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Re: Bros/Hawk continued
Certainly vey clean.
I'm not keen on these short front ends, it just slightly upsets the stance and then the rider is permanently in race-mode
I'm not keen on these short front ends, it just slightly upsets the stance and then the rider is permanently in race-mode
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Vfr750/800 rears will (sort of) go straight on to the stock 'arm - so he coulda matched them up with an appropriate front
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Maybe there is a frustrated designer in me trying to get out, but it's this kind of issue that offends me on these bikes. None of the lines of the elements that meet match up, and the junction just looks untidy. Then thanks to the low front, the seat doesn't line up with the tank either.
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Mismatched corners are as a result of different seat and side panels. The original looks a lot more tidy -
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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I mean if you're talking about cohesion, then maybe this sort of thing is a neater job
I imagine the majority of Hawks that survive are modified, so there's plenty of examples. ..
I imagine the majority of Hawks that survive are modified, so there's plenty of examples. ..
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I remember some really trick ones long before cafe racer style as it is today had got going ..Mostly American ?
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There was a bloke, I think he was a jurno, had a very trick one with RGV250 bodywork back in the day.
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Yeah green one, sitting in a barn in France somewhere iirc.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:07 pm There was a bloke, I think he was a jurno, had a very trick one with RGV250 bodywork back in the day.
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