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Sorry but I couldn't really get a nice angled picture,but it did look much nicer in the flesh, not that it looks bad in these pics, but they really don't do it justice.  Rocket in England | ||
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But that said, it was not the best trike at the show ! This was.............  and I'm no fan of the V what so ever !!! Rocket in England | ||
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I was told that the fella that built this one has built about four so far. He builds them to order only. You give him £16000 and for your money he builds this awesome looking creation from a new V-Max.  Rocket in England | ||
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Again, this looked loads better in the flesh.  Rocket in England | ||
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There were lots of older machines scattered about the show too. Here's a really nice Egli Vincent.  Rocket in England | ||
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Following the same theme, here's a modern interpretation, from the Crampton Co.  Rocket in England | ||
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Again, the Crampton from the rear.  I suppose you all noticed the girder forks and the twin disc set-up. The Crampton had some really nice, and unusual touches. I spent some time trying to figure out how the rear suspension worked. The pic isn't really clear, but the shocks are mounted at the bottom end on a sliding joint that has a rod attached to it that runs forward to the swing arm pivot, allowing the shocks to change angle in relation to suspension travel, or is it NOT to change. I still can't figure it out  The tubed swing arm remided me very much of the Buell race type one. Mr Witt, notice the stand ? Rocket in England | ||
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Here's an Italian Cafe Racer. There were a couple of these scattered around the show too !  To be honest, I looked at some of the Guzzi's there and the build quality was attrocious. Some of their models were so cheaply constructed, I was gob smacked. I always thought that Guzzi stood for quality. Still, at least the Ghezzi Brian made up for Guzzi's poor stuff ! Rocket in England | ||
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There was the other stuff too, like this weird concept thingy............  Rocket in England | ||
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And not forgetting the Japanese guys too. You're maybe familiar with this custom job, and it looked pretty good too ! And it gets ridden !  Built by the White House custom shop,in Tokyo I believe. Rocket in England |
