Gosh what a pretty bike, pregnant-guppy muffler and all. "Very fast" = it topped out just shy of 70mph, which must have been very fast for the tires and roads of the early '30s. About 320lbs and 22hp (later models 26hp). That's close to the '70s Yamaha SR500, which (I'm guessing) weighed 50-60lbs more. (Yeah, I know Yamaha claimed 32hp, but I owned three SRS so feel justified in calling arrant bullshit.)
AI-assisted search results helpfully confirm that the Calthorpe Ivory Major was a motorcycle, not a camera.
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Gosh what a pretty bike, pregnant-guppy muffler and all. "Very fast" = it topped out just shy of 70mph, which must have been very fast for the tires and roads of the early '30s. About 320lbs and 22hp (later models 26hp). That's close to the '70s Yamaha SR500, which (I'm guessing) weighed 50-60lbs more. (Yeah, I know Yamaha claimed 32hp, but I owned three SRS so feel justified in calling arrant bullshit.)
AI-assisted search results helpfully confirm that the Calthorpe Ivory Major was a motorcycle, not a camera.
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And it's white!
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