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Please delete....

rohorn — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 17:41:51 +0000

There are better things to do and better places to spend my time......

Nothing to see here....

rohorn — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:10:48 +0000

Never mind - there are other things to do - carry on....

Eight (Yes - 8!) Old Quasar and Phasar articles

rohorn — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:05:23 +0000

1) Motorcycle Mechanics. September 1977: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/mcmsep77quasarspx500.pdf

2) Cycle. June 1978: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/cyclejune78quasar.pdf

3) Bike. August 1978: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/bike_august_1978_quasar_tt_1978.pdf

4) cycle guide. December 1979: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/cycle_guide_december_1979_quasar.pdf

5) Two Wheels. August 1980: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/twowhaug80quasar.pdf

6) Which Bike. July 1981: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/which_bike_july_1981_phasar.pdf

7) Motorcycling. February 1983: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/motorcycling_february_1983_quasar.pdf

8) Bike. November 1984: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/bikenov84phasar.pdf

All 8 here: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/quasar.html

The host is asking for MORE Quasar and Phasar articles: https://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/wanted.html

POWA Design FF.....?

rohorn — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:26:46 +0000

An Alan Cathcart article on the POWA Design D-10 mentions an FF Yamaha and (?) another semi-enclosed moped. Never seen any pictures 'til maybe now:

POWA Book? Catalog? (Bottom 2 illustrations on cover...) http://files.homepagemodules.de/b17661/pictures_u142_b1ec36.jpg

Different Alan Cathcart article .pdf file: http://davestestsandarticles.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/motorcycle_international_november_1989_powa_el_tox_citybike.pdf

PS: I'm not on FB, but Bottpower is - as is their "Torpedo" : https://www.facebook.com/bottpower/photos/5437620896256251/
Bottpower has a rich history of actually making, riding, and selling functionally excellent machines, hence my higher level of enthusiasm for what is usually just vaporware. The timing is also...interesting - this isn't their first interest in the subject: From 2007: https://bottpower.com/maier-and-the-torpedo/

2014 Discovery Channel FF video...

rohorn — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:10:35 +0000

Just realized that this video was never shared here - just made the video public on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0jtYGOw2s

Discovery Canada produced that - they were fun to work with.

Looking forward to a lot more fun (And video) of the next one...

FF Design Contest....

rohorn — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 22:08:02 +0000

https://ottonero.blogspot.com/2022/02/ducati-recumbent-dalincibe-design.html

https://www.dalinci.be/feet-forward-motorcycle-design/design-competition

It is already over:

https://www.dalinci.be/design-competition-winners

Funny how interest and enthusiasm for innovation and invention comes from outside the industry...

Parking a retired FF racer in a museum, etc - with pictures!!!

rohorn — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 02:14:15 +0000

How a welcoming museum was found for the retired FF racer, "Thoughts" of FB, next racer progress:

https://rohorn.blogspot.com/2021/12/day-at-museum.html

The obvious direction of design - 80 years ago...

rohorn — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:23:24 +0000

Vintagent article on some of the motorcycle related work of Louis Lucien Lepoix. No, his FF ("Moto-Horizontale") never got past the sketch and model stage, but all of the familiar features are there.

The pictures are from the book "50 Jahre technische Ästhetik" - 540 pages! https://www.lepoix-design.com/bestellformular.html

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Some interesting older FFs on an interesting site:

rohorn — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:30:38 +0000

Douglas Self's site is worth visiting - a few familiar FFs - and a few that I don't think I've seen here before. The rest of his site is a wonderful time sink...

Two-Wheeled Cars

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Mystery French FF....?

rohorn — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:55:55 +0000

Anyone know anything about this? Pictures taken from here: https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvaUY7HlsR/

FF racer at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering

rohorn — Sun, 19 May 2019 18:23:51 +0000

Submitted the racer for entry into the Quail show (THE bike show in the USA) - it was accepted! Abhi Eswarapppa from Bike-urious wrote a very enthusiastic article on it.

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