| Author | Message | ||
     Ducbsa |
Seen at the Pumpkin Run in NJ:  | ||
| Aesquire |
Brilliant! The reduction in unsprung weight............ Oh. Never mind. | ||
| Elsinore74 |
Is that a test mule for a new H-D rear suspension under development? | ||
| Buellish |
That's a well crafted caliper bracket.We could learn something from a fabricator like that. | ||
| Sifo |
How long before that tiny caliper overheats and boils the brake fluid? I'm guessing that a single stop from high speed is going to put you dangerously close to that happening. I hope he never takes it over any mountain passes! | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
 And thats probably the only brake it has! | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
That's a nicely engineered brake and very simple approach for the design of bike. It needs no more. Did you get pics of the bike Duc? Rocket in England | ||
| Ducbsa |
'tis a BSA. I think the bracket is fine, but the caliper seems a bit small.  | ||
| Oldog |
its got to be uncomfortable as hell to ride unless you are built like an orangutang the brake is well different...... | ||
| Hootowl |
Tell me more about the frame. It's got a couple of Buellish bits. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
No need for abs there then, it's not likely to lock up in a hurry. | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Now I am impressed. That's lovely.....but I can go one better! First though, that's a BSA A65 engine in a late 70's oil in frame Bonneville frame. The frame looks standard except for the upper and lower diagonal tubes making the hardtail. The cross bracing diagonal has been shortened to meet the top diagonal. It's stunning. The lack of front brake shows how well the rear must work! Or how brave its pilot must be. Rocket in England | ||
| Ducbsa |
It must keep his thighs toasty. | ||
| Strokizator |
There are a few aspects of the bike that have a cool vibe. I like the idler sprocket, kind of looks like a shade-tree version of the belt tensioner on my Buell. OTH, the sporty in the background has some homemade brackets added on the bottom shock mounts in an attempt to lower the bike which instead look like they make the shocks inoperative. Might as well have gone rigid at that point. | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Here's going one better. Pete Stansfield's fantastic Triumph. bobberlicious So much detail around this bike when you look close. Everything is meant to be just the way it is. But it is not retro. It was built many years ago. Rocket in England | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Where's the pic?  Rocket in England | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Can someone help me with a better image optimiser. I'm using an iPhone 4S reducing down from like 3 million or more bites to get to 100 bites for posting. Thus the above pic is small as. Rocket in England | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
"It's got a couple of Buellish bits." what buellish bits do you mean? the oil in frame? thats more than a decade before Buell existed (company, not man) | ||
| Griffmeister |
Nice bike, Rocket. At least that one has electrics, kind of. Still Lucas I assume. Interesting touch with the reversed head. I'm a little intrigued with the bike in Jersey. Definitely not street legal yet a helmet hangs from the bars.  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Rocket - use paint.NET (caps on purpose). It's freeware. Resizes are easy. Open an image. Click the image menu, choose "resize", enter 1000 pixels wide. Click OK. Click the file menu, select "save as", pick a filename, click OK. A window will open with a slider and a display for how many bytes the file uses. Slide the slider until you see under 100kb...and click OK. Below is resized from 3.13MB, 3456x2054 pixels.  | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Thanks Rat. Let's give it a go.  Rocket in England | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
That's better. Thanks again Rat. I've more detailed pics if anyone is interested? Rocket in England | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Griffmeister, I don't know about the rules & regs there, why isn't it street legal? | ||
| Andersonhdj |
The original Triumph frame had that oil filler smack central on the tube. It was covered by the seat in the closed position. This one is offset, so unless it's been relocated.......???? | ||
| Hootowl |
"what buellish bits do you mean?" The idler pulley, the perimeter brake, and yes, the oil in the frame. Not unique to Buell, but still Buellish. | ||
| Griffmeister |
Mr G, things here in the states are a little more restrictive. Although each state differs in their requirements, some things are pretty standard. As I stated, there's no electrics visible (headlight, turn signals etc.). Also, there's no front brake, no front fender and probably a slew of things that a DMV inspector could find wrong. Just being able to move on it's own power doesn't cut it around here.  | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Well it's got a stop/tail light & maybe a headlight, can't tell for sure. front brake & indicators probably aren't a legal requirement for the age. Still wouldn't be legal here either though as the frame's been altered from original. And I wouldn't ride it either.  | ||
| Hootowl |
I'd ride it if I was wearing asbestos long johns.  | ||
| Sifo |
I'm curious how well engineered that set up is. Were the mounting lugs welded to the rim or bolted on? I sure hope he engineered a floating set up for the rotor. I suppose he could have just used mounting hardware from an XB front rotor to get a good floating setup. Hard to tell the details from the photo though. I still think that is a tiny caliper to serve as the only brake on the bike. I've got bicycles with more brake than that and I've overheated those! | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
"Although each state differs in their requirements, some things are pretty standard. As I stated, there's no electrics visible (headlight, turn signals etc.). Also, there's no front brake, no front fender and probably a slew of things that a DMV inspector could find wrong." yes, each state is different I know that in NC and some surrounding states: turn signals arent required. BUT, in NC, its either have all four, or none at all. front fender - not a big deal, doesnt have to have one. LOOKS like there is a headlight on there, its mounted low, but you can see something through the forks Dont know how things are in NJ, or where you are, but again, here there is no DMV inspector you buy a bike, mod it how you'd like, continue on Only thing that I DONT see in the photo, and its likely on the left handlebar, is a mirror, most states require them | ||
| Griffmeister |
Man, I need to move to NC. I'm in CT and in many cases it can be next to impossible to register a composite bike. The general rule here is that a bike should be equipped as it was originally. A composite bike I believe would have to match whatever rules were in effect at the time of the build. One trick around this is if you owned one of the parts bikes already and kept the registration active. Then you could keep renewing and hope you don't get stopped on your new creation by some over enthusiastic trooper. Going back to the bike in the picture, the engine runs off a magneto and there's no battery visible anywhere so whatever electrics that are there need a running engine to operate. Like you say, some states aren't so critical. I'm jealous. | ||
| Patches |
Magneto Battery Eliminator set-up. Kick-start. |
