On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:33:09 UTC-3, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 5:16:21 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:
The John flushes his head yet again....
"Grow up, asshole"



Does calling others names make y'all feel better about yourself, Johnny?

It's not name calling when it's true.

Bingo! Under that rule I have never called anyone in this group a name...Jack Off.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Now you got me trying to remember. Here are the motorcycles that I can
recall:

Honda 305 "Super Hawk"
Honda 350 - two .. one in Puerto Rico, one in MA.
Kawasaki 450
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2000 - white)
Harley Davidson Softails - two, one new in 2003, the other an older
version with the "evo" engine.
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2006 - maroon)

That's eight of them. Might be another ... oh, yeah there *was*.

I bought a custom built Harley that Cape Cod Harley Davidson built
especially for Sturgis but cancelled going.

Oh, ... one more ... a fully restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.

That's 10.

So, how often do you "drive" your Ducati ?
Not as many here.
I have had a
250 Benelli dirt bike, the one that tried to kill me ;-)
350 RD Yamaha, Didn't keep it long, Maybe the most dangerous bike ever
350 Honda Sent it down the road pretty quickly too when I found the FX
72 Superglide (my favorite)
72 XLCH (fast but not as good a ride as a Superglide)
74 XLH (last Harley in Md)
71 FLH (the one I had down here)



My squirreliest bike was as a teen I got hold of a Moped Frame with a
Triumph Cub motor. And broken kick starter. Had to bump start. Got
away from me one bump start in front of the house. In front of MOM. Not
the best thing to do. I stepped off and let the bike crash without me. I
still have the California motorcycle DL endorsement. But at 75 years old
today, I think is not a good thing to ride.

The Yamaha 350s were crash magnets because they were so "cammy" and
had such a high center of gravity.
You crank it up and the front wheel is flying. I have seen plenty of
newbees stand them up and let them go when they landed on their ass.
My problem was I got to liking it and I was riding a unicycle much
more than a sane person should do.

Our most dangerous bike to ride (owned by the partnership) was a post
war Harley "45" chopper with the suicide clutch, hand janmmer and a
derby hub (no front brake). It had a kicked out springer and hard
tail. This was a thing of beauty sitting next to the curb. You just
couldn't ride it.
Think about it, you roll up to a light, You either have a foot on the
clutch or the brake. With both you fall over. It was a little dance
with kicking it out of gear in time to step on the brake. Good luck
getting started up a hill.
We parted it out and made more than we could get for the bike.


And the extended forks with no bracing, so the wheel could flop left or
right at a stop light.

The springer tended to "caster" that wheel fairly well to hold it
straight and with 4 struts they were fairly stiff but the 1/4 - 3/8"
of rake they put into the yoke makes them hard to steer. Some of the
extended tubes would get pretty wobbly tho. We had a couple of Triumph
choppers that were best parked and looked at too. A popular thing on
the 650 Triumphs was removing the battery and moving some stuff around
to lower the seat. They used a capacitor to tickle the alternator into
life. Fortunately the Triumph chopper thing did not last long but I
bet a lot of vintage Triumphs fell to the cutting torch when they were
a thing.

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:59:36 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Now you got me trying to remember. Here are the motorcycles that I can
recall:

Honda 305 "Super Hawk"
Honda 350 - two .. one in Puerto Rico, one in MA.
Kawasaki 450
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2000 - white)
Harley Davidson Softails - two, one new in 2003, the other an older
version with the "evo" engine.
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2006 - maroon)

That's eight of them. Might be another ... oh, yeah there *was*.

I bought a custom built Harley that Cape Cod Harley Davidson built
especially for Sturgis but cancelled going.

Oh, ... one more ... a fully restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.

That's 10.

So, how often do you "drive" your Ducati ?
Not as many here.
I have had a
250 Benelli dirt bike, the one that tried to kill me ;-)
350 RD Yamaha, Didn't keep it long, Maybe the most dangerous bike ever
350 Honda Sent it down the road pretty quickly too when I found the FX
72 Superglide (my favorite)
72 XLCH (fast but not as good a ride as a Superglide)
74 XLH (last Harley in Md)
71 FLH (the one I had down here)



My squirreliest bike was as a teen I got hold of a Moped Frame with a
Triumph Cub motor. And broken kick starter. Had to bump start. Got
away from me one bump start in front of the house. In front of MOM. Not
the best thing to do. I stepped off and let the bike crash without me. I
still have the California motorcycle DL endorsement. But at 75 years old
today, I think is not a good thing to ride.

The Yamaha 350s were crash magnets because they were so "cammy" and
had such a high center of gravity.
You crank it up and the front wheel is flying. I have seen plenty of
newbees stand them up and let them go when they landed on their ass.
My problem was I got to liking it and I was riding a unicycle much
more than a sane person should do.

Our most dangerous bike to ride (owned by the partnership) was a post
war Harley "45" chopper with the suicide clutch, hand janmmer and a
derby hub (no front brake). It had a kicked out springer and hard
tail. This was a thing of beauty sitting next to the curb. You just
couldn't ride it.
Think about it, you roll up to a light, You either have a foot on the
clutch or the brake. With both you fall over. It was a little dance
with kicking it out of gear in time to step on the brake. Good luck
getting started up a hill.
We parted it out and made more than we could get for the bike.


And the extended forks with no bracing, so the wheel could flop left or
right at a stop light.

The springer tended to "caster" that wheel fairly well to hold it
straight and with 4 struts they were fairly stiff but the 1/4 - 3/8"
of rake they put into the yoke makes them hard to steer. Some of the
extended tubes would get pretty wobbly tho. We had a couple of Triumph
choppers that were best parked and looked at too. A popular thing on
the 650 Triumphs was removing the battery and moving some stuff around
to lower the seat. They used a capacitor to tickle the alternator into
life. Fortunately the Triumph chopper thing did not last long but I
bet a lot of vintage Triumphs fell to the cutting torch when they were
a thing.

Those battery eliminators are horrible. With trusted aftermarket products i'll be putting a battery back in my Triumph.and have something that'll work with reliability.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 04:23:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:59:36 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Now you got me trying to remember. Here are the motorcycles that I can
recall:

Honda 305 "Super Hawk"
Honda 350 - two .. one in Puerto Rico, one in MA.
Kawasaki 450
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2000 - white)
Harley Davidson Softails - two, one new in 2003, the other an older
version with the "evo" engine.
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2006 - maroon)

That's eight of them. Might be another ... oh, yeah there *was*.

I bought a custom built Harley that Cape Cod Harley Davidson built
especially for Sturgis but cancelled going.

Oh, ... one more ... a fully restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.

That's 10.

So, how often do you "drive" your Ducati ?
Not as many here.
I have had a
250 Benelli dirt bike, the one that tried to kill me ;-)
350 RD Yamaha, Didn't keep it long, Maybe the most dangerous bike ever
350 Honda Sent it down the road pretty quickly too when I found the FX
72 Superglide (my favorite)
72 XLCH (fast but not as good a ride as a Superglide)
74 XLH (last Harley in Md)
71 FLH (the one I had down here)



My squirreliest bike was as a teen I got hold of a Moped Frame with a
Triumph Cub motor. And broken kick starter. Had to bump start. Got
away from me one bump start in front of the house. In front of MOM. Not
the best thing to do. I stepped off and let the bike crash without me. I
still have the California motorcycle DL endorsement. But at 75 years old
today, I think is not a good thing to ride.

The Yamaha 350s were crash magnets because they were so "cammy" and
had such a high center of gravity.
You crank it up and the front wheel is flying. I have seen plenty of
newbees stand them up and let them go when they landed on their ass.
My problem was I got to liking it and I was riding a unicycle much
more than a sane person should do.

Our most dangerous bike to ride (owned by the partnership) was a post
war Harley "45" chopper with the suicide clutch, hand janmmer and a
derby hub (no front brake). It had a kicked out springer and hard
tail. This was a thing of beauty sitting next to the curb. You just
couldn't ride it.
Think about it, you roll up to a light, You either have a foot on the
clutch or the brake. With both you fall over. It was a little dance
with kicking it out of gear in time to step on the brake. Good luck
getting started up a hill.
We parted it out and made more than we could get for the bike.


And the extended forks with no bracing, so the wheel could flop left or
right at a stop light.

The springer tended to "caster" that wheel fairly well to hold it
straight and with 4 struts they were fairly stiff but the 1/4 - 3/8"
of rake they put into the yoke makes them hard to steer. Some of the
extended tubes would get pretty wobbly tho. We had a couple of Triumph
choppers that were best parked and looked at too. A popular thing on
the 650 Triumphs was removing the battery and moving some stuff around
to lower the seat. They used a capacitor to tickle the alternator into
life. Fortunately the Triumph chopper thing did not last long but I
bet a lot of vintage Triumphs fell to the cutting torch when they were
a thing.

Those battery eliminators are horrible. With trusted aftermarket products i'll be putting a battery back in my Triumph.and have something that'll work with reliability.

Most of those Triumph choppers were better just parked and looking
pretty than actually being ridden anyway. To that end the capacitor
worked fine as long as you had a fairly easy starting engine. That is
really all it was. I did a couple just using a "D" cell sized
electrolytic I had in my junk box, only assuring it was 15v rated and
polarized right

Tim wrote:
On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:59:36 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Now you got me trying to remember. Here are the motorcycles that I can
recall:

Honda 305 "Super Hawk"
Honda 350 - two .. one in Puerto Rico, one in MA.
Kawasaki 450
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2000 - white)
Harley Davidson Softails - two, one new in 2003, the other an older
version with the "evo" engine.
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2006 - maroon)

That's eight of them. Might be another ... oh, yeah there *was*.

I bought a custom built Harley that Cape Cod Harley Davidson built
especially for Sturgis but cancelled going.

Oh, ... one more ... a fully restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.

That's 10.

So, how often do you "drive" your Ducati ?
Not as many here.
I have had a
250 Benelli dirt bike, the one that tried to kill me ;-)
350 RD Yamaha, Didn't keep it long, Maybe the most dangerous bike ever
350 Honda Sent it down the road pretty quickly too when I found the FX
72 Superglide (my favorite)
72 XLCH (fast but not as good a ride as a Superglide)
74 XLH (last Harley in Md)
71 FLH (the one I had down here)



My squirreliest bike was as a teen I got hold of a Moped Frame with a
Triumph Cub motor. And broken kick starter. Had to bump start. Got
away from me one bump start in front of the house. In front of MOM. Not
the best thing to do. I stepped off and let the bike crash without me. I
still have the California motorcycle DL endorsement. But at 75 years old
today, I think is not a good thing to ride.

The Yamaha 350s were crash magnets because they were so "cammy" and
had such a high center of gravity.
You crank it up and the front wheel is flying. I have seen plenty of
newbees stand them up and let them go when they landed on their ass.
My problem was I got to liking it and I was riding a unicycle much
more than a sane person should do.

Our most dangerous bike to ride (owned by the partnership) was a post
war Harley "45" chopper with the suicide clutch, hand janmmer and a
derby hub (no front brake). It had a kicked out springer and hard
tail. This was a thing of beauty sitting next to the curb. You just
couldn't ride it.
Think about it, you roll up to a light, You either have a foot on the
clutch or the brake. With both you fall over. It was a little dance
with kicking it out of gear in time to step on the brake. Good luck
getting started up a hill.
We parted it out and made more than we could get for the bike.


And the extended forks with no bracing, so the wheel could flop left or
right at a stop light.

The springer tended to "caster" that wheel fairly well to hold it
straight and with 4 struts they were fairly stiff but the 1/4 - 3/8"
of rake they put into the yoke makes them hard to steer. Some of the
extended tubes would get pretty wobbly tho. We had a couple of Triumph
choppers that were best parked and looked at too. A popular thing on
the 650 Triumphs was removing the battery and moving some stuff around
to lower the seat. They used a capacitor to tickle the alternator into
life. Fortunately the Triumph chopper thing did not last long but I
bet a lot of vintage Triumphs fell to the cutting torch when they were
a thing.

Those battery eliminators are horrible. With trusted aftermarket products
i'll be putting a battery back in my Triumph.and have something that'll
work with reliability.


For a lot of money, you can get a small Li-ion battery for the scooter,

On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 9:13:33 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:33:09 UTC-3, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 5:16:21 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:
The John flushes his head yet again....
"Grow up, asshole"



Does calling others names make y'all feel better about yourself, Johnny?

It's not name calling when it's true.

Bingo! Under that rule I have never called anyone in this group a name...Jack Off.

Ah, then you do agree that you are an asshole that calls names.

True North Wrote in message:
On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 18:33:09 UTC-3, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 5:16:21 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:
The John flushes his head yet again....
"Grow up, asshole"



Does calling others names make y'all feel better about yourself, Johnny?

It's not name calling when it's true.

Bingo! Under that rule I have never called anyone in this group a name...Jack Off.


Nor have I, moron.
--
x

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:38:46 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 04:23:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:59:36 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Now you got me trying to remember. Here are the motorcycles that I can
recall:

Honda 305 "Super Hawk"
Honda 350 - two .. one in Puerto Rico, one in MA.
Kawasaki 450
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2000 - white)
Harley Davidson Softails - two, one new in 2003, the other an older
version with the "evo" engine.
Harley Davidson Ultra Classic (2006 - maroon)

That's eight of them. Might be another ... oh, yeah there *was*.

I bought a custom built Harley that Cape Cod Harley Davidson built
especially for Sturgis but cancelled going.

Oh, ... one more ... a fully restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.

That's 10.

So, how often do you "drive" your Ducati ?
Not as many here.
I have had a
250 Benelli dirt bike, the one that tried to kill me ;-)
350 RD Yamaha, Didn't keep it long, Maybe the most dangerous bike ever
350 Honda Sent it down the road pretty quickly too when I found the FX
72 Superglide (my favorite)
72 XLCH (fast but not as good a ride as a Superglide)
74 XLH (last Harley in Md)
71 FLH (the one I had down here)



My squirreliest bike was as a teen I got hold of a Moped Frame with a
Triumph Cub motor. And broken kick starter. Had to bump start. Got
away from me one bump start in front of the house. In front of MOM. Not
the best thing to do. I stepped off and let the bike crash without me. I
still have the California motorcycle DL endorsement. But at 75 years old
today, I think is not a good thing to ride.

The Yamaha 350s were crash magnets because they were so "cammy" and
had such a high center of gravity.
You crank it up and the front wheel is flying. I have seen plenty of
newbees stand them up and let them go when they landed on their ass.
My problem was I got to liking it and I was riding a unicycle much
more than a sane person should do.

Our most dangerous bike to ride (owned by the partnership) was a post
war Harley "45" chopper with the suicide clutch, hand janmmer and a
derby hub (no front brake). It had a kicked out springer and hard
tail. This was a thing of beauty sitting next to the curb. You just
couldn't ride it.
Think about it, you roll up to a light, You either have a foot on the
clutch or the brake. With both you fall over. It was a little dance
with kicking it out of gear in time to step on the brake. Good luck
getting started up a hill.
We parted it out and made more than we could get for the bike.


And the extended forks with no bracing, so the wheel could flop left or
right at a stop light.

The springer tended to "caster" that wheel fairly well to hold it
straight and with 4 struts they were fairly stiff but the 1/4 - 3/8"
of rake they put into the yoke makes them hard to steer. Some of the
extended tubes would get pretty wobbly tho. We had a couple of Triumph
choppers that were best parked and looked at too. A popular thing on
the 650 Triumphs was removing the battery and moving some stuff around
to lower the seat. They used a capacitor to tickle the alternator into
life. Fortunately the Triumph chopper thing did not last long but I
bet a lot of vintage Triumphs fell to the cutting torch when they were
a thing.

Those battery eliminators are horrible. With trusted aftermarket products i'll be putting a battery back in my Triumph.and have something that'll work with reliability.

Most of those Triumph choppers were better just parked and looking
pretty than actually being ridden anyway. To that end the capacitor
worked fine as long as you had a fairly easy starting engine. That is
really all it was. I did a couple just using a "D" cell sized
electrolytic I had in my junk box, only assuring it was 15v rated and
polarized right

While you're discussing choppers, please tell me the advantages to 'monkey bars'.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 04:23:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:59:36 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:32:34 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:44:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
- show quoted text -
Most of those Triumph choppers were better just parked and looking
pretty than actually being ridden anyway. To that end the capacitor
worked fine as long as you had a fairly easy starting engine. That is
really all it was. I did a couple just using a "D" cell sized
electrolytic I had in my junk box, only assuring it was 15v rated and
polarized right
....

Greg, when I got my 500, it had a “battery eliminator� installed. It started about as good as any other Brit bike. Tickle the left carb, choke, cycle it through a couple times, hit the key and bang! It ran. Problem is you couldn’t start it with the lights on. It drew too much current from the coul.

Get going and at 30 mph, turn on the lights, and it would immediately die, then surge back to life. Riding through town with stoplights and signs was a nightmare.. I hated it. It’s sat since 1985. I’ll start restoring it soon using updated parts. I’m not worried about the Zener diode. I’ll make my own with a real regulator.

Things can be so much better today.

10:22 AMJohn H
- show quoted text -
While you're discussing choppers, please tell me the advantages to 'monkey bars'.
.....

Man, I sure never saw much future in them. O rode a tricked out panhead Harley with them. After about a half hr my forearms started to numb.