That looks like a copy of the John Surtes bike, That threw him off at Goodwood,!! Cheers Bill.
Comet suspension
- Thread starter redbloke1956
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Adding progressive springs to Girdraulics that already have progressive geometry seems risky to me. Beautifully done though. The rear suspension looks good.
Hello Brian, Yes, I think it was going over the finish line, Not nice !! I am not sure, But I don't think he had a steering damper on it at the time, I saw it on the telly a few times, Cheers Bill.
"he replaced the spring boxes with some spring-hydralic units"
Quite right. Photographs of the bike show full length spring over damper units replacing the front spring boxes and the eccentrics in a non-standard angle. The rather beautiful red bike also has the lower link at the angle to cause the bike to rise over the forks when front wheel braking.
Quite right. Photographs of the bike show full length spring over damper units replacing the front spring boxes and the eccentrics in a non-standard angle. The rather beautiful red bike also has the lower link at the angle to cause the bike to rise over the forks when front wheel braking.
I am sorry for all the messing about. It is a steep learning curve trying to learn all the intricacies of the computer mind.
Unfortunately we have reached the age that automatically clears the memory 2 days after learning something!!
I can now reduce the size of the photo’s – but as yet can only email one at a time.
There are 6 photo’s and I will list the descriptions below along with the reference number of the photo.
Photo 034 – Standard fork full extension
Photo 037 – Standard fork full compression
Photo 066 - Repositioned eccentric position full extension
Photo 040 - Repositioned eccentric position full compression
Photo 038 – Comparison of wheel travel
Photo 067 – Standard and modified steering column.
I hope that this makes sense to you. I bet you are regretting offering now!
Best wishes
John
Sorry, After I offered I realised I hadn't done this before either. Hope this works.
Photos above left to right 038 040 065 067 034 which should make this 037 ................ I hope. I had to convert from .bmp so if anyone has a problem TOUGH! Or let me know and I'll try to improve.
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Thanks Howard and John, John you are very Brave to try something so different, I was told by a bike builder, Who people have a lot of respect for, To do something like that, But I would not take that chance, I have a yellow streak down my back !! Good Luck, Bill.
