One to Interest YC and the engineers - SV650.org

andrewsmith · 20-08-11, 04:42 PM

Finished on Friday night.

To give you a bit of details on it.
- GSX1400 motor and switch gear
- Wilwood calipers and discs
- Handmade aluminium chassis
- Quaife Racing diff (designed for M/C powered track cars) with reverse gear
- Bodywork one off sculpted fibre glass
- Full custom exhaust with hidden outlet
- 2.5 gal underseat fuel tank
- Weight fully fuelled: 330kg (approx)
- Handbrake had snapped after one use, but they had a feeling it wasnt robust enough

Build time is estimated at 1500 hours over about 3 years.
Its got a handful of things to be done to it as this is going to be getting a SVA assessment and it be on the road by the end of the year. Its classed as a heavy quad so is in a interesting grey area as the owners put it.

The pictures do not do this justice.

20-08-11, 04:50 PM

Not really my cup of tea but i appreciate the engineering involved and think its ace

Bet it goes quite well an all

andrewsmith · 20-08-11, 04:55 PM

estimated gearing through diff is 130 mph
Sounds bloody ace

littleoldman2 · 20-08-11, 05:04 PM

Saw this today about half 3 It looked stunning and attracted a large crowd. I don't normally go to the westgate road but had to get an oil filter for the GSXR. There was also a really nice RD250LC. Didn't see you or your bike Andrew.

andrewsmith · 20-08-11, 05:07 PM

Aye I was up earlier in the afternoon. The crowd was even bigger after it was fired up!

Mal, was it the white with blue decals RD?
If so it is totally mint, I saw it at the Triumph dealers it was perfect

littleoldman2 · 20-08-11, 05:19 PM

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Mal, was it the white with blue decals RD?
If so it is totally mint, I saw it at the Triumph dealers it was perfect

Your right, he had wonderfull sounding expansion chambers and arrived with a bloke on a hardly movingson.

andrewsmith · 20-08-11, 05:21 PM

Thats the one!
If the speedo was to be believed its only done 1300 miles

Jayneflakes · 20-08-11, 11:41 PM

That is pretty, not sure I would have built something like it though. Major suspension travel, four wheel drive and full off road tyres and then maybe I would have considered it!

That seat looks a little pointy for comfort too. Given what happens when you put a Busa engine in a Smart car, I can imagine that this thing shifts pretty well though.

andrewsmith · 21-08-11, 07:21 AM

Well the front goes light under acceleration.
He's actually looking if a busa motor will fit the frame purely for ****s and giggles.

Would love to have a play with it up the hill as it makes its presence known

21-08-11, 10:19 AM

It looks so low and wide that you wouldn't get the usual problem of going on two wheels when cornering... More like being thrown off the thing!! Must be almost impossible to corner quickly lol

20-08-11, 04:42 PM	#1
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	One to Interest YC and the engineers Finished on Friday night. To give you a bit of details on it. - GSX1400 motor and switch gear - Wilwood calipers and discs - Handmade aluminium chassis - Quaife Racing diff (designed for M/C powered track cars) with reverse gear - Bodywork one off sculpted fibre glass - Full custom exhaust with hidden outlet - 2.5 gal underseat fuel tank - Weight fully fuelled: 330kg (approx) - Handbrake had snapped after one use, but they had a feeling it wasnt robust enough Build time is estimated at 1500 hours over about 3 years. Its got a handful of things to be done to it as this is going to be getting a SVA assessment and it be on the road by the end of the year. Its classed as a heavy quad so is in a interesting grey area as the owners put it. The pictures do not do this justice. __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

20-08-11, 04:50 PM	#2
Specialone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers Not really my cup of tea but i appreciate the engineering involved and think its ace Bet it goes quite well an all

20-08-11, 04:55 PM	#3
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers estimated gearing through diff is 130 mph Sounds bloody ace __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

20-08-11, 05:04 PM	#4
littleoldman2 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cramlington Northumberland where we are truely blessed Posts: 1,388	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers Saw this today about half 3 It looked stunning and attracted a large crowd. I don't normally go to the westgate road but had to get an oil filter for the GSXR. There was also a really nice RD250LC. Didn't see you or your bike Andrew. __________________ used to be littleoldman but forgot password due to failing memory

20-08-11, 05:07 PM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers Aye I was up earlier in the afternoon. The crowd was even bigger after it was fired up! Mal, was it the white with blue decals RD? If so it is totally mint, I saw it at the Triumph dealers it was perfect __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

20-08-11, 05:21 PM	#7
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers Thats the one! If the speedo was to be believed its only done 1300 miles __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

21-08-11, 07:21 AM	#9
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: One to Interest YC and the engineers Well the front goes light under acceleration. He's actually looking if a busa motor will fit the frame purely for ***s and giggles. Would love to have a play with it up the hill as it makes its presence known __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”* Mahatma Gandhi

21-08-11, 10:19 AM	#10
Reeder Guest Posts: n/a	It looks so low and wide that you wouldn't get the usual problem of going on two wheels when cornering... More like being thrown off the thing!! Must be almost impossible to corner quickly lol

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