Hi people , anybody know info  of a Sun Wasp trials bike please ....Many thanks 

Edited April 1, 201610 yr by hewson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblovelockflickr/8186863472

http://cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/sun.htm

Looks very similar to my dad's ol' Tandon Kangaroo.....

 

Nice to see the one on the left has proper forks..... can't beat a constant wheelbase.

I have a feeling that the Sun cycle brand ended up here in Worksop as part of the Carlton Cycles set up, which in turn was bought out by Raleigh in Nottingham.

My old neighbour, long since departed, Eddie Haslehurst was the Carlton Cycles racing division frame man, I have never, ever seen brazing as good on anything. What a craftsman he was.

Looking at those seat springs I see why it was called 'kangaroo'

Looking at those seat springs I see why it was called 'kangaroo'

Hahaha, my dad, and many others, bought them requiring a bit of building up. There was some tax loophole which made them cheaper when they arrived in 'kit form'.

Thanks for info 

a thought deryk would you allow the tandon to compete as it was either a monoshock or did they have two bits of rubber controlling the rear suspension  that would make it a twinshock , your comments ,  will

Excellent pic', thanks.

deryk as you know I was born before 1949 and will soon be repaired and out on a new l/w panther outfit ,my comment was not what you would have done in the day but what class would the latest organisers fit a tandon kangaroo in as it must have been one of the rarer suspension set ups , it has got me thinking what an outfit would handle like with this sort of rear suspension ,and a pair of rubber bands will be a lot cheaper that modern suspension units . will 

When I looked at the picture of the Tandon Kangaroo I thought it to be a rigid framed machine with a slightly different frame layout than the more usual rear triangle and certainly not a springer.

Is the suspension pivot rubber in torsion as on Greeves forks or maybe a rubber loop which stretches?