What ever happened to this BSL500

**orangeback** · 26th June 2007, 19:31

NZs only 500GP bike , Bill Buckley World GP bike
saw it around the NZ series for a while in 2001

**onearmedbandit** · 26th June 2007, 19:33

It was rendered completely obsolete by the introduction of the 4 strokes.

**orangeback** · 26th June 2007, 19:37

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

It was rendered completely obsolete by the introduction of the 4 strokes.

though as much is it still in nz ? private colection ? Promo bike?

**onearmedbandit** · 26th June 2007, 19:43

Not sure sorry mate, he's probably got it sitting at his business somewhere. Someone from the area will know better.

**Pixie** · 28th June 2007, 10:49

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

It was rendered completely obsolete by the introduction of the 4 strokes.

Conspiracy,of course.
Being a budget New Zealand development,it would have easily beaten all the world's major bike manufacturers.
So they got together and lobbied for the change to 4 strokes

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 28th June 2007, 12:17

Originally Posted by orangeback

NZs only 500GP bike , Bill Buckley World GP bike
saw it around the NZ series for a while in 2001

Hmmm.
Lights, indicators, 200hp of 2 stroke power?
.............sounds just ideal for my style of fuckwit riding!

**F5 Dave** · 29th June 2007, 15:47

Never qualified for GPs. Yeah I remember seeing it at Wanganui being thumped by GSXR600s, sad.

**Scouse** · 29th June 2007, 16:18

It was recently on display this year at the MNZ Motorcycle show at Manukau it looked quite trick too

**Scouse** · 29th June 2007, 16:21

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Never qualified for GPs. Yeah I remember seeing it at Wanganui being thumped by GSXR600s, sad.

Fact of life everything gets thumped around Wanganui by 600cc sportsbikes even the equivalent 1000cc sportsbikes

**F5 Dave** · 29th June 2007, 16:35

The Britten held its own quite nicely. . .& it wasn't GP level.

A decent GP bike like NSR500V twins always did well at Monaco etc. BSL just wasn't a decent GP bike. The KR500 triple was a horny bike, always qualified well, but just wasn't competitive in the traffic.

**skidMark** · 29th June 2007, 16:41

it's at buckley systems headquarters down in mt wellington.

had a crawl all over it, shitload of word gone into it

was more impressed by the v8 they had in the other building

2 zx12r motors with a cnc crankcase to join onto one crank

**foams at the mouth**

14000rpm v8

put out sum silly HP

**Sanx** · 30th June 2007, 00:22

Originally Posted by skidMark

2 zx12r motors with a cnc crankcase to join onto one crank

**foams at the mouth**

14000rpm v8

Ooooh. Now there's an engine for a lightweight sportscar. The Tiger Z100 runs two GSX-R1000 engines. Weighing only 550kgs, it puts out a staggering 600bhp per tonne. Another version, running two ZX-12R motors, did a 0-100 run in 2.9 seconds, in full road trim. So it ain't slow (by car standards).

But I love the idea of a relatively low-capacity V8 with a properly balanced firing order. I know Alfa Romeo did a 2 litre V8 at some point. Ran all day (until the electrics blew anyway; it is Italian) at 10,000 rpm.

**skidMark** · 30th June 2007, 00:25

i think it was going in a speedway car or sumthin...sum sorta racecar.

**Winger** · 30th June 2007, 19:49

check out DRYSDALE MOTORCYCLES in australia V8 sports bike a combination of all 4 jap cycles 120kw race motors running at 19000rpm??

**SimJen** · 30th June 2007, 20:21

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

The Britten held its own quite nicely. . .& it wasn't GP level.

A decent GP bike like NSR500V twins always did well at Monaco etc. BSL just wasn't a decent GP bike. The KR500 triple was a horny bike, always qualified well, but just wasn't competitive in the traffic.

Monaco????? first i've heard of bike racing around there?????