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c.1975 Tony Foale Honda 400/4 race bike. Registration number...

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c.1975 Tony Foale Honda 400/4 race bike. Registration number not registered. Frame number, unknown. Engine number CB400FE-1054126.
An under-appreciated icon in the motorcycle world, Tony Foale has literally written the book on “Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design.” Tony was an Australian engineer who moved to England to pursue his passion of racing motorcycles. Like Rickman and Dunstall, Foale got into the business of building custom frames. Unlike most of his competitors, he focused on electronic and mathematical models to determine what he thought the best chassis could be for racing bikes.
Suspension guru Foale built and sold a number of highly successful motorcycle frames in the 1970s/1980s. His designs usually featured a large-diameter spine, like those of Fritz Egli, and mono-shock suspension along Yamaha lines with a triangulated swinging arm acting directly on the shock absorber. Most of Foale's frame kits were bought by the racing fraternity, many housing the ubiquitous Yamaha TZ engines, while others were intended to improve the handling of big-bore sports roadsters. He has confirmed that this frame is one of only 5 Honda 400/4 frames he built.
Further information can be found at https://motochassis.com
and https://www.youtube.com/user/MotoChassis.
It is not known how long our deceased vendor, Scottish racer Andy Richardson campaigned this machine as we are offering it on behalf of the family via a family friend in the Scottish Classic Racing Motorcycle Club.
Richardson raced in the 1970's under the Ecosse Racing banner with Glaswegian Alex George, former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer whose best year was in 1975 when he finished in seventh place in the 500 cc Grand Prix world championship.
It has recently been running and is sold with no paperwork, the clutch is held in to stop clutch plates sticking.

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Auction Date: 16th Oct 2021 at 1pm

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16th Oct 2021 1pm (Lots 501 to 663)

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