I've been sucked in to the world of "American Chopper" on The Discovery Channel. Now I hate Hardley Dumbasson motorcycles as much as the next guy (why settle for comfort performance or reliability when you can have a Harley?) but I think I want to build a Chopper. However, I want to use a Datsun A-series engine. I'm still trying to work out how to transmit the power to the rear tire without resorting to building a trike. I have an idea, but it is a little off the wall and will require some serious fabrication. I'm going to slap together an A-14 block and head, without internals, for some mock up and measurements over the long holiday weekend. Of course, anyone who has been here very long knows that my hair brained schemes rairly come to fruition. But I just thought I'd plant this notion in the heads of the rest of y'all and see what comes of it.

And here i was thinking a series are only good for boat anchors!

Land Hoe captain!

You seem to have retro issues unfamilia... You dont like retro trucker hats.... You dont like retro A series motors... Im very confused as to why you like retro datsuns?

If you guys don't get the same Automotive television programs as we do, you're not missing much. Mostly a bunch of blah blah blah and commericals.

actually mikali, i love retro cars, they have soul as do old motors, they have character.
Every thing else retro sucks balls as it has been done to death and rehashed every time a genius thinks of digging up the past to make more quick cash.

If retro was real, old school cars would be remade today, instead of crappy ne vouge retro cars. i think chrysler did the best thing with the prowler (and the worst with the so called retro PT cruiser)

retro hair, clothes car and cap are all crap, retro is in the attitude of the era. Think of The Castle "Its the vibe of the thing".

My Datsun has an a series motor and thats how it should be, there is a joke among other car enthusiests (morris minor owners) that a series belong in the bottom of the ocean as boat anchors, i was attempting to be witty.
I apologise and will not have fun here again in the off topic or funny pages once more.

Also Morris minor owners (of which i had one mikali at one stage) do convert a series motors into the cars as the joke spawned from the original BMC or Austin designed a series motors that were as unrelaibale as their british made cars they are housed in.

Dims, Im not a huge bike fan. However, I dislike Harleys, just not my style. If I had the money laying around I would love a Ducatti, red ofcourse. The give me a chubby when I hear them blat past in the street.

hahaha unfamilia i was only stirring ####! have all the fun you like man i guess i was just bored! Your alright buddy!

i got sucked in on that one..... teaches me for drinking and getting on the net......
but still how does a lead tipped ballon fly?

I read in the paper the japanese made a recreation of the hindenberg and are planning on flying it the same route to recreate the voyage.

Can lightning strike twice in the same spot?

Look, a bunny!

I'm not sure if anyone will remember what that means, but I'm using anyway.

Anyhoo, I've given the chopper idea some more thought and decided I'd rather try to finish one of the existing projects. But we all knew I would flake out on that idea anyway.

As for the Hindenburg, I've heard that it wasn't the Hydrogen that was the problem after all. They apparently doped the fabric of the outer envelope with a mixture of petroleum distillates and powdered aluminum (or aluminium if you prefer). I'm no chemist or rocket scientist, but isn't that the formula for solid rocket fuel?

i was watching a thing on the hindenburg last night.. it said that it was to do with the hydrogen and friction agaisnt the outer layer.... it said sumthin like it made static elctrisity and the materiel used on the hinderburg when enuf voltage is put through it it combusts.. n thats what the scientest fello said ne way