SME
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?
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
SME is Alec Saunders. His brother Bruce worked for him also when in Marua Rd.
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!
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...
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.....
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
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.
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.
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
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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