Michael and Tia flew 3500 miles to see us!
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Ready to cut steel (and aluminium) hopefully!
Submitted by pfouche on 05-Apr-09 1:47pmOk this is the 'final' design - ready to go to the builders. The forks have been pared down to 3.6kg for the pair. They are 6061 – T6 alloy. FEA has been done assuming a 1 G stoppy with a 300kg all up weight all on the front wheel.
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R1 FF, 5 years and a big re-think
Submitted by malakiblunt on 01-Apr-09 8:22pmThere's been a lot of discussion today (April 1st, 2009) about the relative merits of the Buell motor compared with the SV1000; the main concern with the Buell is the width of the primary and possibly cooling problems when it's faired.
The SV1000's only real problem is its length, though I am not too concerned about wheelbase; I'm sure it will still be shorter than a Quasar and by all accounts they go round corners very well.
So I thought I would post a few pics from back when I was designing the R1-based machine.
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FF design and construction
Submitted by malakiblunt on 31-Mar-09 10:51pmBeen thinking about the Buell 1200 as a sutible engine for my FF, what it has going for it,
Very narrow,45deg V so short to, side exit exhaust so no problems with a hot crotch (eg a sv1000) enough horse power 95-104bhp, but much more importantly low reving low down torque, IMHO this is esential for real world riding ie power availble instantly.
It also has very respectable economy ive seen 55mpg quoted.
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Hossack is not always as simple as it looks!
Submitted by pfouche on 28-Mar-09 9:28amMy first attempt at a Hossack front end was designed to be built as much as possible out of stock material - tube and box section - as possible. The ball joints were bought from a friendly neighbourhood motor factor for the princely sum of 600 baht (about €12).
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Hossack 3 progress - Bye bye ball joints.
Submitted by pfouche on 28-Mar-09 8:46amHossack 2 - Volvo Ball Joint in Tension
Submitted by pfouche on 28-Mar-09 8:39amHere the lower balljoint has been put in tension as it was designed to be. This moves the mounting points of the 2 ball joints too close together.
Note the Forks are now made of sheet steel The green is where one sheet has been set transparent to allow the inside to be seen.
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ThaiMax - The story so far - Design Evolution
Submitted by pfouche on 28-Mar-09 6:30amIt started with a tape measure. That didn't get me too far, so I got a friend to photograph me on my T-max from as far away as possible with maximum zoom. It wasn't nearly far enough, but the results are acceptable.
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ThaiMax - The story so far.
Submitted by pfouche on 27-Mar-09 11:09amSince the re-build of BikeWeb has killed my links I am going to build this as a blog, rather than a book
I had been keeping this under my hat until such time as it appeared it would actually going to get off the drawing board.
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Blez in Mick Broom's F650FF
Submitted by paulblez on 25-Mar-09 11:06pmBlez tries Mick Broom's wacky BMW F650-powered FF for size at the Hesketh open day in 2008. I rode it too, which was a strange experience with the 'push me pull you' steering and a foot throttle where the rear brake would usually be! I managed not to drop it though. Apparently many riders don't get more than a few yards! PNB
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1912 Wilkinson & 1954 'Silver Fish'
Submitted by paulblez on 24-Mar-09 12:58pmA 1912 Wilkinson 4-cylinder Feet first machine with armchair comfort makes a striking contrast with the head first Norton kneeler which broke the lap record at the North West 200 in 1953, powered by a laid-down Manx Norton 500 single. Sammy Miller owns the Norton and it is on display in his museum. Sam rode it for the Top Gear filming. There is a photo of him with it in the museum in August 2016 on the Sammy Miller Museum page. PNB
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Blez in Urs's TurboEco
Submitted by paulblez on 20-Mar-09 1:46pmBlez Trying Urs Wagner's Single Seat Turbo Eco for size at Brno in 2005. This machine has been the fastest cabin motorcycle around Brno for many years. Photo: Paul Blezard Archive
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Proposed TTXGP racer
Submitted by Royce on 18-Mar-09 8:45amProposed TTXGP racer.
This is a CGI image produced for sponsors during my abortive attempt last October [2008] to create an entry for the 2009 'carbon-free' TTXGP race in the IoM. It's based on a Cad layout which used a lot of stock 'Voyager' parts, including a complete Mk11 front end with the latest iteration of the footbox design (now also on a C-max conversion nearing completion.