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One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...

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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:56 pm One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...


Saw this at a show years back, looks similar

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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:56 pm One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...

It’s a slope in Buckinghamshire.
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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:56 pm One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...

Is that a supercharger behind the engine ?
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Gregor wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:08 pm
Dickyboy wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:56 pm One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...

Is that a supercharger behind the engine ?
Added by the owner, not standard if I understand things correctly. It looks like others were supercharged for salt flats speed stuff too.
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Gregor wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:08 pm
Dickyboy wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:56 pm One of the odd bikes seen at Kophill today, no idea what it is...

Is that a supercharger behind the engine ?
Apparently.

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https://www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk/ ... ury-socos/

Thrusting into the future, with students. I think their designs look like shit.

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I'd be interested to know if any of these students actually rode bikes. On the evidence in front of me I'd say not. The third and last one is clearly a mobile commode. The ones in the first pic look about as comfortable as an ironing board.
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mangocrazy wrote: Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:23 pm I'd be interested to know if any of these students actually rode bikes. On the evidence in front of me I'd say not. The third and last one is clearly a mobile commode. The ones in the first pic look about as comfortable as an ironing board.
Today was too windy to ride any of them.

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Good old ner-a-car....
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Though looking at it the 2nd time..I am not so convinced....but he ain't going anywhere with the stand down.
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H2 750, anyone?
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I "owned" one of those for about 10 mins back in about 1970. I had bought it, but not insured it as matey was going to fix it up i.e. start it for me. When I went to collect it, there was white stuff all over it. I thought somebody had spilt a bag of flour, but no. It had done the little trick of leaking fuel from the tap on to the points, cleverly situated directly below >>> whoof.

Matey shrugged his shoulders -"your bike, sunshine!" - and I pushed it to a scrappies. Never got over it.
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The C15 is ok, if you’re happy with CG125 performance from a 250.

But 60 years later, you’re buying other people’s nightmares.
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This turned up on a Farcebook link earlier :shock:

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The Spin Doctor wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:45 pm Fancy an ex-Dibble C15?

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