Looks like it's the last one

[agentpineapple]

my old one was iirc P94 NLP, I might be wrong tho....I ordered a tiny numberplate for it, and I got the numbers the wrong way round.....doh!!!!!!!

[Watty]

Of course they are lloydie . Every days a school day

[sirch345]

No I have other plans than a spondon frame I'm going with rogers bracing for miss piggy

That sounds good to me


How on earth does a Spondon Firestorm end up with a SSSarm No disrespect to anyone who has or would like a sssarm on their Firestorm (I like the look of them myself), but surely the Spondon bikes were built to get the best from them handling-wise. So why would you want to lengthen the wheelbase by 2" (50mm) and mess up the good handling by fitting a sssarm

Chris.

[lloydie]

No I have other plans than a spondon frame I'm going with rogers bracing for miss piggy

That sounds good to me


How on earth does a Spondon Firestorm end up with a SSSarm No disrespect to anyone who has or would like a sssarm on their Firestorm (I like the look of them myself), but surely the Spondon bikes were built to get the best from them handling-wise. So why would you want to lengthen the wheelbase by 2" (50mm) and mess up the good handling by fitting a sssarm

Chris.

Because they're crazy ! . Shame the spondons got stripped in the first place and at least one still lives in it's truest form

[agentpineapple]

also doesn't the frame have to be drilled to change the position of the rear shock when you do the sssa conversion, once done that would properly mess up a spondon frame for good....
I still love the sssa look, but I don't think I could be bothered with the hassle it takes to make it work properly...

[agentpineapple]

if you look at the ebay ad, you can see its running the old style 6 spoke wheel from the early cbr600 and some of the Honda 400's
hence the strange front discs.
the more I look at the pics the more I like it, he doesn't even mention the spondon frame in the advert, does he even know it's one of only 6 ever made.
not that it will hugely effect the price.

[Jscobey]

although...... i have seen others do the spondon ears themselves so there could be some confusion in the 6 "real" frames.

for example, this is not one of the spondon frames

[lloydie]

You can see it has the spondon rear sets too .
Only spondon made the ears like that and yes others have had ears fitted but not like spondon as spondon no longer have the moulds to cast them

[MacV2]

although...... i have seen others do the spondon ears themselves so there could be some confusion in the 6 "real" frames.

for example, this is not one of the spondon frames

This was a race bike owned by one Kevin Van de Warp & raced in the UK Thunderbike series. The frame was running an SP rear end & was modified by them to take it.

Bike was sold on when he went over to the dark side & bought a R1.

There was/is another Storm being raced in the same series with a similar home brewed rear end treatment & frame mod.

[lloydie]

if you look at the ebay ad, you can see its running the old style 6 spoke wheel from the early cbr600 and some of the Honda 400's
hence the strange front discs.
the more I look at the pics the more I like it, he doesn't even mention the spondon frame in the advert, does he even know it's one of only 6 ever made.
not that it will hugely effect the price.

Reading the add it says it's been written off at some point and I bet this is the yellow one been put back on the road .
And yes the frame needs drilled for the rear shock relocation .
Not sure the frame would bump up the price as it's just a frame without the rest of the parts .

[Jscobey]

Do the spondon frames have similar braceing to the Roger D style bracing? Or is it just the addition of the ears.

And lloydie are you saying the bike I posted does or does not have a spondon frame?

[VTRDark]

It looks like the ears have been added on as an extra to me, not genuine Spondon.

(:-})

[Watty]

although...... i have seen others do the spondon ears themselves so there could be some confusion in the 6 "real" frames.

for example, this is not one of the spondon frames

Guys, as I'm thick and not knowledgable When you talking about the "ears " are we referring to the ally sections the rear sets are fitted to in front of the swinger?

[VTRDark]

Exactly mate. A little bit of extra rigidity like on the SP frames.

(:-})

[agentpineapple]

funny thing is they weren't needed.......