Nicely done Earl ! Do you intend making a few more of these for sale? Water tube boiler I presume? Curious, Fergus
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The September 2002 issue of Old Glory (the vintage restoration magazine from the UK) has a picture on page 9 of a nice Morgan 3 wheeler replica with a V twin compound steam engine in place of the norm
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Peter, I am afraid that I am a pessimist about steam ever becoming a viable power source in automobiles, no matter what is done. Reaching diesel efficiencies of 40% are near impossible at this time
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Hi Ben, Steam bike Roper was also hot-air-engine Roper? Something just clicked in my mechanical memory. Never made the connection before. Yes, I have a late-'70s book on hot air engines, which inc
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Gentlemen, Gentlemen, What is this fascination for a steam motorcycle, outside of just the fun of making one? Why not consider making a small compound plant that would go into one of those little thr
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Thanks for the links to the Roper reproduction story and pictures. My father owned the late 1860's Roper steam motorcycle, now in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Coburn Benson owned the 18
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I think you're onto something here. I have long thought that a high-powered steam motorcycle would be a dynamite product. I've sketched a few over the years. IMO, Roper's cranks-on-hub drive is the
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First I wish you all the luck and support. However you also must take into consideration the controlls for a recreation steam vehicle. Most people do not understand water regulation or conrtolls. I
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