'78(ish) triple frame FREE in Florida

mcnicol

mcnicol

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Rescued a '78ish triple frame from the estate of a deceased racer from New Hampshire or somewhere like that, his wife didn't know anything about it. Lots of gussets and braces welded to frame, including swing arm pivot (ergo no frame number or date), will be hard to remove for restoration. I can post pictures if anyone's seriously interested. I bought it for $5 to keep it out of the rubbish pickup, I don't have any use for it and it takes up a lot of space in my small garage. No idea how straight it is, remember it was a race bike.

Ken
 
That would be a great thing FOR a race bike. Good on you for saving it from the scrap bin. I can't really see why having been on a racer it is more likely to be bent. Most race crashes where I race are slide offs that take a fairing and handlebar or footpeg, even a high sider usually just wipes out tanks, seats, handlebar stuff as well as fairings. Road crashes often involve heavy impacts and cause proper structural damage.
 
Tippie said:
That would be a great thing FOR a race bike. Good on you for saving it from the scrap bin. I can't really see why having been on a racer it is more likely to be bent. Most race crashes where I race are slide offs that take a fairing and handlebar or footpeg, even a high sider usually just wipes out tanks, seats, handlebar stuff as well as fairings. Road crashes often involve heavy impacts and cause proper structural damage.
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That's because in the US, races are run in circles, so frames bend. Very much like attaching a sidecar.

Paul
 
They used to run reverse direction meetings at some tracks I knew, like Lakeside near Brisbane where I raced a few times. Would no way be allowed it today, armco and sand traps in all the wrong places.
 
And Wanneroo in Perth. Didn't really make it any less safe, but there was that horrible sidecar incident where they ran straight into the tire fence at the end of the strat-finish straight.
 
At race meetings in Tassie during the 1960's and 1970's (usually motocross, but sometimes at road race meetings) the last race of the day would be listed in the programme as "Butcher's Picnic" and was run in the opposite direction around the track. It was often the most entertaining race of the day because of the mayhem and carnage that sometimes ensued.
 
Dellortoman said:
At race meetings in Tassie during the 1960's and 1970's (usually motocross, but sometimes at road race meetings) the last race of the day would be listed in the programme as "Butcher's Picnic" and was run in the opposite direction around the track. It was often the most entertaining race of the day because of the mayhem and carnage that sometimes ensued.
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With half the field going one way and half going the other way .  :o :D
 
Tippie said:
They used to run reverse direction meetings at some tracks I knew, like Lakeside near Brisbane where I raced a few times.
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Fortunately, back in the early '80's (i.e. pre bus-stop), I did a practice day at Lakeside in the reverse direction.
I loved it, much better than normal direction, and the Jota engine and gearbox was much better suited for corner entries and exits. And I was young and bullet-proof eh  ::)
During that 'reverse' meeting it got stopped/cancelled after a racer speared off at the end of the main straight when he tipped into the uphill kink leading up into the Eastern Loop. Armco is unforgiving.
Mark
 
Exactly the corner that freaked me out in reverse direction, Mark. I came into there with the front wheel locked a few times, bbbrrrr.....      Coming over that rise into Carousell was a bit of a heart in the mouth job too. It did mean that the local experts didn't have quite the local knowledge advantage though.
 
That corner is the most difficult going the correct way. I could never go through it like the fast riders. They could get through without backing the throttle off, which set them up nicely for top speed down the straight. Cheers
Ian
 
The first time I got to BP corner and tipped to the left then started looking where I was headed I couldn't believe how steep that hill looked, I remember having to tip my head way back jus to see where the track went. Didn't help that I was all out of shape slowing down on the downhill curving slope past the bridge. but I was on my 3c and we coped  :D

Ken
 
Lakeside was a terrific track, a great combination of corner types, but the bus stop wrecked it in my opinion. Not many short tracks are that good. Similar is the Swedish track at Knutstorp near Malmo, similar and a heap of fun.
So who is going to buy this frame for free and get it back out on a track?
 
OK, looks like I've got a fellow forum member who has a need for my spare junkyard triple frame. By looking at it a bit closer, I noticed something weird. There's no centrestand mounts. There's no sign of any scars on the frame where the exisiting mounts have been cut off. Either someone carefully removed the mounts (why? They don't get in the way) and VERY carefully ground/filed/polished the bottom frame tubes so there's no sign of the originals, or Verlicchi Luigi just forgot to put the mounts on and nobody noticed when the bike was sold. Must have fallen over a lot, though.
OR (and this is my grand inspiration) this was a specially built factory racing frame, with no centrestand mounts, to cut down on drag. Has anyone else ever seen a triple frame with no centrestand mounts whatsoever?

Ken
 
If anyone ends up welding them back look at adding the mount for the second return spring used on later bikes, holds the stand up better with less bouncing about. Probably less chance of one spring braking and letting the stand drop-down while riding, never heard of this but they added another spring for some reason.
 
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