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Fast1075
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 12:31 pm: | 
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If my memory serves me...Erik Buell had some interesting things to say about the mighty Honda Cub.... |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 12:55 pm: |
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>>>>>Hey Court,can you show us the xlcr, xr1000, rs-1200 or the brief case of cash you recieved.
Yep . . all were extensively, even in the pre-digital days, photographed. I still have all my files on the XLCR, XR-1000 and the RS-1200's. I ended up going a bit crazy and buying like 9 bikes that year. At the time I was riding a lot and had just gotten involved in a lot of motorcycling related relationships . . kinda by accident. It went on to become an addiction. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 12:57 pm: |
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By the way . . the Honda Cub changed not only motorcycling and transportation forever . . but likely our culture as well.
Go back . . and look at some of the advertising and the mindset that was centered around the "You meet the nicest people on a Honda" ad campaign.
Inspired even by today's standards.
By the way . . I don't have a Cub but would love to find a restored one. |
Jumbo_petite
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 01:41 pm: |
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I got my 2010 yellow XB12R for about 65% of his asking price out the door on 10/17/2009. Pass on that and wait for a reasonable deal to come around. |
Evilgumby
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:03 pm: |
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"Court" still waiting for the pics or is it just a fantasy. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:54 pm: |
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Gumby:
It is not a fantasy and no pics be posted.
Court |
Evilgumby
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 12:30 am: |
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well I guess nothing means nothing |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 10:54 am: |
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Hahahaha . . totally Zen like.
But . . . you did force me to get out all the files from some old bikes last night and it was a joy to go through them.
The XR-1000 (which many recall as one of Harley-Davidson's greatest engineering AND marketing disasters) was originally sold to a fairly well know AMA racer.
Knowing what he was up to the dealer hand wrote some jibberish about "this is a powerful racing motorcycle and should only be used for intended purposes" or something . . . the guy, when he came to pick it up, was presented with the bill of sale with that note with an "X"_________ next to it and asked to sign. He promptly wrote F*** Y**, signed it and left with his bike.
The salient thing that I always recall about the XR-1000 (in addition to needing about a $3,000 tune up annually) was the sound. Bruce Zimmerman and I used to ride together and sometimes we'd both bring our XR-1000's. I always compared the sound to that of a 1967 389ci GTO with the 3-2 barrel carbs . . . it wasa spectacular. Best memories are when Bruce and I would charge through downtown Topeka on I-70, running close enough to touch each other, between the concrete barriers . . the sound of those twin XR-1000's are full throttle was music.
Fun stuff. |
Nvr2old
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 11:40 am: |
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Court, the '67 GTO was a 400 ci. I had one. You must be thinking '66. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 01:41 pm: |
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Right you are . . . I just wrote my buddy who had it. He's in Phoenix and it was indeed the 1966 Tripower Hardtop.
quote:The GTO also saw several mechanical changes in 1967. The Tri-Power carburetion system was replaced with a Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel carburetor. The 389 engine received a wider cylinder bore (4.12 inches, 104.7 mm) for a total displacement of 400 CID (6.6 L) V8. The 400 cubic inch engine was available in three models: economy, standard, and high output. The economy engine used a two-barrel carburetor rather than the Rochester Quadrajet and produced 255 bhp (190 kW) at 4400 rpm, and 397 ft·lbf (538 N·m) at 4400 rpm. The standard engine produced 335 bhp (250 kW) at 5000 rpm, and the highest torque of the three engines at 441 ft·lbf (598 N·m) at 3400 rpm. The high output engine produced the most power for that year at 360 bhp (270 kW) at 5100 rpm, and produced 438 ft·lbf (594 N·m) at 3600 rpm. Emission controls were fitted in GTOs sold in California.
But . . you get my drift. |
Nvr2old
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 02:00 pm: |
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A great car. Sticker price was $3500. Easily affordable, even on my $2.17/hour grocery store job. And that was a union wage. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 02:19 pm: |
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Hahahaha . . a hefty price increase over my Mom's 1965 Mustang which had a window sticker of $2,220.00
We were buying 4-wheel drive Chevy K-20 pickups for about $1,800 with nothing but a 350ci, 4 speed and a heater.
When I started working at Northeast Power Plant (we were building the 161kV line for KCP&L that fed the new Ford truck plant near the Chouteau Bridge.
Right accrross the bridge was a Skelly station . . the "normal" price of gas was $0.249 but they often had specials and sold it for $0.199.
Not bad . . considering when I got my first union card out of Local #304 I.B.E.W. I was cleared out at $3.11 per hour. When I went to work in KCMO and got my Local #53 ticket at $3.33 per hour I thought I'd hit pay dirt.
I wasn't as lucky, however, as you. I was driving a Chevy Vega GT . . the first year it rolled out. |
Evilgumby
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 03:05 pm: |
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COME ON "COURT" ALL I'M HEARING IS A LOT OF WIND.
FACTS ARE FACTS
BS. IS BS. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 03:37 pm: |
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quote:FACTS ARE FACTS
BS. IS BS
Spoken like a hero of the net!
Go get'em tiger !
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Fast1075
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 03:54 pm: |
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I guess it takes more years for some people to outgrow the "I know it all" stage....don't base your opinion on your baseless opinion. There are people that have "been there, done that, have the tee shirt".
I had a whole string of Vegas...at one point you could find 'em in great shape and blown up for 75-100 bux...I built an iron sleeve motor...I would put it in a good body...when it rusted out, swap into another body...had it in 4 or 5 cars...it had over 275K miles on it when the last car went to to the scrap yard. |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 04:08 pm: |
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Go Gumby, show him whos boss!  |
Nvr2old
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 04:14 pm: |
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Yes Gumby, then show us a picture of that orange 1979 bmw r900s. Or did you mean r90s, and maybe 1976? |
Froggy
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 04:26 pm: |
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Funny thing is he is posting from and looking at bikes in Vegas. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 04:27 pm: |
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By the way . . back on the original topic . . the Buell is worth about $5,500.
For collector purposes the guy screwed the pooch (that's an Alabama expression I think) when he rode it at all in terms of collector value.
One you put ANY miles on . . then it matters who rode it (you can get some celebrity mileage, for instance, if you are selling Jay Leno's S-1) or where it went . . like my S2. |
Whitetrashxb
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 12:31 pm: |
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well we said it in Tennessee alot so i had to google the origin:
"Screw the Pooch
The phrase screw the pooch, meaning to mess up, commit a grievous
error, was made famous in Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff. The phrase
is a euphemism from US military slang. The original expression was
f*ck the dog and meant to waste time, to loaf on the job.
F*ck the dog dates appears in print for the first time in 1935, but in
1918 another euphemistic version, feeding the dog, appears. The
original sense dates to 1918. Over the decades, the meaning shifted to
the current sense and the screw the pooch wording took the place of
the original phrasing." |
Ourdee
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 - 08:28 pm: |
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Oh yea, "DOG" is a hard word compared to "POOCH".
Court, Are you messing with Buellgirls cousin?
My brother-n-law had a vega and wouldn't let me drive it. 454 with a 671 and a narrowed vette rear end. Only did 10s in the quarter, it wasn't tuned right. |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 02:29 pm: |
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So what's Court's mystery-bike?
CB750, sand-cast K0? |
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