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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulo View Post
    Tanks exactly where Moto Guzzi put them (V7 tank on a tonti frame) The price looks well out of position though.
    Proportions are wrong - most cafe'd Guzzis use a longer tank - and this is why,






    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    That doesn't seem over the top for a Rickman Mettise ..
    Yes, it is....I've seen both sidecar bob's one and Robajs one - both 500's, both as nice as that one - both way cheaper....

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    So here I am, looking for a toy to buy for the next time I fly over. I've always been partial to TLS/TLR's but they're sodding rare and expensive over here.

    Then I saw THIS.. For a ruined TLR!

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c71ec6b3280627

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    Quote Originally Posted by WALRUS View Post
    So here I am, looking for a toy to buy for the next time I fly over. I've always been partial to TLS/TLR's but they're sodding rare and expensive over here.

    Then I saw THIS.. For a ruined TLR!

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c71ec6b3280627
    They could at least include both of the bar-ends for that price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Real cafe racers based on featherbed frames used the swingarm pivot to mount the footpegs.
    So the footpegs were basically an extension of the pivot.
    yes by if you look above they stll fall into the bottom on the triangle (well with in 1 inch r so of the subframe as the front loop is huge on a featherbed
    the tank also falls withing a inch of the line of the rear of the tank.



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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    yes by if you look above they stll fall into the bottom on the triangle (well with in 1 inch r so of the subframe as the front loop is huge on a featherbed
    the tank also falls withing a inch of the line of the rear of the tank.
    Looking at that pic, it's pretty clear that all cafe racers are biased on a Manx Norton.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Looking at that pic, it's pretty clear that all cafe racers are biased on a Manx Norton.
    If only that were true....A Manx is one of the most comfortable bikes I've ever ridden. The ergonomics are just right.
    If only the people copying would run the tape measure over a Manx before cutting.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    If only that were true....A Manx is one of the most comfortable bikes I've ever ridden. The ergonomics are just right.
    If only the people copying would run the tape measure over a Manx before cutting.....
    I spent a bit of time with Legendary MCN tester Michael Neeves over the past week or two.
    He said the BMW R9T Racer is the most uncomfortable new bike he's ever ridden.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I spent a bit of time with Legendary MCN tester Michael Neeves over the past week or two.
    He said the BMW R9T Racer is the most uncomfortable new bike he's ever ridden.
    In the day, the Greeves Silverstone was probably the most uncomfortable. Bert Greeves is alleged to have had very short legs and long arms....
    I read somewhere that Peter Williams hated his one so moved seat and pegs to match his Manx. Worth half a second at Brands allegedly.
    Worst semi modern would be the '88 era RS250 Honda. Even tighter and more awkward than the 125 of the same era. There were two in ChCh at one point - and I shifted the pegs on both.

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    Shirley knot! The NF4 is made for midgets. First time I rode mine as a 125 with a block of wood under the seat front I still couldn't change gear . Raised the seat like 50mm so it was the same size as my cut down RG50.
    NX4 was much bigger. But I'm a bit too big for these things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Shirley knot! The NF4 is made for midgets. First time I rode mine as a 125 with a block of wood under the seat front I still couldn't change gear . Raised the seat like 50mm so it was the same size as my cut down RG50.
    NX4 was much bigger. But I'm a bit too big for these things.
    Believe it or not, Dave, there's less legroom on the 250. I can assure you it produced much shaking of heads and WTF ?
    Then when the second owner limped into the workshop, I had answers....

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Looking at that pic, it's pretty clear that all cafe racers are biased on a Manx Norton.
    Or a 7R or a Goldstar clubmans (the ultimate cafe racer).
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    or later a TZ RS etc
    The idea of a sucessful cafe racer is to mimic the look of a race bike isn't it.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    In the day, the Greeves Silverstone was probably the most uncomfortable. Bert Greeves is alleged to have had very short legs and long arms....
    I read somewhere that Peter Williams hated his one so moved seat and pegs to match his Manx. Worth half a second at Brands allegedly.
    Worst semi modern would be the '88 era RS250 Honda. Even tighter and more awkward than the 125 of the same era. There were two in ChCh at one point - and I shifted the pegs on both.
    ...back in the early eighties when I got stuck in the UK for some years I lived about a hundred yards from Arthur Wheelers, or his sons bike shop in Epsom...there were three bikes hanging from the ceiling rafters, a couple of Matchless and a Greeves Silverstone, they had kiwis painted on the tanks...they were raced by a fast kiwi who went over there to race in the earlier days...I wanted one of them but the Matchies were too expensive for my budget and I kinda naively fell in love with the Silverstone and negotiated a price of 1200 quid...my budget was dealt a blow and I couldn't do the deal...I ended up with a little Triumph Blazer for half the cost...it was a pain in the arse but probably less so than the Silverstone would have been...I had a bit of a thing for those Guzzi Monzas at the time too, that was quickly cured when I started frequenting the Harris workshop and the Hondaphile in me emerged...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    Proportions are wrong - most cafe'd Guzzis use a longer tank - and this is why,
    ...
    The factory cheated on the Le mans with a seat tank extender.
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    yes by if you look above they stll fall into the bottom on the triangle (well with in 1 inch r so of the subframe as the front loop is huge on a featherbed
    the tank also falls withing a inch of the line of the rear of the tank.
    that gives me inappropriate feelings in my trousers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I spent a bit of time with Legendary MCN tester Michael Neeves over the past week or two.
    He said the BMW R9T Racer is the most uncomfortable new bike he's ever ridden.
    I sat on one and had the same reaction as I did when I sat on a new 1100 Katana in 1982: I love the look of this thing but no fucking way could I ride it....
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