Dan and I were enjoying the car show today when a Whizzer we've never seen showed up. Doug bought it from a friend and it features a late motor in a homemade frame, forks and tank. Very nice construction with loads of custom work.
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That bike was purchased at the long beach swap meet a few weeks back... He scored that bike for 1500.00. It was built solid, the fork was great and used bearings vs bushings. Well designed.
A few pictures I took of the bike at the swap: like I said the fork was very well built.
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FFV8, I don't think we've got enough information to write off the handling of that bike...
My guess would be that it's responsive, or precise, but I don't think it's a bad news circumstance...
I'm dealing with a heavy motorcycle right now that has awkward handling, especially at lowest speeds, and must actually be physically steered through turning movements at higher speeds... Golly, it's a notice-able task to ride the mc! I think it has raked triple trees. Kinda takes some of the fun out of riding good frame geometry and substitutes a challenge in place of that.
Perhaps msrfan will give us better/more specific info on that fork, and trail ? rc
My guess would be that it's responsive, or precise, but I don't think it's a bad news circumstance...
I'm dealing with a heavy motorcycle right now that has awkward handling, especially at lowest speeds, and must actually be physically steered through turning movements at higher speeds... Golly, it's a notice-able task to ride the mc! I think it has raked triple trees. Kinda takes some of the fun out of riding good frame geometry and substitutes a challenge in place of that.
Perhaps msrfan will give us better/more specific info on that fork, and trail ? rc
I talked to Doug just a few minutes and he indicated it rode nicely. He also said he would be riding to Donut Derelicts often. I told him I would post photos on the forum and I'm hoping he will respond to all inquiries. In any case, he's really enjoying riding and showing his new bike, and that's the main thing. Another regular attendee named Jim said he had a chromed out china motored bike he would bring soon. Hopefully the summer will bring out more cool bikes.
Take a couple of pics of the triple trees & post them. I have fixed a lot of ill handling Sportsters in the past 30 years...
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yea. no trail and it'll turn on a dime...at 70mph by its self. a trials bike OK, other wise a tank slapper, i'm talking motorcycles, bicycles?? i really don't know, but i got a feeling it will bite you at speed and a bump.
