Great shed build
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Engineering excellence...although rather long intake tubes !! Not to everyone's ( especially cefa1965 
) taste, even I'm sitting on the wall on this one !!
Airheads are ripe for updating/customizing nowadays !
) taste, even I'm sitting on the wall on this one !!Airheads are ripe for updating/customizing nowadays !
Feckin horrible.
Beemerboff
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Supercharged motors don't usually need a tuned exhaust, the supercharger does not need much help[ to fill the cylinder.
You would want a flame proof F1 drivers suit if you intended sitting on the seat when the motor was running, triple layer with perhaps a bit intercooling!
You would want a flame proof F1 drivers suit if you intended sitting on the seat when the motor was running, triple layer with perhaps a bit intercooling!
SteveHop
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Not ideal for country lanes
Agreed.
Plus 1!
Not a very practical bike but as an engineering exercise / piece of art it is perhaps the best I have ever seen. I have posted links to so-called cafe racers before (the usual remove-the-muguards-chop-the-subframe-brown-seat-exhaust-wrap type) with dodgy welding and suspect engines. But a supercharger? Silhouette tank? Impressive.
I would have pitched this as a track bike with a race fairing (given the raised motor in the frame and all that potential power) myself. Just to go down the pub seems a bit of a waste.
I would have pitched this as a track bike with a race fairing (given the raised motor in the frame and all that potential power) myself. Just to go down the pub seems a bit of a waste.
Borderbob
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What he said!
I agree, I think the design detailing and engineering are both fantastic
It does look well engineered although I fail to see how the seat subframe is supported. A huge amount of effort to bring an old airhead up to some kind of modern spec. and it’s still fugly
Hardly a shed build when your mate does all the CNC bits.
Hardly a shed build when your mate does all the CNC bits.
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Yes probably so, and hiding it under the seat does make for clean lines at the rear, whereas everywhere else they seem to make a point of having all the pipes, cables and brackets on show.
I quite like it, some lovely engineering and love the supercharger.A.lot of work has gone into that and it'd be a hoot to ride.Fully understand those who hate it, it is pretty extreme.
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