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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28660 Tucson Az Gender:	I'm trying... 06/07/16 at 08:40:27 I'm trying... to wrap my head around what it would be like to ride this... How much arm strength is needed to keep that front wheel pointed forward?... How "iron" must my butt be?... ...and,.. a little part of me wants to find out...
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whoisrawb YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 40	Re: I'm trying... Reply #1 - 06/07/16 at 08:50:31 LOL that is insane!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #2 - 06/07/16 at 08:58:29 hard to say, the head angle is severe, but the trail may make up for it. I've heard some say these customs were easy to turn.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #3 - 06/07/16 at 09:55:23 Looks like you could ride a Ryca CS1 right under that !!!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #4 - 06/07/16 at 09:58:33 I wanna see him do a ride test on that at department of motor vehicles , ride that thru the key hole !
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #5 - 06/07/16 at 10:01:17 Panic stop with that dual disc must be hella fun
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #6 - 06/07/16 at 10:02:58 Needs like 3 or 4 fork braces
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #7 - 06/07/16 at 10:11:51 Needs about an acre or so to turn around , might fall asleep before that happens
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Reply #8 - 06/07/16 at 11:13:29

Waaaaay back in the 70's, I rode a Triumph chopper with a front end like that (maybe not so long), and it was a conventional fork with just two tubes.....and it had a drum front brake.

The first time I went to slow down, I grabbed a handful of front brake as I always do....and that is when the bucking started. The braking force would put a bend in the fork tubes, and then the front wheel would do a little bounce up in the air....and the front wheel would jump forward and the forks would straighten out, and then when the wheel hit the ground again the process would repeat. In about 5 oscillations I figured out what was happening and stopped using the front brake. I don't remember it riding weird in a straight line - but it was a bit strange watching that front tire being tipped over and making a big wide arc while the back tire just kind of pivoted. Shocked

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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #9 - 06/07/16 at 12:19:47 Serowbot wrote on 06/07/16 at 08:40:27: How much arm strength is needed to keep that front wheel pointed forward?... I saw this guy get off of that bike. That answer your question?
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5106 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #10 - 06/07/16 at 12:31:09 Wow Dave you were riding in the 70's , you must be , wait a minute , guess I was riding in the Late 70's , never mind disregard this post.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #11 - 06/07/16 at 13:03:01 Ruttly wrote on 06/07/16 at 12:31:09: Wow Dave you were riding in the 70's , you must be , wait a minute , guess I was riding in the Late 70's , never mind disregard this post. My first street legal bike was a 1972 F6 Kawasaki 125 Enduro. My second street legal bike was a 1976 Suzuki RE-5 with a Rotary (Wankel) engine.
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: I'm trying... Reply #12 - 06/07/16 at 13:29:17 Dave, How did the Wankel engine work out in a motorcycle frame? I had a new RX7 in 1989 and it was a really good smooth running automobile. Kenny G
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Reply #13 - 06/07/16 at 13:31:53

My first bike was a 1975 Yamaha RD200. 2-stroke, twin. Amazing power band.
This isn't mine but it's identical:

Next was a 1977 Yamah XS 400 that I cafe'd with drop bars, a quarter fairing and exhaust tips. Need to find some pics of that one as it was pre-digital. I got hit on it and it was totaled.
Here's how it looked stock (again, not mine but identical).

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Reply #14 - 06/07/16 at 13:34:15

The Wankel was pretty cool. It had a funky lope that sounded really cool at idle, at speed it sounded like it was a 125cc engine at high rpm. It was very torquey, and very smooth - but if you were riding along and just chopped the throttle quickly...the compression braking/engine friction could slide the back tire if the pavement was smooth (tar joints, paint stripes, wet pavement).

I wish I still had it.....I sold it when I went to college. I had a black Windjammer SS fairing on it.....it looked great!

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