And if you think medical insurance costs a lot to race in the US, I know of one racing team who doesn't do the Isle of Man anymore, pretty much due to the cost of med insurance alone. And I heard of someone who fled the US of A owing 175 grand in hospital fees 'cause he didn't have med insurance. A ...

Hope it went to a good home. For those of you in the teen set - ie, less than 50 years old, Dave Yetman built some of the best frames ever. Had his own ideas on frame design and fabrication and as his website says, never had a frame issue due to manufacturing methods. He was probably best known for ...

Hey Bill, Like the ride, ponder the pipes. By the time you have the stingers on plus the cans, pretty far past the end of the bike. I've been up since before 5:00 am today and am way too tired to dig through the rule book but suggest that perhaps you should and see if there is a max length beyond th...

She's a beaut, Clarke...

And on other breaking news, friends in "high places" may have some "real" CB92 bits for my project. So far, a front brake stay has been proffered (if it can be found, been in storage these many years).
I feel 5mph faster already.
Pat

Sorry gang, still no photos available to post - the computer repair has turned into buying a new one so I'm currently looking for a new unit and using a borrowed one right now... Anyway, received the front fork suspension bits, some of which will work fine but a few bits, not without modification wh...

Getting my desktop rebuilt so I'm not able to post any photos of the CB92R just yet, but checked the frame and engine numbers today and found that I have a '63, not a '65 like I thought I'd bought, so I guess I can run pre-'65 as well (have to check with the tech committee)? Don't know what I prefer...

Looking good!
Those aren't cardboard, its a special composite material! Very, very lightweight! But what class has brown number plates and black numbers?
Pat

Good call running the later steel rotary valve - that's a KE175 steel valve and collar, right? The fiber ones break apart too easily at high rpm, especially when they've been modified, though I did cut back the one on my 100 Kaw and it seemed to last okay, but I was extra careful and polished the ed...

Hi Dom, Nice bike! Looks like it has the late model front forks and DLS brake I talked about earlier, probably the 18" rim too. IMHO, run a front fender with a fork brace - you're used to the sturdy Hawk forks and those Brit forks aren't that stiff. Even a smallish front fender will keep the sh...

Hi Dom, Ashton's suggestion re: front end has a lot of merit but I suggest you PM Peter Balfour - a lot of the stuff he's done to his B50 as regards suspension, etc should be directly applicable to your bike - probably a late model alloy front end and conical dls front brake will fit on (same steeri...

OMIGOD ANOTHER F7! Soon we'll have to rename P1-200 the mid-seventies enduro bike class 'cause that's what everyone will be running. A good point about the condition of your bike though - if it's half as good in real life as the photo, why not keep it as-is and find a skanky one to convert to race t...

Holy Crap Allan, didn't realize the Baby Duke had so little power! Rode one really briefly back in the '60's and it seemed to be able to keep up with traffic and whatnot but wasn't particularly fast. But then again, we're talking stock... Your comment on the various HP of the bikes is well taken. Gi...

Hey Rick, Ya, Stan is pretty much the bomb when it comes to helping out fellow VRRA members - not many cut from the same cloth as our Stan and that's a fact. What our club is all about. Did a little bit of work on your main competition today (my ersatz CB92), modifying the fairing to look more 1963-...

What size rims are you running and what tires? My shouldered front is a WM1X18 that was running a 3.00 tire and I have a TD1 rear wheel with a WM1X18, which was the factory-correct rim for the early ones at least. It looks like I need a front brake with a left side backing plate to use the CA92 link...