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ok this is one of those questions that requires one to trusty magazines and others to be truthful but here is a question.

the ducati mach1 is said (and i mean 'said') to be the only vehicle ever to have been built that could and did (allegedly) acheive these two milestones. and the clue is it could acheive one or t'other!

so what are the two things it could achieve?

c'mon lineaweaver, you ol git tell me? :D

rugrats

Taffy
 
Taffy said:
ok this is one of those questions that requires one to trusty magazines and others to be truthful but here is a question.

the ducati mach1 is said (and i mean 'said') to be the only vehicle ever to have been built that could and did (allegedly) acheive these two milestones. and the clue is it could acheive one or t'other!

so what are the two things it could achieve?

c'mon lineaweaver, you ol git tell me? :D

rugrats

Taffy
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Hi Taffy,

I pondered the question and.... well,.... honestly, I have no idea whatsoever. :?

Please share the answer.

Sincerely,
Dale
 
Taffy.
I started my racing life on Ducati narrow case singles.My friend had a mach 1 and which the help and mentoring of Helmet Fath made a TDI beater out of it.(he still has it)
I do remember that it was touted as being the only 250cc that would reach 100mph in as delivered form(they came with a racing mega in the crate) seems to me it would do the 1/4 mile in 14 sec as well.
Mine started life as a 350 cc sebring,but with the cast off parts from the mach 1 (as I inherited all the stock bodywork) and with the help of a dealer in England at the time(Vic Camp) i rebuilt my engine to race trim.It was a great time in my life,I often feel fortunate that I got my start on such a great bike.
 
My old friend with the Mach 1 got many race parts and advice from Helmet Fath(creater of the URS engine and world sidecar champion a few years later)I recall he got parts to change the valve springs from hairpin to coil,special camshaft,piston and hardened steel crankpin.It was carburated by a 1 1/2 " Amal GP carb and top speed was over 120 mph.
Kevin Cameron was a budding tuner at that time and he would bring his bikes and his rider Miles Baldwin all the way to Debert N.S. airfield just to test the measure of this Mach 1.
Dave Munroe,the owner of this mach 1,was himself a great rider, tuner and engine builder.His son Don Munroe was many time Canadian Superbike National Champion,retiring only a few years ago.
 
Taffy,
I knew it was the first 250 to reach 100 but the other is beyond me. DALE, The performance of those early singles, Paul Smarts twin, as well as Cook Neilsons "Old Blue" had a lot to do with why I bought my Bevel Drive 900SS. Not to take anything from Ducati, but Remember the XL250 in 73 that was the giant killer at Southern California Flat Track racing in about 73 or 74 beating the 2 strokers? It also made a bit over 30HP. Would love to make it to the vintage racing event Feb 11. Have such a hard time getting away from work. Last Vintage event I went to was at Steamboat the last year they had it. Now frickin housing developments have made Steamboat impossible. Of course I also remember racing at Carlesbad as a kid, (first time on the downhill scared the crap out of me). Another lost to housing. Oh the good old days.
Dan
Oh.... And I still remember your pic in Cycle News and the article about you're Husaberg flat tracker. :)
 
ds and ns - well done you have indeed come up with half the correct answer.

dale i'd come home from the pub when i wrote that - sorry! less of the old git next time methinks!

well the other bit is dead easy. if ridden gently, they say it would also do 100 MPG. no doubt an english gallon but all the same...

dr taglioni sure built some beautiful machines in his time.

regards

Taffy
 
Cheers to Taglioni as well as other innovative fellows such as Tonti and Witner (Moto Guzzi gurusfor those who aren't familiar.) Lets not forget Mr Britten as well. :cheers:
dan
 
those two would have designed mainly road stuff surely?

julio carcano designed all the racers which includes a straight inline (tandem!!!!) 4 with shaft drive for racing and of course the V8!!!!

regards

Taffy
 
Gentlemen,

Each fall I find myself being hired to tune more and more vintage equipment. What is truly frightening to me is said "vintage equipment" is very familiar.

For example, I am now building an expansion chamber for a "vintage" 1973 Honda CR 250 Elsinore. Vintage! Such was my first brand new "real" racing motorcycle. I was fourteen years old. I suppose such makes me vintage as well.

In my youth I was aboard two strokes. I did not discover the competition four cycle engine until I was twenty years old. :?

Thank you for indulging my stroll down memory lane. :D

Best regards,
Dale
 
Hi Dale,
As time passes and "memory lane" becomes longer and longer, most people have many entertaining stories to tell.For the most part people enjoy hearing such tales.So feel free any time one comes to mind.My teenage daughter assures me that my stories will only be an indulgence when i tell her the same one over and over! :D
....nsman
 
Thats right Bruce and you should know how much we like your stories.
You should write your memoires. lol
 
Yep, Carcano was the man 50 years ago. Having owned a V7 Sport in the past, Tonti is familiar to me because he designed the frame for the V7 and subsequent Lemans series. Wittner was an American Dentist that pretty much single handily designed the 1100 Sport\Daytona spine frame and developed the old air cooled twin into a potent weapon for Pro Twins competion in America. They won the whole shabang in 88. Wittner also worked with the factory to develop the Daytona 4 valve bike. They almost beat the factory 851 Ducati in Italy in their best season. Must admit I am a Guzzi nut as well. Don't drive the 900SS bevel anymore, instead an 1100 Sport FI Guzzi motivates me around. Ride one of those things for a day and you'll be mumbling to yourself....
"anyone who thinks Husabergs are different needs to ride this frickin bike"!
And Dale, my first bike was a 73 TM125. Had dreams of Flat Tracking it at the local track in Claremore, Oklahoma. Mom wouldn't let me, although a lot of the other high school kids were. Can you believe that, it was the "Cool" thing to do racing flat track in 1974? Now you only need to act big and wear baggy pants and a football Jersey to be cool. Someone invent a time machine quick.
dan
 
SFO said:
what was the starvation issue?
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Solid core secondary wire and a non resistor plug was creating enough noise to shut down the pointless ignition system.

Dale
 

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