Re: alfa-digest V8 #191

["R Hinson" <rhinson@domain.elided>]

Ed:

Do you by chance know Fred Knetsche? Fred has owned a business in Columbia
named Cates Cottage (after a land mark on the Isle of Man) since the late
1950s. It was originally located in 5 points but moved out to Garners Ferry
Hwy around 1970 or so. Fred has a lot of Ducati and some MV Agusta parts
(many brand new) and, I think, a few complete bikes in pieces (he may still
have a Norton Manx). One of the bikes is an old Ducati Formula III 350 desmo
that I rode for several years in my late teens.

It's been several years since I visited him but last time I saw him he was
working elsewhere (machine work) during the day but still kept his cluttered
old shop where he did odd jobs and stored all of his old bikes and parts.

Kind Regards,

Roger

Roger Hinson, DC
Life University Research Center
Marietta, Georgia
(800) 543-3201

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Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: alfa-digest V8 #191


> alfa-digest         Tuesday, October 30 2001         Volume 08 : Number
191
> >
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>
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:49:59 -0500
> From: "Ed Prytherch" <dixiedean@domain.elided>
> Subject: desmodromic valves - not alfa.
>
> The highest revving engine that I know of was the 2 cylinder, 50cc Honda.
The
> 5 cylinder 125cc was similar. The 50cc reportedly went to 22,000 and had a
16
> speed gear box. It had desmo valves, of course. I think that the 125
developed
> about 35HP at 19,000 rpm, but it was not competitive with the 4 cylinder
> Yamaha, 2-stroke, which made 39 HP. Bill Ivy lapped the 37.5 mile Isle of
Man
> TT course at over 100 mph on a 125 Yamaha.
> Ed Prytherch.
> South Carolina.

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