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Other Stuff => Other Topics => Topic started by: Mars-Hall on August 05, 2011, 02:59:18 pm
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Motorcycles that is. I have a 96 HD FLHTP I bought slightly used in late 96. That was back when Harley had the 2 year wait list. My bike use to be a Homewood Il. police bike.
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My active bike is a '59 H-D DuoGlide. It cranks good (kickstart, only) and runs good. However, it's taking a toll on my right knee. So, I'm in the process of planning the rebuild on my '76 H-D ElectraGlide, that I totaled in '04. It's got a pushbutton, and that never bothered my knee, in the past. It's the one in my avatar.
Jack
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My active bike is a '59 H-D DuoGlide. It cranks good (kickstart, only) and runs good. However, it's taking a toll on my right knee. So, I'm in the process of planning the rebuild on my '76 H-D ElectraGlide, that I totaled in '04. It's got a pushbutton, and that never bothered my knee, in the past. It's the one in my avatar.
Jack
I love those old school bikes! :worthy1: The reason I ride a Harley is because of the impressions that my Dad's 67 FLH left on me. Wish he would have kept that one.
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I love those old school bikes! :worthy1: The reason I ride a Harley is because of the impressions that my Dad's 67 FLH left on me.
I sold a completely stock '65, back about 20 years ago. It had a kickstart and electric, and cranked very easy with the kickstart. It just didn't have the character that the '59 has, so I let it go. Don't miss it one bit. I bought the '76 brand new, and brought it home on my birthday in January. 28°F. Sometimes, we do foolish things. It has been a good one.
Jack
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I bought the '76 brand new, and brought it home on my birthday in January. 28°F. Sometimes, we do foolish things. It has been a good one.
Rode mine 96 home, for the first time, under similar circumstance, it was cold. For that first 5 years, if there was no snow on the roads and none in the forcast, I was riding, no matter the temperature. I figured snowmobilers can do it...
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I have two Harleys, a '72 FLH that is my main ride that I've had since '96, and a '66 XLCH, stock with magneto (kick-only) ignition, and it shifts on the right-side. I bought the sportster as a basket case in '97.
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i do. a moto-guzzi '02 lemans tenni.
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Motorcycles is my main hobby. Actually it´s more than a hobby, I travel a lot on a motorcycles with my wife. I ride a BMW K75RT and my wife rides Yamaha FJ 1200. I have had many BMW´s and and used to restore BMW´s and Brit bikes. Also had two Harley's, one was a 750 Flathead from 1931 with a suicide clutch, tank shift and the works, the other a 1990 Ex-Police Electra Glide.
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Motorcycles is my main hobby. Actually it´s more than a hobby, I travel a lot on a motorcycles with my wife. I ride a BMW K75RT and my wife rides Yamaha FJ 1200. I have had many BMW´s and and used to restore BMW´s and Brit bikes. Also had two Harley's, one was a 750 Flathead from 1931 with a suicide clutch, tank shift and the works, the other a 1990 Ex-Police Electra Glide.
Think I've wound down on the travel. Covered quite a bit of the U.S., starting not long after I got our of the Army in '74. Haven't restored anything in awhile. Most of the old stuff that I have left belongs to me. It's easier to restore, when someone else is paying. My stuff just sits, or is in many pieces. The '59 is always ready when I am. Flatheads are about all I care to tinker on, these days.
Jack
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This is my main ride.... Only 150cc. Goes about 65MPH (103KPH) with my heft upon it. I got into scooters and small displacement bikes when I lived in Europe and later in Japan. This one is only a few years old and I went with a British Mod theme on this one. This Photo is 2 years old so I've since added more junk to make it more 60's MOD. I've also got a 1964 Vespa that I restored, and had a 1980 Bajaj Chetak (Indian Built Vespa Sprint) but sold that a few months back.
Don't let the small size fool you, I'm a member of motorcycle clubs that I ride with and I keep up.
j.
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Got my first and only motorcycle 4 years ago. 1983 Yamaha xz550rk. It was not runnning when I got it, and has been a lot of work that kept me away from amp projects. This is me and the Vision in northeastern Oregon this summer(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc253/vision83/035-1.jpg)
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I ride a Trek Madone 5.2
single horsepower.
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2002 Triumph Bonneville.
1992 Bridgestone X0-3...recently rebuilt w/ Ultegra and new powder coat. Mavic wheels.
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/321505_2102866938227_1442097742_31810989_355797856_n.jpg)
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Love those bars, they look like they are from the 1800's!
what are they?
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Bassmanster, those fenders are madness. :icon_biggrin:
I ride a Nishiki Alien, the Cro-mo one, white with the purple tint. I had to give up the Yeti
frame to finish paying for one of my semesters when I was in EE. Ohhh that was painful to
sell.
I will trade any two amps for a 125CC hardknock bobber.
I will trade all my amps and two handmade custom guitars for a HD Nightster.
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Nashbar mustache bars. Good for climbing and driving; not so good for cruising.
Fenders: I don't want to clean my bike. :grin:
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Fenders: I don't want to clean my bike. :grin:
When I was in grammar school, I road my bike a lot, great fun and a way to get places.
One day I got the bright idea that my bike would look really "cool" _IF_ I took off the fenders. :think1:
So I did, took them off and threw them away and it was way cool looking, in a little boys eyes any way.
_Until_ the first time I got caught in the rain, cold rain. :w2: Soaking wet up and down my back and front. The faster I pedaled the weter I got. :BangHead: :cussing:
Brad :l2:
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I ride a 95 FLHT and 58 BSA A10.
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'58 BSA:
Boy would I love to see a picture of that...
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I ride a 95 FLHT and 58 BSA A10.
The BSA, is that a twin cylinder? I heard both cylinders go up and down at the
same time (not opposed) and that made it a bit rough at low rpm. Urban legend?
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That's true of all British twins. Same as a thumper (single), but every stroke is a power stroke.
I'm not certain about this, but I think they had to do that to get displacement > 500cc. Tough to kick a 600 single.
Japanese bikes have the 180 twins. Somewhat better for balance, depending on your point of view since you still get high frequency vibes. Staccato firing though; 1, 2, exhaust, exhaust.
It's all good nowadays though, because they can counterbalance anything. My Triumph has a 360 crank but is pretty smooth. In fact, I read they put the counterbalancer a little off so that you feel something.
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250 watts @ 36 volts.
Munchkin seat comes off in a jiffy.
Have a couple of thousand miles on it so far.
Motor really comes in handy on the huge hill I have to climb to get to my home.
A penny a mile. Ride it everyday when the weather is nice.
Gas powered-
Used to have a couple of Yamahas- 650cc and 1100cc.
Now I am down to a 50cc scooter around here somewhere.