Neil,
I forwarded your message to a Vincent mailing list.
Here are the three replies I've received so far:
"Dave Matson did a mock up in the 60's? of a 3 Vincent engine bike. It was
done for
publicity purposes only."
"That was Dave Matson. At the time he didn't realize the rules limited you to
two engines."
"There was a picture in STOP [the newsletter of the Chicago Section of the
Vincent Owners Club],
maybe in the late '70's, of Dave Matson, posing on a 3 Vin engine bike.
I don't remember if it said that he ever ran it, though."
SFD
"Albaugh, Neil" wrote:
>
> Grib;
>
> Back in '61 I was in the Army at Redstone Arsenal, AL. Someone-- I never did
> find out who-- had a LSR bike under construction there and it sounded alot
> like the layout you are thinking about. It had three Vincent Black Shadow
> engines in tandem and I think everything was chain- driven.
>
> Anybody know who built that bike or if it ever ran on the salt?
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rgribble [mailto:rgribble@carolina.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:45 AM
> To: Nafzger; Keith Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rear suspension
>
> My solution for that would be four in-line independent turbo Busa' engines,
> one of each mounted at and driving each wheel.
> I think I'll sketch it out tomorrow and work up a budget. Ah, maybe not!
>
> Obviously those "needles" you guys drive have inherent space problems that
> dictate little to no suspension. Plus, I've seen so little being a rookie to
> LSR and B'Ville, I don't know what's been tried in the past. My comments
> were aimed at KT's ride.
> Grib
> "Do what others Won't and you'll do what others Can't for the rest of your
> life"
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