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lazarus7

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old, odd, and interesting

« on: 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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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2010, 02:40:18 PM »

Cool little motor, found this one

'39 Enfield Flying Flea


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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 05:29:56 AM »

thats the one; good catch.... waytogo

they were made small/ light enough to drop out of airplanes for troops in combat....


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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 05:31:55 AM »

I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.


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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 05:41:14 AM »

Quote from: silentbob on September 12, 2010, 05:31:55 AM

I thought this was going to be a thread about Nate.

good one... Grin


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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 07:55:41 AM »


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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2010, 11:00:56 AM »

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! laughingdp


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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2010, 11:54:02 AM »

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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Re: old, odd, and interesting

« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2010, 12:32:18 PM »

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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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2010, 01:58:14 PM »

Every once in a while the chutes would fail on those M551 drops. Shocked

I heard that they made a nice hole in the ground. Evil


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