" You will notice that as he approaches the corners, he suddenly leans the bike on the triangular tyres. It is not the smoothest way to ride "
But Its FASTER . Actually - He'd have the picks out APPROACHING the CORNER . He would then ' throw it over ' AT the corner . And not to late ! .
" A Manx is a great bike, but it depends on what you compare it with. A Honda VFR400 would make it look stupid. "
Got any lap times ? A Modern Manx may well still outcorner the rice burner . Built from unobtainium , it may well out accelerate it ? .
After All, a 500 single is a 500 single , which is why 650 singles are so popular these days . Why bnot put two of em init .
Ow abouta Black Lightning . 7R brake .The Honda'd start to fade at 150 , whereas if the rider wasnt blown off , 200 on methanolmight appen .
A MANX V-Twin'd aveto be about 120 orse . For Starters .
http://www.thevincent.com/vincent engine.html Cor .
The first complete Irving-Vincent, displacing 1299cc via a 92x97.7mm undersquare design with a sky-high 14:1 compression ratio to run on a methanol mix, debuted in 2003 at the Geelong Speed Trials with around 135 hp. It also stumped out an impressive 110 lb/ft of torque. And that was only the beginning. KHE was just getting warmed up.
Subsequent developments punched out the motor to 1571cc with a 100x100mm square ratio. Now the Irving-Vincent was knocking out 165 hp (at a leisurely 6500rpm) and 130 lb/ft. The latest version, featuring a four-valve, fuel-injected 1600cc engine (still with traditional pushrods but now operating a double-armed rocker on each side) made a staggering 186 hp, with a slightly higher rev ceiling than the 2-valve. As remarkable as these numbers are, Ken and the gang find them disappointing - they claim the outputs are almost 10% below their targets!
The Irving - Vincent - a modern Australian Vincent replica with staggering performance that belies its archaic roots.
www.odd-bike.com
That should do it , With 1 3/8 frame toobs and 1 5/8 fork legs . You could even put comensurate brakes onit . Or doit with Minx Knorton injuns two . Tghat'd tellum .
Or just get a hacksaw and a TB 48 for a 1600 parralel twin , wot'd fit beta .
Then e'd avta put THREE Vf 400 injuns init , to keep up . ! Enough of these girls bikes .!
Pour the sauce .
Norton .
Honda
Pity the poms are designing japanese bikes as british , these days . Stamped out toy ones . Thats NOT ' Engineering ' . Its Cost accountants & ' product ' . Theyre all hidiously compromised . Now .