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NorthernPete wrote:When I was working on my seca, I felt like "bonding" it into the nearest lake. Im glad I didnt though, all hard feelings were erased the second it started up.

Sniff, sniff. Its so touching when you make up.
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There's something magic about setting the points with a credit card, Wiretying the kickstart lever to the frame to kill that annoying rattle, riding the rest of the way home in the dark with no headlight, standing on the pegs when you leave a parking lot to lessen the bump, and flying low through the country forgetting about the motor altogether until the curves, because the wind noise is louder. And you never will know for sure what people are thinking when you wave and they just stare back. But, you don't care either. You would just ride.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the vibration encountered with the old vertical twin, single cylinder, v-twin, etc........ bikes. On my 71 BSA Lightning and 73 Triumph twins, a two hour ride would first have you shaking your hands, followed by shaking your feet, followed by standing on the pegs and shaking your......., well, you know what I mean. Numb hands, feet, and gluteous maximus were part of the riding experience.

However, there was a positive side to the vibrations of the old bikes. It was part of the soul of the bike. The feel of power at your command. Another part of the soul of the bike was, of course, the sound. Harley riders of today probably understand this.

There are many memories associated with the 70s. However, lets hear some memories of the 80s and 90s as well.
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Ah , ya mean memories like this;

Todays bikes lack that indefinable thing called "soul".

Could not agree less, my bike is a 2005 model and most definatly has "soul"

Wizard,

Is that a chopper. I remember when choppers could have BSA, Triumph, Honda, .........etc. engines. The Honda 750 as a basis for a chopper was really impressive. Now a days, only V-Twins (in particular Harley, S&S, etc) seem to be used. Can you imagine a Hayabusa engine as the basis for a chopper?
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yeah im with sapaul on this one....

his bike has mad soul...that was actually one of the bikes i was gonna use as an example....so here it is


and i think the soul on this sucka is bad....

moshee wrote:Wizard,

Is that a chopper. I remember when choppers could have BSA, Triumph, Honda, .........etc. engines. The Honda 750 as a basis for a chopper was really impressive. Now a days, only V-Twins (in particular Harley, S&S, etc) seem to be used. Can you imagine a Hayabusa engine as the basis for a chopper?

Yes Moshee it was . That old Slimey Limey was my sole transportation for over 10 years and that was it's final incarnation . Each and every year I rebuilt it . Had that rigid frame and an Amen Saviour Tale frame which I alternated with every year . Like having a new scoot . The Hudson behind it was also ours . That was the last old car I built . No longer have that kind of energy left.............
Kind regards, Wizzard

Wizzard wrote:No longer have that kind of energy left.............

Ahhh, knock it off, Wiz! You appear to have some fight left in ya if you ask me!

Wizzard,

Do you miss your old chopper? Bet there is a whole lot of memories associated with that ride. Sniff, sniff
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