Comments on: NEW MOTORCYCLE CAN ATTAIN SPEED OF 100 M. P. H! (Feb, 1929) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jorge Pullin http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072570 Jorge Pullin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:08:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072570 100 mph? maybe in a long downhill. The bike had only 17hp, top speed was probably 60 mph. It was notoriously wobbly above 55mph, having sent a moto-journalist to the hospital in a crash due to the wobble. 100 mph? maybe in a long downhill. The bike had only 17hp, top speed was probably 60 mph. It was notoriously wobbly above 55mph, having sent a moto-journalist to the hospital in a crash due to the wobble.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072528 Don Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:43:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072528 JMYNT, no that's a white panel in the chainguard that makes it look like that. The picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ascot_Pullin_500_cc_1928.JPG shows it more clearly. JMYNT, no that’s a white panel in the chainguard that makes it look like that. The picture at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.....c_1928.JPG shows it more clearly.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072520 Jari Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:32:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072520 Oh, bummer.... I really should have read the whole thread again, as Firebrand38 pointed out. All that time wasted in research... Erm, let's call it independent verification, shall we? Oh, bummer…. I really should have read the whole thread again, as Firebrand38 pointed out. All that time wasted in research… Erm, let’s call it independent verification, shall we?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072519 Firebrand38 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:19:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072519 Jari: You really should have read post #4 before sharing your "discovery". Jari: You really should have read post #4 before sharing your “discovery”.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072518 Jari Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:08:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072518 Seems, that MM got the name wrong. That's actually Ascot-Pullin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot-Pullin_Motorcycles Here's a short description of it and other Brittish manufacturers: http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/britbikes/ And a nice colour picture: http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/OthersAtoC/pages/Ascot%20Pullin.htm Seems that it was quite advanced for it's time, but the sales didin't catch on. Seems, that MM got the name wrong. That’s actually Ascot-Pullin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.....otorcycles Here’s a short description of it and other Brittish manufacturers: http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/britbikes/ And a nice colour picture: http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/B.....Pullin.htm Seems that it was quite advanced for it’s time, but the sales didin’t catch on.

]]> By: JMyint http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072516 JMyint Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:58:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072516 Did no one notice that when they cropped the picture they cut out the back tyre. Did no one notice that when they cropped the picture they cut out the back tyre.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072513 Don Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:45:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072513 Poseur! Poseur!

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072512 Firebrand38 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:45:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072512 Repack Rider: Since the kickstand is down he's just having a cigarette while posing. Repack Rider: Since the kickstand is down he’s just having a cigarette while posing.

]]> By: Repack Rider http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072511 Repack Rider Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:51:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072511 I think that the reason the rider is smoking is to demonstrate that the windshield works so well he can smoke without hot ashes blowing into his ungoggled eyes. I think that the reason the rider is smoking is to demonstrate that the windshield works so well he can smoke without hot ashes blowing into his ungoggled eyes.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072498 Don Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:19:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072498 Reaching 100 mph on a modern motorcycle is scary enough; I can only imagine what it must have been like on one of these . . . . Reaching 100 mph on a modern motorcycle is scary enough; I can only imagine what it must have been like on one of these . . . .

]]> By: John Savard http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072494 John Savard Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072494 As this was said to be the first motorcycle that could travel at 100 miles per hour, I thought it would have been important in the history of the motorcycle. My initial web search turned up no mentions whatever of this company making motorcycles except here. But the truth soon emerged: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascot-Pullin_Motorcycles They did not spell the name of the company, founded by Cyril Pullin, correctly. As this was said to be the first motorcycle that could travel at 100 miles per hour, I thought it would have been important in the history of the motorcycle. My initial web search turned up no mentions whatever of this company making motorcycles except here.

But the truth soon emerged:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.....otorcycles

They did not spell the name of the company, founded by Cyril Pullin, correctly.

]]> By: William Deering http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072490 William Deering Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:54:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072490 Charlene, I thought the same thing at first. However, the background is dark that we see through the windshield. Look carefully at the edge of the windshield and you can see that above the tip of the rider's nose and lower part of his face is behind the windshield's upper corner. The way the white page shows around the close cropping of the windshield gave the illusion to me that his entire head was beside and in front of the windshield. What tipped me off is the very slight shading on the portion of the smoking rider's face that is behind the windshield. Charlene,
I thought the same thing at first. However, the background is dark that we see through the windshield. Look carefully at the edge of the windshield and you can see that above the tip of the rider’s nose and lower part of his face is behind the windshield’s upper corner. The way the white page shows around the close cropping of the windshield gave the illusion to me that his entire head was beside and in front of the windshield. What tipped me off is the very slight shading on the portion of the smoking rider’s face that is behind the windshield.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072483 Don Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:46:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072483 You can die quickly, crashing at 100 mph, or go slowly of lung cancer or emphysema . . . . You can die quickly, crashing at 100 mph, or go slowly of lung cancer or emphysema . . . .

]]> By: Charlene http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/11/13/new-motorcycle-can-attain-speed-of-100-m-p-h/comment-page-1/#comment-1072481 Charlene Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:54:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8421#comment-1072481 How does he have his head wrapped around the windshield like that? How does he have his head wrapped around the windshield like that?

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