The same trick used later on the Paris-Dakar racers: tilt the engine/transmission assembly up at the front so the rear wheel can be sprung lower to gain ground clearance and wheel travel without excessive angle and stress on the universal joint in the driveshaft.
The same trick used later on the Paris-Dakar racers: tilt the engine/transmission assembly up at the front so the rear wheel can be sprung lower to gain ground clearance and wheel travel without excessive angle and stress on the universal joint in the driveshaft.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea they were already so serious in off road bikes in the sixties.
DeleteThanks! The ground clearance part was self-evident; the de-stressed u-joint escaped me.
ReplyDeleteI bet that bike was big wild-eyed fun ... for a BMW.
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