I managed to infiltrate the sinister experimental ‘Skunk Works’ at Harley-Davidson Forres, to snatch a photo of those sneaky Scotsmen’s latest developmental ejection seat.
Most motorcycle injuries are inflicted when the motorcyclist leaves his machine at a high velocity, and then comes into contact with heavy, hard or sharp objects, like combine harvesters.
This new seat is designed to allow the rider to ejaculate in good time, and view the ensuing carnage from a great height, to float gently to the ground while listening to ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ from inbuilt miniature speakers.
Obviously the production seat is expected be much smaller, and less obtrusive…
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th April 2010 at 04:44
How about this: Instead of an ejection seat, the rider wears a harness that is attached to a rocket, and is brought back to earth by a balloon rather than a parachute. Use with caution!
By: Stuart H - 20th April 2010 at 01:43
Liked your last pic Al – you obviously have some pretty cool mates.
By: mike currill - 19th April 2010 at 21:56
The pilion rider is wearing a militery flying type bone dome. Stands out a mile away
By: stangman - 19th April 2010 at 20:10
Is it almost a chopper like a Robinson R22 ? 😉
By: spitfireman - 19th April 2010 at 15:03
..the fence in the foreground, painted IRR (NATO) green
oh, and your helmet:diablo:
By: FMK.6JOHN - 19th April 2010 at 11:59
Heard a few stories from my old man about Fred Warr’s place, the time when a customer tried to kick over an old 750 side valve, in his haste to get it started he inadvertantly advanced the manual timing, after two dry kicks the third resulted in a back fire and the kicker ejected the happless fellow in a full summersault over the top of the bike!!!
Her we are about to have a blast on his current ride, see if you can spot the aviation theme!…..
Regards,
John.
By: mike currill - 19th April 2010 at 10:45
Funny…! In 1950s America, Harley dealers would subsidise their dealers to give very generous prices for any foreign motorcycles traded in for a new Harley. HD then took the foreign motorcycles and scrapped them, so that they would never appear on the second-hand market again!
Talk about getting it backwards:D
By: Al - 19th April 2010 at 09:05
I’ll point the guys to this thread the next time I’m in there…Warr’s is my HD dealer 🙂
When I bought my first (centre, below) Electra Glide from Warrs in 1978, old Fred Warr took my bike out into the middle of London, with me riding pillion, to show me how to change gear properly, weight distribution, etc. He then just got off, and sauntered away, saying “I’ll see you back at the shop!”. Luckily I found the shop again completely by accident…
Looks like I’m the meat in an Ian Anderson/Robert Plant v-twin sandwich…
By: Firebird - 19th April 2010 at 08:31
It was bought new from FH Warr in 1975 by the previous owner….
I’ll point the guys to this thread the next time I’m in there…Warr’s is my HD dealer 🙂
By: Al - 19th April 2010 at 08:21
Is that ex-police or did you fit the siren yourself?, bet it wails some:D, my dad had an ex-police 45 pan with all the trimmings on, christ what that would be worth now!!
Regards,
John.
The bike had an electric siren when I bought it, but I soon swapped it for the correct 1958-up mechanical siren. The sound (!) it makes is straight out of old gangster movies like High Sierra etc. Been riding them now for 32 years…
By: Al - 19th April 2010 at 08:16
Preferably dismantle it and use the engine to power a saw with which to cut up more Harleys:D:D
Funny…! In 1950s America, Harley dealers would subsidise their dealers to give very generous prices for any foreign motorcycles traded in for a new Harley. HD then took the foreign motorcycles and scrapped them, so that they would never appear on the second-hand market again!
By: mike currill - 18th April 2010 at 21:56
to be fair anything you do to a harley can only improve its looks :p
Preferably dismantle it and use the engine to power a saw with which to cut up more Harleys:D:D
By: Al - 18th April 2010 at 14:42
It was bought new from FH Warr in 1975 by the previous owner – it’s never been in any police department. He was a well-known stuntman, and the bike has been in scores of movies (The Wall), TV dramas, Top of the Pops, and magazine ads. Here it is in an episode of ‘Red Dwarf’…
and ‘The Professionals’…
By: FMK.6JOHN - 18th April 2010 at 13:27
See, I understand you are just playing around. But the dogs, they just don’t get it……
Is that ex-police or did you fit the siren yourself?, bet it wails some:D, my dad had an ex-police 45 pan with all the trimmings on, christ what that would be worth now!!.
Regards,
John.
By: Malcolm McKay - 18th April 2010 at 12:48
Damn !!!! That’s the rare 2 Dog Power Harley Davidson.
😀
By: Al - 18th April 2010 at 11:01
to be fair anything you do to a harley can only improve its looks :p
See, I understand you are just playing around. But the dogs, they just don’t get it.
I don’t think it’s nice, you laughing.
See, my dogs don’t like people laughing. They get the crazy idea you’re laughing at them. Now if you apologize, like I know you’re going to, I might convince them that you really didn’t mean it…
By: minimans - 18th April 2010 at 10:12
I have been building up to a Climax myself this week! this one from a 1960 Lotus elite
By: ZRX61 - 17th April 2010 at 20:02
I see the oil-wee on the floor of the garage, yet I don’t recall parking my MG in there…:D
It’s obviously a defective Harley, the oil stains aren’t anywhere near the usual size…
By: tornado64 - 17th April 2010 at 11:08
to be fair anything you do to a harley can only improve its looks :p
By: RPSmith - 17th April 2010 at 10:41
So,
Is that an ejection seat, or an ejaculation seat?
Perhaps if it is the latter it might explain the need for the face screen:D
Anon.
and will you be able to overcome the premature problem often found in young projects?:diablo:
Roger Smith.
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