Hesketh (1 Viewer)

[TheTwoOfUs]

It’s the sort of motorcycle that is admired by those that don’t actually ride one or at least do any serious mileage.

That applies to about half of all bikes produced.

 

[Loveshack]

Are you seeing the same picture as me ?
The bar/peg / seat relationship looks odd, the bars look too high and raked up and back to be comfy.

If you squint, it looks like a silverback gorilla! And probably as scary to get your leg over!

 

[Baldeagle7470]

To me if you took the engine out the rest looks like a modern Norton maybe?
How mucho is it pray??

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[Servo]

If you squint, it looks like a silverback gorilla! And probably as scary to get your leg over!

Why does one want to have ones leg over with a silverback gorilla Ok I can see your point? ?

 

[PhilG]

I worked on the motors for this project, the fact you probably never saw one tells you all you need to know. Too big, poor quality internals, and crank halves that werent matched , amongst other things. All Aluminium though, looked great

 

[tonyidle]

It's a heavily pimped Harley Davidson.

Not heavily enough. An engine swap would help.

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[jockaneezer]

I wonder if they've dispensed with the throttle and just fitted a volume control like they do with Harleys ?

 

[tonyidle]

I wonder if they've dispensed with the throttle and just fitted a volume control like they do with Harleys ?

Possibly. Not sure if they still offer a plough attachment either . To be fair large singles (and V twins) are incredibly difficult to silence effectively without reducing performance. And that particular engine can ill-afford to lose much of that.

 

[Enword]

Its all about power delivery though Our ZX10R had just shy of 190 brake at the wheel (10" tyre sapping power on the dyno) it was not slow!
The little 675 Triumph 106 & does every thing great.
15 year old Buell only 100 BHP & yet the delivery on the Buell just makes you grin from ear to ear plus the sound ?

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[hilldweller]

ZX10R 190
Triumph 106
Buell only 100 BHP

Willie Waver.

Some of the old FUNsters get by, with a Big Grin, on 47.

Jaws should be basking in Italian sunshine on his 47 right now.

 

[Enword]

Willie Waver

 

[Jaws]

@Jaws should be basking in Italian sunshine on his 47 right now.

Should have been yer.. But ended up basking under the hot lights of an operating theatre in Belgium !

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[TheTwoOfUs]

Oh dear, what's happened John?