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K2-K6:
There were some lovely innovative frames around which we don't see nowadays, its a shame to see such interesting one like this with that poor repair. I feel sorry for the frame  :)

The list of British frames was really good, with variously Degens (as you know Dave) Harris, Foale, Seeley, Rickman amongst them

My favourite, in pure elegant mitigation of stress, beautiful lines and so comprehensive in answering the question is a Rob North with Triple engine installation.  Oh what a beautiful motorcycle.

Peckett and McNab have an honorable mention too, while not as pretty as RN thin wall easy curves and stress mitigation with ease, in the same relm.

On the Eton long haired blonde's show yesterday, was a seller who'd trained with DeFazio in hub centre steering framework, with about 3 Laverda examples to be seen in his workshop too.

K2-K6:
Interesting in reading further about this topics with

  "Richard’s story started in 1969, when he began racing, having been inspired by the Rob North triples. Having decided to build his own chassis, the former carpenter was a regular visitor to Dresda Autos, where his potential was spotted and a job offered. That’s where he met Peter Mcnab and in 1975 the pair decided to branch out on their own. The following year Richard was using their first frame on track, powered by a Honda CB750 engine. Soon he was winning regularly and demand for their frames took off."

Coming from this site https://www.elkpromotions.co.uk/post/meet-richard-peckett-of-p-m-motorcycles-at-ardingly-show-on-30th-july no wonder it has some dna of RN frames  :)

Laverda Dave:
It's a shame Trident Engineering who make the Rob North frames and complete bikes was burnt down a couple of weeks ago. They lost everything, bikes, lathes, milling machine's, tube benders, in fact everything. And to make it even worse they were not insured either. I know there's a crowd fund going on.
It would be a real shame if we never see a new Rob North frames.

K2-K6:
What a shame Dave, to see someone's business go like that.

A big oversight to not have insurance though !  Hope they can recover to get back in business.

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