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11th December 2020
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Paradise
Posts: 2,752 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1977 Other Motorcycle Model: BMW K-1200/GT Other Motorcycle Year: 2004
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Originally Posted by Ferrous Head
On the bright side, when you traded it, it was a low mileage bike !
(Like so many of them were/are)
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It had 18,000 on the clock....I rode it.....a lot
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11th December 2020
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Join Date: May 2019
Location: surrey, bc
Posts: 75 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1970 Other Motorcycle Model: homebilt fxr Other Motorcycle Year: 80+
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Originally Posted by mikethebike61
How would you have done the sprocket?
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as norton did?
chitty part o that was chuckin/replacin a useable drum.
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Blind Owl
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 6,295 Sportster/Buell Model: XLB, XLCH, Sporton Sportster/Buell Year: 1962 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1966 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH (Another one) Other Motorcycle Year: 1966
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Yes, but the BMW is a complicated (by 1970's HD standards) piece of machinery. The expect the engine to do 400,000 klms before needing serious attention.
My 1974 Sportster looks like a Dinosaur next to it. My 62 CH made the Massey Ferguson dealer laugh. (I still bought the parts from him though - those farmers know about how to make things hold together).
Each individual part on my IH's is designed pretty well. They just didn't seem to have an overall view on some things. And clearly, they didn't listen to the dealers or the owners when they complained about such simple things as battery terminal location.
The first incarnation of a race bike built by me is just OK. After several versions and many incarnations they develop into something pretty usable. Each version teaches me something about the design and construction of these Frankensteins.
That is, they evolve. I can look at a 1952 K Model and compare it to a 1969 CH and go WOW ! Look at that ! Overhead valves. What a great leap forward in 17 years.
Honda followed a similar path in the same time period. Mind you, they didn't start with 40 years experience under their belt. So, took them several years to win a WORLD Championship. But in 1969 they were building 4 cylinder overhead cam bikes. For the average user.
Another 10 years down the track and Harley had the Mighty XLCR and the Japs were building1000cc DOHC 4 valve rocket ships.
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12th December 2020
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 14,267 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ferrous Head
Another 10 years down the track and Harley had the Mighty XLCR and the Japs were building1000cc DOHC 4 valve rocket ships.
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7 yrs. before that Harley had the alloy XR-750. dominated dirt track racing for the next 40+ years.like the KR's had done previously.dirt and asphalt.
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12th December 2020
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Blind Owl
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 6,295 Sportster/Buell Model: XLB, XLCH, Sporton Sportster/Buell Year: 1962 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1966 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH (Another one) Other Motorcycle Year: 1966
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As I understand it, Volkswagen have been the only manufacturer to ever win a Formula V race in the entire world !
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