It was built by Bernard and Richard Woolsey of Mablethorpe Lincs, however I had some say in its design which was inspired by Rudi Kurth's "Kat" outfit. The design aim was for the bike to be no higher than a normal person's ( i.e.not mine) knee. As Paul says, this required hub centre steering facilitated by a Reliaint front hub ( kingpin is in the centre ), and a compressed rubber suspension at the front and a mini suspension unit at the rear. Making the Norton engine laid down required some fancy engineering which Bernard did. However, we suffered no end of oiling problems. I did ride it once at Cadwell and it amazed me how neutral the steering was with no lean into corners at all. Very easy to ride, slow or fast. After we found some large cracks in the frame following a meeting at Croft, Bernard and I started on a new frame design in 1972 which was based on a large offset central spar with wishbone suspension for the wheels inspired by F1 designs. It was never completed but I was amazed to find that the design was very similar to Louis Christian's effort some 5 years later. Ah well. What might have been. Any more info required give me an e-mail at charlespatchett@sky.com.
Very good guys better than a wheel chair
Don't forget, they were young once. Charles
@@charlespatchett5314 I know what is like, I'm almost 70 yo and still racing vintage motocross in Australia
I love guys like that
Two British kids playing good
very fun totally British style omg
How's it coming along lads? looks like a real tidy outfit, did you build it?
It was built by Bernard and Richard Woolsey of Mablethorpe Lincs, however I had some say in its design which was inspired by Rudi Kurth's "Kat" outfit. The design aim was for the bike to be no higher than a normal person's ( i.e.not mine) knee. As Paul says, this required hub centre steering facilitated by a Reliaint front hub ( kingpin is in the centre ), and a compressed rubber suspension at the front and a mini suspension unit at the rear. Making the Norton engine laid down required some fancy engineering which Bernard did. However, we suffered no end of oiling problems. I did ride it once at Cadwell and it amazed me how neutral the steering was with no lean into corners at all. Very easy to ride, slow or fast. After we found some large cracks in the frame following a meeting at Croft, Bernard and I started on a new frame design in 1972 which was based on a large offset central spar with wishbone suspension for the wheels inspired by F1 designs. It was never completed but I was amazed to find that the design was very similar to Louis Christian's effort some 5 years later. Ah well. What might have been. Any more info required give me an e-mail at charlespatchett@sky.com.