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Years ago I had a thousand cc Guzzi and a friend had an R100 BMW. It irritated me that his bike would pull giant wheelies and mine wouldn't....
I wouldn't use it at all. Any additive, race gas, or even a change in brands can cause it to come loose. Seen lots of bike tanks where it has...
I call it a hot rod bike and I say it's really cool What'llit do?
GF, huh?...Quote "Everything seems so much easier now that she's moved out". Sounds like your tune has changed, cabellero. Well better keep those...
XLCR? When they were new no one would buy them, passed on one for $1600 and one for $2100 because they were top-heavy, heavy, slow, and stank like...
Teii us about the details...rubber, wheel sizes, motor etc. Years ago I saw a belly tank that really impressed me. OHV banger with a Halibrand...
My thoughts? I wouldn't use them on anything on the street. Maybe ok on a 290 pound half-miler (bike). Maybe ok just for a line-loc on a strip-...
Use them- the greater precision feels good, especially on a light car. There are no side loads at all on shocks, no problem there
Pegaso Novi Moto Guzzi (30 cubic inch DOHC V-8) Maserati Ferrari Alfa Romeo Hispanp Suiza made SOHC V-8s and some "outlaw" or IMCA Champ cars...
Lookin at this story from a different angle...I have a Triumph that I started building and riding in 1981, really built right...scoured the swaps...
Not a hot rod story but a good story about trusting a welder...my cousin from Minnesota was a certified bridge welder and applied for work at the...
Looks like a great start, why don't you run the banger motor for now? It would be a fun car... The cool thing about the Book is how close to stock...
When you fall off your Triumph and the rearset gear lever pokes through your primary cover, JB weld is the very thing.
Is your Trumpet a serious bike or just a bar toy?
After everythng is tightened down, run an .008 feeler gage around the stator, you need that much clearance. Of course you've checked that your...
Good score man. The Schwinn fork is an old Triumph patent- Arnold, Schwinn Co bought it from Triumph after WWI when they were gettin heavily into...
Maybe some of the UK Hambsters can tell us if there was an overdrive made for the little 3 speed Ford Dagenham trans that was used in Falcons,...
Leo Goosen drew those, his drawing board was in the Briggs Cunningham museum, with the perch on top for his parrot. Goosen drew all the Millers...
Good information on this thread Don't forget to plan your radiator setup, a suicide perch takes up a lot of space. If your radiator is going to be...
Send us five cases of Aquavit.
2k is OK if the motor is really good, but remember it costs almost that much to blueprint one. The OIF bikes steer and handle well, I guess...
My friends' Binneville Stude started out worse than yours, it will really be worth while. Get on it. What are your plans for it?
Had a connection in Hartford, Kentucky for stuff that was better than any storebought whiskey I ever drank. But lost the connection when I moved...
It was a cool motor in the old days and still is. Factory relieved block, huh? If I was goin to build a vintage street motor... the most highly...
Brew, I bet you have a better education than Ronnie and Arnold put together...unless you were a body builder/drug abuser or WWII draft dodger They...
In school all of our lathes were South Bends except for one Colchester, a really nice machine and my favorite. Made many BSA and Triumph parts on...
This is the Chihuahua desert man, we just got internet here a couple years ago, the most techno-free part of the USA but I'll try to borrow one...
I think I have found one in a small pile of TT truck remains, can any of you banger guys show me some photos or dimensions? Thanks
There should be lots of 460s in the 4WD F 250s up that way, they are at least a good start for a big block for project. You can get it runnin and...
cool drawing...what's the car? Do you have more info on it? Thanks
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