How cool is this? http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135255 -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo Kinell! Isn't it amazing what can be done by a couple of determined nutters? -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400
WANT! (well the lad will). I wish could commission someone to build a slightly beefier version with an 85 or even a 125 motor. The ultimate junior hill climb bike. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+
<fx: drool> Awesomely feckin' brilliant. Wanted ... -- Paul - xxx '96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi 'Big and Butch' '98 Suzuki DR 200 Djebel 'Small but perfectly formed' Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp "When I feel fit enough'
Wondering how long the braking system will last, and how adequate it really is. They got the mountain bike brakes on something which is quite heavier and faster. Come to think of it, the full question is how come KTM and the rest didn't think about it before? And my answer so far is that they may know a lot more than these chaps about material strength and the stress applied to various parts of the bike (including the frame) during some serious off-road riding.
Ofnuts says... I don't think they designed it with 'serious' off-roading in mind. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
Have you seen what free-ride mountain bikes are actually used for? They get ridden off and down stuff you couldn't physically do on a motorbike. If that bike weighs roughly what I think it does, then the brakes are more than up to it, as are all the other bicycle components those guys have used.
Ben says... It weighs 135 pounds wet, just under 125 pounds dry -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
About twice the weight of a freeride bike then. But if those brakes are good enough to haul a 15/16 stone rider to a stop quickly from 40-50mph off a cliff then they'll be up to the task I reckon. This is what mtb freeride bikes are used for...
Pretty! Some of the tubby guys at work who live in the higher tax brackets got into mountain biking last yr, despite managing to spend more than my salary on bikes supposedly the best available with all the wavy braked tat nailed to them, they routinely break them. Are they simply falling for sales pitches on gear that really is more price tag and style than function, are the bikes THESE (in the video) guys are riding thousands and thousands of pounds, or are they buying a new one every few weeks? When I was a kid doing a paper round, I used to lob my cast iron bike down peoples driveways by stepping off to deliver their paper and not really caring how the bike landed and it never did worse than throw a chain. HTF do you *learn* to back summersault a bike into stopped on the back WHEEL?!
cat says... Angle grinder...buy one now. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
cat says... Do you have a cute 30 yr old blonde sister I can swop for it? -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
Hard to assess "cute" regarding one's own, but I DO have a 30 yr old sister. Are we swapping CBRs or angle grinders?
cat says... If she's cute and blonde, the CBR, if she's a munter you can have the angle grinder. Be warned, the power switch on the angle grinder is stuck in the on position and it dances across the bench when you plug it in, so go get her plastic surgery sorted soonest. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L
