Ping TOG & other experts - Scrambler steering
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From: don (Calgary) on 16 Feb 2010 20:21 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:57:30 -0800, Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: >Further to my project, I found this salvage '06 Bonneville, >current bid US$3600. I'd hoped to find an insurance write-off >for considerably less than that. > >I may as well just buy something like this '06 Triumph >America for $4000: >http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/mcy/1597984621.html > >SQ By the time you are done with that frame, I am thinking you're gonna have more than four grand invested. You will have comfort in knowing you built it, but it will be at a cost. Make a list of all the parts you need aside from the engine and tranny. From what I recall in your original post the list will be extensive. Then put some realistic prices to the bits and pieces. Unless you find everything on Ebay that stuff is going to be expensive to pick up from the dealer. You might find you are better off buying something like that America.
From: Sean_Q_ on 16 Feb 2010 21:46 don (Calgary) wrote: > Make a list of all the parts you need aside from the engine and > tranny. From what I recall in your original post the list will be > extensive. Thing is, I'm hoping to find a complete (but bent) donor bike. Of course I'll have to scrounge replacements for the bent parts, but I don't know what they'll be yet. ps. I just took the Dnepr to A&W. Now I'm wearing big goofy grin (more for the bike ride than the burger). Here's a German sidecar looking strangely like mine... http://classicfun.ws/wp-content/uploads/blitzkrieg-when-you-only-stop-for-kittens.jpg Further to the above: here's 3 guys in the SS playing with another kitten. Is that a grenade on the table? http://cheezburger.com/View.aspx?aid=2254299392 SQ
From: Sean_Q_ on 16 Feb 2010 21:53 > Further to my project, I found this salvage '06 Bonneville, > current bid US$3600. Oops forgot to post the link: http://www.ridesafely.com/inventory.asp?vt=C&InventoryID=1001200483&description=2008%20TRIUMPH%20BONNEVILLE%20&Search=vt%3DC%26make%3DTRIUMPH%26model%3DBONNEVILLE%26region%3D%26status%3D%26AuctionDate%3D%26description%3DSEARCH%2520FOR%2520TRIUMPH%2520BONNEVILLE SQ
From: The Older Gentleman on 17 Feb 2010 05:54 The Wearin' o' the Green <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > 'm no expert on the effects of steering geometry > on handling so I need to ask - how significant are > these differences? Will I always have "odd steering"? > IOW is this whole project doomed to disappointment. IMO the wheel/tyre/riding position choice plays a significant part in the Scrambler's oddness. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: The Older Gentleman on 17 Feb 2010 05:54
? <breoganmacbrath(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > My Portuguese eight-great grandfather *Yawn* -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools |