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Aeronca-4
Spare Aeronca engine-4
'nuther spare Aeronca engine-4
Miata-4
Protege-4
Unit 512 (race-tow StepVan)-8
Race Spridget-4
Street Spridget-4
Spare 1500 engine-4
Spare 1098 engine-4
3 Thumper Motorcycles-3
Misc Garden Equipt-3

Total=50

I also have two RC planes, about 25 hand-built model steam engines, a compressor and a bicycle pump. And I'm pretty sure that the radial compressors in our Mazda A/C systems have at least 6 pistons each!
 
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Triumph Spitfire = 4
Jaguar EType = 6
Saturn LS2 = 6
Mazda Miata = 4
Nissan Pickup = 4
00 Corvette = 8
49 Daimler = 6
49/50 Daimler = 6
Sears Lawn tractor = 1
Snow Blower = 1
Husky Air Compressor = 1
Craftsman Lawnmower = 1
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Forgot the gas weedeater= 49!
(Need to find one more so I can tie Nial) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif
 
'68 Cortina 4
'67 Cortina 4
'86 Vanagon Westfalia Syncro (Oregon) 4
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (Maine) 4
'84 Vanagon Westfalia (California) 4
'65 Lotus Super 7 Cosworth 1500 4
'75 Norton Commando 2
'73 Norton Commando 2
'70 BSA 650 Lightning 2
'68 Royal Enfield Tourist Trophy Interceptor 750 2
'71 Triumph Trail Blazer 250 1
'68 Triumph Trophy 250 1
'80 Suzuki GS 1000G 4
Spare Triumph/BSA single motors 4
Spare Cortina GT motor 4
Lawn Mower 1

Whats that, 43?

It seems unfair that a Honda 4 would count more than a Royal Enfield twin, or that a Ford Explorer counts more than a Lotus 7.

Those Commandos may only have 2 pistons, but there is an 89 mm stroke!
 
In another thread I brought this up that I was comparing cylinders of my cars to my inlaws' ...

My cars:
8 cyl: '69,'89 and '02 Corvettes and Expedition
6 cyl: Olds Intrigue
4 cyl: TR3, TR7 and Dodge 600ES
total: 52

My inlaws:
12: '33 Lincoln KA, '48 Lincoln Continental, '73 Jag E-Type
8: '65 Impala SS, '67 El Camino, '89 GMC Sierra, '00 Jag S 4.0, '03 Lincoln Navigator

Total: 76

Looks like I'm going to have to invest in some Caddy and Marmon V16s to get my ass back in the arms race!
 
hmm...

toyota 4
midget 4
MgA 4
mgb 4
v6 cologne 6
2 weed whackers 2
2 lawn mowers 2
generator 1
69 honda 2
snowlober 1

total 30

mark
 
I acquired the my bosses 1147 out of his old Spitfire MkII for mine yesterday. So that brings my total to 38. Now I am only 212 cylinders from the lead, woo hoo. I'm just happy to have a new engine to begin tinkering with over christmas break.
 
Lets count.Way to many
Focus=4
Ford V8 pickup x2=16
Jeep =6
Fiat Abarth x3 =12
Mini Cooper =4 lawn and saws=4
Bikes x3 =6
Snowmobiles x3 =6
Boat =6
Riley =4
 
Volvo-4/Jeep-6/RV-8/280z-6/GMC-PU-6/Austin Healys(2ea)-12/ ultralight AC(2ea)-4/Jawa moped-1/Merc outboard-4/riding mower-1/chainsaw-1/ weedeater-chainsaw(RC motors)-3 weedeaters(running)-2/ weedeaters(parts/projects)-8/ Model AC motors(.020/.049/.15/.29/.35/.45/.60 etc.)-12 Honda 250(blown cyl)-2 only 38 or so...small potatoes compaired to many of you guys!!!!
 
My rather modest collection:

72 GT6Mk3 - 12 (Engine plus brake & clutch masters and wheel cylinders)
98 Rodeo - 12 (Engine plus brake & clutch masters and wheel cylinders)
02 Intrepid - 11 (Engine plus brake master and wheel cylinders)

Toro Lawnmower - 1
3 x bicycle pumps - 3 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

Total = 39 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Pretty lowly total since even my lawn mover is manual push operated.

so Neon 4 + Scimitar 6 = 10
 
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Pretty lowly total since even my lawn mover is manual push operated.

so Neon 4 + Scimitar 6 = 10

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Considering where you live, I figured you'd also have a V-12 snowblower! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif
 
Yep, I'm pretty low on this totem pole:

'05 MINI = 4
2 Ford Tauruses = 12
'70 Ford Mustang = 8
Honda mower = 1

25 cylinders, about 875 HP. Hmmm, that would make one weird engine? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
 
Well, I just bought a '76 RD 400, so I'm up to 45 now I guess. Bicycle pumps and air compressors would make it easily over 50, but I don't think I want to go there.
 
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3 Thumper Motorcycles-3
Misc Garden Equipt-3



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What do you have for thumpers?
 
Actually, only one should really be called a thumper.

I have two small street/ enduro bikes; a Yamaha 125 (2 stroke) and a Suzuki 100 (4 stroke). We play around on them when I have relatives over.
The true "thumper" is a Honda FT 500 Ascot. Mine has rear-set foot pegs and narrow race-race bars, but otherwise, it looks like the one pictured below.

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I have been involved in bikes just as long as cars and airplanes. For almost 10 years I ran off-road AMA enduro events in the eastern U.S. (E.C.E.A.). I was so slow, even Ed Hertfelder would pass me (but I do have a signed copy of his book!).
Along the way, I ran the Meteor and The Sandy Lane Enduro (two of the oldest motorsports events in the U.S.) One of my brothers actually rode the Alligator Enduro in Florida and another brother still rides (he just bought an XR-250). My favorite bike was a Kaw KDX-200, but I've owned some weird bikes including a Rotax/CanAm, KTMs, a Bultaco, a Montessa trials bike, a Sears/Puch "twingle" and even an Italian Harley 100cc.
Broke too many bones in bike-enduro so I quit but I still like my Ascot for the street. My first bike (in '67) was a 305 Scrambler.
 
I bought my little Ascot like that new for my little brother in the mid 80's. $1000 out the door. It had a 6 month warranty and got a new cylinder head and piston on warranty. They will overheat if pushed. Flat out from Lee Vining to Mojave aparently pushed it.

My dad has one just like the one in the photo, except he had it reapholstered in in red leather.

The square instruments and headlight sure date it, don't they? They really went square there for a couple years.

I like the Ascot. My dad was thinking of buying a Buell Blast, and I suggested that he save a few thousand and buy a used Ascot, he would be happier, and he was. He likes to putt around on back roads and dirt roads, and he hates the height of DP bikes, plus he puts pretty slowly. He had owned a Suzuki Savage and a GB 500 Honda before that. The Savage rode too poorly, the GB 500 had too low and forward of bars, plus too narrow for the low speed dirt roads he likes.

His cancer kept him off it this year, but he didn't sell it.
 
Hey, I forgot my Norton! Its a 750 Combat Commando That's a couple more for me!
 
63 Spitfire 4
64 Stitfire 4
66 Spitfire 4
65 Spitfire 4
66 Spitfire 4
72 TR6 6
69 GT6 6
66 Austin 4
63 DKW 3
94 Ford 6
96 Grand Am 6
02 Alero 4
72 Yamaha DS7 2
97 Honda Magna 4
Sears air compressor 1
Total 62
Wow! this is way more than I thought. This must be a combined horsepower of..? Sad to think that the motorcylces produce as much or more power than the cars. T.T.
 
Do 2 strokes count double?
 
88 corvette = 8
47 Packard hearse = 8
67 f-250 = 8
454 engine on the floor = 8
43 GMC 2.5 ton = 6
pressure washer = 5 counting pump :p 1 without
59 Triumph tr3 = 4
2 Yamaha pw80 dirtbikes = 2
03 yamaha raptor 660r = 1
air compressor = 1
weedwacker = 1
mower = 1

thats 53 i think /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
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