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LeMans 1400
« on: October 03, 2018, 07:18:14 AM »
Apologies if this has posted here before. I've not seen it. I don't read German. Guessing it's a photoshop pipe dream. But pretty interesting....

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2018, 07:25:03 AM »
AARRRRRRGHHHH!!!

Just make it stop!

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2018, 07:51:12 AM »
i think they just photoshopped 1400 cans onto an old Breva/Griso hybrid, for the opportunity to speculate. What we call 'breaking news' here in the US.
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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2018, 08:02:07 AM »
Fake News more like.

Actually *Look* at the thing and there is so much wrong with it it's not funny, but it is :violent1:

The reaction arm for the CARC? Where the f*#$ does that go or do?

Then there is the position of the crank relative to the gearbox! Please explain?

I could go on but why bother. Anyone who wets their panties over shit like this deserves to be treated as a moron. Why? Because they are! Sorry.

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2018, 08:29:25 AM »
Not sure anyone's wetting their panties over this.. :wink:  People always seem to like photoshopping a sport bike out of a Guzzi lump.
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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2018, 08:46:55 AM »
The Honda looks kickass.  A 1000cc V4 Honda sportbike?  Yes, please.  The Aprilia is a torture rack with a laughably small fuel tank. 

Both are vaporware though.  Whoever drew up the Guzzi must have seen the Harley Panamerica stacked LED headlights.  God, do I hate those.  Anyway, looks like a Griso frame and 1400 engine.  Has anyone ever weighed an entire 1400 drivetrain?  I'd guess over 300lbs.  A V-Rod engine and trans weighs 230lbs and doesn't have shaft drive.  As much as I love the 1400 engine it's really heavy.  It might be suitable for a Gentleman's Express kind of bike but not for a real sportbike.     

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2018, 11:42:28 AM »
I can't get past the Guzzi's rear wheel being so far out of alignment with the rest of the bike.

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2018, 12:31:39 PM »
I was thinking about putting a V14 in this old Falcone that I found, recently.  :evil:
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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2018, 12:35:21 PM »
I can't get past the Guzzi's rear wheel being so far out of alignment with the rest of the bike.

The Moto Guzzi Sidewinder 1400....

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Re: LeMans 1400
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2018, 12:37:35 PM »
The Moto Guzzi Sidewinder 1400....

It would pull to the left. Maybe they're intending it for NASCAR tracks.

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