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Offline specweld

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nice 460
« on: June 29, 2012, 08:30:52 AM »
Spotted this little beauty at Dahlemer Binz race circuit in Germany last weekend.
The guy who owned /rode it says it won the championship in it's class last year ,also says it produces 60 bhp.
looks and sounds beautiful.
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2012, 08:53:02 AM »
Any idea what the little yellow box on the frame is?
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Re: nice 460
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2012, 08:54:59 AM »
it's the transponder.
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Offline Greggo

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 08:55:52 AM »
Stunning..I love it!  Must have some nice bits in that engine to make that power.
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2012, 08:57:31 AM »
I like the colour. Wolverhampton Wanderers have a lot to answer for.
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Re: nice 460
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2012, 09:08:45 AM »
Yea that's a great looking little race bike.
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Offline Tim2005

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2012, 10:28:05 AM »
I remember that bike being on ebay.de 3 or 4 years ago. I had some detail pics of it somewhere that I took from the listing- it has a really unusual & seemingly over complex external oiling system which I was very curious about, as I'd like to try something similar on my 480 engine. I believe it had never been run at the time, but me & the seller had a bit of a language barrier. I'd also be interested to find out more about the exhaust, have never seen a 400 Yoshi like that. Finally, I remember it as being a 492 not a 460. Good to see it's still around anyway.
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Offline Felix

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2012, 03:50:14 PM »
Is that a drilled up stock front disc?
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Offline Doctor_D

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2012, 08:11:38 AM »
Quote from: Felix on July 15, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
Is that a drilled up stock front disc?

Looks like it.  They also milled out every-third "spoke."
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Offline camelman

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Re: nice 460
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2012, 02:07:51 PM »
Is that really what they did to the brake rotor?  Is there a solid history of doing that safely?  That would be a great way to drop weight, especially if the rotor is ground down and drilled too!!
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Re: nice 460
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2012, 09:44:40 AM »
Bump for thoughts on the front disc.  Does anyone have experience removing the inner arms of the rotor?
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Re: nice 460
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2012, 10:59:30 AM »
I saw this picture a while ago and I just can't get my head around whether or not I'd feel comfy with that much material removed from the carrier. It's obvious the bike is raced so I quess I'm just an old poop.

Here's my attempt at carving some weight off the 500 rotors on my racebike. At just under 5mm thick they weigh 1.6kg each, almost a kilo less than stock. Those 400F rotors have to be quite a bit less again.

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