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Ancient Bikes Reborn (with photos)
Oregon Magazine ^
| May 1, 2002
| Brad Stevens
Posted on 05/02/2002 6:25:32 AM PDT by WaterDragon
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To: general_re
Britain has a history of small arms makers diversifying into motorcycle manufacturing. Witness the Enfield.
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To: tacticalogic
Sure, but look at them now - do they have any gun manufacturers or motorcycle makers left? ;)
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To: general_re
I hear the new Triumphs aren't too shabby.
To: Tanngrisnir
Heck, they still make
1939 BMW side-valver's in China.
To: WaterDragon
I still kind of miss my old '57 Harley Police Special... but I always wanted a flathead eighty-
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posted on
05/02/2002 9:20:54 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: backhoe
I knew this would happen! You have all begun speaking a strange, alien language. LOL
To: WaterDragon;chookter;tacticalogic
I want on the biker bump list too. I have one vintage lightweight, a '65 Honda supersport 50, an '83 BMW 60th anniversary RT, and my commuter bike '88 BMW K75C. My 12-year-old son has an '81 Honda CT110 'postie bike'.
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posted on
05/02/2002 10:50:55 AM PDT
by
Sender
To: WaterDragon
Just wait. Sooner or later a BMW-phile will show up and start talking about bricklets.
To: WaterDragon
You have all begun speaking a strange, alien language"Hard Tail" ( solid rear "suspension" )
"Bob-Job" ( trim the fenders )
"Suicide Shift" ( foot clutch with shift lever on the gas tank )
"Tailgunner" ( last guy in a line of bikers goin' down the road.... )
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posted on
05/02/2002 11:24:44 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: backhoe
Hold on! I'm writing it down. (Why? I don't know!)
To: WaterDragon
File it away under "arcane but potentially useful knowledge"- you may need to rap with some bikers one day, and knowing a little of the lingo can be helpful. If I didn't have to shove off & fetch my wife, I'd rack my brains for more obscure terms & lore.... like "panhead"--
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posted on
05/02/2002 12:58:07 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: Sender
Father-son bikes! You sound much kinder than my father, who after seeing my older brother zooming down the highway late one evening ran the bike into the river!
To: tacticalogic
A fifteen-year-old girl was the first female ordered to appear in court in London in 1907 for speeding! She'd been racing around at 55 and 60 mph on her brothers motorcycle! LOL! That was very like breaking the sound barrier today!
Did you see the photos of all those bikes in the article?
To: WaterDragon
Some. I'm on a fairly slow link right now, and was waiting till I got home to sit down and give it the attention it deserves.
To: backhoe
obscure terms & lore.... like "panhead"--Don't forget girders, springers, sliders, knuckleheads and fatbobs.
I can just barely stand to type the word "highside" without gritting my teeth.
To: WaterDragon
Old bikes...bump !!
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posted on
05/02/2002 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
blackie
To: tacticalogic
Yep, my '57 had "small" fatbobs- the 3 1/2 gallon tanks, which I kept. I liked having a speedometer, and the extra range compared to the peanut tanks that were popular then with the chopper crew. Remember "death city?" That's where you went when tangling with a citizen in a four-wheeler....
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05/02/2002 3:32:57 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: backhoe
four-wheeler....AKA "cage".
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