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Rat - I have NO space, NO spare bike fund cash - but I am sorely tempted! All this talk of chairs has just reminded me what a bunch of fun they were. Then I'd have to drag my BMW R100 chassis out of storage, and THAT would divert me from my other projects - damn, so little time left [ relative ].
Must be something in the wind ........ I've been bideing my time for one of these to come up on evilbay and late last night this appeared ......... A lightweight scaled down Bantam/Francis Barnet trials Chair!
How freaky is that.
The pix [ as I credited ] were from Mike Clays' book "Cafe Racers" published by Osprey. Those pix have appeared in just about everyone's books on the subject !
There's very little in the way of fresh images - I'm trying to dredge up a few from my limited contacts for my planned coffee table book.
I'm pretty certain the bike is one of Max' original sitter outfits. I know the kneeler has been replicated [ twice I think ]. I'm pretty certain that's the old boy giving it an airing at a cavalcade in Germany. Note a few extra pounds and the modern lid. There were at least 2 kneelers and Max was one of the last hold outs to shift to kneeler.
Cool. I recognized the picture and found it it in Mick walker's book first and later on I dragged out my copy of Mike Clay's book and there it was in that one too.
I've never liked the "spaceship" looking sidecars, but I am thinking the wedge shape mounted to the "Bomber" GL1100 and adding a full race fairing might be able to pull off a street version of a track-hack.
Now all I need is a Monkey... and the wife thinks I mean something else when I say that.
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