if I wanted another bike....

Don't they have some kind of problem with levers breaking?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I thought it was fuel pumps...


G-S

 

I think you'll find Zebee was looking for a little more hooligan than
52kW and 165Kg. "Small light play bike" was the specification. Get the
power to weight ratio up to .4 or so and you might have a contender. Like
a Street Triple but without the price point. Or a KTM 400 without the
seat height.

 

bastards!

betty

 

I reckon 52kw and 165kg would be right around my specification for
Zebee's hooligan bike (maybe a touch over-powered).
I think she's after something a little less mainstream though.

(Hmm ... how about an SV650 stripped-down and fitted with a TTF2 Pantah
fairing and seat?)

 

How about a recumbent?
http://www.sv650.org/gallery/pic27/custom_sv.JPG

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 16 May 2010 06:22:53 GMT

probably. I like quirky bikes.

I suppose that before buying another I should whack a battery in the
Old Girl and see if I can get her going.

She is neither small nor light, and "hooligan" isn't really the word
for something that proceeds like a cruise liner, but still...

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 16 May 2010 06:26:06 GMT

Steers like a cow I expect.

Oddly enough.... I have wanted a feet forward for a long time! A
proper one though, that's a horror.

Something like http://www.bikeweb.com/node/1241 or
http://www.bikeweb.com/node/395

Alas, I can't weld....

Zebee

 

There was me naively thinking that the Paleolithic diet involved a
substantial amount of cannibalism!

Human: the OTHER other white meat.


BTH

 

Shit, that must have been where I went wrong! I should have bought the
1987 model!

(Why did it take me so long to notice?)


BTH

 

Aye, I'd rather fancy a proper recumbent too.

Those folk in Switzerland still making the BMW based beasties?
(Although you'd need to win Lotto three weeks in succession to afford one.)

I have vague recollections of folk in Britain, who used to build tiny
three wheeled "sports" <snigger> cars, using a two stroke motor
(Villiers?) driving the front wheel, with the whole shebang at the
front, wheel, motor and gearbox, being steerable.

Maybe modern technology might make this a viable proposition to make
into a front wheel drive, recumbent motorcycle?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Morgan used to make them with velo motors and rapide motors ( as if the
v twin rapide was smallish)
couple of other companies including reliant and have done since the 1920's

 

it's pink not white
go cut your throat to find out

 

So's pork, until you cook it ...

JL
"Long pork" - a favourite in the PNG highlands by all accounts

 

It was actually the Bond Minicar, I was thinking of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Minicar

If they could get this to work, then surely the same principle could be
used for a front drive recumbent.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Virago 535 ?

All of the pluses of the 250 without one of the minuses (IMNSHO) - ie
it has enough hp to pull you up a decent hill without having to find
redline in first


JL

 

Mmm and Sydney hasn't changed in 20 years at all

JL
(I doubt the current batch of cops even know what a 2 stroke is)

 

RD350. It doesn't need to make sense. And think of how much fun you'll
have finding a good one!
Moike[/QUOTE]

I'm with Moike and Cam, the RD250/350 is the smart move knowing your
predilections - parts are still available, they go well and are
relatively unusual but they're not bum up and pegs 4" from your arse.

JL

 

Or you can have the KR1 cheap if you like - it's been gathering dust
for too long

JL

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 16 May 2010 15:48:08 -0700 (PDT)

But I don't have the black shorty helmet anymore..

I dunno, you still want to look for a blown up Mito JL?

Zebee