hewson Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) Hi people , anybody know info of a Sun Wasp trials bike please ....Many thanks Edited April 1, 2016 by hewson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 https://www.flickr.com/photos/boblovelockflickr/8186863472 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 http://cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/sun.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Looks very similar to my dad's ol' Tandon Kangaroo..... Nice to see the one on the left has proper forks..... can't beat a constant wheelbase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I have a feeling that the Sun cycle brand ended up here in Worksop as part of the Carlton Cycles set up, which in turn was bought out by Raleigh in Nottingham. My old neighbour, long since departed, Eddie Haslehurst was the Carlton Cycles racing division frame man, I have never, ever seen brazing as good on anything. What a craftsman he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Looking at those seat springs I see why it was called 'kangaroo' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Looking at those seat springs I see why it was called 'kangaroo' Hahaha, my dad, and many others, bought them requiring a bit of building up. There was some tax loophole which made them cheaper when they arrived in 'kit form'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hewson Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Thanks for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawil Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 a thought deryk would you allow the tandon to compete as it was either a monoshock or did they have two bits of rubber controlling the rear suspension that would make it a twinshock , your comments , will 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Excellent pic', thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawil Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 deryk as you know I was born before 1949 and will soon be repaired and out on a new l/w panther outfit ,my comment was not what you would have done in the day but what class would the latest organisers fit a tandon kangaroo in as it must have been one of the rarer suspension set ups , it has got me thinking what an outfit would handle like with this sort of rear suspension ,and a pair of rubber bands will be a lot cheaper that modern suspension units . will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 When I looked at the picture of the Tandon Kangaroo I thought it to be a rigid framed machine with a slightly different frame layout than the more usual rear triangle and certainly not a springer. Is the suspension pivot rubber in torsion as on Greeves forks or maybe a rubber loop which stretches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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