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- 21 Mar 2021 15:24
- Forum: Bikes and bits for sale
- Topic: SOLD. Kanguro X2 for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2354
Re: Kanguro X2 for sale
Hi Steve. Is this still available? If so grateful for a pic or two and whereabouts you are in the country. Best, Michael
- 10 Feb 2021 00:29
- Forum: Bikes and bits for sale
- Topic: Kanguro X for sale
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2341
Re: Kanguro X for sale
Hi - just on the off chance - is this still for sale?
- 04 Dec 2020 21:20
- Forum: Bikes and bits for sale
- Topic: 500 for sale -
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3696
Re: 500 for sale -
Just on the off chance, is this still available?
- 13 Feb 2013 21:23
- Forum: Bikes and bits wanted
- Topic: Kanguro or Camel rolling chassis wanted
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4003
Re: Kanguro or Camel rolling chassis wanted
Hi - if you're still looking I have a round-tube Kanguro frame in vgc complete with yokes and a set of Camel MkII mudguards and nose piece. Alternatively I have a complete 1984 Kanguro in very good condition too with a 1978 Strada engine in it. I might sell as a rolling chassis without the engine. I...
- 24 Feb 2012 21:52
- Forum: Factory customs
- Topic: building a racer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 29757
Re: building a racer
This post caught my eye and of course it seems that John Carter was sometimes the only rider in the class. On the other hand, compare his actual times with other machinery - e.g. very impressive here http://www.marktime.co.nz/rfiles/110417/BEST.PDF
- 26 Nov 2011 16:09
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Morini turbo 1982
- Replies: 33
- Views: 50157
Re: Morini turbo 1982
I think I might have been the next owner, Benjy sold me a Sport around that time as an ex-turbo, though I think it had been converted back completely to stock spec. I'll see if I have any pictures in the attic ...
- 23 Aug 2011 22:30
- Forum: Bikes and bits wanted
- Topic: Kanguro front wheel + other bits wanted
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3606
Re: Kanguro front wheel + other bits wanted
Hi - if you're still looking I think I've got a fairing: one of the little ones that mount on the forks with 'rubber bands'?
- 05 Mar 2011 21:39
- Forum: Off road bikes
- Topic: Seat height
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27101
Re: Seat height
Mine is an X - so round tube. As I said, my personal feeling is that the seat to footpeg distance is in practice less than on a Strada. And what measurements won't tell you is just how much the seat squashes down. I should also have said that I weigh less than 11 stone so it's not as if a great weig...
- 05 Mar 2011 19:48
- Forum: Off road bikes
- Topic: Seat height
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27101
Re: Seat height
Although the Kanguro is taller, the seats are deep-sided and squashy! My personal feeling is that my knees are definitely higher when riding along on the Kanguro than a Strada (I put my Strada engine in a Kanguro X rolling chassis after a fire). I'm just under 5'11" and take a standard 32"...
- 19 Feb 2011 14:34
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Zero Valve Clearance
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17642
Re: Zero Valve Clearance
I've just measured a set from a 1984 Kanguro X and the pairs are 183mm and 184mm - catering for different camshaft?
- 12 Feb 2011 11:50
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Buying in Italy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3236
Re: Buying in Italy
Most of the information and necessary links are here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583 Worth noting that if the bike is over ten years old it doesn't appear to need the special 'vehicle approval' - just be able to pass an MoT. But ...
- 02 Nov 2010 23:12
- Forum: Tre e mezzo
- Topic: Quick Clutch Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3420
Re: Quick Clutch Question
My old Harglo service manual says during disassembly "...knock back the overturned locking washer .." before undoing the clutch centre nut and then "Always use new lockwasher on re-assembly and recheck sealed nut". The engine strip link from the NLM site also says "first kno...
- 14 Oct 2010 18:20
- Forum: Off road bikes
- Topic: Kanguro X, what battery?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27942
Re: Kanguro X, what battery?
As the Strada engine has the red pickup I used the black Strada transducers. The Kanguro had the black pickup and grey transducers, and they can't be mixed and matched. The Strada revcounter worked, but its glass was too smoke damaged and it's needle bent by the heat to be much use, so I'm doing wit...
- 13 Oct 2010 21:55
- Forum: Off road bikes
- Topic: Kanguro X, what battery?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27942
Re: Kanguro X, what battery?
The answer to your first question is yes. I obtained the bike with a blown engine (main bearing) and simply put in the engine from my fire-damaged Strada. So the PowerBox will accept 12v from the stator as well as 6v. I haven't tried disconnecting the battery but I guess that at low revs the lights ...
- 09 Oct 2010 10:56
- Forum: Off road bikes
- Topic: Kanguro X, what battery?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27942
Re: Kanguro X, what battery?
Here's pictures of the PowerBox installed with a 'massive' 3Ah 12v battery. No need for complicated stator rewinds, just put bullet connectors on the end of the stator leads, connect up, and junk the rectifier. A snug fit, but a fit all the same.