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It's little more than clever marketing, the kit was originally sold by Orline using the less memorable name of "Bike Motor Kit" in the mid sixties, picture of the box side shown below (not mine). A very similar looking kit was also available near the start of the production of the O&R engine in 1961. Here is an advert from 1974 for the "Chicken Power" branded auxiliary engine kit, where they explain that it's gives the estimated power of about 650 chickens for your bike. And here is the box side of the later "Chicken Power" branded auxiliary engine kit (also not mine). And lastly here is an original TV commercial for the "Chicken Power" kit from the mid seventies on youtube; David

Because it makes the bike go clucking fast

Hi , just joined the forum . Got this NOS engine , was planning to "make" a orline chicken power engine but i think i will drop the idea as the engine is a "vietnam" type and not the 181 . Does anyone have any vintage orline kits to sell . BTW below are the pictures of my orline engine. thanks

A nice chilled day spent at this delightful private railway in East Kent, we took along some of our Jalo collection Here's some photos...

Some interesting vintage horticultural items there.

Had a good day and the weather was kind. Mainly an agricultural show as the title says, but a lot going on. Cattle, sheep, horses, craft, children's competitions and a round of champion Cumberland wrestling. Plus stalls etc. Something for everyone, but it would have been nice to see more vintage entries. First, to put you in the mood, some shots of the site. The only stationary engines. A couple of horse draw pieces of equipment. The chaps who own these, also have quite a large collection of horse draw agricultural equipment. Some of the tractors. This crawler created quite a lot of interest. Fergie engine mated to an American crawler, (Jonathan knows the make) done by some company in Perthshire. Some very nice motorcycles. Not seen a Thruxton Velocette since my coffee bar days. Three of the more interesting cars. Last but not least the horticultural entries.

Just spent the weekend at Townings Farm. It's more a club working weekend with a 2 hour tractor run Saturday night with a BBQ when we got back. I took the Raider 12 and the 800 with the disc's, plough and my tiller. Got plenty of seat time and very happy with the tiller. Bit disappointing with the amount of public attending but we all had a great time and the rock band played most of the day and I even had a ride in a model T ford. heres a few photos for your enjoyment

The engine you have is a Type 133 engine made for the military, many of these keep turning up for sale, usually still in the original box never used, unfortunately I haven't found any reliable source of information for what the military used them for, that include the sites that mention Vietnam and the wrong info given on some sites mentioning WW2 (these engines didn't exist then). The Type 133 engine has a tapered power output shaft, which is the wrong type for the bike kit gearbox which uses a clutch that fits the "D" shaped power output shaft. You are most likely to find these kits on eBay if you keep looking on there, in fact there are three available at the moment, some of which have been on eBay for a long time. Orline kit, missing tank, throttle cable & proper exhaust (it may be hard to find these parts), has best offer available; http://www.ebay.com/itm/112536567748 Orline kit, missing tank and does not spark, a bit expensive but has best offer available; http://www.ebay.com/itm/222581900155 Chicken Power branded kit with a bike you may not want, you could ask if they will sell the kit without the bike, also has best offer; http://www.ebay.com/itm/322656615139 David

Friends Of Ferguson Heritage at Peepy Farm Stocksfield Northumberland great working weekend weather brilliant sunshine on Saturday overcast on Sunday but dry very hard for working Rollo-Man and Callander-Plowman came south and I think they enjoyed themselves as well as three from Yorkshire with hand ploughs myself trying out my new rotavator here are a few pics