Motorcycles

[Jeff-Groves]

The only RV's Nancy and I have.
:up:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Bike%20Stuff/Triumphs_resting.jpg~original

I am ordering some new brackets to hold the saddle bags on both bikes and $500.00+ upgrades to my dual front disk brake system.
(Don't spread it around but I have my eye on a $500.00 helmet also)

[swamprat69er]

The only RV's Nancy and I have.
:up:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Bike%20Stuff/Triumphs_resting.jpg~original

I am ordering some new brackets to hold the saddle bags on both bikes and $500.00+ upgrades to my dual front disk brake system.
(Don't spread it around but I have my eye on a $500.00 helmet also)
The Triumph looks good. What is hiding behind it?

[Jeff-Groves]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Bike%20Stuff/0801080842.jpg~original
My Triumph SpeedMaster.
:D

Nancy and I may be Americans but We know what the World's Greatest Motorcycle is.

[swamprat69er]

They are certainly good looking.
Did you have any trouble teaching the Limey bikes to run on the right side of the road?:D

[Jeff-Groves]

Only thing I hate is they have to have the left side shift thing.
All my old Trumph's had the 'proper' right side shifter.
I plan to build a crossover kit to fix that mistake.
:D

Incase one wonders what is on the Tank.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Triumph.jpg~original

[Aktungbby]

The only thing I ever dared get on in my youthful two-wheeler days! Weird; I do Cessna's, Freightliners, horses and SCUBA at night in the middle of the Pacific ocean alone...motorcycles however simply exceed my head-on-a-swivel comfort level:hmmm: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/1973_Norton_850.JPG/1024px-1973_Norton_850.JPGNorton Commando

[swamprat69er]

The last time I was on a motorcycle was in the late 70's. IF I were to get another one it would have to be a H-D pie wagon. (This doddering old fool is getting too old for 2 wheels.)

[Jeff-Groves]

Get a Spyder.
http://www.motorcyclecatalog.net/gallery/can-am-spyder-roadster-rt-limited/2011_canam_spyderrt_limited_2.jpg

[swamprat69er]

They look goofy. A pie wagon with a air cooled VW motor would work good.

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, it should be easy to keep this one on topic ... :O:

[Aktungbby]

Ok, it should be easy to keep this one on topic ... :O:

NO NO we were jus' getting back on thread:up:; jeeze! Allow a little mingling of pleasures here!:arrgh!: http://www.cruiserlift.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/CIMG1809.JPG.w560h420.jpghttp://www.cruiserlift.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/completecruiserlift.jpg.w560h208.jpg MY Z4 BM'r will go nicely where the RV goes!http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/e5/31/e5310f557bb048aeb83fd71170b4f240.jpg?itok=P00Ow_uV

[HunterICX]

Did somebody say....Triumph? :D

http://i.imgur.com/xiK0KwI.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/lvSpubP.jpg?1

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/H4TwC0z.jpg

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@ Schroeder: I don't know how to do that, I'll have to learn how.

[Schroeder]

@Eichhörnchen
You know you can put more than one picture in a post? ;)

Here is my ride from a bad angle:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3962623862626164.jpg


And after some rain:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/54/1012554/3464346532656335.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I never progressed beyond the 500-4 and soon became involved with the consequences of crazy motorists actions which put me right off bikes.

http://i.imgur.com/bfenc7a.jpg

[Schroeder]

@ Schroeder: I don't know how to do that, I'll have to learn how.
Well, it's just like putting one picture into a post. You upload the image, copy the link, insert it into the post. Upload the next picture, copy the link and insert it under the first one in your post and so on... really simple.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/Tm1x2PE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9UYum5D.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hBGAnx1.jpg

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[Aktungbby]

...motorcycles however simply exceed my head-on-a-swivel comfort levelI never progressed beyond the 500-4 and soon became involved with the consequences of crazy motorists actions which put me right off bikes.

Precisely! Plus every one I know has ultimately been in a serious or fatal accident. It's a % thing and with the amount of regular driving and sleeper-team'd SEMI-trucks at the time...ad reducto risko if ya wanna see 64! Made my brothers quit once their kids arrived-live daddies required here!...for once they saw the light. My sister in law, a giantess of a probation officer, just totaled her lower leg in a rear-ender on her Harley Sportster; healed up and got back on a new one and just did the Sturgis SD rendezvous.:huh:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/CbAMk8X.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/0gI7Gye.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Mv4GJle.jpg

[Wolferz]

Nice Trumpets.:up:

I stay away from Donor Cycles. I've seen too many riders get racked up.:timeout:

What's that CBR stand for ... Crotch busting Rocket?:O:

[Jeff-Groves]

I never progressed beyond the 500-4 and soon became involved with the consequences of crazy motorists actions which put me right off bikes.

http://i.imgur.com/bfenc7a.jpg

My last Honda was a 750 SS. Kind of custom though.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Bike%20Stuff/750-SS.jpg~original

Nancy's first bike was a Triumph that I rebuilt for her.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Bike%20Stuff/250-Triumph.jpg~original

[Schroeder]

What's that CBR stand for ... Crotch busting Rocket?:O:
Can't Beat Roadrunner. That dude is just too fast....ah well it's a 250 and tops out at about 140km/h / 85 mph.
But it's an efficiency monster that costs very little to purchase and operate.

Seriously though from what I hear the CB used to stand for 4 cylinder in line engines, the R for Racing (or simple a sport bike configuration) that the older CBRs all had. However that has changed over the decades and now even my single cylinder and two cylinder bikes hav the CBR name attached to them most likely just to boost sales with a well known name as they don't have much in common with the original 4 cylinder CBRs.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/weNRLcX.jpg



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[Jeff-Groves]

Ok, it should be easy to keep this one on topic ... :O:

Don't ya just love a Dreamer?
:haha:
:03:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/ima0HDq.jpg


I don't know what any of those bikes in post no.19 are, or 408 XUG (above), do you?

[Catfish]

Since you are into motorcycles, what is this:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/PS2_zps2gn4hxc0.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/PS2_zps2gn4hxc0.jpg.html)

:D

For Glynn: https://app.box.com/s/jibuwf3dvyikpm4re8znr98ea3dcyoy4

[Schroeder]

Since you are into motorcycles, what is this:

A wreck!:stare:

[Catfish]

A wreck!:stare:


Do you think it looked much better, if it was restored :hmmm:

[Tango589]

Do you think it looked much better, if it was restored :hmmm:
No. It looks like 2 bikes have had a head-on collision and someone made the resulting tangle roadworthy!

[Catfish]

It was sold between 1921 and 1926, in England and the USA.
It was made to replace a car, and the front steering shows ..
Someone crossed the US in it, in 27 days.
:)

[Schroeder]

Do you think it looked much better, if it was restored :hmmm:Couldn't hurt. It's definitely in poor condition.

[Catfish]

It's a Ner-a-car, or Neracar in the US, built by Mr. Neracher
("near(ly) a car")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ner-A-Car

Regarding restoration i agree, but on the other hand it is sometimes good to have some unrestored examples, because a thorough restoration will not let much original material left. And original old Nitro-varnishes are not produced anymore, and may not be used for obvious reasons..

[Eichhörnchen]

This issue is especially important to aircraft buffs too: where the exact shade of colour of an old 'plane is in doubt then unrestored examples or parts are important. Especially so where the old Luftwaffe RLM (Reichsluftsministerium) colours are concerned. These colours are always the subject of huge debate in aeromodelling circles.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/0cJbxgW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VHfLcRz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vM0TTcc.jpg

[Catfish]

From the engine and the 'propshaft' drive, i think it is a BMW. But it somehow is not ... :hmmm:
Chinese or russian replica?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes the cylinders are horizontal on BMWs, which is about all I know about motorbikes, and these are so . I'd like to know the names of these machines, as although I'm not a bike buff I do like to look at them.

[swamprat69er]

http://i.imgur.com/0cJbxgW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VHfLcRz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vM0TTcc.jpg
Looks like a motorcycle with a side car to me.:D

[Eichhörnchen]

I just knew someone was going to say that!

[swamprat69er]

I just knew someone was going to say that!
Leave it to me to come up with a simple answer to a simple question.
If you don't ask the right question, then you won't get the answer you desire.

[em2nought]

Ural or Dnepr?

[Jeff-Groves]

Looks like a Ural to me.
:D

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/vPgfWVq.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/NyHuB8b.jpg

My wife took these one previous summer...

[Wolferz]

Their sometimes crazy riders...

Check out this whack job...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/viral/biker-teases-cops-during-high-speed-chase/vi-BBiCb2a

Not riding a Trumpet though. Looks more like a BMW.

[swamprat69er]

I agree, where is a pothole when you really need one.

[Wolferz]

I agree, where is a pothole when you really need one.

You don't see many potholes in California.
Potholes require water and freezing temperatures to form.
Cali ain't got much of either.

Why do the cops even bother chasing the insaniacs?:-?

[Jimbuna]

They seldom evade the 'eye in the sky' and never outrun a radio signal.

[Schroeder]

They seldom evade the 'eye in the sky' and never outrun a radio signal.
Unless the "eye in the sky" was already in the sky before the incident it won't have much of a chance to get there in time. As for the radio signal, good luck radioing ahead about the directions the guy is taking when he will have run out of sight after 25 seconds. It's a shame but there is a reason why Youtube is full of "Ran successfully away from cops on my superbike" clips.:-?
And even if they can keep up, they can't PIT them or use spike strips or anything. Look at this, this piece of **** could even get away after totaling his (stolen?) bike while the cops are right behind him:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooC3DTFne8

[swamprat69er]

Why do the cops even bother chasing the insaniacs?:-?
If they don't do their jobs, then the public gets all up in arms about 'lazy' cops hanging around drunkin dognuts 'all day'.

[Wolferz]

Unless the "eye in the sky" was already in the sky before the incident it won't have much of a chance to get there in time. As for the radio signal, good luck radioing ahead about the directions the guy is taking when he will have run out of sight after 25 seconds. It's a shame but there is a reason why Youtube is full of "Ran successfully away from cops on my superbike" clips.:-?
And even if they can keep up, they can't PIT them or use spike strips or anything. Look at this, this piece of **** could even get away after totaling his (stolen?) bike while the cops are right behind him:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooC3DTFne8

:huh: I thought that median had done him in but it only messed up his Go Pro. :haha: