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Hopefully they are better than the original !

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More than my budget allows and just another fad motorcycle.

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Considering how long Hesketh has been going how many have actually seen one on the public roads ?

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Considering how long Hesketh has been going how many have actually seen one on the public roads ?

Not actually on the road, it was in a collectors lounge, in Hesketh racing colours, reputed to be Lord Heskeths personal bike. The funny part was it belonged to two twins who collected vintage bikes but neither had a bike licence and could not ride any of them.

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American S&S V Twin engine and gearbox. I wonder if the frame is British, the suspension and brakes aren’t, not sure about the wheels.
Someone’s bought the Hesketh name, it’s not an original Hesketh, a bit like the Brough Superior that’s made in France.
 

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Someone’s bought the Hesketh name, it’s not an original Hesketh
Hesketh only lasted 3 or 4 years before going under due to major unresolved problems with the bikes, main one was rear cylinder badly overheating..
One of the future company owners simply increased oil flow to the cylinder and cured it.

Been bought out about 3 times since then.
 

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Must admit I thought SandS when I saw it. I have owned 2 Buells aCyclone in 97 and a Lightning Strike in 98 the plate I bought was S1 3UEL

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Well that's a looker and no mistake.
 
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Not actually on the road, it was in a collectors lounge, in Hesketh racing colours, reputed to be Lord Heskeths personal bike. The funny part was it belonged to two twins who collected vintage bikes but neither had a bike licence and could not ride any of them.

But apparently the third one used to ride them all every day!
 
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An object of desire, a thing of pure beauty, a realisation of one man's dream and of now the occupier of many more mens dreams.

Are you seeing the same picture as me ?

The original Hesketh was overweight , underpowered , ill handling, and very expensive. They seemed to have captured that pretty well TBH.

The bar/peg / seat relationship looks odd, the bars look too high and raked up and back to be comfy.

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Are you seeing the same picture as me ?

The original Hesketh was overweight , underpowered , ill handling, and very expensive. They seemed to have captured that pretty well TBH.

The bar/peg / seat relationship looks odd, the bars look too high and raked up and back to be comfy.
I wouldn’t worry about riding position, don’t think they were ever meant to be ridden, never reliable enough for that
 
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Can't see the problem. As they say, one mans meat is another mans poison. If somebody likes it and they have the money to buy it so what. It's their money and it has nothing to do with anyone else. A bit like motorhomes really

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Are you seeing the same picture as me ?

The original Hesketh was overweight , underpowered , ill handling, and very expensive. They seemed to have captured that pretty well TBH.

The bar/peg / seat relationship looks odd, the bars look too high and raked up and back to be comfy.
I rode a customers original Hesketh back in the day when I had to fit a new front head to it because the valve guides had come lose at 6000 miles :rolleyes: I don't think I'd looked forward to riding a bike so much ever, boy was I disappointed. top heavy, very quirky handling just didn't want to turn in, lack of power, Then on top of it I had to lie to him what an experience it was to ride it:blusher: :ROFLMAO:

I prefer the 24 to look at though
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I wouldn’t worry about riding position, don’t think they were ever meant to be ridden, never reliable enough for that
You joke, but I would imagine a lot of these will end up in collections and the back of well appointed garages . I had a guy ring me out of the blue once looking for a Half faired CBX1000 , which we had in stock , he bought it sight unseen over the phone , and arranged to collect it a week later. He turned up, in a van , paid cash , and when I started to show him round it, he said ' I wont ever get ridden , so you needn't worry' LOL.. he left me his number and asked me to call him if we ever got anything 'interesting' land, and about a year later , I sold him a 450 mile old CB250N that we bought in as part of an estate clearance. I wonder where those bikes are now .

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Past my test on a CB250, think it was a K4 or something like that (early 70's). Good for 85 mph downhill, wouldn't mind it now

I had the CB250 G5 in blue, when it rained, I used to get an electric shock in my left knee off the points cover ! :LOL:
 

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