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ianw wrote:Someone should build a chassis like this for a Konny engine, Rudi Kurth, 1968, 44 years ago!
sidecar chassis haven't moved on much.
http://www.eurospares.com/rdk2a.jpg
http://www.eurospares.com/rdk2a.jpg

Ian, next one to be built by D&D it is a KOVA.

Now that's more like it

Nah Ian, it's got pneumatic rear suspension, it can't be a classic ! . . .can it ?

Wal, well spotted I thought it was maybe a Mini dash pot, so what is the suspension actually off?

Wal wrote:Nah Ian, it's got pneumatic rear suspension, it can't be a classic ! . . .can it ?

The first NSU in the CRMC (*1) had that, horrible things


I think Dad's was the first NSU in the CRMC? Bobert will know.

Michel, don't let Wal wind you up , he knows full well that Rudi Kurth used pneumatic / hydraulic suspension back in 1968, based on a Citroen design.
Well and truly Classic Club eligible, like Wal

Michel, Rudi Kurths outfit was that light that he transported it on the roof of his Citroen estate.
http://www.classic-motorrad.de/cm2002/k ... rth-72.jpg

The first Renwick had Citroen hydraulic units also, BTW I once owned a DS safari and the roof was made from Fibre glass so that outfit was really light.

NSU - Ray's was the first to race with CRMC. Mini units for rear suspension were not uncommon and did the job very well - our last bike ran one of these and was CRMC eligible with the Triumph motors.

Rudi in conjunction with Fritz Scheidegger used a number of Citroen components including a front wheel drive that was only tested, never raced.

I take it the mini rear suspension units,were the rubber cones,and not pneumatic like the Citroen units?

1965 Bob, think this was the first one for Fritz Scheidegger. There is defo a mind of information out there Bob http://www.eurospares.com/rdk1c.jpg

Tony, Bob will tell you, the mini rubber ball was used with two small hydraulic dampers mounted on the swing arm, the set up on my first Windle.

tonybsa2008 wrote:I take it the mini rear suspension units,were the rubber cones,and not pneumatic like the Citroen units?

Tony the picture of my weslake on page 6 of this post shows the mini rubber cone on the rear suspension. The dampers Ian mentioned were engine mounting dampers from austin 1800s..

Getting back to the serious side of the thread, will Howard be able to race his Konig powered outfit , with a change of tyres/wheels etc in Classic Club meetings in 2013?
As a lot of people have said, sidecar bloke is an amiable guy & is doing a great job, but I think Howard deserves a straight answer after all the money & hard work he has put into the bike, that answer isn't forth coming from sidecar bloke!
I honestly can't see what more Howard can do to prove that the Konig engine was raced in an outfit before the initial 2 Stroke cut off date.

Thats what I thought Howard,my first bike was a Windrick.