You v v cannot easily do that with a featherbed.Nigel the biggest v change tomy Seeley happened when I reduced the yoke offset. I am now able to ride it much faster in corners than many others.
Can't you change any of the suspension or wheel components on a Manx to get more or less rake, offset, or trail, like any other motorcycle in the world? Seems to me like you could.A while back I stuffed up when talking about frame rake. I think I now remember what they are.
Seeley 30
Manx 24.5
Tz Yamaha 26
Manx has 19 inch wheels. Impossible to get more trail
Why not? I did it, and I'm a dummy. No harder than any other motorcycle on the planet, or am I actually a genius? My school teachers might disagree with an affirmative answer to that question, and I've got the documentation to prove it.You v v cannot easily do that with a featherbed.
Well, a racing pigeon would have faster acceleration than a Seeley 920, but a nitro methane burning drag car would be faster still!! And a spaceship would beat them all! Let's get spaceships!A good Manx is hard to beat on any circuit. A Seeley 920 should be faster and cheaper
You v v cannot easily do that with a featherbed.t
I would question that, you could easily make a pair of yolks that extended forward, in order to put more trail onto the wheel.A while back I stuffed up when talking about frame rake. I think I now remember what they are.
Seeley 30
Manx 24.5
Tz Yamaha 26
Manx has 19 inch wheels. Impossible to get more trail
Norton yokes are slightly more complicated due to the taper of the top of the fork tubes and the thin bottom yoke, but not that difficult if you've got the skills to build something to keep your chin off the ground.I would question that, you could easily make a pair of yolks that extended forward, in order to put more trail onto the wheel.
Not sure if anybody has ever done it.
To increase trail reduceoffst or invOf no intrest here, Norton already did make a different yolk from the norm, it was a different offset for sidecar use.
Shouldn't be too difficult if yo have the engineers knowhow to make an adjustable one, they do it on some G.P. bikes.
To increase trail reduce p offset or increase wheel size
I had 2.25 Inch off setHave a look at a Manx top yoke
I had 2.25 Inch off set .Myseeley has 53 mm with30 deg rake and 18 inch wheels
Done in 1950 on the Vincent giradraulics. Turn the eccentrics to get less trail for sidecar use.Of no intrest here, Norton already did make a different yolk from the norm, it was a different offset for sidecar use.
Shouldn't be too difficult if yo have the engineers knowhow to make an adjustable one, they do it on some G.P. bikes.
Nigel the biggest v change tomy Seeley happened when I reduced the yoke offset. I am now able to ride it much faster in corners than many others.
The original factory ones were made in smaller 531 tubing like the ManxYes, I realise that, but I was reading the comments about the early versions, which used Manx frames.
I can only assume the later lowboys were even better.