spondonturbo Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Thought might be worth learning how to post pics with a few of my old faithful. Lets see if it works! First one should be of part way through the original build 3 Quote
schooter Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 very nice framei like the 90` lookmore pics please Quote
SiBag Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Never a huge fan of the Spondon "Barge" frame.But those Co-Axle swing arms are just crackers. Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 Never a huge fan of the Spondon "Barge" frame.But those Co-Axle swing arms are just crackers. It's not a barge frame. The barge frames were the same aluminium extrusion but actually ran around the front of the forks in a big square shape hence the name. I am also not a fan of that design. This frame was built to replicate a deltabox type arrangement with a single beam either side and returning in to the headstock. It was a bast**d to do as the section does not want to bend Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 Tis a beastie and like the colour schemeThat was the original colour scheme and it really was bright, but in them days the dayglo paints faded pretty fast, so I ended up with a different paint scheme within a couple of years and she still has the later paintjob now. will post a pic Quote
Guest Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Very clean looking bike and the RGV front fairing realy suits it Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 Cheers mate. Looks a bit old skool now as was built in 1992. Modernising would be good, but then would it spoil it?? 1 Quote
busa ash Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 Love the look , as you say it could be ruined by being modernised. Quote
Guest Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 i have to say modernising it would be a shame as it looks so good, sometimes modern bodywork etc doesn`t suit the older bikes but at the end of the day it` your bike.It just so happens it looks so bloody good as it is Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 What is the handling like?handles well for an old bike. The idea of the build was to put a powerful motor in a frame that would handle well, so pretty short and set up for going round corners, not in straight lines. Nowhere near as good as a modern sportsbike, but good enough - apart from the wastegate hitting the floor on left handers! thats the next job! Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 I would hate to lose the old look, but now that I have had a petrol incident and blown some of the paint, she needs repainting, so dilema time. In an ideal world, I would love to keep this bodywork and colours and do a second set modern but that involves another tank and they aint cheap and hard to find someone to make one now Quote
KATANAMANGLER Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Really nice to see an EFE powered Spondon. Understandably in terms of availability many have been fitted with oil cooled engines. Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 Really nice to see an EFE powered Spondon. Understandably in terms of availability many have been fitted with oil cooled engines.Yes, especially the monster (tube) frames. would like to own one of those one day too - just need to keep buying those lottery tickets!Went with the efe engine at the time as they were the engine of choice for turbos way back when...yes, I am that old! 3 Quote
stockcar Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 still prefer air than oil or water.......keep at it Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 still prefer air than oil or water.......keep at itTwo Kat projects in progress at the moment, both aircooled so any more additions are a long way off! Quote
jonny1bump Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Thendles well for an old bike. The idea of the build was to put a powerful motor in a frame that would handle well, so pretty short and set up for going round corners, not in straight lines. Nowhere near as good as a modern sportsbike, but good enough - apart from the wastegate hitting the floor on left handers! thats the next job!Always wondered how they handled, as considered would that be way forward with my slingshot as come to limit of it really now i think..I rode friends haris copy, seemed to have all right bits and geometry, it was awful hated it. Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 11, 2015 Author Posted July 11, 2015 This is my own personal opinion, but I think once you get past the aircooled engine era, the handling rapidly improved on standard frames, so the special frames were more for building something a bit different rather than improving handling. Factory frames got a whole lot better around the GSXR era. Not sure what slingshot you have, but not sure it would be worth spending on a special frame. Sure you could spend way less improving what you have Quote
jonny1bump Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 It's 91 m heavily modified got to say handling is awesome got some real good lap times out of it. Only Limiting factor is ground clearance and geometry of rear swing arm angle, but hey they were never designed for that sort abuse, so finding very interesting views on special frames. Quote
spondonturbo Posted July 12, 2015 Author Posted July 12, 2015 Didn't they put 750 arms in back in the day to make them handle better? shorter for the twisties? 1 Quote
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