Yes, all absolutely correct. His company was taken over by another larger company called Furmanite who (at least in the UK) specialised in on site machining. I used them a fair bit over the years. I have no idea now if Furmanite even exist. I'm retired now and spent the last 20 years driving a desk. So I'm out of touch with on site services like machining.
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Furmanite was here in the US as well, it's now TEAM Services
bazz
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Be even better to built a sidecar like that but with one of these bikes:
https://www.facebook.com/VWMOTORCYCLE/
That would go well with the Von Dutch VW bike.
I dunno...it's just twisted enough that I kinda like it. I'd ride one just for the stares...
How about a bike you can put in your pocket?
I don't bend that far.How about a bike you can put in your pocket? View attachment 336233
At a local bike meet and these 2 were intersting. First one is a BMW K bike, 1993 and the lady rider (in her 60's?) said that she purchased both new in 1993. The bike and side car have both gone 181,000 miles including to Alaska.
Other than routine maint and some shock upgrades, she had primary rebuilt at one point.
Impressive stories out of her.
The Cafe racer is a Honda CB400
Other than routine maint and some shock upgrades, she had primary rebuilt at one point.
Impressive stories out of her.
The Cafe racer is a Honda CB400
Amazing how many manufactures adopted a big bore 45 degree v twin after the HD vTwin found traction in the US market. The configuration is easily package. Ducati, Moto Guzzi showed how to package a more rational V-Twin. It is an effective power plant but needs rubber mounts to be appealing. Certainly big (heavy) spring saddles made it tolerable but Aspencade, Cavalcade et all showed the world that there was a better way and the 45 degree V-Twin manufacture has been playing catch up since.
Well, I found this husqvarna interesting as it precedes the introduction of ohv motors by Harley. I have seen claims before that HD knucklehead was revolutionary and a ‘first’.
If you're referring to the OHV aspect of HD's claim, then no, they weren't the first production engine using overhead valves. Buick received a patent on the OHV configuration on Sept 27 1904... exactly 120 years ago today ironically.
