> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/03/27 Thu PM 11:50:19 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: New motorcycle thread! (was: The psychology of fanbois) > > William Robb wrote: > > > > The Sporties from when I was riding (mid 70s through to the mid 80s handled > > as well as or better > > the other 1000cc bikes that were available at the time. The Cow 1000 was a > > cow when put into a > > turn > > WERA had, and still has, a vintage racing class (Vintage 5) for those > late-70's/early-80's Japanese superbikes: Skinny tires, flexible frames > and waay too much horsepower. The guys who do it refer to the sport as > "dinosaur wrestling" :) Actually, they can be made to handle pretty well > with some frame bracing and suspension upgrades.
I marshalled at Oulton Park for one Transatlantic Trophy series, when Barry Sheene was riding the Suzuki "flexy flyer". Most of the marshals would hunker down behind the barrier when he came past because you _really_ weren't sure where it was going. Then there is the non-apochryphal story of Mike Hailwood and the Honda 6. It was handling really badly and the technicians were baffled. MH pointed out that he knew what the solution was. Picking up the rear shocks, he walked to the lake in the infield, followed by a gaggle of techs. He then hurled them into the water. Problem solved. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
