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Japanese Bike Road Tests of the 1970's

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:52 am
by johnakay
got this off another forum.
very interesting info and when bikes were FAST :wink:
http://www.abacuscaralarms.co.uk/bikes/ ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Japanese Bike Road Tests of the 1970's

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:36 pm
by johnakay
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aahmmm looky at the 1st line Pedro me ol fruit :roll: :lol: :lol:
I've got plenty of locks etc.

Re: Japanese Bike Road Tests of the 1970's

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:03 am
by Craig380
Thanks for posting those, John, great stuff. Although one word of caution: the performance figures from Bike magazine should be taken with a pinch of salt .... at least to within half a second either way.

The former editor, Mark Williams, has said that their 'timing gear' for standing quarter figures consisted of:

a) 440 yards measured using an architect's measuring tape

b) a guy with a stopwatch at the 440 yard mark. The rider would flash the headlight when he was ready, then the stopwatch guy would listen out for when the rider dumped the clutch :lol: :lol: :lol:

Santa Pod or Orange County Raceway, it wasn't :D