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    F3 bikes being built & on their way

    Great to hear that there is a lot of interest in the Formula class still and the humm on the street is for the nationals or for some just north island nationals .......

    New kids on the block
    2 x Two stroke 400's in Aprilia 250 based road frames
    All new triple for Stevie Woods
    Neil Chapp's ER6 / ZX4 thingy
    Griffiths RVF450 trellis framed/125
    Kawa ER6 with "motor-from-hell" bike built by Grumph
    Glen Orwin - Percival triple 450 or Poss 450/4 R6


    Add to that the tried and true:
    Terry Fitz - SV650 on steroids
    My own, what used to be an SV650
    Scotty Moir -re developed 450/125 single
    Tims 550 Aprilia based tard
    Ozzies - Hard charging triple 450
    Smith & Woods (Snr) Triples selection
    + a bunch of slighty less developed bikes but up-n-comers all !


    All adds up to a pretty good class to be following and involved with, what can i add to the list(s)

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    Should be out there: Percival Yam 450 with Orwin on board, so I hear......
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    Quote Originally Posted by steveyb View Post
    Should be out there: Percival Yam 450 with Orwin on board, so I hear......
    Added, cheers

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    I've told you a million times not to exaggerate Glen. I have it on the supreem authority of bucket racers, that they have the only growing class of formula bikes.

    These bikes you're talking about are all old shitters being painted up nice obviously!

    On a serious note though, I'd love enough coin to try and extract some ponies from an 750ss and slot it in a decent chassis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by codgyoleracer View Post
    Great to hear that there is a lot of interest in the Formula class still and the humm on the street is for the nationals or for some just north island nationals .......

    New kids on the block
    2 x Two stroke 400's in Aprilia 250 based road frames
    All new triple for Stevie Woods
    Neil Chapp's ER6 / ZX4 thingy
    Griffiths RVF450 trellis framed/125
    ER6 "motor-from-hell" bike built by Grumph
    Glen Orwin - Perival triple 450 or Poss 450/4 R6


    Add to that the tried and true:
    Terry Fitz - SV650 on steroids
    My own, what used to be an SV650
    Scotty Moir -re developed 450/125 single
    Kirks 550 Aprilia based tard
    Ozzies - Hard charging triple 450
    Smith & Woods (Snr) Triples selection
    + a bunch of slighty less developed bikes but up-n-comers all !


    All adds up to a pretty good class to be following and involved with, what can i add to the list(s)
    That makes me smile. That's a great mix of engines and chassis. Great to see lots of ingenuity and imagination being used.
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    you have missed the best bike of all coming

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy man View Post
    you have missed the best bike of all coming
    which is??
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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy man View Post
    you have missed the best bike of all coming
    Yeah, but i was talking about this years nationals not 2015........ :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy man View Post
    you have missed the best bike of all coming
    No, no, that is for 125GP/GPMono/Moto3 class........ remember?
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    Quote Originally Posted by steveyb View Post
    No, no, that is for 125GP/GPMono/Moto3 class........ remember?
    but what was the big bore kit about (-; lol no l'm talking about another illegal bike he he.. but you could put a 450 into the new bike? maybe the same caseing as the 250?

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    Quote Originally Posted by worm13 View Post
    which is??
    the 500 hundy homer simpson machine

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    Quote Originally Posted by codgyoleracer View Post
    Yeah, but i was talking about this years nationals not 2015........ :-)
    the way the years are going that will not be long

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    Simply awesome mix aye..........Its good that guys in F3 are aiming higher too!!!

    My motor is nearly complete - just compression and cam timing to be set!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy man View Post
    the way the years are going that will not be long
    2015 is ages away for you, you still need to come out of 1976
    Growin' up as a kid, always thinkin', you know If I could ever just race motorcycles and make a living that would be the coolest thing know to mankind.

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    Scratch the ER6 I did - it's history now.

    Pity as it was very promising.

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