the Hippo.......................??Originally Posted by CaN
.....your time is coming
the Hippo.......................??
Aargh, photos!
Bloody hell, that aint cool
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
The metal is always nude.
Is he the one that built that trick GS-1000 powered racer of the early '80s?
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
.....your time is coming
just Trolling young Sky Sniper.........
Scooter boy
Look's like a deformed banana!
Never, never give in.
Yeah and he also built frames for the Suzuki factory to use on their TR500 racebikes in the early 70s.
So don't knock the guy - he is NOT a sheep but innovative and he had a go.
Scooter boy
With the air filter where it is you would want to be careful with the nads. And is it pink??? Or is it the shock that makes your eyes let in too much light, and its realy red?
Never, never give in.
A forerunner to J.Britten was Steve Roberts. This NZ chap built an aluminium monococ chassis for a roadrace bike in the early 80s originally campaigned by David Hiscock in the world F1 champs in 1983 & followed it up in 83/84 with a Kevlar version dubbed the 'Plastic Fantastic'. This preceded most other (if not all other successful composite bikes).
Never, never give in.
Here is SOMETHING: Merv wrote awhile back.
Where are you Merv??
Forum whore
One day you are on about how you fancy Dover and Cowpoo et al, next you are grabbing Boomer's arse, now you have a thing for the fat chick.
What next? No don't answer that I don't really need to know.
You need to get off of that keyboard and ride more!!!
Hardcore Biker
Nice work
Forum whore
Nice workFinally... someone that notices my work
“There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there? ”-Clerks
bucket blingster
Yeah, but its "powered" by the mighty CX500 I know someone down here who would think thats the best thing since Moto Guzzi fitted chain drive!! Oh, they haven't?Never mind.....
Still, probably cheaper than this.....http://www.allamericanracers.com/all...ator_home.html
Geriatric hippie
A few points:
1/ It wasn't so ridiculous at the time - in the early-mid 80's there were a lot of FF bikes being built. They were essentially a timely response to the problems of living in a city like London where the weather is foul and the parking is impossible. Much like the reasoning behind BMW's C1.
2/ Yes, it is THE steve Roberts
3/ The bikes to which you refer, and the ones everyone knows SR for, were built for Dave Hiscock - Robert got them as hand-me-downs.
You are dead right - Steve Roberts is a legend. His engineering skill and workmanship are such that the FF thing should be revered for what it is, not slagged because it just doesn't fit one's ideas of what a bike should look like.
ACC - It's where the Enron accountants all went.
Never, never give in.
And I notice that someone will pay $2000.00 for this 'CX500'. It will be interesting to see how the auction goes??
Also notice that the add says "The body is aluminium crafted by Steve Roberts."
That does not neccesarily mean SR deigned and built the machine. It could just be that SR carried out the aluminium work to someone else's specs??
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