Posted on 09/16/2021 8:50:05 AM PDT by left that other site
1964.5 Mustang............ Be sure to get the proper restoration stuff, like door handles and misc. Many of the parts for that car were repurposed Falcon parts............... If you’re doing a showcar..........
My first motorcycle (1983) was a 1972 Aermacchi Harley 350SS very similar to this one -- the Harleys that Harley would rather not talk about.
Single cylinder into two exhausts, 4 stroke (really!), busted electric starter, kick crank that would kick back like a mule!
Hidden behind that black triangular piece was a rather large riding mower battery.
Some exhaust port on the top midsection threw oil like a mofo. I deflected it downward with a piece of green garden hose.
Parts were getting increasingly hard to find for it by 1983, so I sold it off.
But man, I did love riding that bike. Loved its voluptuous red gas tank and the freedom that came with riding it!
I don’t understand why people name their beasts after women, so my Black Hills Gold & Satin Black 2017 Road King is named “The Gold King”. He’s got power to spare. So far I’ve done a ride down to the lower 48 & back to Alaska, and several in-state rides.
It’s my daily driver when it’s warm enough, & have taken camping several times. He is a brawny, heavy beast that I smile at every day. I tell everyone it’s my retirement bike. I hope to have it until retirement and until I can’t ride anymore.
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I ran an ad to sell the Norton and a guy from Australia drove up in a U haul truck. I asked $1,000 and he peeled off 10 $100 bills without flinching.
He had a couple more Limey bikes in the truck and said he was shipping them back home. He said the manufacturers had sent most of their production to the US...
BTW; this is bike week here at Lake of the Ozarks. We’re swamped with Harleys.
In 72 I had a Yamaha 360 Enduro that I earned the money for and my dad was not happy but couldn’t say a whole lot cuz I paid for it cash on the barrelhead.
Later on I had a Lambretta 350 single basket case, got it running.
A Ducati 160 and 260 basket cases, got ‘em running.
Honda 550 four
Honda 750
Suzuki GS 750
Yamaha XT250 dual purpose
78 BMW R80
Dad was an FLH ridin’ Shriner... I was the yard slave and FLH detailer, torque-guy, remote control... you name it. I guess I never got over the FLH and never got one because of it.
Never really liked riding on Interstate I was more of a RT kind of guy. Lumbar keeps me off the bikes these days, but I still hold an interest.
Not at all. I appreciate it. Thank you.
They sure are. I burned up AZ and New Mexico roads . It IS made for something other than driving back and forth to work.
Jesus has a Ducati 916. God, of course, rides a Softtail.
Jesus has a Ducati 916. God, of course, rides a Softtail.
The Honda CR500 was Unbeatable off road. Still is. The 450 4strokes are jokes in comparison. Way way down on power and so expensive with short engine lives.
85 hp three wheeler, cruises at 95 mph (and cops never bother me), seats two, range about 350 miles, built Sept 1946. Ercoupe 415-C.
You haven’t done none to Sturgis SD. How come?
KTM and Aprilla likely can beat it
Incredible
Of course there is the unspoken monster of today....this bike needs a man on it
3 years? Change the fuel and put an air filter on it to contain any backfires.
Well, now I know about that the hard way =P
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