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hi, i would really apreciate any help with my current project.
i really need some infomation and or pictures of how the engine is mounted to the frame and the layout of the pipes etc.

all info greatly apreciated,
thankyou,dan

surley someone must a have a picture of any of the bikes,pleaseeeee.
or did any of the magazines at the time do an artical?
all help appreciated to speed this project up, thankyou

Performance bikes did an article on the hopper and rode it at the plum pudding meeting about 86 / 87. Hope this helps

contact paul hanson-forum name moonraker on here, as far as i remember front mounts welded to down tubes with removable spacer to rhs of engine. rear bottom mount welded to rails and rear top mount on 2 ally strips that went to top rear of motor
pipes exited along front of chair. need to have steady between heads as they used to flap about. the wheels were very soft ally so take care when changing wheels . if you get no joy from paul get in touch and i'll get some photos and info off him

cheers speech

ynys-mon wrote:Performance bikes did an article on the hopper and rode it at the plum pudding meeting about 86 / 87. Hope this helps

thankyou for this info, ill try and find a copy.

speech wrote:contact paul hanson-forum name moonraker on here, as far as i remember front mounts welded to down tubes with removable spacer to rhs of engine. rear bottom mount welded to rails and rear top mount on 2 ally strips that went to top rear of motor
pipes exited along front of chair. need to have steady between heads as they used to flap about. the wheels were very soft ally so take care when changing wheels . if you get no joy from paul get in touch and i'll get some photos and info off him

cheers speech

hi, ive tried 2moonraker" as i saw an earlier post by him mentioning he owned one,but no reply(not been on here for a few months i believe).
as for the mounting thats great info, ive only one poor picture so far, ill try and repost it, it looks to me like the front is a bolted plate in triangle shape, the middle welded, and the rear like a clamp? but i dont know what year it was etc.
but on the left hand side i havent a picture, but because the engine is so onesided there is no frame to mount it too.
do you mean a head steady to the frame, or just between the two heads?
if you can get a picture or two id be very very greatfull.
dan

a picture from here,looks proper

kxt5001987 wrote:a picture from here,looks proper

Just a couple of other possible sources of information - I can remember 2 people running those bikes / engines - one was a guy called Nat Cole - from Rugeley area at the time - the other was a Scottish guy - can't remember his name though - and I think Joe Heys also ran Armstrong engine - whether anyone has any contact details is another thing - Joe is on here - but don't think he looks in too often...

ok thankyou for the names, ill try and do a little research on them.
can anyone have a look at the picture above and give their opinion on what they can see.
thanks

Gordon the Scottish guy you mention was Sammy Sampson, who if I remember rightly threw his Hopper chassis in the paddock skip at the TT !

lang wrote:Gordon the Scottish guy you mention was Sammy Sampson, who if I remember rightly threw his Hopper chassis in the paddock skip at the TT !

This one could be the one Alistar Lewis ran
It was Knockhills demonstrator outfit#

Try Alistar or maybe Knockhill will remember

all the memorys are comming to light i see,ha
could you let me know how to get in touch with these people please. thankyou

lang wrote:Gordon the Scottish guy you mention was Sammy Sampson, who if I remember rightly threw his Hopper chassis in the paddock skip at the TT !

oh, they handle that well do they? worrying

It wasnt a Hopper they threw in the skip. It was a shed of a chassis with a fourstroke in. It fell apart coming into the Nook (nice slow place to crash). They took off what they wanted , put the chassis in the skip and went on a pub crawl around the cicuit with the van. They did a pub each day and slept in the van for the rest of the TT.

oldbelly wrote:It was a shed of a chassis with a fourstroke in.

Best place for a diesel (Sorry - couldn't resist )