Kooka Cranks....any good

[Harryburgundy]

Kooka cranks......desirable and pretty. But are they any good? I'm talking around the 94/95 era...were they CNC or cold forged then.
Reading what reviews I can find, there appear a fair few complaints of failure.
Whats your experience?

 

[jbsteven]

forged ones are less likely to crack. I have a pair of the forged that I rode the snot out of and they work just fine. These were a warranty replacement for the non forged type that I cracked back in the mid 90's.

 

[Harryburgundy]

Thanks JB...how can you tell the diff.
Is it like Middleburn with the different taper orientation?
Can you tell if these are CNC or forged?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

 

[jbsteven]

the forged ones say forged next to the Kooka logo.

those are not forged in the photo.

see if you can name the frame and the car.

 

[legrandefromage]

lambo and a klein?

 

[jbsteven]

lambo and a klein?

yes and no

 

[hoegaardenadds1]

lambo and an orange x1? or a ibis?

 

[Woody]

Lambo gallardo and gary fischer ..........its not gary fischer is it! ...oh i can't think! :?

 

[jbsteven]

Lambo Gallardo is correct......

no one has guessed the bike yet.


One of my other cars is a current world record holding car for the standing mile in a Ford GT of 226.200mph. Here is a standing mile run (turn down audio as it's LOUD). On this run I noticed the driver window was rolled down so I rolled it up (this has been edited out) between shifts at around 160mph while still going wide open and still did 221 mph in this run.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fAe0NrB4I

 

[Harryburgundy]

:shock: Blimey...you have some serious toys,nice!