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Originally Posted by Michael Moore
It looks like you'll have quite a stretch to the bars from the car seat. You may want a secondary steering head to move the bars closer to the rider. But moving the seat forward to reduce the rearward weight bias would probably be a good idea.
A Hossack FFE (funny front end) would let the nose be much lower with a shallower slope. But that is not something many people would be able to construct.
I think for modern day-to-day traffic it is better to focus on acceleration and not top end. Very low HP may allow a high top speed with good aeros but if it takes all day to get there you are probably going to have to watch that someone doesn't barge you for holding up their forward progress (even if it is just to the next stop light). Reasonable HP with low weight and good aeros is probably going to make for a more practical vehicle.
cheers,
Michael
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Hi Micheal,
Ideally I would extend the front of the bike by losing the shocks, and move the front wheel up by 2 feet using car shocks.
Acceleration won't be an issue as the beast has 650cc with power mode if need be. Your concern is justified since you are used to harrowing traffic in SF.
Do you want to ride this weekend?
Supposed to be warm... upper 90s-100s. PM me.
Do you have wielding experience that you can lend to make the front end?