W201 Cranks It Up to "12"

Kinja'd!!! "SBA Thanks You For All The Fish" (santabarbarianlsx)
03/13/2020 at 07:41 • Filed to: None

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I really like this build. It hits all the right notes— brand-correct and totally over the top.


DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
03/13/2020 at 07:55

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It’s neat, but the wheels are too dang big. 


Kinja'd!!! SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/13/2020 at 08:00

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Agreed.  Fortunately, I wouldn’t have to look at them from behind the wheel.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
03/13/2020 at 08:19

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I didn’t watch the whole video, but it seems to me that the oversized wheels would affect the turn angle. I heard him say he adjusted the softness in the front. I assume he meant the spring rate, but it could have been the shocks damping or rebound he adjusted. Maybe he put air shocks on it. Who knows. 


Kinja'd!!! SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/13/2020 at 09:11

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Yeah, it’s a little “off” on those points. I’m giving him credit for getting a very complex Benz PCM/drivetrain control to work right, then adding paddle shifters and getting that to work right. Then somehow getting it all to pass a stringent safety and emissions regime? That all took work.

The chassis/suspension needs work (wonder about brakes?) and the wheels have to go...


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
03/13/2020 at 10:58

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No doubt that he’s a talented fellow. It’s just his taste that’s in question.