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captaincondom
31-07-2008, 10:19 PM
just thought i would post this had it in for mot today .it has a few things on it that i thought was quite modern till now .
its a 1932 rudge whitworth 500 single
its got 4 valves with twin exhaust ports but single carb
and combined brakes.and i thought that the japs had all the idea's:confused:
but wot a super bike

shaggy696969
31-07-2008, 10:26 PM
When I was Mot'ing my triumph a couple of months back this Triumph pulled in for his MOT , a tad older than mine 71 years older to be precise , its a 1927Triumph 500 Belt drive and Harley thought they thought of that :D

http://i33.tinypic.com/zwkxzk.jpg

trikerdrew
01-08-2008, 04:28 AM
bl**dy brilliant.

Makes me proud to be british with heritage like that.

Some great ideas for builds looking back at classic engineering.

Derv powered rudge anyone?

I know ,I'm not well.Need meds.

drew