For the Gearheads-what am I

[Lloydy, posts: 217]

Hopefully you can see this picture...

If you want a real challenge, can you work out what this is/was? It was my first go at owning a fun little sports car but it didn't end too well

[MatsP]

Vauxhall VX220 - at least the mirrors and overall windscreen seem to match that.

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Mats

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

that's total roadkill....

I hope you didn't look like the car when they peeled you out of the wreckage

[Lloydy, posts: 217]

5 points to MatSP for the correct answer. VXT or VX220 turbo

No need to worry sidguppy, the only damage I took was a friction burn on my wrist from the airbag. I always thought it was funny that the crash didn't hurt me but a safety feature in the car did!

[L number Banana, posts: 2140]

Here's my baby, since everyone's showing theirs, couldn't resist!

Next Car/bike for the game??

[L number Banana, posts: 2140]

Ooh.. a "go faster toys" thread



Here's mine. At this altitude (7K+ feet), she's a few horses short of the full hooligan.
But then, at my age, so am I.

Beautiful!

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

she's a few horses short of the full hooligan

you really have to translate that one, I googled it, but I have no clue what it means


a few cards short of a full deck or lost a few marbles probably doesn't mean the same thing

[MatsP]

"full hooligan", in this case, refers to "crazy powerful bike". And at high altitude the is less dense -> less oxygen to burn the fuel -> less power, so a few horses short compared to the sealevel. I seem to remember that when they race motorbikes at Salt Lake City, which is about 4000 feet (1200 meter) asl, the motorbikes are down about 10% on power. So I guess it's about 15% or so at 7000 feet.

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Mats

[Shane]

you really have to translate that one

Took me a minute to get it as well. Regardless, If it can't sleep at least two people, carry collecting supplies and fish coolers to last a week... I am not so impressed. I'll stick with my Land Rovers.

You can go fast, I can go anywhere.
Best 4X4XFar
-Shane

[Shane]

Although, I would buy one of these if I could...
-Shane

[Birger]

Nice!!
Do you drive that rig through Washington?

That maxi is pretty cool, but I am thinking I would be rolling down the mountains sideways in it...

You can go fast, I can go anywhere.
Best 4X4XFar

I would not be too far behind you...I would have to be a little more careful through rivers....

My daily run about...

[torbanite, posts: 439]

she's a few horses short of the full hooligan

you really have to translate that one, I googled it, but I have no clue what it means

Sorry, one of my "hobbies" is taking perfectly good idioms and mangling them beyond recognition..

Mats' explanation is pretty much spot on. AFAIK, the formula for power vs altitude is

P = P0( 1 - 0.03h)

where P0 is power at sea level and h is altitude (in feet/1000).
e.g. a normally aspirated machine with 100 hp at sea level, has 79 hp @ 7K feet.
Go up Mount Evans,CO (14k odd feet) then the same 100 hp machine only has 58 hp.
Humans not acclimated to the altitude will feel decidedly as well.

You can go fast, I can go anywhere.

True! (well for certain definitions of "fast" anyway)

But, if I fit a set of knobbly tires (and practice for a few years!) I might be able to do both, like this nutter..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

you don't need a landrover to go anywhere, us bikers can go for this:


I remember this TV series of Ewan McGregor and a friend doing the whole length of Africa on these bikes......

[L number Banana, posts: 2140]

You can go fast, I can go anywhere.
Best 4X4XFar
-Shane

But motorcyclist never care if they get to their destination. My corner store is one kilometer away but it's 11 lefts and 15 rights.

I remember this TV series of Ewan McGregor and a friend doing the whole length of Africa on these bikes......

It's called Long Way Round, Charlie Boorman was the other fellow, brilliant show. They also did Long Way Down starting in Alaska and going down to the tip of SA. Charlie Boorman did one through Canada last year - not available here yet.

But, if I fit a set of knobbly tires (and practice for a few years!) I might be able to do both, like this nutter..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U

Not a nutter at all, I'd do it in a second - with lots more training...
Check out this new BMW. http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/mad-max-inspired-custom-s1000rr/20231.html

Going ice racing next winter - not "racing" for me but it looks like a blast. Put metal spikes on old tires and you're good to go. If you do a 'burn-out' with the spikes, it also digs your icefishing hole.

[Shane]

you don't need a landrover to go anywhere, us bikers can go for this:

Fair enough, but how many seines, coolers, dip nets, bags, test kits, dry clothes, etc are you going to carry on that. Let alone food, water, and a dry place to wait for the tropical rains to pass.
-Shane

[torbanite, posts: 439]

But motorcyclist never care if they get to their destination. My corner store is one kilometer away but it's 11 lefts and 15 rights.

That is so true! I regularly take about an hour longer than necessary to get home from work because the route somehow modifies itself to include every road in the area with a few curves on it

But, if I fit a set of knobbly tires (and practice for a few years!) I might be able to do both, like this nutter..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U

Not a nutter at all, I'd do it in a second - with lots more training...
Check out this new BMW. http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-new ... 20231.html

He's a nutter because he's doing it on a street bike!... & sitting on the handlebars!!
But, I'd try it in an instant as well .. if someone else was paying for my fork seals (& medical bills).

The enduro-street-fighterized-S1000RR thing is bonkers. Just a wee bit OTT perhaps?
It might be just the job for the Pikes Peak International Hill climb. If you've never heard of it you should look for it on youtube. Folks come from all over to hoon up our neighborhood (14,000') mountain in cars, on road bikes, dirt bikes, electric bikes, sidecars, you name it. No guard rails, part paved, part dirt. Absolutely nuts. (I just love living here ).

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

They also did Long Way Down starting in Alaska and going down to the tip of SA

I wonder how they went hrough the Darian Gap .....

i'll bet that they skipped this part, since it would be completely suicidal to go through there on 2 bikes with a bunch of camera guys in tow....
unless they brough a private army with em, complete with Apache helicopters

Fair enough, but how many seines, coolers, dip nets, bags, test kits, dry clothes, etc are you going to carry on that. Let alone food, water, and a dry place to wait for the tropical rains to pass

true, but we were talking just going around on bikes or cars, not "what do we need for a fishing expedition".

if that was the case, i think I'll go for the Toyota landcruiser and fit it with a snorkel.
it sort of combines the possibilities of the Landrover with the quality of Toyota which still makes the best cars in the world. (maintenance wise, that is; they never break down)

I believe they even made a 4x4 version of the tiny 1980's corolla E80 series....
if I EVER can lay my hands on one of those....that would totally kick butt.
a car looking like some grandma's old toaster-mobile going offroad to annoy the big guns in their hummers

the only way to outclass that stunt would be to get the 4x4 version of the Deux Chevaux!

[MatsP]

Right, so Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor has done two "long way" TV Series:
- The Long Way Round, which starts, I think, in London and travels east all the way to New York.
- The Long Way Down, which starts at the Northern end of Scotland, and travels to the Southern tip of Africa.

Charley Boorman has also done some trips on his own, from Australia to Russia with no charter flights, for example, and the one across Canada most recently.

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Mats

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

then I wonder out of sheer curiosity who has done the trip from Alaska to Fireland by motorcycle?

[MatsP]

then I wonder out of sheer curiosity who has done the trip from Alaska to Fireland by motorcycle?

Short trip by ferry/fishingboat across Berings sea, and then across Russia and down through the middle east into Egypt or so. It's quite a long way, but that's what "adventure touring" is all about.

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Mats