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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    he's still selling shit on trade me, carb kits etc
    If it is the same Saunders who built bikes in the NW of England, one of his would definitely fit your collection...

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    If its the same guy, he lives in Whitford (well did a few years ago) I bought some Carb Bits off him for the Z1R (I Think).
    I cant remember his name might still have the purchase docket somewhere?
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    SME is Alec Saunders. His brother Bruce worked for him also when in Marua Rd.

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    Packed & paid for.
    Give it a bit of zoom. Especially the rear suspension.
    I have a stock GK71b. It's not even close.
    The engine is quite a bit larger too!
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    Looks like at least a couple of inches can come out of the rear arm.
    I've got an 18 X 4 rear Dymag if you want to match the front...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    Looks like at least a couple of inches can come out of the rear arm.
    I've got an 18 X 4 rear Dymag if you want to match the front...
    Yes please, very much!
    He asked to keep the FZR front wheel, which I didn't want anyway, as it's not period or correct & wanted it on 18's

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    The engine certainly fills the cradle.
    The shock set up is unusual, I would be looking to see if it mimics' a GP ot F1TT bike of the period.
    It would be easier to ask the dude that built it though.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Yes please, very much!
    He asked to keep the FZR front wheel, which I didn't want anyway, as it's not period or correct & wanted it on 18's
    This is what I've got. 18 X 4 Bought from Holden uncoated bare casting and apparently unused. Supposedly ex Wgtn M/c wheel stash.
    We made up bearing carriers - 20mm axle - and cush. Disc fitted is anodised alloy.
    Used one season on my F3 500 kawasaki.

    If the Chow ever comes back on here, he can explain the poor job his tyre fitters did at a WSB round - which is where the chipped powdercoat around the rim came from. No damage to the casting. Needs stripping and recoating.
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    The engine certainly fills the cradle.
    The shock set up is unusual, I would be looking to see if it mimics' a GP ot F1TT bike of the period.
    It would be easier to ask the dude that built it though.....
    Apparently it's a copy of a RG500 GP bike. Not sure which mk tho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Apparently it's a copy of a RG500 GP bike. Not sure which mk tho.
    According to the net the first works bikes had it in 1980
    the First one I can find is the XR35 of 81
    Personally Id be thinking XR40 era or 1982/3
    or about RGB MK7
    http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/su...00/rg500b.html


    Hard to believe some aussie hadn't already tracked it down and snapped it up when the previous owner posted about it on this thread. Well Noah's axe close as you can get to the original anyway
    It's probably the coolest "homemade" superbike ever made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Apparently it's a copy of a RG500 GP bike. Not sure which mk tho.
    Doubt it. The triangle plates on the arm are straight 1100EFE - and the rocker setup is OE 400 full floater.
    The two pushrods simply join the bits in the simplest fashion.
    From what I can see they're at a quite different angle to the links on the 400 arm which leads me to suspect that it may actually be falling rate initially then pretty much straight line rate. Sorting a working rear spring rate might be fun...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    Doubt it. The triangle plates on the arm are straight 1100EFE - and the rocker setup is OE 400 full floater.
    The two pushrods simply join the bits in the simplest fashion.
    From what I can see they're at a quite different angle to the links on the 400 arm which leads me to suspect that it may actually be falling rate initially then pretty much straight line rate. Sorting a working rear spring rate might be fun...
    Be easy enough to mock up with a few drawing pins and a bit of card board do it to scale then just plot the movements.
    Most of the ones in the 80's were well wrong anyway so it could still be factory.........
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    According to the net the first works bikes had it in 1980
    the First one I can find is the XR35 of 81
    Personally Id be thinking XR40 era or 1982/3
    or about RGB MK7
    Hard to believe some aussie hadn't already tracked it down and snapped it up when the previous owner posted about it on this thread. Well Noah's axe close as you can get to the original anyway
    It's probably the coolest "homemade" superbike ever made.
    This bike was truly forgotten.
    The proprietor of the shop in Melbourne I'm having it delivered to was at Oran park the year it ran & he has no memory of it.
    I wound him up today that it's taking a Kiwi to restore a bike with an iconic Australian history.

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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    Be easy enough to mock up with a few drawing pins and a bit of card board do it to scale then just plot the movements.
    Most of the ones in the 80's were well wrong anyway so it could still be factory.........
    I'd rather have it exactly as it was, than "right" hence the 18 inch wheels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    Be easy enough to mock up with a few drawing pins and a bit of card board do it to scale then just plot the movements.
    Most of the ones in the 80's were well wrong anyway so it could still be factory.........
    I'd rather have it exactly as it was, than "right" hence the 18 inch wheels.
    You might change your mind after riding it haha
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