Pics of a Rosso

[RICSPEED]

have a look here -

http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/viewt ... =seriessix

[RICSPEED]

contacted the owner and he will give the full story asap

[benettonts1]

Morning All
here is the story, the thread has bits of it!My bike was recovered from Alan Rossers unit in the late 80s by a lad who lived in Chorley. It was a complete kit and was waiting assembly. The complete kit of my bike is shown in the photo by Ricspeed. The Rossa kit comprised of the frame with the RD loop fabricated onto it, the leggies with the airscoop cut out, the frame top piece which houses the full tank (one of the originial design flaws), floor boards and an oversized bridge piece! It was then sold via the small adds in scootering i am guessing around 1996-1998 to Guy Rackley. Guys brother Jem had a Rossa back inthe day and having ridden one Guy always wanted one! I have known Guy for years and was always badgering him to sell it to me, and back in 2005 he did. I was totally made up and called Frank Sanderson. Some of you may know this by Frank built the first few Rossas back in the 80s and hired Alan Rosser to help him out, Rosser then took on the project and he and Frank parted ways. Frank took on the build however made some changes to original design flaws. The bike was finished May 2007 and after a few teething problems, mainly fuel flow related it runs sweet and is an awesome thing to ride (or hang on to). Sticky did a write up of the whole Rossa saga and an interview ith Frank in issue 251 (May 2007) if you are interested.

I have done a lot of research into the Rossa and reckon there was around 9 built and a few more kits made but never completed. What happened to the original prototype is a total mystery and if anyone knows i would love to hear from you. Frank also says a 500 conversion was started but never completed.

Almost 10 years to the day Alan Rosser (aged 34) was shot dead in Blackpool after he had been kidnaped a few times. No one has been convicted of his murder.

Sef - i am going on Sunday to the caf so if you are around it would be good to meet. The lads in Brainers are a good bunch and I have been made welcome, no one has asked for a ride yet....!

cheers, Phil

[RICSPEED]

Thanks for reply mate

[Andy Pickering]

One question matey..How the f@@k do you ride it....I have asked this before but never really had an answer, The reason I ask is I have owned 2 YPVS 1 of which was stan stevens tuned and they both went like stink, so much so that I never felt safe as it was a constant battle between the sky and road and used to shudder and flex going into bends.. although it was great fun and a real challenge at times I just cant imagine what it must be like to ride..please enlighten me..I do like them by the way and have watched your vid on youtube a few times..The one on recently in an SX frame done by frank was outstanding and looked very very good.

[benettonts1]

It is a joy to ride, a lot down to the great original design that Frank did around 20 years back. Despite some design flaws the original mounting and design is excellent.

The bike feels really solid and grounded, it feels very stable. With the modern fronk end; anti dive, double disks etc it does stop and handle brilliently - unlike any lammy i have ridden.

In terms of power, it is just awesome. The thing that always amazes me is just how smooth and easy to ride it is, the gear hand change is awesome and responsive. If you keep it below 6,000 rpm it is like a quick TS with a very tall first gear! Over the 6,000 rpm mark it is a bit of hang on and enjoy. The power deliver from 6,000 through to 11,000 is just explosive, and to be honest i do this in straight lines and not around bends! I have never had the shuddering and flexing into bends. One mod Frank made to the frame was to strengthen the original lammy frame moulding onto the RD basket - i have not ridden an original rossa without this change so cant comment if it made a difference to the original design but it is rock solid and gives confidence.

It is an awesome thing and would recommend anyone to do it. From scratch its the same cost of doing a TS or RB ground up and if you like this kind of thing there is no comparison in terms of performance.

Alan (F2) on the series 6 forum is currenlty doing a Gamma 500, which will be insane. IOW next year he will be on it!

[sydduckett]

Phil, yes will be good to meet up. Im off the road at the mo as scooter is having 2nd rebuild in 12 months... Dont worry i wont have any issues in asking for a ride....

See you for 10ish

sef

[rbgaz]

hows the rebuild coming along sef

[sydduckett]

slowly gaz, got all the bits for the engine so can start that. frame wise all the welding and filler has been done apart from side panels.. Couple hours more on the leggies and cans and will be ready for paint either this or next weekend and then laquer the following weekend.Want it done before christmas. Gota new clutch and close ratio box so will be intresting to see if its improved top gear issues....

sef

[RICSPEED]

I remember seeing the proto blue one at morcambe 89 ,giving it some up and down and again at AF's open day ,alan was giving people a blast on the back of it ,he was gone for ages ,people must have been getting concerned as a tranny van set off to find them only for the scoot to come howling past minuites later