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Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:10 pm
by snayperskaya
25Pdr wrote:datalore wrote:If the 'apocalypse' is anything involving an EMP then anyone without a MK1 horse, a vintage vehicle with no susceptible electronics or a shed load of trainers is gonna be screwed. Moral of this is be really nice to the old guy down the road with a Morris Minor, if Russia gets arsy he's one of the few still trucking....
Wouldn't the capacitor in the Morris Minor Distributor be fried by the EMP?
Sorry for being a Smart Ass...
I don't think a capacitor/condenser in a distributor would be knocked out by an EMP, best bet is an old diesel with no electronic sensors and mechanical fuel pump etc.
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 5:45 am
by dromia
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:25 am
by datalore
Nice - but can i get a cuban heel on mine?.. sort of wild west meets the end of the world style.
I know it would reduce the grip on corners but its the apocalypse so who cares.
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:11 pm
by TomH
datalore wrote:A Norton sounds pretty darn good - survival with style...
yep:
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:10 pm
by Ovenpaa
Or a modern take on it:
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:30 pm
by DL.
I love it - rotax engine & 400 rounds of link over the front forks!
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:01 pm
by Ovenpaa
Not sure it is a Rotax, I have owned a 500 and a 600 Rotax in the past and both had an ugly full height magnesium cover on the left hand side to protect the rubber band...
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:24 pm
by DL.
My mistake David, I made an assumption it was an Armstrong MT500, as that's what I associate with military looking bikes. On checking, it clearly isn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_MT500
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:41 pm
by Ovenpaa
Ah yes, you can clearly see the hideous cam belt cover with the optimistic TDC indicator window at the upper end, they were left kickers which I have never managed to get my head around despite owning a few including Husaberg and KTM.
Thinking about it, the MT500 would make for a superb mode of Post-apocalypse transport assuming you could get the thing to start before or after...
Re: Post-apocalypse transport.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:49 pm
by DL.
Ovenpaa wrote:Thinking about it, the MT500 would make for a superb mode of Post-apocalypse transport assuming you could get the thing to start before or after...
With the left footed kick start!
