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Suntan Sid |
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Posted: 09:38 - 18 Apr 2014 Post subject: A Thing of Beauty |
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slowlydoesit Could Be A Chat Bot
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Suntan Sid |
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Suntan Sid World Chat Champion
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To some extent, but it is a 70's arse! ____________________ "Everybody needs money, that's why they call it money!" |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha World Chat Champion
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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Wafer_Thin_Ham |
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Stupid tank decal, but chuck some USD forks in it, and some WP race shocks, then yes. ____________________ My Flickr |
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-Monty- World Chat Champion
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Nexus Icon World Chat Champion
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kestrel Nearly there...
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1cyl World Chat Champion
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chickenstrip |
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S'okay, but a white frame?
I prefer Sid's find, got more of that classic look. Both are what is needed. I will never ride another standard chassis H2 - life's short enough as it is. |
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forks aside, I prefer Sid's bike. ____________________ My Flickr |
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Teflon-Mike |
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Teflon-Mike tl;dr
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Posted: 01:46 - 21 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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I DO think that keeping it on relatively 'period' 18" and fairly skinny, if more modern rubber, T-Shocks and spindly RWU forks is in keeping with the ethos of the engine, and an 'enhancement' to the original machine, maintaining some of the 'imperfection' that made it's reputation.
What made the H1 WAS that it didn't handle! It WAS just ALL about the lairey power.
Power, that by modern standards is (DAS) Learner-Bike modest, in all but the raucous ramp as it comes on the pipe.
Sticking that engine into a more modern chassis, with 17" rims and USD's et al? To me, is going too far, and chucking the baby out with the bath-water. And rather missing the point. If you want power and handling, and must have banzia two-stroke power delivery, RGV250, actually MORE powerful than the H1 and got all the modern goodies you want to bolt round the air-cooled triple, right out the crate; But, £900 would get you a ZX6R, with more of just about everything, and no fouled plugs!
The Kamakaze? As an exercise in aesthetics then, and a tribute to the Hi and what 'might have been'... Hmmm, yeah, I think I quite like.
Kwikasfaki? Sorry, to my eye looks like some-one trying to hard to follow fashion in street-fighters, and stuffing an antique engine into a gaping hole as a gimmik, so that its NOT just yet another GSXR that's merely lost its plastics in a scrap with the asphalt. There is probably a lot of engineering inginuity and imagination gone into the build; but just no 'empathy' ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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evoboy World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:08 - 21 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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If you look into the work that was done to make that bike it makes it much more impressive.
Converting to reed valve intake with homemade cages for example and all the internal work thats been done to the engine....
I've met the bloke before. He used to go by the name of Cabbie when I used to race Nitro RC cars. Used to tune those little engines to make them fly. ____________________ Suzuki GT250 x7------- Fazer 600------CB250RS------Aprilia Rally 70----- Bandit 600
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mentalboy World Chat Champion
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Posted: 17:13 - 21 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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Very nice Sid. The only thing it's missing is my arse parked on it. ____________________ Make mine a Corona. |
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Teflon-Mike |
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Teflon-Mike tl;dr
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Posted: 18:37 - 21 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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chickenstrip wrote: | No, you need an RG500
Although fetching silly money now |
Cheaper than an H2!
Don't think either would be for me, though. What appeals to me about strokers is the simplicity; water cooling and exhaust power-valves, possibly even positive lubrication, is a bit too much technology, let alone multi-cylinders.
Give me a 'crisp' back to basics air-cooled single; a Honda MT125 GP bike, or an Atom, or a Kreidler or something, a day-light MOT and have a fit Swedish masseuse to pummel my legs and spine out of the foetal position when I get off! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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Posted: 20:08 - 21 Apr 2014 Post subject: |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 343 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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