« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2012, 10:16:31 am »
I started thinking about this and realised that
all of my bikes are odd-ball. I think my upcoming KR 250 Maico dirt track rusteration racer is the oddest of the odd though.
After riding this beast, a pre75 version is on the to do list.
Brad, if you're thinking of a pre '75 version of that Trico, you'll be restricted to 7" & 4" travel in all of the pre 75 divisions so you might as well build it as a stock framed pre 65er desert sled and cover more classes. Shit, it'd even make a half decent flat tracker. If you used a pre unit 650 or a unit 500 you may even squeeze it in as a pre 60 classer, answering all of your wishes in one swoop of the magic Sidchrome wand. It's a biig job fitting a 650 into a pre 75 Maico frame. Robbie Owens in Mackay built one a few years ago and it took a lot of work for not too much gain.
Triumph 650 sled If it's good enough for McQueen, it's good enough for Van Barrelo
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