Gus Kuhn See ley Commando

I found this interesting - enjoy !:

http://guskuhn.net/GKMLtd/Racing/BMS-KSNRaceTest.htm

A poorer quality copy here . search.php







wonder if the prices still hold . :x

145mph wasn't too shabby for a commando in 1970 ?

http://guskuhn.net/GKMLtd/GKM%20Intro.htm

We've had another Gus Kunn review here and it showed he had the best performers of the era and maybe ever in road racer set ups or similar cc and fueled engines.

I built my Seeley in about 1980. It didn't get raced until about 2002 because I never believed in it, and partly because of my job back then. When I tried it,l I found it t o be surprisingly good. If I'd read the Gus Kuhn articles 30 years ago, my attitude would have been considerably different. I couldn't get my head around racing an 850cc motor with an 89mm stroke and I still find it a bit incredible that it can go so well. My feeling is that it is good enough to win in our historic races here in Australia, even against the 1100cc CB750s. And the thing that is really great about it is that it involves no anxiety - it behaves itself and I am not used to that.

Ya know Alan I was of same depressed opinion on my first Combat rebuild with some many things wrong it ended up essentially a race like engine inside, but I'd been imprinted for a few years during pre-Peel down time on Ninja's and SV650 so configured my Combat like a bagger Harley knowing it should not even be able to keep up with them on freeways. Took me 1000 miles before hardly using WOT as so scared of my rebuild back then, then decided to see if I could blow it up - OHMYGOD! The rest is history that made me call all other bikes corner cripples and wheelie limited accelerators. I now believe a good Commando should out pull moderns up to the Commando hp limits, or at least to top of 2nd nearly 100 mph, so mainly its just top out speed the moderns have any advantage on. I'm talking about a lightened up Norton of course. In Peel case it was such uneven odds I developed a new hobby of meeting adrenalized sports bikers and sniffing at their chicken striped to then pop up with a request to "tag along - till bored"- like cowboy sex, doggie position then saying she's not nearly as active as her sister was...