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bennylaird
17th August 2006, 03:47 PM
Nearly finished, need to sort out a few splinters etc:p
craigb
17th August 2006, 04:04 PM
No more ridiculous than the things they make on that American Chopper show. :rolleyes:
Tonyz
17th August 2006, 08:59 PM
sorry to be a wowser but that photo was on this forum about 3+ years ago ...Tonto
bennylaird
18th August 2006, 08:46 AM
probably where I got it in the first place.
My memory is slipping, sorry what was the question again??????
E. maculata
18th August 2006, 09:51 PM
Frame probably has as much torsional rigidity as an old honda CB750/4.......(cringes at the memories)
Exador
18th August 2006, 10:11 PM
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...
E. maculata
18th August 2006, 10:20 PM
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.
bennylaird
21st August 2006, 08:34 AM
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.
keith53
21st August 2006, 08:38 AM
Just goes to show that good wood still has a place in modern motoring. :D
bennylaird
21st August 2006, 08:49 AM
Who wants modern when you could have this.....
Anybody want to give me one?
Auld Bassoon
21st August 2006, 08:18 PM
From the size (or lack thereof) of that front drum (!) brake, I hope it's not fast :D :D
Auld Bassoon
21st August 2006, 08:20 PM
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 :o
Clinton1
21st August 2006, 08:50 PM
I had the '73 Z900 for a while .... little bit of flex in that one. :rolleyes:
E. maculata
21st August 2006, 11:16 PM
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:cool:
bennylaird
22nd August 2006, 08:38 AM
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/