Who else is into C&V motorcycles?
08-17-20, 06:22 PM
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I care not for reliability, I take pride in the fact that I can fix anything. I especially enjoy figuring out something I've never worked on before. Taking it apart, seeing what makes it tick in its own unique way. As a child I took apart everything from my toys to my parents household electronics and usually managed to get them back together. Then I started dragging home broken things the neighbors were going to throw out and get them working again. Vacuumes, VCR's, bicycles, lawnmowers, didn't matter what it was I just wanted to see if I could fix it. I honestly still do basically the same thing and make a pretty good living from it. I buy vehicles from insurance auctions, repair and sell them.
I suggest you read "Shopcraft as Soulcraft" by Matthew Crawford.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=106513632
You are on a very similar trajectory I think.
FWIW I believe that book should be mandatory reading for high schoolers in the United States.
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He managed to return from Germany after military service with three bikes in tow.
That BSA and a couple of others that I can't remember, except for the large oil stains on our garage floor.
I wish he were still alive so I could ask him about that.....
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08-17-20, 07:15 PM
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I suggest you read "Shopcraft as Soulcraft" by Matthew Crawford.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=106513632
You are on a very similar trajectory I think.
FWIW I believe that book should be mandatory reading for high schoolers in the United States.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=106513632
You are on a very similar trajectory I think.
FWIW I believe that book should be mandatory reading for high schoolers in the United States.
08-18-20, 04:53 AM
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There is a guy in Dallas, used to be on here as txvintage . He's into the same thing, along with C&V guitars, his granddaughter and a yellow lab. I may be able to put you in touch. Something from Desert Storm pretty much took him off of bicycles. I may try to reach out....unless you know him already.
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....and then motors were installed, and the two-wheel world exploded. In a fantastic way.
The frame builder below built for Buell and Harley-Davidson.
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+1, and I was a Kawa fan. What the GPz started, Honda topped in very short order. You didn't "ride" those, you "wore" them. (Relatively speaking)
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Nice bikes pics !!, my older brother's friend had a Norton Commando and I always like those English roadster type bikes. Paging Velognome
08-18-20, 06:18 AM
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Kawasaki's W650 was the worst commercial flop in the US since carbonated milk, but I feel lucky to have gotten two of them.
Kawasaki's W650 was the worst commercial flop in the US since carbonated milk, but I feel lucky to have gotten two of them.
The W650 is now a W850 in Japan...
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and a oil spot in his driveway 
He was a marathoner so you know he wasn't right 
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I wish Velognome would chime in, he had cool WWII era Triumph's
He was a marathoner so you know he wasn't right . I wish Velognome would chime in, he had cool WWII era Triumph's
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08-18-20, 06:11 PM
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^^^ Lucas or Wagner? ^^^
There is a guy in Dallas, used to be on here as txvintage . He's into the same thing, along with C&V guitars, his granddaughter and a yellow lab. I may be able to put you in touch. Something from Desert Storm pretty much took him off of bicycles. I may try to reach out....unless you know him already.
There is a guy in Dallas, used to be on here as txvintage . He's into the same thing, along with C&V guitars, his granddaughter and a yellow lab. I may be able to put you in touch. Something from Desert Storm pretty much took him off of bicycles. I may try to reach out....unless you know him already.
The CDI is from https://www.electrexworld.co.uk/acat...D.html#SID=826, All made in England and has a good reputation for reliability. what sealed the deal was the available custom curves for the CDI box as it sets the "personality" of the engine, smooth power to 4500 rpm with the big hit to redline at 7K.
The details of fitting parts like the Husqvarna wheels wheels are complicated by metric standards vs English units that required some custom work to get things to fit. I had to get a T-140 rear axle hard chromed and ground (https://www.ecgrinding.com/) to fit the metric Husky wheel bearings, plus the usual faff of having the engine in the chassis to set the chainline, make the axle spacers then determine the rim offset and send the hubs and rims off to Buchanan's (Buchanan's Product Listing) for spokes and build.
More dumb stuff, modified 18 tooth countershaft sprocket to fit 520 chain, necessary because that's what the Husqvarna rear hub sprocket wants.
The rules are pre 1974 components with suspension travel limited to 7 inches front and 4 inches rear, these bikes are raced on "vintage" MX tracks that are low travel friendly, fortunately i have such a track near by the Perris Vet Track Tracks - Perris Raceway
I have been playing at this for quite a while... Now I'm old and this is the last big racing venture for me. Bicycles always played a big part in training as a 30 minute max effort three times a week means I'm race ready and I can say it's a lot harder than it used to be. For me fitness means brain endurance, brain fade will get you hurt faster than anything on open class bikes. the only other thing that chews on me is the Triumph will weigh about 70 pounds more (330 ish pounds) than anything I have ever raced, so that's a big wild card.
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I don't own this 1964 Triumph T100SC anymore. I should have kept it.... But it leaked Fork oil, Gear oil, Primary oil, Motor oil, Gas if you didn't turn the petcocks off.
We knew when to add oil.... when it stopped leaking...... and the oil leaking bikes were the fast ones! I bought a Yamaha 500 Thumper instead... toured USA on it and sold it. Not the same torque as a British long stroke thumper. I don't ride motorcycles anymore, but I keep looking for "the bike".... I can't understand why these new bikes are so darn big and heavy. Note the 10 tooth gear-over on the rear.
We knew when to add oil.... when it stopped leaking...... and the oil leaking bikes were the fast ones! I bought a Yamaha 500 Thumper instead... toured USA on it and sold it. Not the same torque as a British long stroke thumper. I don't ride motorcycles anymore, but I keep looking for "the bike".... I can't understand why these new bikes are so darn big and heavy. Note the 10 tooth gear-over on the rear.
"1964 Triumph T100SC - The "Jack Pine" model, named after the Jack Pine Enduro held in Michigan since 1910. Bill Baird won 7 consecutive National Enduro Championships on this model of Triumph from 1962-1968. This is a limited production "SC" (special competition) model."
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Thanks. Friend and father from High School had a metal shop. Friend had BSA441 with extended swingarm. His Dad had BSA goldstar 500, and there was also a Matchless G80 there....all dirt bikes. I bought the Super Competition from them for $350. Came with the Bates seat. Magneto wiring, lights ran off the magneto and would dim at stop lights. Points were rigged full advance.... kicked backed upon starting if you didn't follow through. Rebuilt the top end twice. I was always working on the bike. 2 into one scrambler pipe, also 2 into 1 single carb..... I like the TR6 with single carb... they are easier to tune. and run smoother. Also came with a large bash gard... looked like a shovel.... not shown in the picture. Brakes didn't really stop... but who needs brakes, right?
I keep looking at bikes... it's a sickness.... Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor? Why are these new bikes so heavy.
330 pounds for your 650 I would call that light!
I keep looking at bikes... it's a sickness.... Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor? Why are these new bikes so heavy.
330 pounds for your 650 I would call that light!
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08-18-20, 07:43 PM
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Lots of beautiful bikes in here!
Here's my contribution: 2011 Ducati 1198SP - Not vintage by any means but, it's one of the very last dry clutch Ducati models ever made as they switched to a wet clutch in 2012. Had a lot of fun rebuilding this thing in my garage
Here's my contribution: 2011 Ducati 1198SP - Not vintage by any means but, it's one of the very last dry clutch Ducati models ever made as they switched to a wet clutch in 2012. Had a lot of fun rebuilding this thing in my garage
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I used to be very much into Ducati singles and had several, including a couple of Mach1's and Desmos. This is the only one I have left, A 1960 Elite that I restored from a pile of parts.
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Right hand gear shift!
I borrowed a friends 1969 Sportster once. Damn thing kept scaring the bejesus out of me. Front brake was only useful as a hand exerciser, didn't do anything to ****** my progress, reflex stomp on the "brake" pedal meant the transmission disengaged, no engine braking! Eventually I started driving it like a truck, start slowing down 100m away from where I wanted to stop.
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I had a buddy whose FIRST bike was a Yamaha XS1100. He needed something a little lighter and more nimble to take his motorcycle practical test, so we swapped - At that time I had an almost new '82 Yamaha 550 Seca. Three weeks go by and he got used to my 550 and passed his test, and I was riding his XS1100 like I did the Seca - throwing it around in turns... That 'jacking' of the shaft drive took some getting used to.. When I took the 1100 back to him, I mentioned that I just about wore off the acorn nuts used as 'feelers' on the underside of the footpegs.. He took one look at them, and then me with this incredulous look as he tipped the bike over until the peg touched the ground...
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pics of the Gitane 50cc
Still a project, wheels I laced aluminium rims to the stock hubs, Honda forks because the original ones were nasty stamped steel with only springs no damping. Shocks I got off ebay, don't know what they were for but they are Italian and adjustable with that little chrome handle. I made the bit that holds the instruments and the spacers for the front axle, and the bits for the welder who made the clip-ons. He also extended the rear forks, and the powdercoat is by another local guy.
Italian bike frames are supposed to be red, right?
Italian bike frames are supposed to be red, right?
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lots of excellent mc's i have a 66 flh 78 super glide and 96 fxdwg cant post pics yet but getting there
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