Bike with 2.0 16 V Opel engine

[2 Fast 4 U]

Look and injoy:



Take a look at the model, and then the site:

Münch Mammoet

More pictures of the Münch Mammoet

[jeff denton]

I'd love to "get small" and go for a spin on that!

[Killer Texas GT]

here is a 1928 Opel now this would be cool to show up with at the OMC picnic. What class would it fit in though? STOCK?

[tekenaar]

here is a 1928 Opel now this would be cool to show up with at the OMC picnic. What class would it fit in though? STOCK?

Absolutely!! Any idea what year this bike is? DOH! . . . Interesting single-cylinder, "flat-head" engine with externally adjusted valves and lifters, non-oiled? Old style Amal carb too, I believe . . . ages since I last saw one . . . and look at all that mechanical linkage for just about everything!

And here I thought I was the first official "Opeler" in my family, but here's an Opel motorcycle (look closely on tank) paced velodrome bike racing drawing from 1931 by my father,



. . . so I guess I'm not! Here's another showing a velodrome bicyclist wearing an Opel jersey from 1932:

[baz]

otto those front forks turned backwards still scare me i think they would lead to a lot of flat nosed cyclists

[tekenaar]

otto those front forks turned backwards still scare me i think they would lead to a lot of flat nosed cyclists

Velodrome motorbike paced bike racing was all the rage in Europe during late '20s-mid '30s and I guess they found that it was the only way you could "nose up" to the pacing motorbike's rear roller bar. Doesn't look mechanically sound to me either . . .

[2 Fast 4 U]

Later the Velodrome motorbikes [10/20 years ago] were Jawa's [Czechoslovakian motorcycle] 600 cc one cylinder

[tekenaar]

otto those front forks turned backwards still scare me i think they would lead to a lot of flat nosed cyclists

. . . you mean like the bicyclist in the second drawing!