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Moto63

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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2015, 07:44:07 AM »
Ah, now we,re talkin. Been following hazan,s work over the last couple of years, turns out some stunning customs, not all rideable by the looks of them but stunning all the same. Plus I know which TV program i,d rather watch if it was a choice between "engine addict" or max hazan building one of his bikes.  Eeerrrr not a difficult choice hazan wud win every time.  Ps thanks for postin photo,s manxie. Cheers Michael

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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2015, 10:36:00 AM »


Not keen on the styling myself.  The V twin Enfield Bullet engine has been done before - I seem to remember someone putting it in a Classic style chassis - sort on Vincent-esque.

Eerrmmm... this one



Doesn't look quite right though.
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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2015, 10:46:40 AM »
I here wot you,re saying Steve. The v twin Enfield does,nt look quite right, that said you,ve gotta tip ya hat to the guys (n gals) that have a go at executing these "projects". Like I said before the one problem with hazan,s stuff is that a lot of it seems to be done around style with the riding taking 2nd place. Still like most of his stuff tho. Cheers Michael

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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2015, 10:57:12 AM »
It's not so much the engine, that looks OK, but it doesn't seem to sit right in the Enfield chassis to my eye. I've every respect for the guys who do this sort of thing though. Some of the radical 'show bikes' are amazing to look at and from an engineering point of view but often not really useable even if they are technically rideable. I love to see something that looks 'normal' but is something else well engineered - there was an Isetta bubblecar at a recent show that looked very tidy but when you really looked you found it had been fitted with a GPZ250 engine!
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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2015, 12:41:27 PM »
Ha ha ha, yeah i like it. Remember once reading an article about a guy who had installed a turbo,d R1 engine into one of the old electric milkfloats. From memory the thing used to go from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. Brilliant

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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2015, 01:20:21 PM »
The Velo Vulcan V twin made by Bob Higgs looks much nicer (apart from the rear mudguard):

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Re: TONIGHT ON QUEST!!!!
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2015, 02:03:36 PM »
Ha ha ha, yeah i like it. Remember once reading an article about a guy who had installed a turbo,d R1 engine into one of the old electric milkfloats. From memory the thing used to go from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. Brilliant

Unlike the Enfield bullet, which will go from 0 to 60......
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