Bought a new bike at the weekend - it's a bit special

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Just bought a new bike at the weekend.

It's a bit special.

What do you think.







How did Jeri Ryan get in that one..

Edited by rev-erend on Monday 13th October 14:23

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surfsofa said:

Love that retro look. Did they throw the blonde in?

Sadly not - she would keep me busy for a while

7 of 9.

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sprinter885 said:

I want that !-In fact both ! Jealous to death-good for you.
Are those the Higgs 'spanshun chambers? (them chrome things on the bike-not those under her red jumper)
I was looking at their web site last week.

They sure are .. (stainless steel)..

Spend much of Yesterday with Dave Higgs - as it's his creation.

That bike is the one on his web sit with the sound recordings of the spannies.

Lovely mix of old and modern imho.

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Yoda954 said:

Can we have a linky to the web site so we can hear the pipes please

Sure - no problem.

General site :

http://www.higgspeed.com/

Expansion chamber movie ..
http://www.higgspeed.com/BAFFLE-OPTIONS-NEW-

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Fats25 said:

I love this style of bike. I know nothing about them - but there is a group of about 5 of them that ride round where I live.

I think they are Z-750 and Z-1000's - but as I say I know nothing about them. Where can I find out more about these old Kawasakis?

As I have posted here many times I am useless with mechanics, but would love to learn with a project bike of some sort - and as I love the looks of these bikes, I would like to get my hands on a project bike like this.

This show will be right up your street then ..

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

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Yes - what a babe.

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I think it sounded smoother at 4K with the baffles in.. so perhaps the jetting happened to suit that set-up.

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cyberface said:

And what's with the bird in the last pic? Just a random photoshop you had to share with us? Is she connected with the bike in any way or are you just doing a subliminal 'riding' thing?

Yes- just a photo shop jobbie .. but it's nice to dream

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srob said:

cyberface said:

The engine looks a bit suspect though - the middle cylinder must surely get a hell of a lot hotter than the outer two, it's air cooled right? Much less surface area to cool the middle cylinder.

No different to the inside two cylinders on an air-cooled four which there's been millions of produced...

Or the inside four cylinders of an inline six!!

The wise ones who own them say - it's not an issue with normal riding.

If racing - then the middle cylinder can be jetted riched to compensate.

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srob said:

cyberface said:

srob said:

cyberface said:

The engine looks a bit suspect though - the middle cylinder must surely get a hell of a lot hotter than the outer two, it's air cooled right? Much less surface area to cool the middle cylinder.

No different to the inside two cylinders on an air-cooled four which there's been millions of produced...

Or the inside four cylinders of an inline six!!

I can't think of any inline six two-strokes. Nor any inline fours for that matter...

Apologies, I did mean to write four stoke in there.

I don't really see what difference the two/four stroke thing makes though (in this case)? There are obviously twice the firings in a two-stroke but on the other hand you haven't got all of the valve gear retaining heat in the head, so you have far more air cooling closer to the flameface itself on a two-stroke.

Happy to be corrected though

Is cooling the reason why there hasn't been any (production) aircooled inline four two-strokes? Never really thought about that before!

There have been square 4 2 strokes.. but water cooled I think.

The point was 3 cylinders produced enough power.. and was pretty dirty, used lots of fuel.

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homicide said:

Niiiiiiiiiiice, i want one like that, but the H2 version!

Why not.. good choice

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Well - as this one is a special .. it has 6 pot calipers up front and is based of the KH400 frame - which is smaller and less bendy as a result than the 500 and 750 frames..

Also has RGV upside downies at the front and RGV rear swing arm and disc .. and best of all modern tyres.

So not really the original riding experience.

Not riden it yet but knew the moment I saw it I had to own it.. and that it would handle way better that an un molested KH500 !

It's being shown at the classic show this weekend at Stafford.

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Chabsy said:

Can almost smell the two stroke oil coming out the back

Lovely bike

Thanks.. can't wait to ride it

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Beemer-5 said:

Have people found an effective way of cleaning the interior of 2-stroke expansion chambers yet?

I used to use a caustic soda and water solution .. but probably should not have even bothered..

Fill it up, thrash it, put it away.

Repeat.

Frequently.

Is there more to biking

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NAS said:

As I said in the bikepic thread; bloody lovely!

I can't stop looking at it..

Just need to quieten the chambers a bit so I can hear that lovely triple turbine like noise better

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NAS said:

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NAS said:

As I said in the bikepic thread; bloody lovely!

I can't stop looking at it..

Just need to quieten the chambers a bit so I can hear that lovely triple turbine like noise better

I'd love to own a bike like that. A mental 2 stroke with a decent frame & brakes. Cannot imagine how big my grin would be riding it. *Like a cheshire cat* springs to mind.

Only been out on it twice but it's been great fun.. sadly now the winter is here there won't be much more biking fun.