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« on: September 22, 2008, 07:59:50 pm »
How they should look ;).





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Where they should be ridden 8).




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Re: HL500
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2008, 08:06:21 pm »
hell yeh  ;D
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Re: HL500
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 08:20:02 pm »
Beautiful. defiantly on the wish list. ;)

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Re: HL500
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2008, 01:19:49 pm »
I've got the order in ... for the frame anyways
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Re: HL500
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2011, 08:48:36 am »
Beautiful. defiantly on the wish list. ;)

Hey KB you still got your mini HL ? that is one bloody clever build  :)

Cmon Alison find that thread for us KBs mini HL thant thresd deserves a freshen up  :)

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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2011, 08:53:25 am »

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Re: HL500
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2011, 11:35:37 am »
The HL 80 I think must go down as one of the best builds in the history of the forum. there is something about building mini versions full size bikes, like scale modeling./

Are you launching another project bike Bill.
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Re: HL500
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 11:48:24 am »
The HL 80 I think must go down as one of the best builds in the history of the forum. there is something about building mini versions full size bikes, like scale modeling./

Are you launching another project bike Bill.

Marc if i ever finish some of the ones i have on the go already it will be a miracle  ::) and there pretty much standard builds .

I really appreciate bikes like KBs HL 80 as in my wildest dreams i could never create somthing that cool  8)

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Re: HL500
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2011, 01:25:18 pm »


Marc if i ever finish some of the ones i have on the go already it will be a miracle  ::) [/quote]

Im hearing you Bill, doesn't help that it takes me an hour each way to commute to the shop.

Working on the Bimota this weekend, wheel spacers and exhaust.
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Re: HL500
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2011, 03:11:13 pm »


Im hearing you Bill, doesn't help that it takes me an hour each way to commute to the shop.

Working on the Bimota this weekend, wheel spacers and exhaust.
Marc you'll be ok just keep shipping to the Puki wizard,he sure is the magic man.


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Re: HL500
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2011, 07:20:06 pm »
 I don't think it is expensive. There's likely  virtually no parts to buy so very little hidden costs.
 It's the bits and pieces that push costs through the roof.

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Re: HL500
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2011, 10:25:02 pm »
I know someone who has a genuine HL500 motor sitting in his shed. It was taken out of a HL500 many years ago. The rest of the bike was sold but he still has the motor.
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Re: HL500
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2011, 05:21:29 pm »
After doing the rounds to see what had appeared out of sheds, for the begining of the 2010 season at vmx on the weekend,,I came across a Yamaha parked next to us in the pit shed.. :o
The welding on it caught my eye and made me look twice  :o  :o  WHAT is this proffessional weld job, cheyne ?? wasp ?? ..
"Nope" Steven says !! thats an HL Yamaha....  :-*
Does anyone have a good frame picture on here of one ??
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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2011, 05:58:29 pm »
After doing the rounds to see what had appeared out of sheds, for the begining of the 2010 season at vmx on the weekend,,I came across a Yamaha parked next to us in the pit shed.. :o
The welding on it caught my eye and made me look twice  :o  :o  WHAT is this proffessional weld job, cheyne ?? wasp ?? ..
"Nope" Steven says !! thats an HL Yamaha....  :-*
Does anyone have a good frame picture on here of one ??
Thanks A

That's because the originals were put together in small batches and the frames were hand made by Brian Curtis who's work (as you correctly noted) is magnificent.

When my Curtis Honda was at the platers Pat French happened to see it and commented on the beatiful work.  So if Pat French (who is about as good as it gets) says the work is stunning, then for me at least, that speaks volumes about the beauty of Brian's work. 

He is also a very nice chap (from the same Town that Jenson Button grew up in)