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Adam
PostPosted: 25 Jan 2011 17:41 
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From my understanding (and different from the original meaning): Any motorbike that just looks fast, or is fast, but owned by an incapable rider, is a cafe racer. Never seen racing on the track, only standing in front of a cafe.

You continue to convince me that you hold the finest sense of humour in your great land, Gunter lOl

This is similar to the one I'll be building for my next project, if only to conclusively prove Gunter somewhat inaccurate in his humorous assertions lOl 8-) ;)



You bugger Digger. Thanks to you, Spen and Spondon, I'm starting to have a yearning for a stinkwheel again :o

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PostPosted: 25 Jan 2011 17:45 
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Adam wrote:
Digger wrote:
gunter wrote:
From my understanding (and different from the original meaning): Any motorbike that just looks fast, or is fast, but owned by an incapable rider, is a cafe racer. Never seen racing on the track, only standing in front of a cafe.

You continue to convince me that you hold the finest sense of humour in your great land, Gunter lOl

This is similar to the one I'll be building for my next project, if only to conclusively prove Gunter somewhat inaccurate in his humorous assertions lOl 8-) ;)



You bugger Digger. Thanks to you, Spen and Spondon, I'm starting to have a yearning for a stinkwheel again :o


You know it makes sense.... how about a road going T200 Invader cafe racer? I've got the bits..... Eddie Crooks Replica type of thing??
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RIP Eddie, the end of another era :( I used to love watching his bikes on the track when I were a lad.
Interesting that he was connected with the MZ team - was that around the time of the defection of the MZ works rider who 'stole' the secrets of stinkwheel rotary valves and brought two strokes out of the 'Villiers Era' and letting them rule the Track for the next 20 years?

I'm just daydreaming about another 2 stroke really, with two girls on the threshold of Uni, I'd be pushing my luck with Mrs Adam :)

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Ernst Degner..........

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Ernst Degner..........


didn't he invent spannies

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He invented a lot of stuff.........

Adam, the offer of bits is serious, I've got engines, frames, wheels et cetera. Yours if you seriously intend building a 'cafe racer'...... or a Terry 'Lacklustre' Brocklehurst replica..... push bike speedo' and a bulb horn and daytime MOT and the smell of 2 stroke oil can fill the Oswestry air....


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Nutah wrote:
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didn't he invent spannies



I think that was Dr J.Erlich? - he may not have 'invented' them, but he found out why they worked and did a lot of research at Queens University in Belfast. I think he built and raced his own stroker, the QUB ;) Of course, my memory ain't wot it used to.............. lOl

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Thought it was the East Germans that "discovered" the expansion chamber and worked out how they worked...

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They've even put the shifter and rear brake on the right side to :)


Won't that make it a bit dificult for the rider, having them both on the right hand side?
Or is it best to ride side-saddle?

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thorkill the tall wrote:
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They've even put the shifter and rear brake on the right side to :)


Won't that make it a bit dificult for the rider, having them both on the right hand side?
Or is it best to ride side-saddle?


:rofl: :rofl:

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Adam wrote:
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didn't he invent spannies



I think that was Dr J.Erlich? - he may not have 'invented' them, but he found out why they worked and did a lot of research at Queens University in Belfast. I think he built and raced his own stroker, the QUB ;) Of course, my memory ain't wot it used to.............. lOl

Gordon Blair and the QUB Greeves springs to mind....

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spen wrote:
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didn't he invent spannies



I think that was Dr J.Erlich? - he may not have 'invented' them, but he found out why they worked and did a lot of research at Queens University in Belfast. I think he built and raced his own stroker, the QUB ;) Of course, my memory ain't wot it used to.............. lOl

Gordon Blair and the QUB Greeves springs to mind....



Spot on, that's the bloke :yup:

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PostPosted: 26 Jan 2011 10:05 
Digger wrote:
This is similar to the one I'll be building for my next project, if only to conclusively prove Gunter somewhat inaccurate in his humorous assertions lOl 8-) ;)



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PostPosted: 26 Jan 2011 10:24 
Cheers Al. :D

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