From: The Older Gentleman on
Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?

Usual reason.



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From: JB on

"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1jku5vu.1i967i0ta9eqcN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
>
> Usual reason.
>
>
My brother had one in the very late 80. It was a total revelation in terms
of engine response and power delivery to the CB750/Z1000/GS1000s I'd been
used to. Certainly the fastest thing I'd ridden to that point.
Utterly bonkers bike for the time. He did however have a disc which decided
to crack (at <2500mile iirc) and have both the caliper right off the
forkleg, and him off into the bushes. Warranty repair + helmet/kit replaced
FOC.
Handling too was stunning after the older twinshock dinosaurs I rode then.
Seat was like a plank.

JB


From: Brownz on
On 29 June, 06:55, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
>
> Usual reason.
>

We used to use the short stroke motors in an Ireson F2 outfit.

Very strong apart from this one time at Snett when ....
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/brownie/snett.jpg

And that was a nicely balanced motor, tuned for reliability rather
than anything else - de facto gorilla rods etc fitted.
From: TOG on
On 29 June, 09:45, Brownz <ad...(a)brownz.org> wrote:
> On 29 June, 06:55, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older
>
> Gentleman) wrote:
> > Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
>
> > Usual reason.
>
> We used to use the short stroke motors in an Ireson F2 outfit.
>
> Very strong apart from this one time at Snett when ....http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/brownie/snett.jpg
>
> And that was a nicely balanced motor, tuned for reliability rather
> than anything else - de facto gorilla rods etc fitted.

Brownz, would you mind dropping me an email with a valid email addie?
JB too. Ta.....
From: Vass on


"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1jku5vu.1i967i0ta9eqcN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> Anyone here own one, or ever owned one?
>
> Usual reason.
>

yep[1], it stripped the thread on the drive shaft, I had to crack open the
whole engine to replace it [2]
and I had 2 bits left over when it all went back together [3] :-)

[1] Black one
[2] 2 nasty bolts inside took ages to find - no amount of belting with a
hammer would open the crankcase until these were removed.
[3] spacers

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Vass

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