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September 11, 2010, 10:44:34 AM »
so i also have a 1969 triumph bonneville t120r
and a 1971 triumph trophy trc6;
while i was down at the oily british bike shop today,
he had this dug out of his archives and cleaned up in the case....
its the tiniest thing ive ever seen; pretty cool...
crankcase isnt much bigger than a grapefruit...!!!
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Cool little motor, found this one
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thats the one; good catch....
they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....
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I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.
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Quote from: silentbob on September 12, 2010, 05:31:55 AM
I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.
good one...
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Quote from: silentbob on September 12, 2010, 05:31:55 AM
I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.
You beat me to it, but I thought it was going to be about me!
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Quote from: lazarus7 on September 12, 2010, 05:29:56 AM
they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....
That must be why it was called the flying flea
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Quote from: lazarus7 on September 12, 2010, 05:29:56 AM
they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....
No need for it to be light to parachute it in.
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Every once in a while the chutes would fail on those M551 drops.
I heard that they made a nice hole in the ground.
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Did they really have those jets in 1918?
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Quote from: OT on September 12, 2010, 03:56:14 PM
Did they really have those jets in 1918?
No, but they had parachutes and airplanes to jump out of.
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Quote from: OT on September 12, 2010, 03:56:14 PM
Did they really have those jets in 1918?
Based on the Para's kit in that photo ( a re-annactor), more like 1944
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