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Most of us will know of this - even heard it on Youtube. I never realised what Honda did to actually make the thing
Here's an article about George Beale who set about building a replica. Took him 9 months just to get the oil cooler made. Even the sump had 15 sub castings, hidden oil ways 1mm in diameter and so forth
http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...x/viewall.html
Oops 250 should be 297
Last edited by cheshirecat; 22nd October 2011 at 20:58. Reason: cc out
Special Project
Great read - good find.
This is what racing is all about. Imagine where we would be if they hadn't put the brakes on this sort of engineering with parity measures and regulations.
You only need two tools in life:
Duct tape if it moves and it shouldn't.
WD-40 if it doesn't move and it should.
Brute force and ignorance always prevails.
Failure comes from too little brute force, or
too little ignorance.
Forum whore
Very good, bloody amazing.
I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........
Bouncy...bouncy..
Bloody hell... What a great read.... Thank you,
"No matter what bike you ride. It's all the same wind in your face"
Forum whore
This article appeared in "Two Wheels" a number of years ago and had a lot of pictures - here is my favourite:
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
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