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Something else to consider, swapping engines in a car is one thing, but once you start messing about with bikes you can drastically change the dynamics of how it handles, and if going too far and modifying the frame to drop in a non standard engine you also change the stress points which could result in fatal frame failure, companies have spent millions on designs to get the best possible outcome for their machines, yes some improvements are possible but not at the cost of human lives when it goes wrong

Perhaps I should have considered this back in 1968 when I put the Ape Hangers on my Aerial Arrow

Yes I've got one of these somewhere. Had it for years. Works OK but takes ages as you have to play the VHS tape at normal speed to Xfer it. I suppose that would be the case with any device.

This will not be a popular viewpoint but I have never been able to understand the modern incarnation of the TT races themselves and other events on the same circuit . There is no way that any other sport that has a total of 260 fatalities would be allowed to continue under any circumstances anywhere else in the civilized world. The very sight of 200 mph Superbikes flying down roads lined with stone walls , wrought iron gates , letterboxes and spectators with nothing but the odd straw bale as protection fills me with horror and disbelief whenever I witness it . Times , and bikes, have changed beyond recognition since 1907 when the participants would stop to help each other change a tyre but the circuit remains broadly the same . So I'm sorry but I absolutely don't get it . If you're going to race modern Superbikes do it on a purpose built track . Before anyone protests , they would do well to read up on how the Manx Government has approached the Covid 19 crisis in the light of their very meagre medical resources . I suspect that any changes to the speed limit may be linked to this .

I think you are wrong Fastbob, your's is a very popular point of view. In my experience usually held by people whose highlight of the day is changing the TV channel. Other sports with similar figures for casualties etc. include, Rock Climbing, Hang Gliding, Bungee Jumping, Parachuting, and Diving, to name but a few. You say that times have changed since 1907. It is true that the bikes have changed, but the level of risk hasn't. Ask anyone on here what its like to ride a classic at over 40 mph. Particularly with a Tank Change, and Girder Forks. Thank goodness we are part of the civilised world. That means we can judge for ourselves the personal risk involved in enjoying our lives. (EX Rock Climber)

Unfortunately any changes are unlikely to be led by sceintific facts but by misinformation by lobby groups. For instance it has been widely publicised that air quality has inproved during the epidemic. What has not been so widely reported is that the particulate count has actually increased, yet it's supposed to be deisel vehicles that are the sole cause of particulate emmissions!

Don't know this particular bike but expect that the mirrors are mounted on the handle bars, which usually means that you have a good view of either your shoulders or anything that is alongside of you but not much else. I had this on the Honda PCX that I keep for putting on the back of my motorhome. This is a bad design problem. The mirrors on my other bike, a Honda Deauville are mounted well forward on the fairing, so no problem. I sorted my problem with a set of mirror extentions, about a fiver from ebay. They are only about 3 inches long and one end bolts straight into the mirror mounting hole on the handlebar, the other has the original mirror stalk bolted into it. They move the mirrors out only a small ammount but because of the different angles make a very big diference to the area of view.

Anyone know where I can get a set of pedals for a 700 Deauville?