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KnifeySpoony

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auntiebling

auntiebling

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^^^

looks super nice i'd rock it in a heartbeat if i could but seriously, how the hell do you ride it?

lack of hand controls, other than the throttle cable, indicate jockey shift/left foot clutch or some permutation of "suicide shift" must be there... no front brake so it probably doesn't stop that well
 
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KnifeySpoony

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auntiebling said:
^^^

looks super nice i'd rock it in a heartbeat if i could but seriously, how the hell do you ride it?

lack of hand controls, other than the throttle cable, indicate jockey shift/left foot clutch or some permutation of "suicide shift" must be there... no front brake so it probably doesn't stop that well
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Also notice the travel on the front forks.

I think the secret to riding it lies somewhere in his beard.

But seriously, that front wheel is just awesome.The whole design is super clean.
 
FLH03RIDER

FLH03RIDER

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KnifeySpoony said:
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SWEET RIDE !!!:teeth

74CI Shovelhead, kick start, alternator motor with a Keihin carb, old FL hub laced to a 21.
Jockey shift on the left side off the top of the tranny with clutch operated by left foot. Quite the balancing act when yer banging gears.
With the seat sitting on the frame gotta run about 12-14 psi in the rear other wise yer kidneys are going to fall out yer arse! :laughing
Frame looks like it could be a mid '50s style, it's got the "cast iron" head and tube joints and the front down tubes bend/curve out from the head down to the front engine mount.

I'd take it!!!!
 
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DWC

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I just looked at it closer after all the mike vomit. Why did they put forwards on it? Makes no sense.
 
auntiebling

auntiebling

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protokultur said:
Maybe final version will be belt drive?
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unlikely. i've seen it before on "customs" and they all claim it's some cool innovation... i saw it in 1997 on an FSAE car and the technical judges found it flawed for the same reasons i do. i didn't see if it worked there, and i have no evidence.. not even hearsay, if it works on a bike or not. i would love to hear some first hand accounts.

also a belt drive is much wider, so either the caliper needs to be way wider to turn it into a brake disk also, or somehow reach around the T cross section like some hydraulic C clamp.
 
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