Motorcycles... post yours
I do have a 74 Norton Commando with a pile of N.O.S. Dunstall "Cafe" style parts going together as we speak (Type). :wink:
I'm looking for a mid 60's BSA Lightning for the collection.
It's all on hold until I get my Super Bronc on the road
I'm looking for a mid 60's BSA Lightning for the collection.
It's all on hold until I get my Super Bronc on the road
I have thinned the herd, at one point I had 22 motorcycles
The list:
1964 Ducati Mach III- my uncle bought it in 67 and it's the very first motorcycle I got a ride on.
1971 Triumph TR6C - Bought it at a swap meet about 15 years ago, because my Triumph chopper wasn't done.
1977 Yamaha XS500- current bobber project
1981 Honda CM400- bought it for my son to ride, when it wouldn't start the seller threw in the Yamaha to sweeten the deal.
1982 Honda XL175 'Bastard Child' has a 250cc trike motor and a skull for a headlight... get it? HEAD light? And yes, it is a pull start.
1989 Harley FLHTC- 100 cu in stroker, Edelbrock top end and cam, 42mm flatslide mikuni, puts 80hp to the rear wheel.
Also have a Honda Big Red 3 wheeler...
The list:
1964 Ducati Mach III- my uncle bought it in 67 and it's the very first motorcycle I got a ride on.
1971 Triumph TR6C - Bought it at a swap meet about 15 years ago, because my Triumph chopper wasn't done.
1977 Yamaha XS500- current bobber project
1981 Honda CM400- bought it for my son to ride, when it wouldn't start the seller threw in the Yamaha to sweeten the deal.
1982 Honda XL175 'Bastard Child' has a 250cc trike motor and a skull for a headlight... get it? HEAD light? And yes, it is a pull start.
1989 Harley FLHTC- 100 cu in stroker, Edelbrock top end and cam, 42mm flatslide mikuni, puts 80hp to the rear wheel.
Also have a Honda Big Red 3 wheeler...
I have thinned the herd, at one point I had 22 motorcycles
The list:
1964 Ducati Mach III- my uncle bought it in 67 and it's the very first motorcycle I got a ride on.
1971 Triumph TR6C - Bought it at a swap meet about 15 years ago, because my Triumph chopper wasn't done.
1977 Yamaha XS500- current bobber project
1981 Honda CM400- bought it for my son to ride, when it wouldn't start the seller threw in the Yamaha to sweeten the deal.
1982 Honda XL175 'Bastard Child' has a 250cc trike motor and a skull for a headlight... get it? HEAD light? And yes, it is a pull start.
1989 Harley FLHTC- 100 cu in stroker, Edelbrock top end and cam, 42mm flatslide mikuni, puts 80hp to the rear wheel.
Also have a Honda Big Red 3 wheeler...
The list:
1964 Ducati Mach III- my uncle bought it in 67 and it's the very first motorcycle I got a ride on.
1971 Triumph TR6C - Bought it at a swap meet about 15 years ago, because my Triumph chopper wasn't done.
1977 Yamaha XS500- current bobber project
1981 Honda CM400- bought it for my son to ride, when it wouldn't start the seller threw in the Yamaha to sweeten the deal.
1982 Honda XL175 'Bastard Child' has a 250cc trike motor and a skull for a headlight... get it? HEAD light? And yes, it is a pull start.
1989 Harley FLHTC- 100 cu in stroker, Edelbrock top end and cam, 42mm flatslide mikuni, puts 80hp to the rear wheel.
Also have a Honda Big Red 3 wheeler...
Jerry...
It was part. The main reason was labor disputes and the workers locking out the factories. I had a triumph 650cc I liked it , except it had an oil tank in the one frame down tubes that cracked and leaked oil. The zenor diode voltage regulator kept burning out. The Japanese bikes didn't leak they were not temperamental . I actually went 130mph on a stock Honda 750. Same thing happened to the American car industry. I worked for GM in the late 70s. We would get new cars in with serious defects. Customers with complaints about their new cars were treated poorly, so they would get mad and buy another American car brand. It was still a UAW product just different manufacturer. Then the Japanese car industry broke the closed loop. Having said that the Japanese auto industry had an unfair advantage they were subsidized by their government, so if they had a bad year, no problem their government picked up the tab. Fortunately the American car industry has finally seen the value in customer loyalty and quality products.
