Hey, all you 75 /ZT owning Motorcycle fans....

tourerfogey · 30th December 2006, 16:14

.....which one of you is going to be first to convert your 75 / ZT into a trike then?

Jamie · 30th December 2006, 16:24

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Originally Posted by tourerfogey

.....which one of you is going to be first to convert your 75 / ZT into a trike then?

I know this is nit picking... technically speaking.... a trike...isnt a bike......but who cares..... still bikers in my eyes.

tourerfogey · 30th December 2006, 18:47

Trike = Hells Angel with Stabilizers.

baxlin · 30th December 2006, 19:22

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Originally Posted by tourerfogey

.....which one of you is going to be first to convert your 75 / ZT into a trike then?

Don't need to, I've got one! (And it's the right way round, 2 at the front....

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Keith · 2nd January 2007, 11:09

Years ago I always fancied a Honda CBX

Or a Benneli 750 sei, same lump as my old 500/4 with two extra cylinders.

Keith · 2nd January 2007, 11:18

Of course we all had to start somewhere

In the days of FS1Es and AP50s this was the thing to have as it would go about 1 MPH faster, and that mattered

One of these was my last Chain Drive bikes, shaft drive all the way after that

baxlin · 2nd January 2007, 13:11

Keith, did you ever come across a chap named (I think) Allan Millard, who's hobby seemed to be to build his own adaptations of existing engines? I believe his first was a Honda 180 vee twin, using 2 Honda 90 singles. He then went on to a Kawasaki 9, using 3 Kwaka 250 triples, across the frame, like the (superb) CBX. Was featured in a couple of bike mags a few years ago

Keith · 2nd January 2007, 16:05

No I don't recall the name but there were all sorts of people doing the like,
Common thing then as now was two (or three) GSX1000 engines in a Drag frame. I did see an early Honda 500/4 with a Sei engine in it

As a youth I lobbed the engine from a Suzuki 100 into an AP50 just to annoy all the moped riders on the way to college

I also built an off road side-car or rather resurrected one using a GT380 engine which was just silly!

My 400/4 ended up as a Mocheck/Yoshirmura conversion with box arm, triple disks, S&W Air shocks and I had the frame engine and just about every other bit chromed.

I bought a 400N (Superdream) in bits (crashed) which we collected in my mates Mini Van which suddenly felt like it had no brakes with all the weight on board and rebuilt that as a runabout.
Unfortunately the frame was slightly out which was ok for normal use but become very apparent if you lifted the front whell off the ground

I swapped it for a Reliant 330 Regal Van (Trotter mobile) and taught myself to drive.

The bikes I have had since then have all been Shaft Drive, I hated oiling chains and still do!

One thing that exist today that never existed on any of my old bikes in standard factory trim are brakes the work in the wet!

My last bike a Honda Deauville had dual Brembos on the front and was more than capable of doing stoppies in the dry as well as stopping properly in the wet

30th December 2006, 16:14	#1
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2nd January 2007, 11:18	#6
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Of course we all had to start somewhere In the days of FS1Es and AP50s this was the thing to have as it would go about 1 MPH faster, and that mattered One of these was my last Chain Drive bikes, shaft drive all the way after that Last edited by Keith; 2nd January 2007 at 11:20..

30th December 2006, 18:47	#3
tourerfogey Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Trike = Hells Angel with Stabilizers.

2nd January 2007, 11:09	#5
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Years ago I always fancied a Honda CBX Or a Benneli 750 sei, same lump as my old 500/4 with two extra cylinders.

2nd January 2007, 13:11	#7
baxlin This is my second home Volvo C70 Convertible and JZR 3 wheeler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tring, Herts Posts: 3,960 Thanks: 124 Thanked 173 Times in 124 Posts	Keith, did you ever come across a chap named (I think) Allan Millard, who's hobby seemed to be to build his own adaptations of existing engines? I believe his first was a Honda 180 vee twin, using 2 Honda 90 singles. He then went on to a Kawasaki 9, using 3 Kwaka 250 triples, across the frame, like the (superb) CBX. Was featured in a couple of bike mags a few years ago

2nd January 2007, 16:05	#8
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	No I don't recall the name but there were all sorts of people doing the like, Common thing then as now was two (or three) GSX1000 engines in a Drag frame. I did see an early Honda 500/4 with a Sei engine in it As a youth I lobbed the engine from a Suzuki 100 into an AP50 just to annoy all the moped riders on the way to college I also built an off road side-car or rather resurrected one using a GT380 engine which was just silly! My 400/4 ended up as a Mocheck/Yoshirmura conversion with box arm, triple disks, S&W Air shocks and I had the frame engine and just about every other bit chromed. I bought a 400N (Superdream) in bits (crashed) which we collected in my mates Mini Van which suddenly felt like it had no brakes with all the weight on board and rebuilt that as a runabout. Unfortunately the frame was slightly out which was ok for normal use but become very apparent if you lifted the front whell off the ground I swapped it for a Reliant 330 Regal Van (Trotter mobile) and taught myself to drive. The bikes I have had since then have all been Shaft Drive, I hated oiling chains and still do! One thing that exist today that never existed on any of my old bikes in standard factory trim are brakes the work in the wet! My last bike a Honda Deauville had dual Brembos on the front and was more than capable of doing stoppies in the dry as well as stopping properly in the wet