Re: V8 bike motors.

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

  Dale, Thanks for the more correct data on the Curtis bike. Last week I 
picked up some old automotive literature. One neat piece was a 1895 
illustration of a five cylinder radial engine mounted inside a motorcycle 
rear wheel. Bob in connecticut


> Hey, Glen Curtiss used one of his V8 aero engines in a bike and set a land
> speed record way back in 1907, went something like 135MPH on a beach in
> Florida.  Making him the "fastest man on earth" at that time.  
> 
> I believe it's in the Smithsonian Air Museum (at least it was the last time
> I was there).  Looking at that bike and thinking about a beach makes me
> think he was at least as brave as any of our guys today.
> 
> Dale C.

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