January 23, 201412 yr I wonder how long the vertigo project has bin in progress then, if dougie is going to ride it in the Scottish 6 day as said in the press release it must be quite highly developed by now as we know when ossa announced that they where building a bike it was a good 12 months before it materialised and the same with jotagas correct me if in wrong ?so with that in mind I wonder if we will get some cheeky development photos through anytime soon or even videos
January 23, 201412 yr No mileage in that at all. Look at the sales of JTG Ossa scorpa, and particularily genuine Honda uk 4rt sales, if excellent bikes like these don't sell in economic numbers whats a virtual unknown merlin going to do in twinshock guise? I'd buy one lol. Yeah I know your right .... why do you have to get all logical ! Edited January 23, 201412 yr by gasgas249uk
January 23, 201412 yr me too but don't tell the wife........... I wonder how long the vertigo project has bin in progress then, if dougie is going to ride it in the Scottish 6 day as said in the press release it must be quite highly developed by now as we know when ossa announced that they where building a bike it was a good 12 months before it materialised and the same with jotagas correct me if in wrong ?so with that in mind I wonder if we will get some cheeky development photos through anytime soon or even videos there are some photos of the backer/owner on a bike in the ssdt and on a different make more recently, I wonder if they might use another make engine in their chassis?
January 23, 201412 yr They're very brave debuting at the Scottish. They're obviously very confident. It's not exactly a dead cert any bike will finish let alone a brand spanking new model. I hope they're testing it on 25 mile road runs , dropping it in rivers , starving it of radiator airlow and waking it up early in the morning. What a project though . Id love to be immersed in a project like this in the sport I love so much.I could stretch to a project kiddies trike but that's about it . If anyone can take this bike to a debut win at the Scottish it'll be Dougie.
January 23, 201412 yr Author Nowhere does it say Dougie will ride this new bike in the SSDT. It says he will continue to ride in selected events such as the SSDT and the Scott, but it does not say on Vertigo. Release here
January 23, 201412 yr I wonder how long the vertigo project has bin in progress then, if dougie is going to ride it in the Scottish 6 day as said in the press release it must be quite highly developed by now as we know when ossa announced that they where building a bike it was a good 12 months before it materialised and the same with jotagas correct me if in wrong ?so with that in mind I wonder if we will get some cheeky development photos through anytime soon or even videos If successful., it would be an amazing debut
January 23, 201412 yr I apologise if I got the wrong end of the stick I just interpreted it as the usual thanks to the factory for there help etc etc when riders change bikes immediately ,good point dabster if they've used someone else's engine it will take a lot less time to arrive at the finished article I presume ? It's all exciting stuff though and I can't wait for the outcome , would be nice to get a time scale of when it will appear
January 23, 201412 yr They're very brave debuting at the Scottish. They're obviously very confident. There has been no statement that the bike will debut at the Scottish. Rather Doug has said he will ride the new bike when it is good & ready, not before. See his press releases &'this weeks TMX
January 24, 201412 yr I think this is where others have gone wrong. What is wrong with failure of a prototype? there is no test which would find faults better than the SSDT surely? You see car manufacturers going to sweeden for long run tests why not the SSDT?(for any new bike) Edited January 24, 201412 yr by nigel dabster
January 24, 201412 yr That makes a lot of sense . The cataclysmic failure of Jordi Tarres' prototype Beta at the late 80's SSDT didn't stop the bike being a great success.
February 14, 201412 yr That's a great article and a brand new engine as well ! Probably a FI 2 stroke ? - I am actually getting quite excited to see the new innovations Dougie is hinting at in this article - The approach to the design ( look at the good bits and bad bits of all the others and leave the bad bits and innovate on the good bits) sounds absolutely perfect ! I have a good feeling about this project. Vertigo's stock just went up in my book
February 14, 201412 yr Be interesting to find out how much it weights, if it's the quality bike they claim. Especially after the protracted discussion on here re quality v' s weight. Edited February 14, 201412 yr by b40rt
February 14, 201412 yr So if you were looking at the current brands available, what features would you take from each brand like Vertigo have? Here's mine. Ossa - fuel injection Gas Gas - Clutch, geometry and weight distribution. Honda - Suspension and build quality. Chassis, I'm torn between the looks and design of JTG and the simplistic efficiency of Gas Gas or Sherco tubular design. I like a conventional removable fuel tank which gives easy access to engine for servicing.
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