Odd/unusual Bike

IF I remember aright, it was the jet aeroplane in production. Would have
done some serious damage to the Allied effort if Herr Hitler hadn't ordered
it to be converted to a bomber, a role for which it was very ill-suited.
Used to have an Airfix model of one.

Steve

 

Aye.
And if you want to see where this engine originally was located, have a
look at http://www.luftarchiv.de/motoren/junkers.htm - scroll down, 3rd
picture from bottom, look for item 14 in the nacelle left side of the
picture "Riedel-Anlasser" (Riedel-starter). Looks quite tiny in
there...

btw the Imme did not only sport (one of?) the first mono-swingarm
designs but had a mono front "fork" as well. Wheels were
interchangeable front to rear, the engine was mounted on an extension
of the swingarm in front of the swingarm pivot and thus allowed the
swingarm to be used as exhaust pipe as well. Quite nicely done, from an
engineering pov but unfortunately never caught with the general
public...

--
Tom :{)
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Make it idiot-proof and someone invents a better idiot...

Hiroshima pics: http://makeashorterlink.com/?C12E12B97

 

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