Attention To Detail

Snorton74 said:
Some people still pay attention to detail you just have to pay for it.
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Snorton74 said:
Some people still pay attention to detail you just have to pay for it.
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Sorry, but that's not attention to detail in my book, all those rounded flats, that's what someone else on this thread called "polishing a t**d". Now if that tap had tapered seats which had been lapped that's a different story!!
Nice and shiny though
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wakeup
 
They were made by Falcon Motorcycles who only build one bike at a time. I think the attention to detail is obvious.
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I'm not sure polishing something until the edges are rounded is attention to detail,more like inattention.

Attention to detail is the line either side of sensibility.
Here is a wheel off one of my TL's,no polishing mop touched them,every single square mm was worked on down to the last radius both con-curve and concave.
The shine is after the final 2000 grit wet sand then Autosol.

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The CNW Norton's seem to be a very good example of attention to detail.
 
Sorry guys, I don't want to upset anyone, but to my mind polishing stuff like that, is a waste of time. Clean is one thing but that's bordering on obsessive. Maybe I spent to long riding in the rain, snow, salt, etc to get exciting by shiny things. I know there's a lot of people that like it, but this little black duck ain't one of them.
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wakeup
 
acotrel said:
Pretty impressive :

http://www.designboom.com/design/e-supe ... ian-barry/
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I suggest it depends on a lot on personal taste... that stuff, to me, is just a lot of over engineered and over priced nonsense!

I get the chopper / bobber thing, when its low cost, down to earth, fun motorcycling. But this trend for super expensive Bobbers is, in my humble opinion, a profound waste of both money, and engineering skill.

They are monuments to bad taste !!
 
Arlighty chopper-bobber details sounds like right up my alley to get sneers galore that no one can take their eyes off of... or miss hitting with eggs and tomatos. I'd accept input on what not to do to help guide me.
 
I dislike the chopper-bobber thing. I don't believe that should be ever done to old European bikes. What I am talking about is engineering excellence directed at functionality. There is such a thing as 'value analysis' in engineering. It is usually about weight reduction however if you look at a product before and after it has been rigorously applied, the difference is astounding. I think those Falcon bikes are carrying the attention to detail concept to absurd levels, however they are really beautiful - nothing on them that looks daggy. You cannot say that about most choppers, and the thing I really dislike is the absurd steering geometry used on many of them - that is SO DANGEROUS ! I cannot believe that so many guys who ride bikes, haven't had the experience of having one turn itself inside out while they are on it at speed.
 
I'm glad that others have ventured the opinion that these things are awful. I thought it was just me! Beautiful looking superficially, but as a motorcycle truly awful. I admit to being something of a traditionalist, but to me motorcycles are just about the ultimate expression of "function before form". Ian Barrys' creations are just about form with little or no regard for function.
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wakeup
 
Concerning the discusion on jet engines,you will find that it was Frank Whittle who worked out the theory of the jet engine,there is a system in Great Britain where if you design something you have to put it in record at the patents office,this he did to protect his rights in the future,the Airforce did not want to know.but he persisted quietly on his own,but a German spy was known to have trawled through peoples patents and gathered the info with a lot of other stuff but the germans did not really understand the theory then the penny dropped and thought Britain were ahead of them in the jet engine game and three German engine manufacturers worked flat out to catch up.
A little unknown fact that the Russians were shocked at the Jet engine that they pleaded with Winston Churchill to Know more about them and he had Rolls Royce send them their early Nene jet engine,that they copied every detail,that their first Mig 15 was powered by one of these.to an extent that during the Korean War the Mig15 was a lot better plane compared to the americans first effort and even better than the brit Gloster Meteor,that had two engines.
 
You would expect a pilot in H.M.Q Royal Air Force to have a fair attention to detail .
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Attention to detail does not necessarily mean neat ,tidy and correct or functional . In some things operational and pleasing to the eye is enough . You can have the best vehicle in the world but if it is butt ugly to look at she's ok for your work!
 
peter james owen said:
Concerning the discusion on jet engines,you will find that it was Frank Whittle who worked out the theory of the jet engine,there is a system in Great Britain where if you design something you have to put it in record at the patents office,this he did to protect his rights in the future,the Airforce did not want to know.but he persisted quietly on his own,but a German spy was known to have trawled through peoples patents and gathered the info with a lot of other stuff but the germans did not really understand the theory then the penny dropped and thought Britain were ahead of them in the jet engine game and three German engine manufacturers worked flat out to catch up.
A little unknown fact that the Russians were shocked at the Jet engine that they pleaded with Winston Churchill to Know more about them and he had Rolls Royce send them their early Nene jet engine,that they copied every detail,that their first Mig 15 was powered by one of these.to an extent that during the Korean War the Mig15 was a lot better plane compared to the americans first effort and even better than the brit Gloster Meteor,that had two engines.
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Indeed the Mig 15 was slightly better than the Yanks fighter aircraft in the Korean war-but not all was what it seemed the early Mig 15s was lighter because it had no ejector seat :!: :roll:
 
Ferdinand Porsche designed some tanks, from memory it was the Tiger 2 and also the Elefant. He was a fan of torsion bars and used them on his tanks, apparently not that good in the muddy conditions of the Eastern Front.
I read once that when the Germans captured a Russian T34 which they were amazed was superior to the German Panzer 4's of the time with its sloped armour and alloy diesel engine.
When asked what Germany could do to counter them I think he commented that we should copy them. That did not go down well.
If I recall the T34 suspension was designed by an American in the 30's.
Attention to detail for the Germans meant overly complicated tanks that were not very field serviceable.
In this case the Soviets got the details correct...less is more.
Cool thread, I love WW2 fighters.
 
72Combat said:
I love WW2 fighters.
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My Father served with the RAAF in WW2, my step Father with the RNZAF, still a keen pilot to late in live.
I spent a good part of 1982 to 1985 working at the Bougainville Copper Mine plus regular stop overs in the Solomans (Honiara)
The general area was very active in that war period, any chance I got I went bush covering Bougainville top to bottom by 4WD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=4&page=1

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=3&page=2

I was staying at a village one time and was asked if I wanted to see an old motorcycle, it turned out to be a WW2 Japanese Harley Davidson with side car.
HD had sold the drawings or some such thing, oddly I had read an article on the brand history not long before going up there from home.
The one time I should have had my camera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuo_Motorcycle


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Time Warp said:
72Combat said:
I love WW2 fighters.
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My Father served with the RAAF in WW2, my step Father with the RNZAF, still a keen pilot to late in live.
I spent a good part of 1982 to 1985 working at the Bougainville Copper Mine plus regular stop overs in the Solomans (Honiara)
The general area was very active in that war period, any chance I got I went bush covering Bougainville top to bottom by 4WD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=4&page=1

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=3&page=2

I was staying at a village one time and was asked if I wanted to see an old motorcycle, it turned out to be a WW2 Japanese Harley Davidson with side car.
HD had sold the drawings or some such thing, oddly I had read an article on the brand history not long before going up there from home.
The one time I should have had my camera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuo_Motorcycle


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good pics, I suspect your also TLDV8 who sometimes posts on Kiwibiker. :)
 
Time Warp said:
72Combat said:
I love WW2 fighters.
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My Father served with the RAAF in WW2, my step Father with the RNZAF, still a keen pilot to late in live.
I spent a good part of 1982 to 1985 working at the Bougainville Copper Mine plus regular stop overs in the Solomans (Honiara)
The general area was very active in that war period, any chance I got I went bush covering Bougainville top to bottom by 4WD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=4&page=1

http://s30.photobucket.com/user/manurew ... t=3&page=2

I was staying at a village one time and was asked if I wanted to see an old motorcycle, it turned out to be a WW2 Japanese Harley Davidson with side car.
HD had sold the drawings or some such thing, oddly I had read an article on the brand history not long before going up there from home.
The one time I should have had my camera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikuo_Motorcycle


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You should have put petrol in it and ridden it home. - Liberate it, so to speak.
 
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