Peter Maus wrote:


Life is goodg

Could suck worse.


Still riding the '90 K-LT, sold most everything else about 5 months
ago, and picked up a '72 R60/5. Needs some attention, but then so do I.

I hope things work out well and not suck at all.


That's a whole lot of fabricating going on.

Yes. Things are always easier when not actually doing the work yet.



Have you ridden the Rocket III by Triumph? 2300cc's, 6 cylinders.
You wanna talk about torque? And smooth as barber shaved glass. Faster
and quieter than my BMW. It's not a light bike, but handles like a bike
half it's weight. I got one from Marty in South Heights for an
afternoon. Damn! I had a Ferrari that didn't pull that hard.


Being in Canada, we only get the *three* cylinder 2300. I've seen it, but found
it repulsive, if not downright ugly. Suzuki's Madura of a few years ago stunk
too. I I were to get a new bike today, it would be a plain Ducati 1000s Monster.
Unfortunate name, but wonderful bike.


But a VW 1600 seems like more weight than you'd need in a frame that
small. Although the low C/M would make for more nimble handling than
you'd expect, stopping would be a bit of a challenge.


I don't need as much in the way of brakes as I did twenty or thirty years ago g


But the mandatory newsgroup question would have to be, what kind of
radio you going to put on it?

I pulled the factory radio on mine, last year, and dropped my Becker
Mexico in the hole. Light preamp for the whip and I was listening to
shortwave on the road.

The factory radio is back in the hole,though. I'm using the Becker in
my mini van.

I wander around the wreckers two or three times a year, checking out the old
German cars for anything with a shortwave banded radio. No luck yet. They said
they'd keep their eyes open for me. A nice Blaupunk would be a welcome addition.

m II wrote:


Being in Canada, we only get the *three* cylinder 2300. I've seen it,
but found it repulsive, if not downright ugly. Suzuki's Madura of a few
years ago stunk too. I I were to get a new bike today, it would be a
plain Ducati 1000s Monster. Unfortunate name, but wonderful bike.


Checking the paperwork, yes, you're right, it IS a three. I must
be confusing that with the Valkyrie I rode most of that week. Also
didn't suck.


But a VW 1600 seems like more weight than you'd need in a frame
that small. Although the low C/M would make for more nimble handling
than you'd expect, stopping would be a bit of a challenge.


I don't need as much in the way of brakes as I did twenty or thirty
years ago g



Largely true of most of us.




But the mandatory newsgroup question would have to be, what kind of
radio you going to put on it?

I pulled the factory radio on mine, last year, and dropped my
Becker Mexico in the hole. Light preamp for the whip and I was
listening to shortwave on the road.

The factory radio is back in the hole,though. I'm using the Becker
in my mini van.


I wander around the wreckers two or three times a year, checking out the
old German cars for anything with a shortwave banded radio. No luck yet.
They said they'd keep their eyes open for me. A nice Blaupunk would be a
welcome addition.


Mot many of those floating around loose. Good luck.