On Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:01:31 AM UTC-7, John H wrote:

You see quite a few of these in Europe, and they don't have any special cooling. So maybe your idea for the boat would work pretty well.



http://tinyurl.com/pbqqj5c

I scanned around and looked at a lot of the Morgan cycle-cars, and it seems the goose is the power plant of choice.

I'd be nice to have one with the original JAP engine, but they've been out of business probably before I was alive.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:56:09 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:10:36 PM UTC-7, John H. wrote:


When I visited the Guzzi factory in Mandello there was one being used to ferry parts around to the

different factory buildings. Older'n hell, but it still ran well.

it should run well. they'd catch grief if (1)it broke and (2) they couldn't fix it.

LOL! No ****!

Speaking of running well...mine is running great right now. Got the valves all adjusted, new plug
wires, reset the mixture on the carbs, replaced the brake fluid, and put in a new battery
(http://tinyurl.com/nagdzvd). Milly, the Goose, just loves the ****ty weather we've been having.
Gets me out to the garage.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:03:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:01:31 AM UTC-7, John H wrote:

You see quite a few of these in Europe, and they don't have any special cooling. So maybe your idea for the boat would work pretty well.



http://tinyurl.com/pbqqj5c

I scanned around and looked at a lot of the Morgan cycle-cars, and it seems the goose is the power plant of choice.

I'd be nice to have one with the original JAP engine, but they've been out of business probably before I was alive.

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere
every weekend.

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

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Back in the 50's the city traffic cops in Syracuse, NY were riding
them.

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:47:49 PM UTC-7, wrote:

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.

(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).



We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Especially your own. Piecing it was a wiser choice.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:47:49 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.
(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).

We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Hell, you probably enabled ten other guys to fix up their choppers and get ten death traps on the
road!

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:10:24 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:21:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:47:49 PM UTC-7, wrote:

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.

(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).



We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Especially your own. Piecing it was a wiser choice.

It was pretty but more of a show bike than a riding bike. My buddy
bought it simply because he thought it looked good and we got a
helluva deal on it. A quick trip around the block showed us why.
I rode it a couple of times to show it but, as soon as the buyer tried
it, the deal was off. We were afraid it would get wrecked before we
could sell it.
By parting it out, we actually made more than we hoped to make by
flipping it.

The basic bike itself was a WWII vintage dispatch bike with what
turned out to be $1500 worth of custom parts on it. (what we paid for
the whole thing)
The guy who bought the engine/tranny was restoring one. That engine
had been completely rebuilt with a bunch of the parts chromed or
polished. It was actually a pretty fast 45.

This is what the commercial version would look like if it was
restored.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Harley%2045.jpg

This is one we saw in Sturgis

I once bought three Moto Guzzi's, one with a sidecar. Sold the sidecar rig for what I paid for all
three bikes, then parted out the other two - keeping a few parts for my bike. Made out like a fat
rat, much more than doubling my money. Of course, I had free advertising in the Moto Guzzi club
newsletter, so that helped.

On Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:32:01 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:47:38 -0400, Poquito Loco

wrote:



On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:47:49 -0400, wrote:



On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim

wrote:



On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:



In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere



every weekend.



Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...



http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg



We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.

(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).



We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)



Hell, you probably enabled ten other guys to fix up their choppers and get ten death traps on the

road!



Springers with derby hubs are not that bad as long as you have a hand

clutch and a foot brake (rear). If you have a hand jammer with a foot

clutch and a foot brake, you run out of feet coming up to a light ;-)\



I was still never much of a chopper guy. I thought my 72 Super Glide

may have been the cleanest stock Harley they ever made. I did have

"Sportster" pipes on it instead of that collector system they shipped

with.

I never saw much future in butchering a bike either.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:32:01 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:47:38 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:47:49 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.
(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).

We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Hell, you probably enabled ten other guys to fix up their choppers and get ten death traps on the
road!

Springers with derby hubs are not that bad as long as you have a hand
clutch and a foot brake (rear). If you have a hand jammer with a foot
clutch and a foot brake, you run out of feet coming up to a light ;-)\

I was still never much of a chopper guy. I thought my 72 Super Glide
may have been the cleanest stock Harley they ever made. I did have
"Sportster" pipes on it instead of that collector system they shipped
with.

Two things I can't understand - choppers and monkey bars. It would seem both would be detrimental to
the handling of the bike. Never tried them though. I'm thinking they're more for attention getting
than anything else. Monkey bars *must* get uncomfortable after a few miles.