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Hughlysses
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 01:15 pm: | 
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Did I miss anything?
The Blast! |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 04:15 pm: |
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D'OH!! (Hugh got me... forgot all about that one).
I just found out my buddy was following behind me in his car on Sunday and caught me getting on to the Long Island Expressway on his dash cam:
http://www.nassauwings.org/cgi-local/VideoPlay.REX ?videos/2015/0823_01_RidingTheIndian.webm
(Message edited by jaimec on August 26, 2015) |
Griffmeister
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 09:08 pm: |
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Did I miss anything?
Don't forget the Roadog, all American hand built in limited production by "Wild Bill" Gelbke.
As far as building a classic four, what if you took the engine out of a "flying brick" and turned it up ninety degrees? Might take a bunch of re-engineering though. |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 10:36 pm: |
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Well, I didn't include the Boss Hosses either... do they really qualify as "Production Bikes?" |
Griffmeister
| | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015 - 01:09 am: |
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Gelbke did use the basic ideas from the Roadog to build a slightly smaller, more manageable version for sale to the public. Technically a production bike in intent although I don't think he was able to make more than a couple before his death. I'll plead a Clinton here, define "production".
Boss Hoss I guess would depend on how the company is defined. |
Crusty
| | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015 - 07:26 am: |
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Boss Hoss had a demo fleet at Daytona one year. One positive thing I can say about them is that they do produce copious amounts of torque. When I worked at Medtronic, my boss had one. He could light up the rear wheel at 80 MPH just by twisting the throttle.
Me; I just look at the nearness of the distributor to my crotch and think about what might happen in an unexpected rain storm.  |
Johnnylunchbox
| | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015 - 08:12 am: |
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Me; I just look at the nearness of the distributor to my crotch and think about what might happen in an unexpected rain storm.
What could be better than free electrolysis? I mean if you're into that sort of thing.  |
Jaimec
| | Posted on Friday, August 28, 2015 - 10:01 am: |
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Crusty, that sounds like the old model Boss Hosses. I remember seeing the distributer sitting between the rear of the tank and the front of the saddle... one "Panic Braking" move, and you don't have to worry about fathering unwanted children anymore.
I think the newer models did away with that, because the demo bike I rode didn't have an exposed distributor. |
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