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anyone got any links to sites regarding unimotorcycles, i have seen a couple from the us but links to anyone racing in this country as well as build info appreciated. Now my yammy runaround rats on the road, the cubs been retired and had a chop job (front end) and i want to finish it, sorta properly and then race it! Yeah, you might not see it but imagine a big ski out the back and handlebars on the top!!!
GSX750 Ratfighter / SR125 Rat / GSX600F / Beamish250 / Honda70 Rat
Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
Now you’re talking. And why stop at small engines, surely it’s more fun with a big one?
PS I love your photos, Hooly. The stuff in the background keeps me wondering for hours!
I would imagine it would be more fun with big engines but that would involve buying one! , if it turns out to be mucho funno with this project then maybe an old cx500 engine or something else cheap may be called into play!!!!
What stuff in the background! ,they’re all projects – either past, present or future!
GSX750 Ratfighter / SR125 Rat / GSX600F / Beamish250 / Honda70 Rat
Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
London UniMotorcycle Pilots – LUMPs were among the pioneers of Unimotorcycle racing in the UK ten years ago. Amongst our stable of racers was a 250 Dream with hand shift – 70mph & no brakes!, possibly the smallest uni- a Honda melody twist and go, and also another first – a ‘Uni-Trike’
The Uni-Trike was Goldwing powered three seater with shaft drive to a car rear axle – no front forks or wheel – the riders counter balanced the engine, front man was throttle, with offside rear wheelman steering, A joystick attached to the rear handbrake cable supplied brake steer – 90 degree turns at 50mph a proven result!
The only survivor today is the Twist and go – last raced at the Funky Moped Grass Track last year.
If yo want to see footage of 50mph on a Uni – see http://www.hoop.org.uk/racer.MPG or http://www.hoop.org.uk/trik.MPG for the trike – you’ll need Quicktime or RealPlayer to view. Copy these links into your browser don’t link directly or try right click/save as and stick on your hard drive.
Let me know what you reckon!
Matt Black and no other
That trike is mad as a box of weasels!
GSX750 Ratfighter / SR125 Rat / GSX600F / Beamish250 / Honda70 Rat
Blackboard paint – Covers a multitude of sins!
Nice links Sneaky. They really are mad vids!
And as for the Superdream with a strange gearchange and no brakes, didn’t Honda build a few thousand of them?
A great site to enter the world of unimotorcycles is http://www.geocities.com/unimotorcycle/SIDECAR-WILLY.html
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