QUASAR Road Tests & Articles
(Chronological Order)
Bike, June '77, Quasar Road Test by Royce Creasey
Superbike, June '77, Prototype Quasar Road Test by Mike Scott
New Motorcycle Monthly Feb.'77 Quasar Road Test
Motor Cycle Mechanics, Sept '77, Quasar Road Test
Bike, August '78, Quasar at the IOM, Royce Creasey
Motorcycle Weekly, 17/3/79, Quasar Road Test
auto kampion, 25-31st May 79. No. 21. 2-page spread. (Dutch)
Moto Journal no. 422, 26/7/79, Quasar Road Test - (in French)
Moto Revue no. 2426, 6/9/79, Quasar Road Test - (in French)
Superbike, Oct.79, Lands End to John O'Groats by Quasar
Motorcycle Sport, May'81, Full Page Colour Quasar Ad.
Motorcycle Weekly,13/2/82, Romarsh Quasar Road Test
Bike, Nov '84, Z1300 Quasar Road test by Brecon Quaddy
Motorcycle Sport, Jan.'85, Crashing a Quasar, by Paul Blezard
Superbike, March '86, Reprint of Oct'79 'End to End' with different photos
Superbike, Nov.'86, VF750 Quasar & VT500 FF Road tested.
Used & Classic Bike Guide no.3, Dec.'88/Jan.'89 Quasar History by John Malfoy
Motor Cycle News 18/01/89 Phil Read collects his MBE in a Quasar.
Motorcycle Sport, Jan'90, FF's on Top Gear
The Classic Bike Guide, June '91 - Tony Oliver shows off his Quasar.
Motorcycle Sport, Aug.'94, Tribute to Malcolm Newell, Part 1, by Paul Blezard.
Motorcycle Sport, Sept.'94, Tribute to Malcolm Newell, Part 2, by Paul Blezard.
Motorcycle Sport, Oct.'94, Tribute to Malcolm Newell, Part 3, by Paul Blezard.
Classic Bike July 2000 - Ten-page article on the history of the Quasar
Which Kit July 2002 - Feature on Sussex Kitcars - Specialists car builders and for Quasar building, servicing & upgrades.
Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics - 'The Quirky Quasar'. Road test of RWS 881S by Roland Brown.
Misc. FF Articles
Bike
| 6/77 | Tomorrow's Motorcycle | Quasar Road Test | Royce Creasey |
| 8/78 | Two Wheels and a Roof | Quasar on the IOM | Royce Creasey |
| 8/79 | High Tech | FF design #1 - Introduction | Royce Creasey |
| 9/79 | High Tech | FF design #2 - Concept | Royce Creasey |
| 10/79 | High Tech | FF design #3 - Riding position | Royce Creasey |
| 11/79 | High Tech | FF design #4 - Steering system | Royce Creasey |
| 12/79 | High Tech | FF design #5 - Rear suspension | Royce Creasey |
| 1/80 | High Tech | FF design #6 - Chassis | Royce Creasey |
| 2/80 | High Tech | FF design #7 - Power train | Royce Creasey |
| 3/80 | High Tech | FF design #8 - Bodywork + artist impression | Royce Creasey |
| 4/80 | High Tech | FF design #9 - Gearbox | Royce Creasey |
| 5/81 | Radical Bikes Rule | Difazio/Creasey CX 500 (Flying Banana) | John Smith |
| 9/81 | Some People 'Into the mire - feet first' | Difazio/Creasey CX 500 on the island (Cartoons by Hunt Emerson) | Royce Creasey |
| 11/84 | Best Foot Forward | Z1300 Quasar | Brecon Quaddy |
| 12/89 | FF - Fantastic Voyager | Voyager launch and road test | Tim Tompson |
| 2/90 | Skinnin' the cat 'BMW K1 v Voyager' | Voyager + BMW weekend journey / comparison test | Phil West |
| 2/2003 | Faster than a CBR600 (on 30 BHP less) | Road test of the Gurney Alligator | Hugo Wilson |
Bike Feb 2003 - Road test of the Gurney Alligator
Superbike
| 6/77 | Is it a Bird ? | Quasar Prototype test | Mike Scott |
| 10/79 | Quasar Jaunt | End to End by Quasar | Mike Scott |
| 10/81 | Kymera 'The Z1300 grows down' | Newell's first(?) Z1300 FF road test and technical details | Mike Scott |
| 11/82 | Alternative systems | Pics and details of 'Different ways of building motorcycles' | |
| 1/84 | Futurerap 'Beyond 1984' | John Reed's wild prototype rear-engined FF | Mike Scott |
| 4/84 | Reedbike Designs | Results from a design compatition for Futurebike | Tony Middlehurst |
| 3/86 | Archive '79 'Journey of the Quasar' | Reprint of Lands end to John 'O Groats trip by Quasar | Mike Scott |
| 8/86 | Finals Conflict 'The future by degrees' | College design studies. | Tony Foale |
| 9/86 | Best Feet Forward 'An Unbiased view of FF Motorcycles | A motorcycle designer/engineer view of FF design and use | Tony Foale |
| 11/86 | Middleweight Spread | Comparison test including VT500 Phasar ( subs about VF750 Quasar & Phasars) | Paul Blezard |
| 12/86 | The absolute Bol larks | Journey to the Bol D'Or by THS LC350 | Paul Blezard |
Classic Mechanics
No.4-Summer '84 |
This is not a Velocette | Venom FF + Selecting a strut | Royce |
No.8-Summer '85 |
Who is responsible for all this? | BSA FF + Suspension Systems Pt II | Royce |
No.9- Autumn '85 |
Royce Rolls | High Techati rolls + Suspension Systems Pt III | Blez/Royce |
No.10-Dec'85/Jan'86 |
Making a Special + Creasey! | Philosophy behind creating a special -1 | Royce |
No.11-Feb/March '86 |
Building a Special +
Creasey! Mr Lawsons FF |
Philosophy behind
creating a special -2 1948 FF-Reprint from The Motor Cycle 4/11/1948 |
Royce |
No.12-April/May '86 |
Creasey Making a Special |
FF Gathering in Bristol Philosophy behind creating a special -3 |
Royce |
No.19-June/July '87 |
Obtaining Castings | Creating the casting for the Voyager engine/gearbox adapter plate (P54) | Royce |
British Bike Mechanics
| 3/88 | Looking Askance | Four wheeled motorbikes? | Royce Creasey |
| 5/88 | Looking Askance | FF Transit? | Royce Creasey |
| 6/88 | Looking Askance | Electric vehicles | Royce Creasey |
| 7/88 | Looking Askance | Sorting the Voyager | Royce Creasey |
| 8/88 | Looking Askance | The British M/C industry deserved to die ! | Royce Creasey |
Motorcycle Sport / MCS&L
| 5/81 | Advertisement | Full-page colour Quasar advert | |
| 2/83 | The Small Crusaders | Jack Difazio's CX500 'Banana' | Dave Miniton |
| 3/83 | Hunting Dogmas | Comparison test of CX500 Turbo + Difazio/Creasey CX 500 | Dave Miniton |
| 8/84 | The Flying Banana | Ffing to the Bol | Paul Blezard |
| 1/85 | FFazed by the Bol | Quasar Crashing trip | Paul Blezard |
| 5/85 | F-F-Flashback | Life with the Flying Banana + Foale QL | Paul Blezard |
| 7/85 | Le Mans - By FF | Journey to the Le Mans race + FF details | Paul Blezard |
| 11/85 | Ffing at Bristol | Ffers gathering | Paul Blezard |
| 11/85 | FF revolution will never come | The FF Argument (anti) | Brian Thompson |
| 12/85 | Editorial - The FF Argument | The FF Argument (pro) | Ian Kew |
| 1/86 | High Techati | Royce Creasey's Ducati FF | Paul Blezard |
| 2/86 | Bol Folies | FF outing to Paul Ricard | Paul Blezard |
| 2/86 | Unbeliver tries an FF | Did he change his mind (No!) | Brian Thompson |
| 3/86 | Putting Brian straight | FF history + terminology | Ian Kew |
| 10/86 | FFame at last | FF's on the news | Paul Blezard |
| 12/86 | FF TT | Ffing on the island | Paul Blezard |
| 2/87 | Steaming Mango | Tales of the Gold Wing Phasar | Andy Tribble |
| 5/87 | Banana Republic | What ever happened to the Flying Banana? | Paul Blezard |
| 6/87 | Newell's SEV | Z1300 Phasar + Chris Baker (also cover photograph) | Royce Creasey |
| 11/87 | FFs at the BCBS and BMFR | FF events + a spin in the Wing Phasar | Paul Blezard |
| 12/87 | The German FF | BMW design study | Paul Blezard |
| 1/88 | Down under FF | Building a CX500 FF in New Zeland | Colin McDowell |
| 11/89 | Swiss Missile | Oekomobil | Paul Blezard |
| 1/90 | FFs on Top Gear | FF gathering for the cameras | Paul Blezard |
| 2/90 | Ultimate FF | Prototype Voyager test | Paul Blezard |
| 2/90 | Voyager for sale | Production Voyager test | PUB |
| 3/90 | Ffing in Boronia Heights | Australian FF | Ken Butler |
| 5/90 | Forward thinking from Honda | The CN250 | Roger Bean |
| 11/90 | Voyager GT | Trying the Voyager | Roger Woods |
| 6/91 | The Future Motorcycle | The Philippe Le Roux Speech | Paul Blezard |
| 8/91 | The Japanese FF | CN 250 + other FF info | Paul Blezard |
| 8/94 | Father of the Quasar | Tribute to Malcolm Newell I | Paul Blezard |
| 9/94 | Feet First street Racer | Tribute to Malcolm Newell II | Paul Blezard |
| 10/94 | Derring-do on Quasars and Phasars | Tribute to Malcolm Newell III | Paul Blezard |
| 1/95 | Whatever Happened | Review on Royce Creaseys Book | Paul Blezard |
| 8/95 | 003 Reborn | Voyager developments…. | Royce Creasey |
| 1/97 | RBR by FF OK ? | Graham Robb takes part in the 'Round Britain Rally' | |
| 1/97 | Feet-First Round-up | Featuring Steve Hariss's 'Rotoraser' | Blez |
| 5/97 | Feet-First Round-up | Nice Sketch of an enclosed FF by John Keogh | Blez |
| 9/97 | The Virtual Motorcycle Factor | Could a group design & build a batch of new FFs | Nick Tucker, Dave Turner |
| 11/97 | Long Term Test | Voyager | Graham Robb |
Miscellaneous
On Your Bike, Part 21, Profile of the Difazio/Creasey CX500 FF
Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics no. 11, Feb/March '86, Feet Forward Motorcycles
The Biker No.5, Oct '80, William Towns's 'Lagonda' FF
The Biker May '82 'Feet First into the Future' Z1300 Phasar test
Motorcycle Review, Jan/Feb '90, Voyager at the NEC + Honda concept bikes
Hub-centre Steering Systems
Difazio
Motorcycle Sport, Nov.'71, 5-page article on HCS, concentrating on Difazio
Motorcycle Mechanics April '72, Double page spread on the Difazio system
Motorcycle Sport, Feb '83, The small Crusaders, 5-page interview with Jack, up to the CX500
Motorcycle Sport, Sept '92, Tomkinson & Mead Nessie, HCS Racer.
Elf
Motorcycle Sport, Dec.'83, Seven-page History of ELFs development
Performance Bikes, May '89, Hub of the Universe, ELF 5 & the alternatives
RADD
Motorcyclist, July '87, Road test of the RADD MC2 By James Parker, designer of the GTS1000 HCS
MotorCycle International, Oct.'87, Another RADD MC2 Road test.
Motorcycle International, June '93, Profile on James Parker
Tony Foale
Superbike, May '85, Review of alternative frontends
Superbike, July '85, Principles of anti-dive
Superbike, October '85, Steering Geometry
Superbike, December '85, Balance and Steering
Superbike, March '86, 'Liquid Engineering', Tony looks at Hydraulic Drives & steering.
Superbike, April '86, 2WS & 2WD
Superbike, May '86, 'Revolution Now !' Design plan for the Quantum 2
Superbike, June '86, Active suspension etc.
Superbike, Aug. '86, Quantum 2 body designs + GPz Quantum on the road + Tyres
Superbike, Sept. '86, Tony Foale examines the FF concept
Superbike, Dec. '86, M/C Aerodynamics
Superbike, March '87, 'Revolution Now-ish!' Quantum 2 takes shape.
Superbike, April '87, Suspension
Superbike, Aug.'87, 'Deliverence', Quantum 2 complete ?
Superbike, Sept.'87 Project Q2. Riding the Quantum 2.
Performance Bikes, May '86, 'Quantum Leaps', Milan and back by QL
Performance Bikes, Feb.'88, GSX1100-based Foale Q2
Motorcycle & Workshop, March/April '88, Foale QL Ducati
Others
Superbike, April '88, 'Karl's Marque', Karl Gibson's home made HCS GPz 750.
Motorcycle International, June '93, 'End to End', Yamaha GTS1000 vs Bimota Tesi
Motorcycle International, Oct.'95, Adrian Mortons HCS 'Future Bike'