[Geeto67]

In the november issue of streetfighters magazine (issue 141 in the states - nov 2005). 1959 BSA gold flash frame, 1972 Triumph T140V bonnie engine. kawasaki zx front end parts, zrx1100 rear swinger with zx wheels.

 

[Geeto67]

it's a bike in england and it is a very english thing to paint everything green (maybe that is why it is its racing color). The tail section is off the old generation triumph speed triple and I am not too fond of it either (it's bigger than the tank for chrissakes).

The problem with a unlimited vintage class is where do you draw the line? Just suspension? aftermarket frames if they are period (rickman, dunstall, etc)? frame bracing? engine mods (Kz engines can be bored and troked to 1200ccs, cb750s can go 1036cc, lets see a brit parallel twin keep up with that, even with a dunstall 910cc norton kit). what about the 2 smokes (modded h2s are the fastest 2 three cylinder engines in drag racing and modded street bikes make over 100 hp)?

 

[Geeto67]

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Geeto...I mean real vintage...GP class, 1969 at the latest.

I'd allow period aftermarket frame or hand made equivilant. This class would not be about easy or cheap. Probably a 500cc cap on displacement. Ala GP of the period.
JohnnyB

Time caps present their own problem because you don't get rid of the cb750 (1969) or the kawasaki h1 and h1r (1969). Plus, since the cb750 stayed the same through out the model run does that mean I could run my 70 or 73 or 75? Personally, vintage is 1975 to me (30 years), but hey it is your class. I'm all for it I'm just trying to get a good idea about it. Personally a no holds barred vintage class limited to the 60's would be nothing but brit bikes because there really isn;t anything big enough to battle the 650 triumphs and 750 nortons until the japs got their shit together. plus jap bikes are 1/4 the money to build a race bike and the jap parts are more readily interchangible with the older bikes making it cheaper to build a no holds barred bike.

 

[Geeto67]

Hey Phil,

I grabbed those images from the TES website, the streetfighters site didn't have any images but I saw the bike in the TES ad in the mag. It is such a cool bike it needed to be posted here. I'd love to know more about the bike like how long it took you to build, and what the creative process was like (why you chose the parts you did, etc...). Thanks for joining the group.