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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iansoady Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Dec 2018 at 11:48
I'm not sure there's anything stopping you as long as the brakes reach the required standard. Was it Indian that had a left side twistgrip and right side twist type advance - retard. And a foot clutch? Apparently that's why they are used on the Wall of Death.

Having said that, not a mod I'd fancy.
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ANY modification will probably affect the insurance.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mike H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Dec 2018 at 17:11
Originally posted by Jerry atric Jerry atric wrote:

You boys need to do a few miles on a pre-war bacon slicer, it makes you concentrate. Right foot heel and toe back to front gear change, left heel back brake.


Just put your feet down. LOL



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mike H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Dec 2018 at 17:29
Originally posted by iansoady iansoady wrote:

I'm not sure there's anything stopping you as long as the brakes reach the required standard. Was it Indian that had a left side twistgrip and right side twist type advance - retard. And a foot clutch? Apparently that's why they are used on the Wall of Death.

Having said that, not a mod I'd fancy.





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Is that first clip a Chinese Cossack? Wink
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mike H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Dec 2018 at 21:50
The ones with drum brakes can be a bit like that. Smile

Funnily enough there is a Chinese version of the Ural/Dnepr.


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Originally posted by iansoady iansoady wrote:

I'm not sure there's anything stopping you as long as the brakes reach the required standard. Was it Indian that had a left side twistgrip and right side twist type advance - retard. And a foot clutch? Apparently that's why they are used on the Wall of Death.

Having said that, not a mod I'd fancy.
Oscar Hedstrom and George M Hendee the designers were both left handed
thats the reason for the left side twistgrip
of course bike cops found it useful when firing their revolvers and the urban myth spread that the bikes were designed for that purpose
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