This is as British Motorcycles have ' Soul ' .
Though some are cheaper grey porridge & fat girls , honeing , refinement & impecable taste can create masterpieces from them for touring .
The general idea is to uprate for reliability & eradicate production shortcomeings . Where Jap bikes ARE production Shortcomings .
and being
spat out at prodigious rates rarity is seldom a issue .
Purity of design might describe the British Iron . And pride of workmanship , once . If they haydays were 55 to 65 & the tailend of market superiority
65 to 75 . when more streamlined production was attempted .
Initially the Jappanese concentrated on their engines . In Production Engineering terms . this meant it was easy to find a Jap Bike that had been through a headge , and most of their chassis were so pitiful that A good Chopper vaersion might actuaslly Improve the general stability & rideability . :lol: :wink:
Seeing by the 80s you could say there wernt none as far as British Motorcycles went , theres few & a low percentage of Jap Derivatives , Pre ' sports bike '
that youre not chopping a piece of race competant machineary , going Jap .
However theres plenty of Sports Bikes thatve been through hedges , so if you want a Hi Po Chop / Drag Bike , theres endless engines available .
Look on Ebay for ' motorcycle engine ' . even plenty of the new Triuphs ( the ones where the pen slipped on the badge .)
The majority of last century Brit contraptions make good roadholding a prerequiset , so messing with it does just that .
Any 60s / 70s Japper had a long way to go there , so whod give a hoot .
You could compare the characteristics of the diferant nations fighter aircraft , as similarities in character are noteworthy .
Theres plenty of photos of leaky Spitfires .
It stops the rusting . 8)
P-47 blows cylinder & gets home . bad tempered Germans may have had something to do with this . ) .
Japanese Version .
You might usefully compare it to this ; when I was about five I was told they were about 50 Quid we had nowhere to put it , when I asked if I could have a P40 or Corsair . This was obviously incorrect , there was plenty of room on the back lawn . We shouldve bought a dozen . No point buggering something that isnt wrecked .
Imagine what youd get for this little lot , today .