Japanese Bike Road Tests of the 1970's

[johnakay]

got this off another forum.
very interesting info and when bikes were FAST
http://www.abacuscaralarms.co.uk/bikes/ ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[johnakay]

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aahmmm looky at the 1st line Pedro me ol fruit
I've got plenty of locks etc.

[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

Santa Pod or Orange County Raceway, it wasn't