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pete376403
26th July 2022, 20:19
https://www.bikeexif.com/egli-vincent-replica-fuller-moto

jellywrestler
26th July 2022, 20:29
https://www.bikeexif.com/egli-vincent-replica-fuller-moto

pegs are too far forward for a decent ride

husaberg
26th July 2022, 20:57
pegs are too far forward for a decent ride

odd? they are behind the line of the rear of the tank past the pivot ?
ie further back than a Manx or 7R or 750ss
tanks not to my taste too much going on at the front too much forward rake on the tank as if its trying it mimic a dolphin fairing
i have only ever seen a few Eglis i like, the original hill climber. plus that one on Classic bike with the duke forks and Yamaha 4LS Aemacchi rear
I remember Greg saying the eglis had weird ergonomics though plus oddball geometry.
You still have Vincent?

edit okay i see godets and the one i like are much further back. As was Kens...
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F5 Dave
27th July 2022, 08:38
To my mind, if that tailpiece of no.5 was used on more cafe racers the whole genre would be more appealing. The rounded boil most have just looks dumb like a parking bumper more than a fitting end of a dynamic vehicle.

pete376403
27th July 2022, 09:21
Ok maybe I should have qualified that by writing "American cafe that looks right er than the usual wrapped pipe, no front guard, brown seat thing they usually call a cafe".

I still like the look of the orange PGR Egli I saw over Carterton a while back. Owner was a nice guy to talk to as well.

Grumph
27th July 2022, 09:26
My opinion FWIW - I don't like the nose treatment at all. And why replace straight tube in a load bearing area with bent tube I'll never know. See the rear subframe for what I'm saying. Don't even like the name - Flash designates a single in Vin terminology.
The whole effect is unbalanced IMO.