^^^^Good to know...I was looking for an Ascot 10 or so years ago and couldn't find one, now I'm glad I didn't.
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This is wild. Not sure why you need 3 engines on sand.
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Is that about to become a scrambler?
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Have to say I really liked the looks of the bike, nice flat track flavor. I did discover that behind the left side cover just below the seat, you'll find the breathing side of the air box, and a small snorkel with 2 openings the size of your index finger, and I'm thinking that's hardly enough surface area for this engine to breathe through. Behind the cover on the right side is the access plate for the air filter element, about 3.5" diameter with 3 tabs for retaining screws, it holds the air filter element in place. I took a 1 5/8" diameter chassis punch and put that size hole right in the middle of that retaining plate and it made a huge improvement in the way the bike ran. That little engine would rev over 9000 and at around 6000 it really started to come alive all the way to redline.
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I barely remember this bike, but in retrospect it is attractive and packaged nicely.
Edit - And to add to the unusual (just looked it up) it was only made in 1983-84 and only for the NA market. Shaft drive too.
It was only around 4 model years, 84-88 so was easy to miss. Didn't sell well, limited market scope
Could be right, listing I saw said only two years(?)
There were 2 Ascots.
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I seem to recall them having a strange enclosed front disc. It looked a bit like drum brake. Maybe this was just a uk variant?
Honda had some strange ideas back then. I think a few bikes had those silly enclosed discs. Why?
And those "comstar" wheels. WTF were they all about? I can't think they had any cost advantage over more regular designs?
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I seem to recall reviewers liked the bike but not the wheels and brake.
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The original Comstars (1977?) on the CB750F looked pretty nice IMO, and I would be surprised if they weren't lighter than most of the clunky aluminum castings of the day.
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Seems it was an evolutionary dead end? They're now extinct on new bikes and have been for several decades.
My GL1100 had comstar wheels back in the day. There wasn't anything bad about them as such.
One of these engines was scary enough. But 3?
Does look like they may have made the frame a little beefier.
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Does look like they may have made the frame a little beefier.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122234536910055455&set=a.122192310614055455
Really? Click bait.
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