I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from New
Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the engine
connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103

Pip wrote:
> In article <4dee48de$0$2509$(E-Mail Removed)>, Jim says...
>> I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from New
>> Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the engine
>> connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103
>
> Yes, well. If you'd read the text, it explains that this is a one-off
> and it's electric-powered. The electric motor sits on the swingarm,
> therefore there's no space for the shock - so they stuffed the shock up
> under where the tank would be, connected by carbon fibre linkages.
>
> Doesn't seem ridiculous to me: you, OTOH, seem to be suffering some sort
> of comprehension difficulty.

What an inordinately rude reply.

On Jun 7, 5:20*pm, Jim <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote:
> Pip wrote:
> > In article <4dee48de$0$2509$db0fe...@news.zen.co.uk>, Jim says...
> >> I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from New
> >> Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the engine
> >> connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:
>
> >>http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103
>
> > Yes, well. *If you'd read the text, it explains that this is a one-off
> > and it's electric-powered. *The electric motor sits on the swingarm,
> > therefore there's no space for the shock - so they stuffed the shock up
> > under where the tank would be, connected by carbon fibre linkages.
>
> > Doesn't seem ridiculous to me: you, OTOH, seem to be suffering some sort
> > of comprehension difficulty.
>
> What an inordinately rude reply.

Go **** yourself.

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d.

On Jun 7, 5:20*pm, Jim <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote:
> Pip wrote:
> > In article <4dee48de$0$2509$db0fe...@news.zen.co.uk>, Jim says...
> >> I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from New
> >> Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the engine
> >> connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:
>
> >>http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103
>
> > Yes, well. *If you'd read the text, it explains that this is a one-off
> > and it's electric-powered. *The electric motor sits on the swingarm,
> > therefore there's no space for the shock - so they stuffed the shock up
> > under where the tank would be, connected by carbon fibre linkages.
>
> > Doesn't seem ridiculous to me: you, OTOH, seem to be suffering some sort
> > of comprehension difficulty.
>
> What an inordinately rude reply.

...... not really - as standards go around these parts - cuntybawls.

darsy wrote:
> On Jun 7, 5:20 pm, Jim <n...@0.0.0.0> wrote:
>> Pip wrote:
>>> In article <4dee48de$0$2509$db0fe...@news.zen.co.uk>, Jim says...
>>>> I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from
>>>> New Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the
>>>> engine connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:
>>
>>>> http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103
>>
>>> Yes, well. If you'd read the text, it explains that this is a
>>> one-off and it's electric-powered. The electric motor sits on the
>>> swingarm, therefore there's no space for the shock - so they
>>> stuffed the shock up under where the tank would be, connected by
>>> carbon fibre linkages.
>>
>>> Doesn't seem ridiculous to me: you, OTOH, seem to be suffering some
>>> sort of comprehension difficulty.
>>
>> What an inordinately rude reply.
>
> Go **** yourself.

Yeah what a touchy ****.
I'll bet he perves over 15 y/o schoolboys

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Hog

On 07/06/2011 16:58, Pip wrote:
> In article<4dee48de$0$2509$(E-Mail Removed)>, Jim says...
>>
>> I've seen pictures of motorbikes (something carbon fibre and from New
>> Zealand, IIRC) where the rear shock ends up in front of the engine
>> connected by a linkage, but this seems ridiculous:
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/06...pc-2/?pid=1103
>
> Yes, well. If you'd read the text, it explains that this is a one-off
> and it's electric-powered. The electric motor sits on the swingarm,
> therefore there's no space for the shock - so they stuffed the shock up
> under where the tank would be, connected by carbon fibre linkages.
>

Quite a neat solution IMO. Very F1-like.

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/Simon

On 07/06/2011 17:20, Jim wrote:

>
> What an inordinately rude reply.

NAHAY?

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/Simon

On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:20:52 +0000, Jim wrote:

> What an inordinately rude reply.

Bwaaaaa Haaa Haaa Haaaaaaaaaaa.

Debrets rules of social conduct are not recognised here.
Nor are crust-less cucumber sandwiches served with tea.

The ask a stupid question rule often applies.
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davethedave

On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:46:35 +0100, Pip wrote:

>> > What an inordinately rude reply.
>>
>> Bwaaaaa Haaa Haaa Haaaaaaaaaaa.
>>
>> Debrets rules of social conduct are not recognised here.
>
> That's "Debrett's", Mister ****head.
>
> See - punctiliously polite, me.


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davethedave

davethedave wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:20:52 +0000, Jim wrote:
>
>> What an inordinately rude reply.
>
> Bwaaaaa Haaa Haaa Haaaaaaaaaaa.
>
> Debrets rules of social conduct are not recognised here.
> Nor are crust-less cucumber sandwiches served with tea.
>
> The ask a stupid question rule often applies.

I prefer:
There are no stupid questions, just stupid answers :-)

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Geoff