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#21 Unread post by JackoftheGreen »

Ahh, okay. A moniker well earned. (-:

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#22 Unread post by BRUMBEAR »

Potato potato said what :mrgreen:
there aint nothin like it

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#23 Unread post by drumwrecker »

I know nothing about Harleys except the are generally big, very big.
Is there such a thing as an SS engine?
Ah just found this and even at my age this is more up my street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04Q0BSN4NY
I just don't get the feet forward and the arms hanging in the air riding style. Mind you I haven't tried it so I'm prepared to be surprised and like it.
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#24 Unread post by jstark47 »

drumwrecker wrote:I know nothing about Harleys except the are generally big, very big.
Is there such a thing as an SS engine?
S&S is a company in the USA that makes aftermarket higher-performance engines that fit Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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#25 Unread post by BRUMBEAR »

Nowadays there are quite a few motors available my fav air cooled big V twin for building would probably be a Patrick Billet motor with a baker 6 speed trans
there aint nothin like it

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#26 Unread post by blues2cruise »

BRUMBEAR wrote:Nowadays there are quite a few motors available my fav air cooled big V twin for building would probably be a Patrick Billet motor with a baker 6 speed trans
Very nice looking motorbike.....but too loud for me.
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#27 Unread post by blues2cruise »

drumwrecker wrote:Harleys really.
Stock HD's are not that loud. They get loud when new owners put on loud pipes.
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#28 Unread post by blues2cruise »

drumwrecker wrote:They make tractors.
St ill nice bike though.
This comes from your side of the ocean. Sweden.....

It's not a Massey Ferguson....but it should make you chuckle.


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#29 Unread post by drumwrecker »

Blues, That was brilliant.
Now you know what we mean about Harleys and tractors?
I wonder how well a Harley would keep rhythm.
On the subject of Harleys I still have this wonderful image in my mind of Cal Rayborn sweeping round the left hander onto the start/finish at Mallory Park in 1972
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#30 Unread post by BRUMBEAR »


This is the exhaust I am running sounds great please excuse the guy doing wheelies it surely wasn't me :mrgreen:
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