Titanium frame anyone?
 

Total weight of completed bike IRO 250lbs!!! :o

I just love the stuff that ARC Fabrications are doing. It's a shame such a chassis is not eligible for Minitwins or Thunderbikes. An 80bhp 250lbs 800ss would be seriously fast and entertaining. A power:weight ratio of 3.12lbs/bhp. That is better than a 999! :o

Can you imagine what that would accelerate and handle like?

That's nice that is ! Is it yours twpd? With mag wheels too. And is the swing arm different as well?

They certainly like to fabricate some different stuff. It's like OCC for Ducatis! LOL. Some very nice stuff as well. You don't really need a titanium frame to get to that kind of weight, though.

No it's not mine...sadly...but, I am building a highly trick 800ss racer atm. The series I will be racing in won't allow a titanium frame otherwise I'd have one pronto! lol

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Sweet....in the cycling world Ti is also meant to give a much nicer 'ride' but I've not noticed it on the few Ti bikes I've ever been on.

I wonder about the water hose hanger on the wall mind.........

because ti can flex it will give a "softer" ride if you get chainstay/seatstay design right, we made ti frames 1993/94 and i rode one out of choice. its not a very good material for suspension though, that same flex that makes the bicycle frame comfortable means your shock mount points move. A few MTB compaines tried it but the ride wasn't good, aluminium or steel ( and now carbon) work better for suspension, Saying that the current trend on moto gp bikes is to build flex into the chassis to stop the chatter.