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"OT", for Peter.
On 2/8/10 14:31 , m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote: The Japs put millions of people on Motorcycles who might otherwise not have had the inclination. And they did it with tooling, parts, plans and engineers donated by Harley Davidson. The following and thousands more web sites need to be informed of this fact. They probably do. Then again, as we all know, if it's on the web it's inviolable truth. I ghost write a radio show on motorcycling. I have to do a great deal of research. I've been through the archives in Milwaukee, and I spend a lot of time at motocycling museums, inspecting documents. Check with the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and the Mungenast Museum in St Louis. |
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"OT", for Peter.
On 2/8/10 14:40 , m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote: On 2/8/10 14:31 , m II wrote: As far as I can tell, any country that can make huge ocean going tankers or battleships powered by monster diesels is more than capable of producing mopeds and motorcycles. That's true. The Harland and Woolf line of mopeds is something of legend. Now we're getting somewhere. In fact, a Wartsila-Sulzer RTA-96 is my daily ride. \ Of course it is. Must be a helluvan ass to straddle it. |
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"OT", for Peter.
D. Peter Maus wrote:
Now we're getting somewhere. In fact, a Wartsila-Sulzer RTA-96 is my daily ride. Of course it is. Must be a helluvan ass to straddle it. Yeah, but the Turbo noise hides the beer farts quite nicely. mike |
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"OT", for Peter.
On 2/8/10 14:47 , m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote: Now we're getting somewhere. In fact, a Wartsila-Sulzer RTA-96 is my daily ride. Of course it is. Must be a helluvan ass to straddle it. Yeah, but the Turbo noise hides the beer farts quite nicely. Um....no, it doesn't. |
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"OT", for Peter.
There is an article concerning Harley Davidson at
http://www.southernautocorridor.com I am fixin to take doggy out in the front yard, and then get back to working on that tree stump in doggy's front yard. cuhulin |
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"OT", for Peter.
I want me an old East German warbling Wartburg car to play around with.
cuhulin |
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"OT", for Peter.
m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote: The Japs put millions of people on Motorcycles who might otherwise not have had the inclination. And they did it with tooling, parts, plans and engineers donated by Harley Davidson. The following and thousands more web sites need to be informed of this fact. They all give credit to German and English influences on the design of Japanese vehicles. A few even have the nerve to claim that Harley's two stroke experiences were based on a DKW design, as was the BSA Bantam. http://www.whybike.com/motorcycle97.htm http://www.khulsey.com/motorcycles/v..._kawasaki.html http://tinyurl.com/yboxdtr http://www.autohistory.org/feature_7.html http://tinyurl.com/ycuafu7 (pdf file) http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycl...0/history.html http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Articles...of-Suzuki.aspx http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/Articles...of-Yamaha.aspx http://www.realclassic.co.uk/opinion...n08102400.html http://www.marusholilac.com/ml2.htm http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...otorcycle.html As far as I can tell, any country that can make huge ocean going tankers or battleships powered by monster diesels is more than capable of producing mopeds and motorcycles. A great benefit produced by this competition is that Harley and others have had to vastly improve their product line. There is no comparison between the 1975 and 2005 Sportsters I own. Everything from the gaskets to the fasteners has been improved. Rumour has it that a few ex Norton engineers were hired by Harley, resulting in the rubber mounting across the whole range. It's wonderful. mike Well, everybody has an opinion...and one is as good as the next. Too bad those Norton engineers couldn't fix the ROOT CAUSE of the vibration rather than using the band-aid of rubber mountings. (And you could always tell where a Norton had been -- just follow the trail of parts that vibrated off). Other than that, Nortons were very nice bikes. Finally, just admit that the Japanese know how to make a great bike. My early 70s Honda CB-750 four cylinder was as smooth as an electric motor compared to my mid-70s BMW 750, much less to a Harley of the same era that would shake your teeth out. Your mileage may vary. |
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"OT", for Peter.
D. Peter Maus wrote:
Of course it is. Must be a helluvan ass to straddle it. Yeah, but the Turbo noise hides the beer farts quite nicely. Um....no, it doesn't. I bow to your expertise on the topic. Perhaps I should put straight pipes on it. mike |
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"OT", for Peter.
Watching American Pickers on the History channel.In 1963, the Honda 305
signaled the End of British motorbike dominance. And that is GOOD! that is damn GOOD!!! HAW! HAW! HAW! Brit cars, bikes,,,, whatever,,, Everything Limeyland makes is PURE JUNK! http://www.devilfinder.com Rolls Royce Recalls cuhulin |
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