| Author |
Message |
|
|
|
|
Post subject: frame straightening and dyno in Yorkshire
|
|
|
|
P4L08  One-handed Stoppie! Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Total posts: 2029 Location: darkest East Yorkshire |
I took my RD400F bare frame and the 400F I bought recently up to John Warrington Motorcycles in Malton on Saturday. Small place but they are into Turbo drag bikes and top speed machines. Top place he has an ace dyno set up and the proper kit to check and straighten frames. He said he does the frames for 3 BSB teams, brand new bikes, but he mods the frame to exact dimensions, they are usually out of true out of the crate.
He did the full bike and bare frame geometry check and they are both spot on. Head angle was actually 28.38 deg with the bare frame a few tenths difference. This is actually within tolerance but measuring the head angle with the bike upright fully compressed forks gave 24.5 degrees and fully extended 28.9 degrees.
He talked be through the whole process and showed me a bunch of other stuff they were doing. Total cost £60.
There were a couple of customers there, a road legal Turbo Busa with 380bhp and the back wheel (owner was there and must have been in his 60's) and had clocked 237mph recently with a 1.5 mile run up. The other was a race only bike with 550bhp at the back wheel which had been timed 0-180mph in 9 seconds. I asked how much and he reeled off £30k's worth of kit in about 2 mins err and he told me his wifes bike was a turbo Bandit 12 making 280bhp.... 
They seemed perfectly normal guys..LOL..there were a shed load of other turbo stuff there, some part built inc a Harris Magnum turbo with trick suspension.
Deffo worth a visit just for a chat, made me a coffee and feel very welcome. Old school bike shop and one to remember.
Dale
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:35 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
|
|
|
|
cooler Suburban Commuter Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Total posts: 55 Location: leeds |
may be worth a trip one sunny day and a nice ride out aswell 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:23 pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post subject:
|
|
|
|
P4L08One-handed Stoppie! Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Total posts: 2029 Location: darkest East Yorkshire |
It's easy to find, heading north towards Northallerton etc crosse the railway lines and bridge, road goes left after bridge and its first right.
There is a sign post up for John Warrrington M/cycles
D
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:18 am
|
|
|
|
Options and Permissions
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum
|
| Page 1 of 1 .:. |
|
Powered by phpBB. copyright © 2002 phpBB Group. Template design - Vereor.
