Years ago while backing in to parking spot I saw my buddy's hand get sucked into the clutch, old knucklehead chop 3 In open drive with a hand jammer only lost half a pinky and hand is mangled , he still rides the same set up today
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- Thread starter Kevin Werner
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Years ago while backing in to parking spot I saw my buddy's hand get sucked into the clutch, old knucklehead chop 3 In open drive with a hand jammer only lost half a pinky and hand is mangled , he still rides the same set up today
Looks cool vs. safety? I'm goin' with safety.
Yeah, me too. However, turn the clock back a few years and looks cool works for me.
“Get off my lawn!” (I actually said that yesterday, to a contractor who dared to park on my lawn. )
But arnt we were all invincible between the age of 16 -29?
Well, I guess that those of us that made it 29 were.
Yep, 140 MPH down a concrete highway, U.S.-1, on my H-2...I get the shivers thinking about how badly that could have turned out,But arnt we were all invincible between the age of 16 -29?
My dad took a couple of pieces of scrap conduit, flattend one end on each, drilled a hole and hammered them on the forks of my Huffy in the late 60's. Made it too wheelie prone.
I have been missing this opportunity with the step grandson. I need to get past the fact that he pisses me off most of the time and step up to my big boy pants...
A few rare bikes that I’ve never heard of. Check out the finned exhaust pipes on the first one! 
Well some of the problem is the grandkid is more interested in video games. Just last weekend the grandkid wanted to try riding an old bike we had in the shed. Turned out it had a flat rear tire. So I decided to see about fixing it. Pulled it off and patched the tube but half way through the job he was gone.
I'm sure when I was his age I would have been a pest getting in the way and getting grease all over my clothes. Then again I only knew one grandfather and that was for a few weeks when I was around 11 or 12. My other grandfather passed before mom even met my dad.
eidemaddin
XS650 Enthusiast
Isn't there an app for that? 
The EVA Track T800 CDI
This bike was a fully developed bike built in the Netherlands, even if you don’t like the looks or sound , you have to appreciate the engineering. There are videos of this bike in operation on YouTube and the bike performs really well due to its prodigious torque output. It was an interesting design and the fuel economy was incredible!
( The following is taken from an online auction at Bonhams in 2015 )
“A few years ago, EVA Products Ltd in the Netherlands began developing a diesel-powered motorcycle using the 800cc three-cylinder turbo motor from the Mercedes-built Smart Fortwo city car: the Track T800 CDI. A special ECU was used for the engine's motorcycle application. Although its maximum power is relatively low - 45bhp - this motor produces a mighty 73.75lb/ft of torque, a figure that would have been considered excellent for a 1,000cc superbike only a few years ago. The Track's claimed top speed was 110mph but more importantly for its intended market is the fuel consumption, which at a steady 55mph is a staggering 120-or-so miles per gallon! Service intervals are lengthy too. Other noteworthy features of this distinctively styled machine include continuously variable (automatic) transmission, shaft final drive, WP suspension, Brembo brakes and ride-by-wire throttle control. EVA had intended to produce up to 25 machines per week, but when the company folded in 2012 only an estimated 50-or-so had been sold. “
This bike was a fully developed bike built in the Netherlands, even if you don’t like the looks or sound , you have to appreciate the engineering. There are videos of this bike in operation on YouTube and the bike performs really well due to its prodigious torque output. It was an interesting design and the fuel economy was incredible!
( The following is taken from an online auction at Bonhams in 2015 )
“A few years ago, EVA Products Ltd in the Netherlands began developing a diesel-powered motorcycle using the 800cc three-cylinder turbo motor from the Mercedes-built Smart Fortwo city car: the Track T800 CDI. A special ECU was used for the engine's motorcycle application. Although its maximum power is relatively low - 45bhp - this motor produces a mighty 73.75lb/ft of torque, a figure that would have been considered excellent for a 1,000cc superbike only a few years ago. The Track's claimed top speed was 110mph but more importantly for its intended market is the fuel consumption, which at a steady 55mph is a staggering 120-or-so miles per gallon! Service intervals are lengthy too. Other noteworthy features of this distinctively styled machine include continuously variable (automatic) transmission, shaft final drive, WP suspension, Brembo brakes and ride-by-wire throttle control. EVA had intended to produce up to 25 machines per week, but when the company folded in 2012 only an estimated 50-or-so had been sold. “
The little Daihatsu lump was 60bhp and with a turbo, 80bhp from 1000cc. Several of them were built by German diesel bike enthusiasts in the late 90s / early 2000s. It was a concept that I'd thought of in the late 80s, but had no facilities to make it happen.
Always felt a bit torn - on the one hand, somebody had proven the concept in spite of some grumpy engineer being sneery about it, and on the other it wasn't me who did it.
On the whole I'm glad it got done.
The Smart Car engine was one I was essentially unaware of, but if one comes my way I now have the necessary machine tools to do it.
All I need (as in my mental prototype) would be a BMW rolling chassis.
eidemaddin
XS650 Enthusiast
During this time there was also a lot of experimentation with the Enfield Bullet 350 diesel from India. Jochen Sommer, together with the German diesel engine manufacturer HATZ, developed an improved version in series, doubling the 6hp to an earth-shattering 12hp, albeit with a very nice torque:
Of course there was more activity in the diesel community, but the Enfield chassis remained universally popular. For example, a Chinese V2 diesel engine, originally for tractors, generators and mini trucks, which fit perfectly in front of the Enfield gearbox, was also used. The result was 22 hp with a torque of a respectable 42 ft-lbs at just 2500 rpm:
Meanwhile the small series has discontinued and you can only get them as used bikes because German politicians have declared diesel to be the work of the devil. I've been looking for a Sommer like the red one pictured above for a long time
Politicians calling them "The work of the devil", isn't that a little like the pot calling the kettle black?During this time there was also a lot of experimentation with the Enfield Bullet 350 diesel from India. Jochen Sommer, together with the German diesel engine manufacturer HATZ, developed an improved version in series, doubling the 6hp to an earth-shattering 12hp, albeit with a very nice torque:
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Of course there was more activity in the diesel community, but the Enfield chassis remained universally popular. For example, a Chinese V2 diesel engine, originally for tractors, generators and mini trucks, which fit perfectly in front of the Enfield gearbox, was also used. The result was 22 hp with a torque of a respectable 42 ft-lbs at just 2500 rpm:
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Meanwhile the small series has discontinued and you can only get them as used bikes because German politicians have declared diesel to be the work of the devil. I've been looking for a Sommer like the red one pictured above for a long time
Just had to post this.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1452540042035768
I would be EXTREMELY chapped off!
The Buell Uly belt is "sportster" easy to change, So I've heard haven't done it YET.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1452540042035768
I would be EXTREMELY chapped off!
The Buell Uly belt is "sportster" easy to change, So I've heard haven't done it YET.
