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Lol, the perfect town car.
@SneakyPete – Are there still people supplying the fibreglass panels or did you have to make your own?
Heh, nope, I found two frond end mouldings, one in Reading, the other in Slough, stuck ’em together and glued ’em back on the Bug. Story goes, when Bugs were new and you crashed it, the factory would ask how fast was the impact speed and send you a pre-determined chunk of body.
Seriously SneakyPete… is that yours? Looks a beauty
Ho yes, ’tis mine.. I had it in the 80’s, thrashed it around Watford for a bit, smashed it up, glued a new front back on and sold it.
Found it up north and bought it back 20 years later..
It’s a LOT faster now!!
Took a test ride on one o these when I was thinking about getting a Vmax… Bought a Vmax (Gen 1) – a better bike by miles.
The MT01 was a bit asthmatic – probably curable with a pair of Akro’s, a fair bit of vibration – 1700cc’s worth of twin pistons is gonna take a bit of balancing out, though shed loads of grunt from unbelievably low revs.After finding the MT runs out of guts around 85 – the vibes getting a bit too intense to go higher on the revs, I bought a low mileage Gen 1 Vmax (1999) Full Power – and the grins never stop! The V4 pulls like a train, is spectacularly smooth and the V-Boost… you gotta try it to believe it!
Happy Maxxer!
SP
GSX Hooly – exactly so – as found on 1100 Goldwings which run 6v coils with a ballast – 12v fat sparks for starting and reduced voltage for running.
Matt Black and no other
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
I know that 1000 ‘Wing heads will fit 1100 motors with added compresion/valve size increase.
Most running gear from the bigger CB series – 750/900 etc. will bolt straight on.
All big Hondas from same years share electrics – solenoids, relays, ignition amps etc.
Anybody know where i can get a (small) blower to supercharge my “Wing?
Matt Black and no other
