Shotgun Start Koslow 1930/40s harleydavidson race engines.
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2023
- In the 1930s through the 1940s Koslow made racing engines/bikes with Harley Davidson. This one is a newer version of one with a Koslow Hemi Head kit and a
Coffman starter.
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Imagine if someone loaded in buckshot instead of a blank😂
Bye bye engine
It still would start. Only the started be ruined. Ask me how i know
(My grandpa used to own a tractor don't remember the exact model, an argentinian knockoff "pampa", one day he call's me saying that if i could help him getting it started, this tractor been for years roting outside, he said that he got some blanks, those werent blank, he had the shells all outside the box. He loaded buckshot, he hit it with a mallet. and Bang. It started, it started making a grinding noice. We tought it was the pistón, we turn it off, a few days later he call's me saying that we literally shot the engine, that the started was fucked up. But the engine was fine.)
(Sorry for the long wait. I never check the notifications, and thanks for the 500, likes never tought it would get that much atention)
@@korealaaya1826how'd you know
It pushes a piston on a spine . Coffman system
Or a slug
"Hold up im reloading my car's ammo"
@@xys5401it was a joke!
@@xys5401don't take to TOO literal
@@xys5401you:IT'S A BIKE 🤬
😂
_spy hunter theme plays_
Imagine needing a shotgun round for everytime you have to crank start the car
Imagine your neighbor starting their bike like this every morning
А если все соседи пересядут на такой транспорт ?
That's what I thought 🤔
The rents gonna be quite low in the area
Если все будут с такой машиной то будет Доброе утро Вьетнам
Worse yet, you work night shift and had just nodded off...
When I was a kid our neighbor had an old tractor that started like that. I thought it was the coolest thing ever, because it was.
верно👍
You were my neighbor?
A whole new meaning to
Riding Shotgun... 😳
That is correct sir! Thank you!
I refused to ride non-Shotgun 😂
Same with shotgun marriage? 😂😅
Terminator bike
Wait is that actually where that came from?
And the Harley still didn't start.
Not a Harley it's an A. Koslo early to mid 30's race engine.
@@scottw1178it says Harley in the description
The Harley name is a tag on the video. These engines were used in Harley Davidson race bikes in the 1930s -1940. Hopefully, that didn't HURT anyone's FEELINGs. (In response to all the negative comments from the random "know it alls"... lol.)
As usual, someone who knows nothing about nothing is beaking off
Was a starter turn test only I believe.
Imagine getting arrested for having shotgun shells in a school zone and trying to explain to the cops, "it's for starting my Harley!"
How could you get arrested for having shotgun shells in a school zone
@@nathandevine552wdym
@@matlocke132 is it illegal to possess shotgun shells in a school zone? I guess that would depend on if you live in a communist state or not
@@nathandevine552considering Americas track record with firearms and schools I'd say that sounds like a decent law.
Dumbest comments yet
This brings a whole new meaning to "the starter is shot"
This was a common thing on many ww2 airplanes. It saved the need for a bulky starter motor
Some farm tractors had them too back then.
The B-52 has a provision for explosive packs to start it's engines. The F-22 as well.
So its just gunpowder I presume...and for a big engine you could put like 2 or more in?
@@PeterCieply pretty much. It's the gasses from the explosion that turns the engine over instead of another motor
I've helped run an engine from around 1910 that also used blanks. It was a General electric 4 cylinder, 20 liter engine, with a DC generator.
If this video has taught me one thing, it is that your legs need to be as strong as a 12 guage round in order to kickstart an old Harley.
Apparently stronger, the engine didn’t start!
Feel the engine become
One with these oldtimers
Blacksmith theo
Harlingen holland...
The recoil you feel when shooting a gun is the same amount of force as the projectile applies to its target. So it's actually not a lot of force that a 12 gauge has, it's just that amount of force on such a small surface area that it stings really bad.
A pin needle doesn't hurt because you apply a lot of force, it hurts because it focuses all the force you apply to a tiny point.
@@Stern98257
with a slug you'd feel more from the impact at close range, the round accelerates the full length of the barrel distributing the felt recoil time but you eat the rounds energy in a shorter distance, the round pulls more G stopping dead in you vs the G load from acceleration , people are not usually thicker then 25+ inch barrel so the G load has to be more stopping then setting off in theory .
@@Stern98257HAHAHAHAH wtf put your hand in the muzzle, shoot and tell me it doesn’t have much force after
The most American thing ever😂 and I absolutely love it!
Shotgun shells as a mechanical trigger were very common in this time period especially in military vehicles like airplanes.
I have a farm tractor that starts that way. Rebuilt it from a rusted pile of CRAP. It started on the third shell. Didn't have but two starter shells. Used a regular 12 gauge shell. Cut the top off. And took out all the 7 1/2 shot. It worked! Yes, I took the wad out. And used flash paper to hold the powder in place.
yep one thing they had plenty of was shot gun shells they didnt have mechanical starters laying around this is why this exists
Imagine explaining to an officer why you have so much 12g ammo.
Officer: Why do you have so much ammo?
Me: Uh.. This is Arkansas?
Officer: Makes sense
why would u have to explain something you have the right and freedom to go buy at the store?
@@Josh-oi5unamerica isnt the world
Don't gotta explain
Probably go something like this.
Oficer: Why so much shotgun ammo,
Me: well sir this is a 1930s model, harly davidson with a cauffman blank starter
Oficer: Holy shit thats cool. Carry on
In the 40s in the Greek village I am now, the transport was done by sea with novel (at the time) wooden boats with huge single cylinder petrol engines. Those would start with a shell likie this, but before that, the engine had to be warm. So the boat man would literally set the engine on fire (it sat on top of the boat, not inside). I don't know if he did this with petrol or wood, but it looked as if the boat was on fire. When the locals saw the smoke rising, they knew it was time to head to the boat, not to miss it. People, goats, cows, pigs, chicken, mayhem haha. It would go from Kardamyli to Kalamata city and back, in Peloponnese, Greece. My father in law was a little one back then and said it was amazing technology at the time, to have such a big boat move so fast without sails.
thanks for sharing that. 👍
Ωραία ιστορία φίλε μου! Χαιρετισμούς στη πατρίδα.
Awesome story
That was a nice little trip you sent me on good neighbor .. wonderful story
Beautiful..
OK, now this is the coolest thing I have seen in a while. Didn't start though!
Right? 😆
Oh it did, there is a whole mechanical process to this and the engine actually starts in reverse and slows down to a stop almost to change direction forward. If you pay close attention to the engine and chain you can see that :)
I should’ve also mentioned as the chain is in 2 parts it’s not a normal clockwise one but rather inverted. Don’t ask me why lol
@@yugen4771 it definitely didn't. It slowed to a halt. The only reason it moved in reverse, is because of the compressed air in the cylinder. It definitely doesn't "start in reverse". 😆
@@yugen4771 the reason it didn't start, is probably because the video was just to show the process. It is kinda cool, but expensive and therefore rather ridiculous. Imagine being on a trip, and you run out of blanks. I guess he'd have to pop start it, using the clutch & a hill! 😆
When the neighbors complain about the motorcycle backfiring... you tell them it’s side load.
imagine riding with your buddies and you get killswitched, hold on I gotta reload my bike 💀
Even better if it's near a police station or just in view of an officer.
you must be a crotch rocket signature rider.
@@johnhogue9746nothing wrong with riding a street bike? Tf are you mad about
@@brysonbermes1264 Tf? WTF! thanks for elaborating. Did you know there's nothing wrong with riding a dirt bike too. Relax. I represent/support all forms.
Or maybe just hit the kill switch and it'll refire
It's called a Coffman Starter, it was used on some tractors and many military aircraft and tanks.
Hey.... I like the name!!!!!
U got the right words yes sir!
Thumbs 👍 up. I need that kind of starter at 2 am in the morning 🌄. Tell my neighbors 😅😮😊 hello 👋
Townes the pilot used all 6 Koffman cartridges up to start the aircraft engine in 'Flight of the Phoenix ' film lol 😅
@@theone-fl2ul bruhh😂😂
Love how Raw the engine looks. Chains , sprockets. No paint , no everything Chromed. Can smell the metal and oil. Industrial.
Love it like that. Unfinished, raw, gives it a really cool vibe.
Now that’s badass I’d like my bike to start like that each time!
Imagine having to rush off on an emergency, but having to load up your elmer fudd starter first before leaving.
For a Harley it makes since
@@houston6737but the jets actually started, the Harley did not as expected.
@@airgliderzwell it's not even a harley, but ok
@@houston6737 ya don't say?
@@airgliderz
Hmm... "12 gauge starter test"
Miss that part? Top ⅓ of the screen.
That's so cool. My great grandfather had a old tractor that started like that
Field Marshall
@@Resistculturaldecline I don't remember the name. He had a few tractors but that one was either green or gray i think. But he would light a piece of paper put it in the tractor turned something and made the shell go off. And it would fire. He loved that tractor
@@jcrew6657Green, diesel two stroke made in Gainsborough Lincolnshire England. My dad bought one new in 1947 today it is beautifully restored and running great. I did a 5 minute video of the start up a few months back. The world seemed to like it!
Tractor probably started better than this piece of shit
@@jcrew6657grey, lanz bullfrog
Caveat: you do not use a normal 12ga with it’s fast burning powder. The powder charge used for starting is much slower burning magnum rifle powder to give it a more gentle and longer lasting pressure wave.
My single absolute favorite type of starter motor thats ever been made.
I never knew I needed to put an engine that starts that way on a bike so much in my life
why not just drop the clutch after Killswitch engaged while still rolling?
Except that for an engine to run with a dead battery it needs a magneto, not an alternator
Great excuse to wear a bandolier😅
The war isn't over, not for me soldier ! - line by a blonde haired dude who played a Russian in a boxing movie to a French man who knows martial arts -
Yyyy...... no arranco?????!!!!!!!
"Bro come on start the car."
"Nah bro hold up i need to get a 12 gauge." 😂😂😂
"are you gonna start the engine?"
"hold up i gotta reload"
"Just going to sneak off in the Harley at 4am to catch the sunrise"
*BANG*
There is nothing more American than that
Imagine going out for a night ride, and the neighbors call the cops for shots fired
Some old farm tractors started that way. Was a spiral chute that caught the buckshot
You sure it wasn’t just blanks? There have been many engines over the years designed this way, but they typically use shotgun blanks. In particular many airplanes from before WW2 used 8ga shotgun shells, big suckers, but blanks.
@@srcastic8764 ole boy at museum showed me. I asked same thing but he said blanks weren’t that common during that age so regular load would do
"Tell me you're American without telling me you're American"
Lol nice! We even shoot our bikes!
British used this too in early spitfires
@@PlutoProtogennow they just politely ask it to start
this is a russian bike !
hahaha, too much american
Back when Chicago was gun rights friendly
As usual if a single don’t work get out the double barrel 😂😂
“How American do you want your tractor?”
“Yes.”
Si.
😂🎉
I always loved cartridge starters. It always seemed kinda dieselpunk to need what's effectively a shotgun shell without the shot to start an engine lol
The ATF is about to be on your ass. A breech. A barrel. A reciever.
That’s exactly how I start house burglers
Same same here
- you free to go sir
-thx officer
-bam
*gunshots sound
Officer: you seem to be carrying an awful lot of shotgun shells for a “quick trip to town”
Me: that’s just to make sure I get home
"Sir, i may run out of 12 gauge. Do you have any in your pocket?"
Did the older version of this engine used the catapult to start?
Nope. You had to load it by the exhaust with gunpowder and a very long stick 😂
Or a trebuchet 😂
It used a T Rex 🦖 with a rope.
Naw. The old kick start would catapult you.
I think the knuckleheads started with flintlock
Prop fighters like Spitfires often used a shotgun starter, too. Big ol’ 8-gauge blank to get going.
Can't wait to see this running, bad ass bike
Never heard of a Coffman starter on a motorcycle before, very weird and cool.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT C ?
KOFFMAN. A JEWISH NAME...
ALSO SPELLED KAUFMAN...
My clients gonna laughed at me if i cant go to meeting bc i run out of shotgun slugs😂
When you're having starting problems due to unknown carburetor issues: "Come on, COME ON! Start damn you! I'm running out of ammo here!"
Just imagine getting that cool 4-bladed cover in your knee when it misfires.🤔😳
"MR TOWNS, I FORBID YOU!"
wtf this is the coolest thing ive ever seen
I swear to God... For the first 5 seconds I thought this was a fancy coffee maker.🤣
Lmfao i can see how.. lol That's some good stuff right there...
Oh boy that's reliable.
Harley cutting edge technology 😁
It kick starts the electric motor...
Remember, switching to your motorcycle is faster than reloading
imagine your neighbourhood loving you while you go to work every day. and when coming back, your work place neighbourhood. and in winter when bike is not starting....
Very cool. I only ever seen the tractors that start that way.
Id like to add this to my 87 ranger 😂
Raiden Shogun ❎
Riding Shotgun ✅
Remember, switching to your harley is faster than reloading.
These guys stood up for themselves. I'm really proud of them.
Didn't think anyone would ever use this ancient tech again, bravo
But it didn't work?
What?
It's not being used again, it's an old motor.
Thats a hell of a gearbox on there . That setup looks complicated as hell .
You learn something new everyday
These guys stood up for themselves. I'm proud of them, really.
ITS Like in the movie "The flight of the Phoenix"
Works like a dream.
"Hold on let me reload my bike real quick"
I’ve seen this method on an old tractor. I would hope there is a manual backup, like a starting handle, in case you don’t have blank shell. My first cars had starting handle backup, very useful if you had a dodgy battery.
The old Cockshutt Plow company used this on tractors for years.
Что это
That’s cool how you converted a aircraft or tractor shell starter to a bike
I've never seen this before.
Now I gotta look it up to see just how it works.
That would scare the shit out of ppl at the gas station probably be calling the cops saying theirs a shooting
😂😂😂😂😂
There's a shooting.
There's***
So this is what american engine looks like 💀
Ye u can see why they have to be built tuff and built to run like a donkey on one leg. We go through a case of 12 gauges per household in America
No
its a koffman starter
Yeah, America in the 40s...
Early spitfires used the same method of starting, the mk 1 and 2 spitfires all had cartridge starters
Definition of using what ya got👍
Sick🔥🔥🔥
If you have to start anything with a shotgun shell you have my respect 🤣🤣
Ahh the old shotgun "almost" start 😂
Wish I had that my neighbors love it already. Imagine that at 7am
That's so dope
Imagine starting your engine and the police close by responding "shot fired".
How does this work?!? Freaking awesome!
Honestly would love that as an emergency backup
Several old airplanes used to start with giant shotgun shells (8 gauge I think?) So this isn’t a new idea.
This would certainly have been easier than how I had to start my first bike. It was a Suzuki GN400 - a single piston 400, kick start with so much compression you couldn’t move the kicker without using the compression release it had, which looked like a small clutch handle further down on the handlebar. You squeezed that handle, slowly pushed the kicker down until it popped back out, meaning the cylinder compression was released, then you could do one kick to try and start it. If it didn’t start you had to do it all again, which happened a lot. Sometimes it’d take me 20 minutes to get it going. Sometimes some other kids would see me and take pity and take turns trying it. LOL. But it usually ended up nobody but me could do it. It was a PIA but I loved that bike!!
Well That's one helluva way to start your motorcycle
that's cool I've never seen an engine that small that uses that type of starter
Not that cool 🤔🤔🤔
It didn't start😅
Ever since I saw Flight of the Phoenix (newer one with Quaid) I've wanted to see a starter like this in real life. So cool.
Just like old airplanes!! Cool
What in the fuck
Cara que estranho esse palavrão
And that’s how your buddy next to you gets the nickname Pirate…after he looses his leg 😂
That’s very cool! I remember learning about some planes in the world wars needing a blank shotgun shell to start it sometimes! Didn’t know motorcycles had em too
Whether it starts or not that's still got to be the most Alpha motorcycle I've ever seen
WILDCAT WAR CHOPPER!!!!
Now we know , aliens don't want us, we're
KRAZY
This system was quite popular on old airplanes circa ww,1&2
Tractors and other big motors used them too
It remind me the Flight of the Phoenix starter 😊
British tractors, too
Its a very simple solution to the need for a lot of power in a shot period of time. Minimizes the need for batteries or a power source near equipment that is out in the field. Old battery technology was very heavy and power distribution less reliable. Can really simplify electrical design for a motor by eliminating an electric motor starter.
@@neriozulberti1492 Yes correct
and Townes had to use six cartridges to eventually start that aircraft engine ...
There were also aircraft and tractor engines started that way too. Badass!
That’s so badass
Trust the Americans to build a vehicle which starts by using a bullet!!..
Didn't start up though
read your the text on the screen its a starter test
BEAUTIFUL
That's awesome