20-04-2020, 09:15 PM
Noting that Jon 'oldtrim' E is now flirting with a similar 750 special to the one I used to own, I'm minded that mine had a V peculiar mod. in that the drag link tube was divided,offset and pivoted on the side of the chassis. Maybe dating from it's early days as a race car.
This mod had the effect of 'gearing up' the steering and giving a much reduced lock to lock movement. It made steering with the non standard smaller wheel quite heavy at anything under 15-20 MPH and I had thought about going back to a standard set up but 'never got around toowit'
I've never seen a similar mod on any other special and wonder (1) why it was done? and (2) anybody else ever come across anything like it elsewhere?
This mod had the effect of 'gearing up' the steering and giving a much reduced lock to lock movement. It made steering with the non standard smaller wheel quite heavy at anything under 15-20 MPH and I had thought about going back to a standard set up but 'never got around toowit'
I've never seen a similar mod on any other special and wonder (1) why it was done? and (2) anybody else ever come across anything like it elsewhere?