BEHN MONO SHOCK KZ1000 CHASSIS RACE BIKE

One of the first Lester Wheels Team bikes, with a sprint tank. That's Lang Hindle and Gary?? from Texas.
Wish I had written wwww (who, where, what & when)
on the back of the photos.

Man, these pictures are awesome!!!

this is by far one of the most interesting threads on this site IMO. keep posting the pics!

DoctoRot wrote: this is by far one of the most interesting threads on this site IMO. keep posting the pics!

Yes. Yes it IS!

... and YES!! Keep the pics coming!!

The Suzuki as it raced at Ontario Motor Speedway. Don't remember where it finished. The gas tank vent was plugged up so it would run out of fuel at the end of the long straight.

Vinsky, thanks very much for posting all this info! I considered ordering a Harris from England back in the early 80's for a Z1 motor, if I remember right it was around $10 K shipped to Canada.

Does that red Suzuki in the pic above have a nickel plated frame or is that just silver paint?

Also, was there a aerodynamicist "go to guy" for the bodywork back then? Or a wind tunnel facility for smaller production runs back then?

The tank and tail look aerodynamically challenged on a lot of the race bikes back then, yet the basic design seems to be very popular for its day.

Very interesting and cool bikes!

Cheers, Doug

This Suzuki frame was nickeled. Behn tried to sell these kits for about 2 grand with your choice of a sprint or enduro tank. The fairing and tail piece was from Camber ??, the tank by Behn. With that fairing, the bike overheated so the oil cooler was put on the tail piece.
This bike is probably still running around Phoenix, Az.

Thanks.

Wonderful!

love it! got any more?

The guy I built the Honda for in Switzerland may have some photos. I'll post them when they come.

Vinsky, Lang says, "Hi!" :laugh:

My buddy and I were at Lang's shop a couple of Saturday's ago. He's working on the Tri-Mill again. It runs now and isn't far away from being brought back fully to life!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Here are some pics:



The Master and Me:











Apparently, I'm the only one, other than Lang, to sit on it since he got it. :laugh:







I made one significant contribution to this project. I donated the stock shift lever off my KZ1000!!