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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:27 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:23 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:43 pm Cassington bike night would make more sense...its also 3 miles from my office.
Might try to make that this year, if we're not still social distancing 50 miles away!
I used to work in Eynsham and I live in MK, so I drove past/through Cassington every day. I commuted by bike often and I went through the bike night several times. Convincing them I didn't want to park and was just passing through was always a challenge.

My new job is even closer :D
Well, it was all in a good cause ;)

Good to see the locals embracing the bike scene too... completely unlike the shenanigans at Rye where someone liberally dosed the hardstanding where the bikes park with tin-tacks the other day.
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Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
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cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
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That's what I thought too.
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Taipan wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:17 pm
cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
Pretty common back then for cash strapped riders :)
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:50 pm
Taipan wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:17 pm
cheb wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm Ace bars, or just standard one repositioned?
They look like flipped standard bars from this angle?
Pretty common back then for cash strapped riders :)
We all did it on our FS1es'! :D
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Few build series fabrication videos.
Quite interesting to watch and show the skills of the people making the really nice parts.


Hand bending a titanium exhaust.


Mudguard? Cough...splutter... on a cafe racer? Next they'll be making airboxes. Sheesh.


Lobsterback bend spannie, there will be a lot of maths that went into the design stage of this one before they got to the shape development for the sheetmatal though.
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Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am We all did it on our FS1es'! :D
:D
I swapped the high bars on my CB125S for the flats off a SS50 - they were the only other ones that used a Bendix throttle.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:59 pm
Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:00 am We all did it on our FS1es'! :D
:D
I swapped the high bars on my CB125S for the flats off a SS50 - they were the only other ones that used a Bendix throttle.
I actually had proper looking* ace bars on my 130 quid fizzy.


*I assumed they were but realistically they were on the bike when I bought it and looked right so I'm calling em Ace Bars and they weren't the standard bars they came with.