Killing the bike that killed mine

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+1 Geeto! Replaced everything on my Cdo! Fixed seat and side cover on CB! Would I trade my Cdo for my CB? Hell no!!!! But reasonable people can't sit by and let people spew nonsense. I wonder if that mad Aussie was J.A.W?! Ha
 
I think there are a few bad bikes. I had a Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler in the late 60s. It eventually blew up and put me out of the misery of riding it. By todays standards , or even 70s standards, it was almost an unrideable machine, peaky in the extreme, top heavy and had a transmission that broke easily. Not a fond memory.

Glen
 
7000 said:
How 'bout a pineal gland.
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yeah, that will do.

It really is one of those stories that needs fermented spirits and a poorly lit room to tell. Prefferably by the third round where I am feeling animated enough to do impressions and gesticulate wildly.
 
What is this thing about Vincents ? I rode one years ago, it was on 12 to 1 comp. using alcohol. I was amazed at its torque, and couldn't imagine w here the power was coming from. My Triumph would easily beat it to 100mph, after that, forget it. Between all of my brother's friends, they now have about six Vincent speedway sidecar outfits - really geat to watch in action, if you want to get that lovely adrenalin rush !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9rWQppj2oI
 
if anyone wants to read it, this is a semi-love letter I wrote to my 75 cb750K more than a couple years ago:

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/class ... cb750.aspx

my honda back in 2006:
Killing the bike that killed mine


I have to admit to being a bad parent, she has needed valve cover and head gaskets for some time now but it hasn't had an effect on how the bike runs so I am reluctant to take her apart. even more so now that I sold my 1977 GS750 which I bought specifically to replace the cb750 as a daily rider.
 
acotrel said:
What is this thing about Vincents ? I rode one years ago, it was on 12 to 1 comp. using alcohol. I was amazed at its torque, and couldn't imagine w here the power was coming from. My Triumph would easily beat it to 100mph, after that, forget it. Between all of my brother's friends, they now have about six Vincent speedway sidecar outfits - really geat to watch in action, if you want to get that lovely adrenalin rush !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9rWQppj2oI
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Brave man putting up a Video and admitting to friends with ownership of six Vincents. I was chastised for just a photo!

I don't know where they get the speed from. My introduction to them occurred while I was flat on the tank on my year old 1980 Kawasaki 650. It was rated at 65 hp and the claimed top speed was 110 MPH. With the throttle pinned in top gear on a long flat stretch of road I watched as the speedo slowly crept up from 90 to 95 then ever so slowly shaking around as it nearly touched 100 mph. Maybe it did touch 100, but I doubt if it was a true 100.
Apparently 110 mph was a bit optimistic.

Just as it reached the max, a black thing came up alongside. It was loud but sounded pretty slow revving compared to my Kawi. He sat alongside me for a minute or so, then shifted into fourth and just buggered off!

Later in the day I spotted the same bike in at a coffee shop, so I stopped and went in to ask about it. The owner was a friendly guy and quite happy to talk all about the bike, as 48 B Rapide, Shadow tuned. I still see him now and then.
I couldnt get over the fact that this old thing that was built before I was born could go so fast with such apparent ease.

That started the quest, although it would be many years and many other motorcycles before I got a Vincent twin(and became a poser) :D
 
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sounded pretty slow revving compared to my Kawi.
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Anything sounds slow revving next to a Kawi. Ring-ding-ding-ding. The mad mosquito.

Dave
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MY brother is currently building a nother Vincent sidecar for a friend. The deal is the same as it was for the 880 JAP - he can use it wherever and whenever he wants. I get emotional when I watch that video about Mildura - I know what he is doing. Did you notice he fluffed the start in the third race and was smart enough not to try and do the heroics ? Vincents are a silly old motorcycle, typically British - designed to drive us insane - but they deliver the goods !

You might like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_Nkv0imrw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOcznU_dKt0

We've fixed the motor oiling problem, also replaced the flywheels which cracked.

Killing the bike that killed mine
 
some serious machinery there!

I couldnt get the video to run for more than a few seconds because I am on my gutless mobile samsung Galaxy pad thing.

I have a large capacity Vtwin computer at home, will have a good gander when I get there in four days.
Thanks for putting those up!

Glen
 
Well, I had a friend that had a Kawi either 750 or 900, can't remember, I'm thinking Z2 or 3?, but he let me drive it around and it was a bullet when the revs went above maybe 6K, other than that it was a slug (kind of like the wife's Mini, but don't go there with me). And it sounded like ring-ding-ding-ding. I didn't like it. It didn't handle very nice either. The Norton was good enough for me. This was in the early 70's.

I did have a CB450 for a while and I really couldn't stand the lack of low end power and the feeling that you were going to fall off at any given time. I can remember going around a curve on Rt. 1 in Beltsville,MD hitting a small grease spot with the Norton, it slid maybe 10" or so on the rear, but felt like 10 feet, and came out upright. The Honda would never do that, it would have been all over the road sideways with me on the ground in circles. I also rode up on one of those curved curbs they had in California in the 60's with the BSA and it just went up and back down, even through some grass. On a Honda, you would have been in the nearest house's front sofa, if you were lucky.

It just may be that I was raised on a BSA 500 B33. I could never understand the low end lack of power with the oriental bikes. It just never suited me. I also like the way the gear shift is, on the right side. I guess that's the end of my story.

I'm sure some people like the Hondas and the Kawi and others, but they're just not for me, but I'm not going to disparage anyone else's ride. Each to his own.

Dave
69S
 
750/4s? Hey, if you want,like, or love them...go for it, but dont try & spin them up for being anything more than an a souless appliance...
For all the known faults,frustrations & foibles of machines wih real character, also comes reward & satisfaction, which with unpleasant subjective
riding feel included, the 750/4 cant provide...
 
J.A.W. said:
Really? I doubt it somehow...
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No, you have made your position perfectly clear.
Hondas suck and Vincent riders are posers.
 
No, Vincents are toffs bikes, but I would not say no to a fang on a good one, or even better a Service Honda CR 500, or factory NSR 500.
 
A friend let me ride his 1961 Manx Norton. It still had the 19 inch wheels. I found out why the old A graders loved them so much. I'm forever grateful to him for the experience. If you got off line you just gave it more stick - lovely stuff ! It was about 5mph slower than my featherbed Triumph, and about 5 seconds per lap of a 2km circuit better.
A mate of mine got chucked up the road at 70 mph off a Vincent . It just went into a tank slapper and decked him. The tighness of the dampers under the seat, and the bearings in the front forks are critical on the standard bike.
I wouldn't be interested in riding a CR500 or an NSR500 Honda, you would never have them long enough to catch up and do anything sensible.
 
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