Remember this?

[ozkat]

Anyone else old enough here to remember these horrid looking things?

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/21562181476929.jpg

[suxukifreak]

Pre production Katana? ;)

[Iceman]

2007 katana? lol

[Rocket]

His side stand looks like the handle from my trolley jack.

[ozkat]

ok here is another

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/21562181440260.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Yeah, Seen it loads of times in the UK.
There were a couple, but I have photo's of that bike
at Avon Park Raceway drags maaaany years a go.

Was built by a very clever bloke named Tony Foale.
It was road ridden and useable.
He toured Oz late last year giving lectures of suspension
and handling idea's of Frames and suspension.
(unless there's another Tony Foale into the same thing)

I like the bike in the pic.
It makes your average Streetfighter look just that, "Average".

Why do I look at that bike and think of SuperchargerMark :D

Tony.J.

[Rocket]

Much better pic. Can't say I have seen one but if the early 80's donk is an indicator of the time it was built, it must have been pretty space age back then.

Okay, I'm gunna come right out and say it, I reckon with a little windscreen on the front there, that would be pretty cool.

[fimpBIKES]

WOW!!!!

whats she look like naked?

[Large]

If the second one had a full fairing, it'd look like a Bimota DB1 (or 2?)

[papa smurf]

COOOOOOOOL!!!!!!

[DaveK5]

Tony Foale's site is fuckin cool...some really good stuff might just learn something.

http://www.tonyfoale.com/

[shift1313]

yeah tony foale is amazing. there is alot of free software on his site too. He built some really cool bikes and tested out some really interesting things like 0rake angle or a bike with no trail.

http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/Q2/Q2_02.jpg

theres the q2 naked, looks better with bodywork.
http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/Q2/Q2_P3.jpg

http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/Q2/Q2_P1.jpg

he made a few of them. Suzuki powered and bmw powered.
http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/Q2/Q2_01.jpg

[alfiestorm]

Tron

[Tony Nitrous]

Stratford On Avon
Late 80's / Early 90's.

Are those the same Black and Green Kwak's as in the 1st pic?
Must be his mates.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4503/hubsteerez8.jpg

[jakam04]

quote:Originally posted by alfiestorm

Tron


LMFAO.... had the same though Alfie...

I remember that very very very low budget movie... I guess it was considered very high tech back when it was made.

Jarrod

[shift1313]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous

Stratford On Avon
Late 80's / Early 90's.

Are those the same Black and Green Kwak's as in the 1st pic?
Must be his mates.



its the same pic, just a different angle.

[Rocket]

quote:Originally posted by shift1313


http://www.tonyfoale.com/gallery/Q2/Q2_01.jpg


This one comes with a handy calculator !

[shift1313]

its like the transporter, you have to put in your code to go:) wrong code and well, you dont want to know.

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by shift1313


quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous

Stratford On Avon
Late 80's / Early 90's.
Are those the same Black and Green Kwak's as in the 1st pic?
Must be his mates.

its the same pic, just a different angle.


Thats FREAKY !!!
Dont know where the top pic was taken,
Lower picture was by me at Avon Park Raceway.
You might be right...
even the crack in the concrete looks the same! :D
Small world (but you wouldn't want to paint it ;))

[shift1313]

yeah if you look at the first pic, in the mirror of the bike where the pic is being taken you can see a red full fair bike. maybe a zx6d or a katana, hard to tell from pic/angle, and in your pic behind the second kaw way back you can see the bottom of the red lower. that is crazy. i wonder who took the first one, and if you spoke with him. its like quantum leap in here.

[Tony Nitrous]

Will have to get myself a scanner.
Got Thousands and Thousands of pics from the last 25 years.
then i can ramble on... "when I were a lad"... :D;)

Same event as the above pics.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7228/old1ty2.jpg
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7039/old2ac1.jpg

[megareg]

Yes, never saw one in the flesh though

[shift1313]

holy crap that scooter has a gpzturbo motor in it and a gpz rear end. i even see the gpz rear sets. that has to be the most dangerous contraption ove ever seen.