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  1. 17th August 2006, 03:47 PM #1
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    Default New Project Bike

    Nearly finished, need to sort out a few splinters etc
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  2. 17th August 2006, 04:04 PM #2
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    No more ridiculous than the things they make on that American Chopper show.
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    sorry to be a wowser but that photo was on this forum about 3+ years ago ...Tonto
    I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds
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  4. 18th August 2006, 08:46 AM #4
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    probably where I got it in the first place.

    My memory is slipping, sorry what was the question again??????
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  5. 18th August 2006, 09:51 PM #5
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    Frame probably has as much torsional rigidity as an old honda CB750/4.......(cringes at the memories)
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  6. 18th August 2006, 10:11 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by E. maculata
    Frame probably has as much torsional rigidity as an old honda CB750/4.......(cringes at the memories)
    Ooh the memories... The only thing more flexible than my CB750 F2 was my Suzuki GS1000S. Talk about banana boats...
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    The F2, shoulda been alled the FU2 the comstars used to discard the rivets after a bit of hard corner work, the brakes broke after a couple of good stops.................but if you could ride one of them hard, it set you up for anything else that came after.
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    I had the F1 with a similar rubber frame. That big 4 into 1 exhaust made cornering to the right a pain when it scraped. I got used to the feel og fame flex after a while. The worst I ever experienced was a Kwaka 500 triple. Frame was so bad you had to change line in a corner 4 or 5 times and when it hit the powerband the front wheel was never on the ground.
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    Just goes to show that good wood still has a place in modern motoring.
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    Who wants modern when you could have this.....

    Anybody want to give me one?
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    From the size (or lack thereof) of that front drum (!) brake, I hope it's not fast
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    Quote Originally Posted by E. maculata
    Frame probably has as much torsional rigidity as an old honda CB750/4.......(cringes at the memories)
    Yep, had a Kawa z1000 (early one) yonks ago that was just like that
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    I had the '73 Z900 for a while .... little bit of flex in that one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bennylaird
    Who wants modern when you could have this.....

    Anybody want to give me one?

    No no Black shadows round here, did once hear of a HRD Red one:eek: , as an outfit & I believe it was insured for in excess of 100k.
    what was it 150mph? twin leaders on the front brakes, yep they are fast even by todays standards
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    Irving Vincent here in Melbourne is producing new Vincents if you have a lazy $100,000 plus spare. Nice bike with the Vincent reproduction motor........

    http://www.irvingvincent.com/
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