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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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I spoke with Allen last week. The bike is going to look like a vintage board racer. He's ready made the triples for the front end. It will carry the oil in the frame tubes. He's coming to LA on the 22nd & I'm going to take him to Harry Hectors radial warehouse in Burbank while he's here.

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One gear, no brakes, huge 'appendages' can't wait to see it!!!!!!!

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 Post subject: Re: 1340 V Twin build
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He said it's going to have a 2 speed box on it.

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Funny moment yesterday. I'd taken Allen & his 2 sons over to have a tour at Lenos collection & then we went to Harry Hectors place (AKA *Hangar 51*) across the airfield as he wanted a look around for parts.
During the conversation there he said "It's only taken me since October to get this far, but it took me 5 years to find a pair of cylinders & pistons in the UK..... Do you guys have many cylinders here?"
Reply: "yeah, we have about 10,000, how many do you need?" :lol:

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Latest update is that it will have a hand-change 4 speed trans with foot operated clutch.

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That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!

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Inside *Hangar 51*....

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Some of his earlier work... for those of you familiar with Kawasaki H2 750 triples...

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Allen flew back to the UK from LAX last night so work on the "Millyard Flyer" with proceed shortly. :)

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cool pics. are there any r4360 exhausts in the hanger 51?


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Aren't those KZ-1000 fours? like on the CHUMP....er...CHIPS bikes, the second bike is a 750 three holer, a very frightening bike to ride they were like a sawed off shotgun you never knew where it was going when you pulled the trigger but you knew it was going to happen fast and probably not result in a happy ending.

I think an adaptation of the 1000 4 is whats used in the little Legends jalopy look-a-like race cars.

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H2s were two stroke triples. The 1000 in the foreground is one of his modified engines I imagine, an H2 expanded out to four cylinders. Each cylinder was 250cc. Very nice looking conversion. Very clean. Must have been a monster to ride. These bikes (the 750s) were rockets. Didn't handle worth a dam, but in a straight line they were pretty much untouchable for awhile.


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The Inspector wrote:
Aren't those KZ-1000 fours? like on the CHUMP....er...CHIPS bikes, the second bike is a 750 three holer, a very frightening bike to ride they were like a sawed off shotgun you never knew where it was going when you pulled the trigger but you knew it was going to happen fast and probably not result in a happy ending.

I think an adaptation of the 1000 4 is whats used in the little Legends jalopy look-a-like race cars.

750 triple 2stroke with a 4th cylinder added... That pic was taken yesterday.... He's also built a few H1 500 *triples* with 5 cylinders... One of which was eBay last week for $39K (no takers)

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I think he sourced the shift lever from a Morris Minor....

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Tank is taking shape, 1.5mm Stainless.

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