We cannot build motorcycles that sound like jet fighters.' " Irimajiri concluded, so they had to scrap the 78' Phantom exhaust and build something more sensible.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model ... 000-78.htm
It's too bad they didn't.
I wonder if they kept the drawings for this mysterious Phantom jet exhaust system.
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Re: 'We cannot build motorcycles that sound like jet fighters.'
I love that story.
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Re: 'We cannot build motorcycles that sound like jet fighters.'
A good read! Thank you!
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Re: 'We cannot build motorcycles that sound like jet fighters.'
Thanks, great article. Interesting that even a brand new
test bike has a chirping squealing alternator.
test bike has a chirping squealing alternator.