Motorcycles - I hope this isn't off topic
07-05-12, 09:02 PM
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My Honda 400F was red also. Sweet little bike!
From the internet:
The last one I saw had been converted to a cafe racer.
From the internet:
The last one I saw had been converted to a cafe racer.
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07-05-12, 09:37 PM
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If I'd followed your line of thinking I'd have stuck to motorcycles only for the rest of my life.
The lesson here is not to avoid a particular mode of transportation, it's to not ride like a knob like your friends did, or to pay attention like my neighbors didn't.
07-06-12, 05:43 AM
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Had a Cushman Eagle when in High School. Was used when I got it. Got rid of it in 1967, wish I still had it.
This is not mine, just wanted to post a pic of one for anyone not familiar with it...
This is not mine, just wanted to post a pic of one for anyone not familiar with it...
07-06-12, 05:48 AM
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Here in CT (a non-helmet state) my favorites are the idiot Harley riders who don't wear a helmet or the idiot young Japanese sport bike riders who ride sans helmets and in shorts & T-shirts as a former MSF instructor I'm always amazed.
07-06-12, 05:54 AM
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Surfmonkey,
That picture of a "Cushman" has a Harley motor stuck in the frame, not sure that was a factory option!
Bill
That picture of a "Cushman" has a Harley motor stuck in the frame, not sure that was a factory option!
Bill
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07-06-12, 06:29 AM
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Florida is too Mikey. Used to have a helmet law but the activist and Riders' rights groups got it repealed in 2000. Pretty dumb move to me. Deaths went way up almost immediately. I will not ride a motorcycle one foot without a helmet. Too many friends got killed or hurt when I was a teenager starting out.
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07-06-12, 08:20 AM
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Once, when my motorcycle lost traction in a low speed turn, I remember as I fell, suddenly, I was aware the my field of view was shifting around. I realized I had my helmet on and it was moving in relation to my head. "That's cool." I thought to myself. It didn't prevent any catastrophic injury, but I'm willing to bet that my face would have resembled hamburger, getting dragged along the asphalt that way.
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07-06-12, 08:23 AM
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I still think the CB400F may be the best looking motorcycle ever. Clean, simple, classic lines.
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07-06-12, 08:45 AM
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07-06-12, 09:54 AM
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Started with a CT90, then
CB360
CM400
CB400
KZ1000
now back to the CT90. I really like the CT90. It's slow but very economical and will climb over and thru lots of obstacles. Problem is I have no time to ride it. If I ride it I don't ride my bike. So the CT90 has been sitting for a couple of years now. Guess I should sell it.
CB360
CM400
CB400
KZ1000
now back to the CT90. I really like the CT90. It's slow but very economical and will climb over and thru lots of obstacles. Problem is I have no time to ride it. If I ride it I don't ride my bike. So the CT90 has been sitting for a couple of years now. Guess I should sell it.
07-06-12, 10:00 AM
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Respectfully disagree....this is the best looking motorcycle ever IMO. 
07-06-12, 10:40 AM
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that Cushman rig in #29 is a hoot .. they normally have a Briggs And Stratton
simple garden tractor, low rpm single piston engine in them,
not one out of a Harley Sportster..
next : Rocket powered Vespas..
simple garden tractor, low rpm single piston engine in them,
not one out of a Harley Sportster..
next : Rocket powered Vespas..
07-06-12, 01:22 PM
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07-06-12, 03:15 PM
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Mine is a 996. Same body, different motor. Still fast enough to scare the bejeezus out of me.
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07-06-12, 07:42 PM
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This https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...750ss%2074.htm is the Ducati classic along with the 916. At least on my Ducati list and with my Ducati friends.
07-06-12, 08:26 PM
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The early Ducatis were very cool. I was never keen on the valve train though. Never trust a valve without a spring.
07-06-12, 09:24 PM
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This https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...750ss%2074.htm is the Ducati classic along with the 916. At least on my Ducati list and with my Ducati friends.
07-06-12, 09:57 PM
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This https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...750ss%2074.htm is the Ducati classic along with the 916. At least on my Ducati list and with my Ducati friends.
07-07-12, 05:51 AM
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When I was 15, the entire family across the street was killed in a car accident. They ran into fog on the highway, slowed down and got hit by a semi truck going 70 mph.
If I'd followed your line of thinking I'd have stuck to motorcycles only for the rest of my life.
The lesson here is not to avoid a particular mode of transportation, it's to not ride like a knob like your friends did, or to pay attention like my neighbors didn't.
If I'd followed your line of thinking I'd have stuck to motorcycles only for the rest of my life.
The lesson here is not to avoid a particular mode of transportation, it's to not ride like a knob like your friends did, or to pay attention like my neighbors didn't.