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Until I actually rode a Manx, I did not know the reason they were so good. With most bikes of that era, if you rode them fast, you had to be 100% on top of them. When a Manx gets off line in a corner, if you gas it while cranked over, it actually helps you. The motor is well-foward, so the front end does not go light, and the bike self-steers in the correct direction without taking on more lean. The Seeley frames were better than featherbeds - they are lighter and the self-steering effect is more pronounced. You would not use a Seeley frame for a road bike, there would be no point to doing that. Nobody rides a motorcycle on public roads in the way they are ridden on race tracks. When you watch a road race, what you see is not what you get. To me, when I watch road races, they always look slow. But from the inside, they never are.With featherbed frames, I always seem to be bashing myself. The Seeley is slimmer. The Seeley 7R AJS was the best ever British 350cc racing motorcycle.
Until I actually rode a Manx, I did not know the reason they were so good. With most bikes of that era, if you rode them fast, you had to be 100% on top of them. When a Manx gets off line in a corner, if you gas it while cranked over, it actually helps you. The motor is well-foward, so the front end does not go light, and the bike self-steers in the correct direction without taking on more lean. The Seeley frames were better than featherbeds - they are lighter and the self-steering effect is more pronounced. You would not use a Seeley frame for a road bike, there would be no point to doing that. Nobody rides a motorcycle on public roads in the way they are ridden on race tracks. When you watch a road race, what you see is not what you get. To me, when I watch road races, they always look slow. But from the inside, they never are.
With featherbed frames, I always seem to be bashing myself. The Seeley is slimmer. The Seeley 7R AJS was the best ever British 350cc racing motorcycle.
