This all sounds eerily familiar, somehow. I remain cautiously optimistic that the (excessively cautious) major motorcycle manufacturers will eventually...
... PNB: And the rest! It's still a lot less than it cost to build though. A lot less. And depending on how you cost and value your own or other people's time,...
Paul Blezard
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Feb 1, 2008 1:41 pm
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http://www.Monty-FF.me.uk Open to offers. monty@... Best regards Monty AKA Peter Billington Mobile +44 (0) 7903 6464 95 ... From:...
PNB; It's also been designed from the start to be at least as safe as a BMW C1,complete with twin seat belts. GD; I doubt if it is as crashworthy as the C1....
... Personally, I would have thought that the ideal purchaser would be a C1 owner who bought his C1 primarily for the comfort and crash protection rather than...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Feb 2, 2008 2:34 pm
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Blue Rear-engined SV650 FF, Bikeweb photo Submitted by Ian on 17 June, 2006 - 3:11pm. One-Offs GD; This interesting FF is worth comparing with the new Creasy...
Yes I expect Royce was interested in building something rideable. It is my understanding that he was not receiving many orders for FF construction from...
... But we musn't discuss 3 wheelers here Koen - bad boy! Roy GD; Has anyone currently participating in the group said that? Some people could benefit from...
... [to Roy's;] ... To be fair this list header reads "This mailing list is for the discussion of Feet Forward motorcycles" so Tilting Three Wheeler ...
... From: Dan Whitfield <whitfield.dan@...> Date: Feb 1, 2008 11:16 PM Subject: Visek's version of Brno ECO crash To: feet_forward@yahoogroups.com The...
... snip ... snip The mechanics and chassis are the easy bit. The expensive and difficult part is the bodywork and passenger accommodation. Ask Roy Gardiner...
Ways of selling and styling FFs have been discussed at length, almost, I would say, ad nauseum on this forum. Have a browse on the Yahoo! group, there is...
GD Passengers are an option. The example given came very close to seating three as the Bohmerland did too. That is a good trade off for the extra length....
Yes there are probably TWO major problems to overcome in producing & selling FFs after you have designed one; raising the FINANCE to build a batch (part of the...
... I don't know where you got your Quasar length figure from. The original Quasar brochure gives an overall length of 110 inches, which is 9'2". The Quasar...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Feb 4, 2008 12:03 am
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PB; I also understand that Malcolm churned out more finished FFs than Royce; ie he found more customers. Why was that? Because Malcolm was looking for...
... It doesn't need "a week's training to get launched off its outriggers". It took me about half an hour's training before I succeeded at my first attempt. I...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Feb 4, 2008 10:27 am
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I had a very interesting chat to the main man running the UK Vyrus race team for 2008 at the London BIke show yesterday.( Ben is interested in starting a...
... (SNIP) ... I well remember Malcolm talking about his idea of the Ultimate Quasar. He wanted it to be powered by the 2 litre Cosworth-tuned Ford engine as...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Feb 4, 2008 10:56 am
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Paul Blezard <paulblez@...> Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:56:20 ... Yes, I rather think he did! I can't help thinking that Malcolm would have been all over...
... PNB: Me too! ... PNB: You certainly do! I wonder when it was first commissioned? I suspect the owner had never tried a 500cc+ superscoot, else he would...
Paul Blezard
paulblez@...
Feb 4, 2008 1:56 pm
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<<Ben is interested in starting a serious tech forum for hub centres ( NOT feet forward particularly)>> Jan, Ben is welcome at my mc-chassis-design list....
I think it looks really sweet. If it works you could probably give some people quite a fright. It has a fifties look about it and with some decent luggage it...
... That's the one! Looks great! I particularly like the neatness of the underslung suspension system, front & rear Have you scanned the words that went with...
Paul Blezard
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Feb 5, 2008 10:22 am
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... underslung suspension system, front & rear Have you scanned the words that went with it Mark? Hi Paul, Any chance you can post the scan to Bikeweb? Us...
... For those who haven't seen it I have posted the drawing in question on Bikeweb here: http://www.bikeweb.com/node/1421 ... Arthur replied: They use pull...
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