCATI_zps9ecbbbf3.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/vmx247/media/DUCATI_zps9ecbbbf3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: shelpi on November 04, 2013, 02:14:51 pm: very interesting
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on February 17, 2014, 11:52:36 pm: ?
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/car_zps039081db.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/vmx247/media/car_zps039081db.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: jerry on February 18, 2014, 07:06:58 am: Is that the LTR model? J
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on February 09, 2015, 07:58:35 pm: tunnel boring machines, jetskis, gas turbines, ships and not just Ryan Villopoto's KX....all this and more in March issue of Dirt Action Magazine 8) :)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 01:43:50 pm: Quote from: Curly3 on November 14, 2012, 09:33:55 pm
The mighty LJ50, wish I had one, could climb trees and never get stuck in sand.
I had a girlfriend around 81 that drove one and it was a beauty, so was she by the way.

I had one (of each), around the same time.

The LJ50 could climb near vertical walls. When it couldn't climb any further, it would just stay there bouncing up and down on the rear wheels until You gave up and throttled off.

DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:07:30 pm: At Least these are not sewing machines!

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Bultaco+Kart+engine.JPG)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Montessa+Kart+engine.JPG)

cheers, DJ.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:21:02 pm: Quote from: mustanggrahame on November 11, 2012, 02:40:04 pm
That worked real well for Bultaco, didn't it?

You can't keep a good brand down!

Bultaco Brinco electric bike

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/bultaco-brinco+1.jpg)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/bultaco-brinco+2.jpg)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Thumbsup.JPG) Cheers DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:50:13 pm: MOTO GUZZI started out making V-Twin tractors. (Unkind people might claim they still do! ;))

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/guzzi3x301.jpg)

Even PORSCHE had a shot at tractors.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/porsche+bi-cylinder-tractor.jpg)
1953 Porsche bi-cylinder tractor.

Cheers DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:56:02 pm: Ever wonder what the BMW symbol meant?

It's a rotating propeller.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/BMW_801_engine.JPG)

A long history of quality engineering....just Don't mention the War!

DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: g465b on March 02, 2015, 07:18:18 pm: Quote from: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:56:02 pm
Ever wonder what the BMW symbol meant?

It's a rotating propeller.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/BMW_801_engine.JPG)

A long history of quality engineering....just Don't mention the War!

DJ

the gutless little 41 litre 801 donk,14 cylinder radial. the BMW 803 was a 83 litre -28 cylinder 7 row radial making 3950hp@2700 rpm
the Fockewulf 238 had 4-803 motors = 332 000 cc of german fun
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 08:29:50 pm: WoW! I Wanna see a photo of it!

Cheers DJ.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: 80-85 husky on March 02, 2015, 08:40:08 pm: then they ditched the radial in favour of the in line v12 in the TA 190??
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 08:55:54 pm: OSSA started making movie projectors in 1924.
The name comes from Orpheo Sincronic Sociedad Anónima (O.S.S.A.)

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Ossaprojector.jpg)

OOPS Firko did this already. Sorry DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Tim754 on March 02, 2015, 11:15:43 pm: BMW 803

http://www.miliamperios.com/foro/aviacion-militar-f24/proyectos-inconclusos-aeronautica-alemana-t137580-120.html
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 11:57:51 pm: JAWA Got too many Speedway engines?

1970 Jawa Buggy

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/jawa_buggy_01.jpg)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/jawa_buggy_01a.jpg)

Cheers DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 03, 2015, 04:21:37 pm: HONDA Kick n' Go Zipper

C. 1970 I was a couple of years too old, did anyone have one of these?

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Kick++n+Go+Zipper.jpg)

DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 03, 2015, 08:17:32 pm: LAVERDA Famous for their Roadbikes also built some nice looking Dirtbikes.

(The 78 125 is bit of a badge engineered Husky)

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/1974++laverda+Chott+250+++4.jpg)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/1978++Laverda-husqvarna-125.jpg)

Cheers, Daryl.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 03, 2015, 08:36:35 pm: DUCATI OK! Everyone knows Ducati made 4 stroke dirt-bikes in the late 60's-early 70's.

Perhaps you would like one for pre-60 class? 1959 200 MX

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/1959+Ducati+200+MX.jpg)

Cheers, DJ
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: Daryl Jones on March 08, 2015, 11:08:44 pm: Quote from: Daryl Jones on March 02, 2015, 02:07:30 pm
At Least these are not sewing machines!

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Bultaco+Kart+engine.JPG)

Go-Kart engines are pretty cool, but they can also be used for less exciting uses.
A company called Gyrmet used Bultaco Kart engines to power cultivators (rotary hoes).
(Fair enough, J.A.P., BSA, Villiers all had engines that did this work too.)

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/Bultaco+Cultivator.jpg)

A cultivator, without the cutter-blades was commonly used to haul small farm wagons.

The Spanish village of Betxí, hold a race around the village as part of their annual festival.
The winners for 1989 are pictured below.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/1989+RC.jpg)

Machines are limited to the ‘original’ fitted engines and the Bultaco’s are quite tuneable (Doh!)
As VMX’er will know, any sort of motorised racing cannot help but produce an endless spiralling quest for more power and performance.
The following pics show the evolution to today.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/1995+RC.gif)
1995

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/2005+RC.jpg)
2005

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/2011+RC.jpg)
2011

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/WEBPOSTS/OZVMX/Cultivator/2013+RC.jpg)
2013

Looks like a Lot of Fun
If you want to read the whole story (in English) & heaps more pix, here is the link:
http://www.pit-lane.biz/t4849-2-stroke-transbetxi-cultivators-rally

Cheers, Daryl.
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on April 30, 2015, 02:28:08 pm: from Mr B Hill on fb

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/11169420_565012243639602_6673471077958711129_n_zpsjzm8tqrm.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/vmx247/media/11169420_565012243639602_6673471077958711129_n_zpsjzm8tqrm.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Those other items they manufactured !!
Post by: VMX247 on February 12, 2016, 01:05:08 pm: Pre75 model :) ;)

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/12715401_885366118227614_553884124674503248_n_zpsxhanymak.jpg) (http://s146.photobucket.com/user/vmx247/media/12715401_885366118227614_553884124674503248_n_zpsxhanymak.jpg.html)