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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:58 pm Fuck me, I need to get my copy on ebay!

Is the book older than you?
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Almost, I was given it as a joke by my mate Dale's mum when I first started learning to wheelie on my FZR400.
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Wheelieing an FZR400 must have involved some serious clutch abuse.
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When I was 18 I watched a guy wheelie past the Milk Bar in Sherburn (back when it was in Sherburn) on an NC35 and thought, if he can do it, so can I on my 400.

I got pretty good at first gear clutch ups... I was fucked if I wanted to start a wheelie above 30mph. I traded it for an R6, which I could clutch up in second anywhere up to about 60mph and land in 3rd at 130mph.
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ChrisW wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:55 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:53 pm That's Doug Domokos.

I have his book :)
Dammit, you're right. Difficult keeping up with old-school wheelie kings :)
Dave Taylor was the real Wheelie King ;)
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Horse wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:23 pm
ChrisW wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:55 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:53 pm That's Doug Domokos.

I have his book :)
Dammit, you're right. Difficult keeping up with old-school wheelie kings :)
Dave Taylor was the real Wheelie King ;)
He cheated by having the front wheel spinning by a little motor.I mean anyone could wheelie round Brands with that set up!
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Taipan wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:25 am
Horse wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:23 pm Dave Taylor was the real Wheelie King ;)
He cheated by having the front wheel spinning by a little motor.I mean anyone could wheelie round Brands with that set up!
He almost made it around the IoM TT circuit - I think he had to land it once.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:41 am
Taipan wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:25 am
Horse wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:23 pm Dave Taylor was the real Wheelie King ;)
He cheated by having the front wheel spinning by a little motor.I mean anyone could wheelie round Brands with that set up!
He almost made it around the IoM TT circuit - I think he had to land it once.
I think that was the only time he really used the electric motor.
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Hmmm. It's about 10 miles away.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tory_share
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I appreciate this is interesting to no one but me

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403997517623 ... R7DJ_e2eYQ

Reg on this one is B399EVW, I had B389EVW
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Interesting use of a Bultaco motor!
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Want!! :thumbup: 8-)

The solution!! 8-)

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Taipan wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:43 am Want!! :thumbup: 8-)

The solution!! 8-)

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Taipan wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:47 pm Image
It just looks wrong, the swing arm is too long and the forks are too short.
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what is it ? and what are the wrong bits from instead ?
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Looks like an Elsie made to look like a TZ.
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It's a YPVS 350, with what looks like an RGV250 swingarm, I don't know what the forks and wheels are from, the fairing is at an upwards angle, I know I'm biased, but I don't see how that looks better than a standard YPVS
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I don't think it's an RGV arm but it does look like one if it was mirrored. The right side on the RGV was banana'd.
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