Moto Guzzi bicycle?
03-02-07 | 11:48 PM
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Moto Guzzi bicycle?
As you may know, my Moto Guzzi LeMans is a shaft driven motorcycle.
Does anyone recognize this shaft driven bicycle?
Does anyone recognize this shaft driven bicycle?
03-03-07 | 12:05 AM
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OK, I'll take two guesses at the bike: 1. It's quite old - shaft drive bikes weren't all that uncommon during the turn of the last century. 2. Go look at a current LL Bean catalog. It's called a Runabout Bike, no manufacturer given, sells for $679.00.
Anyone want to put odds on which one that is?
Anyone want to put odds on which one that is?
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03-03-07 | 08:27 AM
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I use to have a full dress (looked like the police version) 1973 automatic V7 850 Moto years ago...yeah I know an automatic what a disgrace to a motorcycle. I bought it used in 1976 and sold it about 3 years later. But it was a very nice reliable bike that never gave me any problems but then I never rode it much, I think I put about 9,000 miles on it during those 3 years.
03-03-07 | 08:48 AM
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Admendment to Article VI section 3 to the Consitution of the United States shall read: "There shall be a seperation of state and politics."
If you are proposing a constitutional amendment, at least spell "amendment", "Constitution" and "separation" correctly.
If you are proposing a constitutional amendment, at least spell "amendment", "Constitution" and "separation" correctly.
03-03-07 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by HillRider
Admendment to Article VI section 3 to the Consitution of the United States shall read: "There shall be a seperation of state and politics."
If you are proposing a constitutional amendment, at least spell "amendment", "Constitution" and "separation" correctly.
If you are proposing a constitutional amendment, at least spell "amendment", "Constitution" and "separation" correctly.
Whats really funny is that after about 6 months of this being posted like that YOUR THE ONLY ONE THAT CAUGHT IT!!!
03-03-07 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by froze
Does that make me as bad as Al Gore when he spelled patato patatoe?
it's P-O-T-A-T-O...
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03-03-07 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by new_dharma
yes...
it's P-O-T-A-T-O...
it's P-O-T-A-T-O...
PS BMW motorcycles also use shaft drive. BMW bike?
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03-03-07 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by new_dharma
yes...
it's P-O-T-A-T-O...
it's P-O-T-A-T-O...
03-03-07 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by McDave
And it wasn't Al Gore, it was that other boob - Dan Quayle.
03-03-07 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by froze
. . . Whats really funny is that after about 6 months of this being posted like that YOUR THE ONLY ONE THAT CAUGHT IT!!!
It was algore who invented the internet, just after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!
03-03-07 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by froze
Oh yeah, your right it was Dan Quayle; thanks for correcting that. If you seen one boob you seen them all! Hmmmm...nevermind!
03-03-07 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mswantak
Pah! Now HERE'S a Moto Guzzi...
The REAL thing!
Back when I was young and stupid I used to ride, Moto's were always top of the pile IMHO. Now I rode a much modified KZ750...why I am still alive God himself only knows
I also highly recommend the movie World's Fastest Indian
Funny how a lot of us are still two wheel crazy...just a bit slower
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RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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03-03-07 | 12:44 PM
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One out of three fixed...Admendment and Consitution....
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03-03-07 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
+100
The REAL thing!
Back when I was young and stupid I used to ride, Moto's were always top of the pile IMHO. Now I rode a much modified KZ750...why I am still alive God himself only knows
I also highly recommend the movie World's Fastest Indian
Funny how a lot of us are still two wheel crazy...just a bit slower
Aaron
The REAL thing!
Back when I was young and stupid I used to ride, Moto's were always top of the pile IMHO. Now I rode a much modified KZ750...why I am still alive God himself only knows
I also highly recommend the movie World's Fastest Indian
Funny how a lot of us are still two wheel crazy...just a bit slower
Aaron
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03-03-07 | 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by froze
Oh yeah, your right it was Dan Quayle; thanks for correcting that. If you seen one boob you seen them all! Hmmmm...nevermind!
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03-03-07 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by McDave
And it wasn't Al Gore, it was that other boob - Dan Quayle.
PS BMW motorcycles also use shaft drive. BMW bike?
PS BMW motorcycles also use shaft drive. BMW bike?
And yeah, two wheels is two wheels, no matter what the propulsion, no matter what the speed. Two wheels good, four wheels AWFUL!!!!
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03-03-07 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by sykerocker
The truly tragic part is that Quayle wasn't wrong - the press was just looking for another chance to get in a cheap shot. If you're in your mid to late 50's, think back - we were taught to spell that word P-O-T-A-T-O-E. Cutting off the 'E' was a 60's thing if my memory is correct.
And yeah, two wheels is two wheels, no matter what the propulsion, no matter what the speed. Two wheels good, four wheels AWFUL!!!!
And yeah, two wheels is two wheels, no matter what the propulsion, no matter what the speed. Two wheels good, four wheels AWFUL!!!!
But I like all wheels, whether 2 or 4, and 4 is not awful just newer computerized cars-those are awful; that's why I mess with classic cars. In fact today I just finished and got running my 1979 Chevy Z28 I found that only had 47,000 miles on it when I got about 3 months ago, but it sat around for years and needed some TLC. This is will now be my everyday car...when I'm not riding the bike to work and I will sell the 2002 Toyota Avalon so I can eliminate one of my newer cars. I still have my summer weekend car a 1967 Ford Galaxy 500 convertible. Did you catch the hint that I hate newer cars? But that's another subject.
03-03-07 | 10:10 PM
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[QUOTE=wahoonc]+100
The REAL thing!
OK I'll bite...and probably show how ignorant I am about things newer than 1998...but how come this bike looks NOTHING like virtually every Moto Guzzi I ever saw, including the V50 Monza I used to own and ride, which ALL had a 90-degree V-Twin motor and shaft drive? Sure, if you go back to the Guzzi archives you can find one in the '20s that had a chain...but this (Beautiful, BTW) bike looks more like a Bimota (or something) to ignorant little me.
The REAL thing!
OK I'll bite...and probably show how ignorant I am about things newer than 1998...but how come this bike looks NOTHING like virtually every Moto Guzzi I ever saw, including the V50 Monza I used to own and ride, which ALL had a 90-degree V-Twin motor and shaft drive? Sure, if you go back to the Guzzi archives you can find one in the '20s that had a chain...but this (Beautiful, BTW) bike looks more like a Bimota (or something) to ignorant little me.
03-04-07 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ollo_ollo
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Sinclair Lewis would spell it "Fascism"
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Sinclair Lewis would spell it "Fascism"
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03-04-07 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by HillRider
Admendment to Article VI section 3 to the Consitution of the United States shall read: "There shall be a seperation of state and politics."
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If you are proposing a constitutional amendment, at least spell "amendment", "Constitution" and "separation" correctly.
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03-04-07 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by East Hill
Still waiting for the 'amendment'....
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