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Title: DG Team Racer
Post by: SIEGE on October 17, 2011, 02:07:30 am
and another thing...  here's a race bike I know almost nothing about. Way too cool '76 DG Team Racer.

http://www.wischt.com/MCB-DG.htm

(http://www.wischt.com/MCB-DGHonda38-fade.jpg)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: mx250 on October 17, 2011, 07:37:16 am
Hmmmm, way cool, 8)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: JohnnyO on October 17, 2011, 08:35:28 am
Very cool.. it's loaded with trick bits and even appears to have an aftermarket frame and forks:)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: mainline on October 17, 2011, 09:14:51 am
how cool is that !

Must have been a big pile of leftover CR bits when they finished ;D
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: VMX247 on October 17, 2011, 10:39:01 am
Every day there's a little touch of magic on OZVMX  8)

http://www.fullcircleracingltd.com/1976-dg-team-racer.html
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: huskibul on October 17, 2011, 10:58:19 am
    That thing doesnt just look a treat , at 32 hp man that thing would fly :P
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: pirie593 on October 17, 2011, 07:54:54 pm
Pity about the rear shock geometry.
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 01:47:31 am
Pity about the rear shock geometry.

I wouldn't complain if it was mine  :o stunner  :)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 03:29:35 am
Here's a Hagon/DG Suzuki we've just finished at Rod Spry Engineering   ;D

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab30/crankpin/cranky/IMAG0011.jpg)

Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 03:31:30 am

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab30/crankpin/cranky/IMAG0015.jpg)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 03:32:00 am

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab30/crankpin/cranky/IMAG0014.jpg)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 03:33:45 am

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab30/crankpin/cranky/IMAG0010.jpg)

Sorry for the highjack but I considered the connection to be relevant  :)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: John Orchard on October 18, 2011, 08:11:51 am
Here's a Hagon/DG Suzuki we've just finished at Rod Spry Engineering   ;D

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab30/crankpin/cranky/IMAG0011.jpg)



I see it's a B model with a genuine 'optional' alloy swingarm  :-)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: John Orchard on October 18, 2011, 08:14:49 am
Pity about the rear shock geometry.


What are your thoughts on the geometry?
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: John Orchard on October 18, 2011, 08:17:06 am
Now that's an expensive fuel tank LOL
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: firko on October 18, 2011, 10:21:03 am
Here's a repeat showing of Jonesy's Hagon TT500. When we spoke to Martin Hagon he rattled off the few different monocoque variations they built but the only Suzuki I can recall him mentioning was an SP/DR 400 powered unit. That RM's an interesting piece of kit, is that the engine it started with?
(My apologies for the hijack)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/Hagon%20001.jpg)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: TM BILL on October 18, 2011, 01:18:48 pm
Firko thats the real deal , a kid had one when i was racing schoolboys  :) that one that simon has posted is unreal in the flesh  8)

Rod and Simon have done an outstanding job restoring it , im sure they told us they had restored another RM 125 version .
 
I dont imagine Alf made many 125 frames but there were a few, i think they were sold out of Vic Eastwoods shop in Kent.
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: Davey Crocket on October 18, 2011, 01:41:12 pm
I'm sure there was one featured in Classic Racer early this year Bill....same one maybe?
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: JohnnyO on October 18, 2011, 03:07:06 pm
Yes there is one featured in issue 16 of Classic Dirt Bike mag exactly the same..
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: crankpin on October 18, 2011, 05:54:12 pm

The one in featured in CDB has a DG gold head and a few other differences. It was also on display at Farleigh this year.

Don't know how he did it, but Rod was working alone when he restored that one. His attention to detail and dedication are amazing.

I'm very interested in building a replica of the '76 DG racer posted here though. Not much chance of finding an original in the UK, or the USA for that matter.
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: steveo247 on October 18, 2011, 10:28:26 pm
im about to start on a similar bike, but a 76 YZ based version not CR. and i will be using standard frame instead of a DG frame. Got most of the other bits tho, cant wait :-)
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: Lozza on October 19, 2011, 12:14:18 am
    That thing doesnt just look a treat , at 32 hp man that thing would fly :P
so do pigs if  it's estimated  nice period bike just the same
Title: Re: DG Team Racer
Post by: huskibul on October 19, 2011, 07:27:24 am
        Ahhhh' alright then i'll settle for 30 then  put it on "A"   :D