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Still another pic of EJ Potter, the Michigan Madman. Really like the detail in this one.
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Very cool picture. Big engine!


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From FB:
Bi-Autogo.
What it is.....is a 4000 pound, 20 foot long motorcycle...in theory. A one of a kind experimental engineering build, built in 1913.
Designed and built by Detroit artist & engineer James Scripps Booth. It had the usual two wheels (wooden-spoked, 37 inches (940 mm)), plus two pairs of smaller, retractable outrigger wheels in the three-seater body. Fitted with wheel steering,] it had a 45 hp (33.5 kW) V8 engine (3.5 in × 5 in (89 mm × 127 mm), 384.8 cu in (6,306 cm3)), the first of its kind from a Detroit company, with an external copper tube radiator. Just one was built. A 4000 pound and 20ft long motorcycle. It is in the collection of the Detroit Historical Society.

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Some very unusual bikes in this thread, but I expected to see more rat bikes.
I started it tongue in cheek because of bikes with V8 car engines. I was implying that those were bikes that could get my attention. Then it sort of snow balled.
 
It’s gorgeous, but frankly the bike I have now is already too heavy, and as I age I am looking back to my past and longing for more flick-able machinery.
 

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