>> I'll bet running temperature would be an issue. Nice though.
> Never mind that, it would cost a fortune to get the valves done!
I can't recall offhand if the CBXs were shim or screw locknut. If it was the latter then they should be fairly straightforward to do yourself (if time consuming). I used to manage my VF750SD without any problems. Still, if you were paying someone the labour would be a bitch. -- Deevo Geraldton Western Australia
>>> I'll bet running temperature would be an issue. Nice though.
>> Never mind that, it would cost a fortune to get the valves done!
> I can't recall offhand if the CBXs were shim or screw locknut. If it was > the latter then they should be fairly straightforward to do yourself (if > time consuming). I used to manage my VF750SD without any problems. Still, > if you were paying someone the labour would be a bitch.
Shims from memory, and they have 2 x that of a Z13, so the V12 would 4 x!
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:59:54 +1100, Mister Biggus wrote: > dont naked bikes have no fairing?
Yes, in fact it's a rule. However, if Kevin wants to believe his silver dream racer is a naked bike, we should let him. After all, besides spreading confusion, what harm does it do?
>Yes, in fact it's a rule. However, if Kevin wants to believe his silver >dream racer is a naked bike, we should let him. After all, besides >spreading confusion, what harm does it do?
> >Yes, in fact it's a rule. However, if Kevin wants to believe his silver > >dream racer is a naked bike, we should let him. After all, besides > >spreading confusion, what harm does it do?
Andrew wrote: > On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:59:54 +1100, Mister Biggus wrote:
>> dont naked bikes have no fairing?
> Yes, in fact it's a rule. However, if Kevin wants to believe his silver > dream racer is a naked bike, we should let him. After all, besides > spreading confusion, what harm does it do?
I understand that the actual definition used in certain naked class racing is that a bike has no frame mounted and/or OE fairings.
So a bikini screen fitted to the handlebars of a bike like a Z1000 wouldn't automatically transmute it into a faired bike.
That seems reasonable to me but I'm happy to listen if someone's aware of a more accurate definition floating around.
FWIW I do agree that called bikes with frame mounted half fairings naked bikes is silly (eg a Bandit 1200S).
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:19:00 +0000, Kevin Gleeson wrote:
> You call that a fairing?
According to That Authoritative Source wikipedia it's a quarter-fairing, although this one appears to be frame mounted rather than hanging off the triple-clamp. In any event, in my world, naked bikes don't have any form of windscreen. A purist might argue that they don't have any form of aerodynamic plastic at all. I'm not a purist.
In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:08:31 GMT
Andrew <amckNOSPAM3...@telNOSPAMstra.com> wrote: > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:19:00 +0000, Kevin Gleeson wrote:
>> You call that a fairing?
> According to That Authoritative Source wikipedia it's a quarter-fairing, > although this one appears to be frame mounted rather than hanging off the > triple-clamp. In any event, in my world, naked bikes don't have any form > of windscreen. A purist might argue that they don't have any form of > aerodynamic plastic at all. I'm not a purist.
Does aerodynamic metal count? Especially mudguards?
> I'll bet running temperature would be an issue. Nice though.
Don't know if an engine forced to breathe through inlet tracts as long and as convoluted as those would be able to burn enough fuel to make overheating an issue... since he's gone to that much trouble already, he might as well have bolted on a turbo for each cylinder bank while he was at it.
Lovely, lovely one-off, but also a graphic illustration of why there aren't more V12 motorbikes around.
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