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Harvey Mushman!

McQ: The Man Who Called Himself Harvey Mushman

Addicted to motorsports: Hollywood star Steve McQueen, who would have turned 90 this year, pursued his passion as a private racer in uncompromising fashion.

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[bob58o]

Watched that move "The Racing Scene" over the weekend. They probably had many setups like that to make that film.

Just watched Smokey and the Bandit for the first time yesterday. I’m not sure what I expected, but it wasn’t bootlegging.

 

[bob58o]

Sally Field:
Why is there a camera taped to your head for this scene?

 

[Denny]

That’s a great shot! In a great movie!

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Dude. A lot of that movie was filmed right around where I am sitting right now. Check out Cofer Brothers Building Supply, still in business, downtown Tucker GA.

 

[bob58o]

What’s a Texas Smokey doing in GA?

 

[bob58o]

36” long, 3/8” drive, 3/4” socket or 19mm.
All we need is some bubble gum and a flock of quacks.

 

[Rat]

What’s a Texas Smokey doing in GA?

Dukes of Hazzard was "Hazzard County Kentucky" but actually filmed mostly in Georgia... so I'm not really sure what your angle is.

Smokey and the Bandit never made much sense to me, but Pontiac made a killing off that Black and Gold Firebird SE.

Most think it was a 77 TransAm SE in the film because of the headlights, but it was a 76 SE with a prototype nose which ended up THE nose for 77 models

 

[bob58o]

Dukes of Hazzard was "Hazzard County Kentucky" but actually filmed mostly in Georgia... so I'm not really sure what your angle is.

The quote from the movie when the Bandit realizes the police (Smokies) from Texas are in Arkansas…

“What's a Texas county mountie doing in Arkansas?”


My angle…

 

[bob58o]

Heads or tails.
I don’t like either option.

Axle under rails puts the bottom of the rails at ~7” off the ground.

Axle over rails puts the bottom of the rails at ~2” off the ground.

I guess I’ll go with the 7” option. Not sure how much lean I’d be able to get with the 2”.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

So shiny and new. Very exciting.

 

[bob58o]

Maths say 16 degrees of lean if outside of rails are 14” apart and 2” off the ground.

Is 16 degrees of lean enough to be somewhat functional outside of a drag strip?

 

[bob58o]

Maybe 16 degrees of lean is enough for me.
45 degrees (if flipped) and 7” just seems it’ll be top heavy and I’ll fall off the wall without the kings horses or men.

 

[Denny]

16* is not enough especially when you factor in foot pegs. Heck 7” and 45* ain’t all that much either. But it’s better.

 

[bob58o]

But I was gunna give her an engine real low to the ground with an oil pan that’ll cut the wind from underneath me.

 

[bob58o]

Are there things like drift trikes with only one rear wheel and not for drifting? Like a scooter with a seat style like that of the drift trike?

 

[Denny]

I have no idea.

 

[bob58o]

The rear 13x5.00 - 6 tire measures 12” diameter.

About gear ratio…

I think the coil I have has rev limiter at 6500 rpm.
The engine uses a Kohler flywheel to allow the Hemi Predator 212 to have electric start / charging.

The cam shaft is NR 280 series.
104 intake center line.
110 lobe separation angle.

IIRC the engine has 10.5 : 1 static compression ratio.

Im thinking I want to gear so that 6500 RPM is 51mph.

3.1416 ft per tire revolution.
6500 RPM
51 mph

51 mph is 4488 feet per minute.
1429 rear Tire revolutions per minute
6500 Engine RPM / 1429 Wheel (Tire) RPM

4.55 : 1

7” 30 series TAV gives 1.12 : 1 in high gear.
4.55 / 1.12 = 4.06 : 1 sprocket ratio

6” 30 series TAV gives 0.90 : 1 in high gear.
4.55 / 0.90 = 5.06 : 1 sprocket ratio

My rear sprocket has 42T.

42 / 4.06 = 10.3
10T sprocket with 7” driven

42 / 5.06 = 8.6
8 T sprocket with 6” driven.

I’m thinking the 7” with the 10T sprocket.

42 / 10 = 4.2
4.2 x 1.12 =

4.7 : 1 in high gear
49 mph at 6500 RPM.
30 mph at 4000 RPM.

 

[bob58o]

I guess what I was speaking of before is some variant of one of these types of bikes. Don’t remember what they are called. Something starting with “R” and not Reclined.

Anyway, think of that thing mating with a scooter and having a baby. Then that baby growing up and having an affair with a minibike.

Im imagining the bastard love child.
Worlds fastest lawn chair?

 

[bob58o]

Vocab word of day.

RECUMBENT

Definitions of recumbent. adjective. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. synonyms: accumbent, decumbent unerect. not upright in position or posture.