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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Have a look at the chain link just ahead of the frame. It's real high. That puppy will have to have Rossane Barr on it before the chain is straight.
    Yeah but once some fat cunt sits on it that angle will mostly go away.

    Oh and never mention Rosanne Barr on this forum ever again!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    Yeah but once some fat cunt sits on it
    Oh and never mention Rosanne Barr on this forum ever again!!!
    Well you did!

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    OK, so I'm not an engineer and CBF trawling through the sidecar build thread, but to pick up on the point about short chain runs and layshafts and what not, the only one I have seen lately is this one: its the Classified Moto XR650 Big Wheel.

    Would it have problems with the short chain run and jackshaft to clear the wide rear?

    I am interested in a non-technical explanation if one is available.....

    I love this bike - the first bike I ever rode was an RV90 (fell off it two minutes later and have been hooked ever since....) so this BW really appeals to me.

    https://www.classifiedmoto.com/motorcycles/bw650/
    A short chain gets really fucking hot. Then it snaps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    Yeah but once some fat cunt sits on it that angle will mostly go away.

    Oh and never mention Rosanne Barr on this forum ever again!!!
    And the 700cc engine will try it's hardest to flatten it further until it pulls straight or chainsaws its way through the pivot point. Either would be funny. Neither conducive to good handling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    A short chain gets really fucking hot. Then it snaps.
    Huh! I would not have thought of that but it makes heapbigsense.

    Unless you had room to run big sprockets which would take 2 of the 3 drivers out of the equation. Well, and make the chain a bit longer too for better cooling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Huh! I would not have thought of that but it makes heapbigsense.

    Unless you had room to run big sprockets which would take 2 of the 3 drivers out of the equation. Well, and make the chain a bit longer too for better cooling.
    Honda tried to make it work with the CB750/900/1100 16V family. One chain up the back to the inlet cam, then another short one across to the exhaust cam.
    Guess which one broke regularly...

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Huh! I would not have thought of that but it makes heapbigsense.

    Unless you had room to run big sprockets which would take 2 of the 3 drivers out of the equation. Well, and make the chain a bit longer too for better cooling.
    Yeah, I didn't think of it either.

    Didn't have space for big sprockets. Oil bath would have worked, but it gets messy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    Honda tried to make it work with the CB750/900/1100 16V family. One chain up the back to the inlet cam, then another short one across to the exhaust cam.
    Guess which one broke regularly...
    ...when my wife's CBX did a really big chain fuck thing, I couldn't believe how much chain protruded through so many bits of engine casings...

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    mmm take a reasonably unmolested bike chop it about a bit & dulux overhaul it then try to pretend it's something it'll never be and ask silly money

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...88ac8d15266bd2

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.W.R View Post
    mmm take a reasonably unmolested bike chop it about a bit & dulux overhaul it then try to pretend it's something it'll never be and ask silly money

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...88ac8d15266bd2
    I like it, not 9K like but...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    I like it, not 9K like but...
    It's nicely done job and they're a damn fine bike at their intended purpose but 250kg & 90 odd neddies it'll never be a cafe racer
    would've been far better off keeping it stock and sprucing it up as is. Did about 100kms as pillion on one many yrs ago and I know why they've got the rep as the "lazy man's tourer"....stock that seat is plush!

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    Quote Originally Posted by T.W.R View Post
    It's nicely done job and they're a damn fine bike at their intended purpose but 250kg & 90 odd neddies it'll never be a cafe racer
    would've been far better off keeping it stock and sprucing it up as is. Did about 100kms as pillion on one many yrs ago and I know why they've got the rep as the "lazy man's tourer"....stock that seat is plush!
    This is a Cafe Racer


    The rest are just homages to that era.
    I would like a new Thruxton but can't be bothered spending all that on a weekend toy.
    From memory 650's had a about 40 HP and about 150 KG's, probably less of a power to weight ratio
    DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    This is a Cafe Racer

    The rest are just homages to that era.
    I would like a new Thruxton but can't be bothered spending all that on a weekend toy.
    From memory 650's had a about 40 HP and about 150 KG's, probably less of a power to weight ratio
    That bloke must have got around a bit back in the day, I posted a pic of him on a Kennedy Lister in almost the same pose 9yrs ago

    https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...18#post1988518

    Might be a lower power to weight ratio but i know which one I'd rather be on in tight country

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    I rescued one of those 1100s from the scrapper.
    Diff, Suspension, paint, and some CBR brakes.

    Made a great tourer. Lazy is right. I only sold it as it got a bit ponderous if riding with mates and they got a move on. Nothing 20yrs of chassis development wouldn't fix I always said.

    The real answer is not try keep up or rides with the wife. We did some kms in comfort.
    Best memory up 90mile beach in our bikinis (or one of us at least) then stream at the end out to the road. No drama.
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    Quote Originally Posted by T.W.R View Post
    That bloke must have got around a bit back in the day, I posted a pic of him on a Kennedy Lister in almost the same pose 9yrs ago

    https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...18#post1988518

    Might be a lower power to weight ratio but i know which one I'd rather be on in tight country
    Yes, Pom Bombs are ideal for small islands with lots of corners.
    DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.

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