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craigincali · 11-19-2012, 10:33 PM

I have been racking my brain for a week...What is the name of the guy who built the MotoGP type bike with the snowmobile engine?? I am pretty sure it was a snowmobile engine... I cant even find it on Google

Tosh Togo · 11-19-2012, 10:43 PM

Rob Tuluie

motu · 11-20-2012, 01:17 AM

More likely Kim Newcombe, and it was an outboard engine.

.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Newcombe

spezjag · 11-20-2012, 01:23 AM

It was Tuluie. That thing was a missile.

I read an article on it in the Brit mag PB. He was an aerospace engineer who had a thing for bikes, much like John Britten. The detail work on that thing (800cc if I remember correctly) was amazing.

Pantah · 11-20-2012, 03:59 AM

Yeah I saw it race at a few Formula USA events. I think it raced in the Unlimited GP class against mostly 750 GSX-R's.

PeteN95 · 11-20-2012, 02:24 PM

Newcombe's Konig used a longitudinal flat 4 cylinder 2 stroke outboard motor with belt driven rotary valves mated to a Norton Manx gearbox. Here is the motor, note the belt turning 90 degrees from the side to the rotary valves on top. He actually won a race and finished second in the championship on this thing in 1973!?

craigincali · 11-20-2012, 04:40 PM

Tuluie was the guy I was thinking about. Thanks guys..

motojunky · 11-21-2012, 08:03 AM

I met Rob Tuluie at Summit Point in WV a couple of times in the early 90's. He was campaigning a CR500 powered racer at the time and was also in some way involved in a TZ750 project. I was on a near-stock RZ350 and somehow the rule structure placed that TZ750 and my RZ in the same class. I've never enjoyed being passed so much.

craigincali · 11-21-2012, 07:20 PM

Wasnt there another guy who made a GP bike with a Rotax motor??

11-19-2012, 10:33 PM	#1
craigincali ^OP Just hanging around Joined: Apr 2003 Location: A town called Hell Oddometer: 1,582	Someone here knows this I have been racking my brain for a week...What is the name of the guy who built the MotoGP type bike with the snowmobile engine?? I am pretty sure it was a snowmobile engine... I cant even find it on Google __________________ Me I am usually drunk when I post so dont take it personally !

11-20-2012, 01:23 AM	#4
spezjag Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Northern Virginia, USA Oddometer: 5,608	It was Tuluie. That thing was a missile. I read an article on it in the Brit mag PB. He was an aerospace engineer who had a thing for bikes, much like John Britten. The detail work on that thing (800cc if I remember correctly) was amazing. __________________ Gary Only a motorcyclist knows why a cheetah hangs its head out the window. - Peterman http://www.vw.co.za/luckypage/

11-20-2012, 03:59 AM	#5
Pantah Red Sox Nation Joined: Oct 2004 Location: India Wharf Oddometer: 8,898	Yeah I saw it race at a few Formula USA events. I think it raced in the Unlimited GP class against mostly 750 GSX-R's. __________________ Straight ahead and faster -Bo Weaver 1970 "There I was..." -Griffin Niner Three Hotel

11-20-2012, 02:24 PM	#6
PeteN95 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Muk, WA Oddometer: 1,685	Newcombe's Konig used a longitudinal flat 4 cylinder 2 stroke outboard motor with belt driven rotary valves mated to a Norton Manx gearbox. Here is the motor, note the belt turning 90 degrees from the side to the rotary valves on top. He actually won a race and finished second in the championship on this thing in 1973!? __________________ "If you ain't slidin', you ain't ridin'" SVN/XRR/Christini PeteN95 screwed with this post 11-20-2012 at 02:30 PM

11-20-2012, 04:40 PM	#7
craigincali ^OP Just hanging around Joined: Apr 2003 Location: A town called Hell Oddometer: 1,582	Tuluie was the guy I was thinking about. Thanks guys.. __________________ Me I am usually drunk when I post so dont take it personally !

11-19-2012, 10:43 PM	#2
Tosh Togo Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2010 Oddometer: 1,594	Rob Tuluie

11-20-2012, 01:17 AM	#3
motu Loose Pre Unit Joined: Dec 2001 Location: New Zealand Oddometer: 3,951	More likely Kim Newcombe, and it was an outboard engine. .wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Newcombe

11-21-2012, 08:03 AM	#8
motojunky Professional Idiot Joined: Oct 2007 Location: North East, MD Oddometer: 924	I met Rob Tuluie at Summit Point in WV a couple of times in the early 90's. He was campaigning a CR500 powered racer at the time and was also in some way involved in a TZ750 project. I was on a near-stock RZ350 and somehow the rule structure placed that TZ750 and my RZ in the same class. I've never enjoyed being passed so much.

11-21-2012, 07:20 PM	#9
craigincali ^OP Just hanging around Joined: Apr 2003 Location: A town called Hell Oddometer: 1,582	Wasnt there another guy who made a GP bike with a Rotax motor?? __________________ Me I am usually drunk when I post so dont take it personally !

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