phil37
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Hi Mark - they are circa 7.3mm. - Regards - Phil
SoyBoySigh
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M6NTL said:
Holy CRAP - that's awesome!
Looks like some kind of ELF racer but using Kawa engine instead of the Honda DOHC-4 stuff of which I'm more familiar. Heck, you really ought to turn out some ELF replica kits for the Bol D'Or circuits.
Unless this is just that, only revolving around some Kawa ... Egli maybe, project of which I'm unaware?
Don't get me wrong, even if you're just building your own bike for your own enjoyment, THAT'S very cool in and of itself. Just saying - any sort of kit that remotely resembles the ELF Hondas would garner the type of interest where you'd be filling pre-paid orders for the rest of your natural life. It wouldn't even need to be complete bikes either, just a chassis kit!
Another bike in this school of chassis design, which deserves resurrection - would be the early Bimota Tesi prototypes which revolved around VF750F & VF1000F power-plants. V4 instead of Ducati L-twins. With all of the VF's out there collecting rust, and how under-represented they seem to be in the Bol D'Or Classic's starting grid - it would blow people's minds!
Well, even without an (obvious, to ME, as YET) connection to original '80s endurance racing, that bike is one hell of a head-turner! Have you got a link to a build thread of any sort? I'd very much like to follow along and see it completed.
I'm a bit of a "bike-porn" addict you see....
-Sigh.
Thanks man,
My project is based on the Tony Foale Q2 of the mid '80s, a build thread can be found here;
http://www.oldskoolperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64
I'm also modding a genuine Foale HCS bike too - fitting a tuned H1 triple engine to his QR1 race bike;
http://www.oldskoolperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5059
Cheers, Mark.
My project is based on the Tony Foale Q2 of the mid '80s, a build thread can be found here;
http://www.oldskoolperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64
I'm also modding a genuine Foale HCS bike too - fitting a tuned H1 triple engine to his QR1 race bike;
http://www.oldskoolperformance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5059
Cheers, Mark.
Gravelroad
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The H1 engine is just brilliant. Had much fun with a H1F some time ago, compared to its earlier sisters it had even something like brakes and suspension. Cafe racing at it's best (other purposes not so):
