Bobbers are not typically unsafe.The way I ride a motorcycle, even with best handling motorcycle I can be a danger to myself, let alone with a bloody bobber.
My favourite is Raking the lawn - Judas Priest - should be Breaking the lawMy personal favourite is the Dave Clark five with "feeling Gladys all over"
maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ?Whenever I change the steering geometry on my bike, I proceed very carefully. If you get it wrong a problem can come from nowhere and grab you by the throat. I do not often get it wrong, but I once braked into a right hand bend and the bike stood up , I got chucked over to the left. I turned it on again to crash the bike on the grass, and it came out of it;s problem.
maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ?
these bikes are built just for fun Al'Because I can' is never a good reason for doing anything. I once built a 650 cc Tribsa. It had a Tiger 110 motor and gearbox, and a BSA Gold Flash frame. The frame rake was 60 degrees and I used fork yokes from a 1963 Bonneville. It handled and went superbly. I sold it to buy my 500cc short stroke Triton racer. The Tribsa was better than the Triton. What you do not know cannot hurt you. - MUCH.
maybe give this yoke offset a try Al ?
Those triumph bobbers sell extremely well over here tooSome outrages creations but they all seem to be well ridden and the owners seem to be enjoying their builds, not my cuppa tea but then everyone has their own thoughts and ideas and looks like most have done some travels with gear strapped on the back of their sissy bars and good luck to them, at lease they are getting out there on their creations and riding them on the road.
Al you can talk about your track days and what you done and all, but when has the last time you been out on your bike, choppers are not Bobbers and look at the Triumph Bobbers, 1200, they look old school but they have good brakes, handle pretty good and are comfortable to ride, I know a few people who own them and what my Triumph dealer have told me they can't get enough of them and soon as they come in they are straight out the door, they sell more bobbers than most other Triumph models, that's when they can get them.
I wouldn't have one myself but have ridden one and really they aren't that bad, I am happy with my old Norton and my Triumph Thruxton 1200S, still waiting to take my mate's new Rocket 111 for a blast, for such a big motorcycle it handle pretty good and it gets up and go when in sports mode.Those triumph bobbers sell extremely well over here too
I wouldn't have one if you paid me but I can appreciate that people like them
It's their choice and good on them for it
We have become a nation of conformists !!Yesterday sat having a coffee in Danby village, looking down the dale over to the North Yorkshire Moors, I heard the rumble of a Harley, nothing strange but soon followed by another, and another, and another. 28 in all, mostly baggers with a couple of Sportsters but all looked like they had just been wheeled out of the showroom, not a chopped or bobbed one among them. What's the world coming too?
If they were all crawling along at 30mph it would be the local HOG ride out.Yesterday sat having a coffee in Danby village, looking down the dale over to the North Yorkshire Moors, I heard the rumble of a Harley, nothing strange but soon followed by another, and another, and another. 28 in all, mostly baggers with a couple of Sportsters but all looked like they had just been wheeled out of the showroom, not a chopped or bobbed one among them. What's the world coming too?
They will have to reduce that soon with all the speed limits coming downIf they were all crawling along at 30mph it would be the local HOG ride out.
Don’t think that’ll be a problem for them !They will have to reduce that soon with all the speed limits coming down
Day saved by my Daughter taking a wrong turn through the village and coming across a mint 60s RE 250 GT, red of course.Don’t think that’ll be a problem for them !
Ah but how many gears did it have?Day saved by my Daughter taking a wrong turn through the village and coming across a mint 60s RE 250 GT, red of course.
I do find it funny when I see their hi Vis with "hog leader" at the front and "tail end hog" or something like that at the backDon’t think that’ll be a problem for them !