Comments on: Maryborough Steamfesta

By: Jason Benz

Jason Benz — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 01:13:59 +0000

It happened again. If I followed the sat nav, my solar roof would have become part of the parade at Coalfest.

By: muonman

muonman — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:15:43 +0000

Amazing what you can do with a welding torch and some nylon ties. I think the vibration of a diesel engine would be a bit tiring and kick starting it might be tricky but a Vincent Black Shadow also required skill to kick start it or it would flip you off the bike.

By: Jason Benz

Jason Benz — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:47:32 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Half the fun of photography is learning about the stuff you photograph to properly index it. As for weird retrofits, This bike was at Steamfesta, I think I overheard someone say it was a diesel engine.

By: muonman

muonman — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:36:51 +0000

Very amusing text. I started down the route to identify the motorbike as I usd to be a Rocker in the 1950s. The link back to the other image shows FBC on the side of the tank. The FBC site did not show anything like your exhibit. One thing I noticed about the FBC bike is that it had three carburettors visible on one side visible. By symetry this made me think that the owner have shoehorned in a V6 engine from a car. This was not uncommon in my day to fit weird (powerfull) engines into bike frames. Its nice to see originality still survives. The weather doesn't look bad for mid Winter.