Posted by Greg.Procter on October 22, 2009, 11:04 pm
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:33:59 +1300, little man upon the stair
>> 1990s worked with John Britten on engine concepts.
> I saw Stroud race the Britten at Daytona and Laguna Seca in 1994.
> It was an awesome piece of machinery that gobbled up other motorcycles
> like Pac-Man gobbling yellow dots...
I worked with John on the follow-up motor. Sadly he went and died of
cancer before it was built. Seems to have reappeared on the Chch
"jetpack" flying thingy, but I wasn't part of that.
Did put a bit of thought into the V twin but there wasn't much more bhp to
be had.
Greg.P.
Posted by Schiffner on October 13, 2009, 4:03 pm
On Oct 11, 10:06 pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> > Sure. You could install shorter stanchion tubes, shorter springs and
> > maybe even shorten the damper rods.
> Or you could do what I suggest, which is raise them through the yokes.
> As long as you don't mind maybe a couple of inches of stanchion poking
> up.
uh, dude your senility is creeping in methinks...he's talking about a
motor-scooter.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on October 14, 2009, 4:23 am
> On Oct 11, 10:06 pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
> Gentleman) wrote:
> > > Sure. You could install shorter stanchion tubes, shorter springs and
> > > maybe even shorten the damper rods.
> >
> > Or you could do what I suggest, which is raise them through the yokes.
> > As long as you don't mind maybe a couple of inches of stanchion poking
> > up.
>
> uh, dude your senility is creeping in methinks...he's talking about a
> motor-scooter.
My bad for not reading the post properly. That said, grafting a
conventional front fork end on wouldn't be hard: just a waste of effort.
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Posted by Greg.Procter on October 22, 2009, 10:24 pm
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:23:09 +1300, The Older Gentleman
>> On Oct 11, 10:06 pm, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
>> Gentleman) wrote:
>> > > Sure. You could install shorter stanchion tubes, shorter springs and
>> > > maybe even shorten the damper rods.
>> >
>> > Or you could do what I suggest, which is raise them through the yokes.
>> > As long as you don't mind maybe a couple of inches of stanchion poking
>> > up.
>>
>> uh, dude your senility is creeping in methinks...he's talking about a
>> motor-scooter.
> My bad for not reading the post properly. That said, grafting a
> conventional front fork end on wouldn't be hard: just a waste of effort.
I don't mind wasting effort - retired with more sense than money :-)
Posted by Greg.Procter on October 22, 2009, 10:12 pm
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:28 +1300, The Older Gentleman
>> Sure. You could install shorter stanchion tubes, shorter springs and
>> maybe even shorten the damper rods.
> Or you could do what I suggest, which is raise them through the yokes.
> As long as you don't mind maybe a couple of inches of stanchion poking
> up.
Can't do it - the body/front skirt surrounds the head.
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> I saw Stroud race the Britten at Daytona and Laguna Seca in 1994.
> It was an awesome piece of machinery that gobbled up other motorcycles
> like Pac-Man gobbling yellow dots...