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Old 10-26-2013, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by wooferdog
In the 70's when they came out the PNW from Europe. They used Norton power almost exclusively.

What do they use nowadays?

Edit: Big Huskys nowadays, so it seems

Edit #2: In pic #1. How wise is it to park your fine, new black car outside the berm when the hacks are throwing up a roostertail of dirt like that?

Some of the crazier guys Woof, use Wasp outfits with bloody great UJM 750cc in line fours..................

Wasp Motorcycles

The sound is orgasmic!

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Old 10-26-2013, 02:09 AM
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Norton Wasps ring a bell.

Big 4's would be something to hear. I once owned a '81 CB750F with an unpacked Kerker 4 into 1.

Orgasmic is an apt description of that sound
 
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Old 10-26-2013, 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by wooferdog
In pic #1. How wise is it to park your fine, new black car outside the berm when the hacks are throwing up a roostertail of dirt like that?
Don`t worry, it`s a Holden

TBT: interesting front end setup on that white sidecar bike.

There`s a big annual enduro race going through our town every spring, some years they go to the next stint past our house, been wondering that those guys in the sidecar must have vice grips for fingers and arms of a gorilla...
 
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TBT: interesting front end setup on that white sidecar bike.

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Can't remember if is it called a leading link or a trailing link front suspension. Was used by DKW on their MX bikes in the 60's and early 70's

I've also seen it fitted on Puchs, Rickmans and Monarchs of the same era
 
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Originally Posted by wooferdog
TBT: interesting front end setup on that white sidecar bike.

Mattson,

Can't remember if is it called a leading link or a trailing link front suspension. Was used by DKW on their MX bikes in the 60's and early 70's

I've also seen it fitted on Puchs, Rickmans and Monarchs of the same era

It is a leading link front end!

It makes steering the outfit a lot easier.

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Old 10-26-2013, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Sebastionbear
It is a leading link front end!

It makes steering the outfit a lot easier.

Cheers, SB
Thanks for the clarification, SB

I might have had one too many Strongbow last night in Seattle
 
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Originally Posted by wooferdog
I wonder if it comes with training wheels for us beginners?
So, that would be a sidehack on each side, = two passengers.

No need to worry about falling off, my engine wouldn't be strong enough to get the rig moving, let alone fast enough to actually have an accident.
 
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Old 10-26-2013, 04:38 AM
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Could you imagine us all trying to do a lap of the Isle of Man on those?

Wouldn't think there would be enough hourglasses to time it
 
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I think that I would be excellent on the downhill bits, where the combined weight of my passenger(s) and I would make for a formidable inertial force.
 




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