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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I'd rather have it exactly as it was, than "right" hence the 18 inch wheels.
    You have changed your tune from the earlier pages.
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    Horn will be near enough for me.
    Robbie told me to put 17's on it on the weekend, he rekoned building a bike you can buy tyres for is more important than building an authentic replica.
    Seeing as it came from him I've taken that on board.
    I was just suggesting to map it to see what it does, It took until about the mid nineties for Kawasaki to get a linkage right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    According to the net the first works bikes had it in 1980
    the First one I can find is the XR35 of 81
    steve roberts had factory full floater drawings when he built the alloy monocoque bike in 1981 obtained through Rod coleman

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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    You have changed your tune from the earlier pages.


    I was just suggesting to map it to see what it does, It took until about the mid nineties for Kawasaki to get a linkage right.
    I've also had plenty of time to think. People sweated rivets to build these kind of things & it is what it is.
    I could build a race bike better than this for half the money with locally sourced bits, but it wouldn't be this bike.
    It's not going to be ridden in anger, so I'd rather just leave it proper period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post


    Horn will be near enough for me.
    Robbie told me to put 17's on it on the weekend, he rekoned building a bike you can buy tyres for is more important than building an authentic replica.
    Seeing as it came from him I've taken that on board.
    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I've also had plenty of time to think. People sweated rivets to build these kind of things & it is what it is.
    I could build a race bike better than this for half the money with locally sourced bits, but it wouldn't be this bike.
    It's not going to be ridden in anger, so I'd rather just leave it proper period.
    Fair enough I guess for pre 89 you could do a GSXR slingshot 7/11 for far less.
    Out of interest what carbs and front wheel did it have in swan series trim.
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    Fair enough I guess for pre 89 you could do a GSXR slingshot 7/11 for far less.
    Out of interest what carbs and front wheel did it have in swan series trim.
    I think the front may have been an Astralite.
    I have a set of 29mm Mikuni Smoothbores to go on it, which I'm pretty sure is what it had & certainly period & a bit rarer than CR's which are everywhere.
    It comes with a pile of info on the original bike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I think the front may have been an Astralite.
    I have a set of 29mm Mikuni Smoothbores to go on it, which I'm pretty sure is what it had & certainly period & a bit rarer than CR's which are everywhere.
    It comes with a pile of info on the original bike.
    I wouldn't mind seeing that revs write up you mentioned.
    But I guess Tracy would have to scan it for you......
    The front wheel looked small diameter in the video I posted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by husaberg View Post
    I wouldn't mind seeing that revs write up you mentioned.
    But I guess Tracy would have to scan it for you......
    The front wheel looked small diameter in the video I posted.
    I will study it hard before I start the resto. I've got that much other stuff on my plate at the mo that it's a far off, hobby thing Right now.
    Most important part is getting it securely in my basement & assesing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    Most important part is getting it securely in my basement & assesing it.
    sounds like just what Joseph Fritzl used to do...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    I've also had plenty of time to think. People sweated rivets to build these kind of things & it is what it is.
    I could build a race bike better than this for half the money with locally sourced bits, but it wouldn't be this bike.
    It's not going to be ridden in anger, so I'd rather just leave it proper period.
    Steve, there's now some great 18 inch radial race tyres coming out. Dunlop are doing the Alpha 14 in 18's front and rear, Metzeler are doing the Racetec RR in 18's, there's new Avon Storm based 18 inch radials over and above the AM223/23, plus the Conti CR. So leaving it on 18's is no major issue and doing so I reckon would be cool!

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    Quote Originally Posted by malcy25 View Post
    Steve, there's now some great 18 inch radial race tyres coming out. Dunlop are doing the Alpha 14 in 18's front and rear, Metzeler are doing the Racetec RR in 18's, there's new Avon Storm based 18 inch radials over and above the AM223/23, plus the Conti CR. So leaving it on 18's is no major issue and doing so I reckon would be cool!
    It's about time too. Will any of them be slicks? It's a styling thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    It's about time too. Will any of them be slicks? It's a styling thing.
    No, but the Racetec RR is closest http://www.metzeler.com/site/uk/prod...acetec-RR.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by malcy25 View Post
    I've got them on my Street Triple and they are brilliant... did that trackday on them recently as well as road miles. Oooh errr missus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    Ahem. . . It wasn't built out of an impulse
    If anyone wants a rolling alloy frame for the bike in question, I have one that could be had for almost next to not much eventually, as I did buy one to build a replica before I found the bike itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    What the fuck does 'It has two stage throttle pick up and will go when extended' mean???

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