[PHYSCO]

did any one in Andorra see or hear the machine running?

[PeterB]

The bike was outdoors for a while on Sunday morning for a photo shoot, but not running. It does look identical to another popular Spanish bike but has many parts sourced from China, forks, yolks, bars, shock, all hydraulics, rims, hubs, and most of the motor. 5 speed, only 250cc for now. Price was approx Euro 1,600 less than the competition which may cause problems for the used bike market. Motor castings looked good, plastics not so bril, frame welds could be better. Carb is an OKO, not Keihin. Clutch is by Sureflex and Leonelli ign system. Would be interesting to see one go.
Bye, PeterB.

[HAM2]

I see from the photos that there is some sort of throttle stop(or grenade pin??) wired onto the bars so it seems as if no-one is allowed to test this bike.
If we are speculating ( which is all we can do at this moment), could someone witha 250 sherco, 2006 vintage, with a khein fitted please chime in so we can have an expected benchmark for performance.

P.S.
Oh,and if they've fitted 40mm forks off a Gasser that would be a little more accurate

This post has been edited by HAM2: 05 September 2007 - 02:35 PM

[PA.]

HAM2, on Sep 5 2007, 08:32 PM, said:

I see from the photos that there is some sort of throttle stop(or grenade pin??) wired onto the bars so it seems as if no-one is allowed to test this bike.

The pin is a Lanyard style kill switch. All Quads and Jet Skis have this type of kill switch.

If you look at the Oil sight glass in Andy's pics there is no Oil in the Gearbox, or if there was it's all leaked out.

[bikespace]

What d'ya reckon? No internals? Bike wasn't ready but wanted to launch it at a 2007 world round?
69kg now, 79kg when they put some metal inside the casings

Seems strange not to start it if it's ready.

[bilco]

I Dunno the more i think about it the more i think it's someone's idea of a sick joke.