acanz
Junior Ruckster
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Post by acanz on May 16, 2005 23:49:16 GMT -5
Woot, my friend showed me how to wheelie my sisters 1980 RM60 and I am very proud of myself. I learned how to ride out a wheelie in the balance point after just 2 days  . Pics - bikepics.com/members/acanz/80rm60/Now I just have to learn to do that on my CR250 and SP125 ;D.   |
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Post by tedsmini on May 29, 2005 1:49:00 GMT -5
Acanz, good pix, good wheelies. I was practicing wheelies at a light one day on a Triumph Thunderbird when unbeknownst to me behind me was an LAPD motor cop. He gave me a lecture, I told him it was a customers bike and I was just cking the adjustment of a new cluth cable I had just installed. I skated out from under the cite, that was in 1965 in Sunland Ca. on the corner of Sunland Blvd and Colebrook St. I truly live in the past |
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acanz
Junior Ruckster
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Post by acanz on Jun 12, 2005 1:51:18 GMT -5
Acanz, good pix, good wheelies. I was practicing wheelies at a light one day on a Triumph Thunderbird when unbeknownst to me behind me was an LAPD motor cop. He gave me a lecture, I told him it was a customers bike and I was just cking the adjustment of a new cluth cable I had just installed. I skated out from under the cite, that was in 1965 in Sunland Ca. on the corner of Sunland Blvd and Colebrook St. I truly live in the past Thanks, thats funny that the cop fell for your excuse lol  Im surprised you could wheelie (or ride for that matter) that, from what Ive heard old Triumphs were extremely hard to get to run, underpowered, and would spew oil everywhere. I dont get why cops hate wheelies so much. If I wheelie off my property and a cop gets a glimpse of it they flip out and start getting all mad for reason. |
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Post by tedsmini on Jun 12, 2005 1:59:47 GMT -5
Triumph Bonnevilles in the 60's could wipe out anything on the street, even the Beezers (BSA) had some fast bikes. It's true they were not too reliable, electrical and weak clutches. Then they made one of the first triples and it was a jet. The real oil spewers were the Hardly Ablesons. They used the excuse that the auto chain oilers dripped all the oil  One of the worlds land speed record holders for many years was a double engine triumph dragster. You heard some old wives tales mixed with urban legend  Acanz, ck out your orig post at the top of this thread, I added some of your wheelie pix... |
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acanz
Junior Ruckster
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Post by acanz on Jun 12, 2005 18:15:54 GMT -5
Triumph Bonnevilles in the 60's could wipe out anything on the street, even the Beezers (BSA) had some fast bikes. It's true they were not too reliable, electrical and weak clutches. Then they made one of the first triples and it was a jet. The real oil spewers were the Hardly Ablesons. They used the excuse that the auto chain oilers dripped all the oil One of the worlds land speed record holders for many years was a double engine triumph dragster. You heard some old wives tales mixed with urban legend Acanz, ck out your orig post at the top of this thread, I added some of your wheelie pix... Thanks Ted, I never knew any of that about Triumphs, the only people who told me anything about them were Harley riders who hated them. Thanks for putting the pics in my post, those are 2 of my favorites. I wanted to do that but I didnt know how. |
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Post by tedsmini on Jun 13, 2005 0:14:31 GMT -5
Acanz, go to where you posted the pix, right click on the pic and click on properties at the bottom of the drop down menu, copy the entire HTTP line(s) and then go to your ruckus post and use the image link and insert and paste the url between the two center brackets. If you can't make that work PM me and we will solve it. ;D |
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Jun 14, 2005 0:52:20 GMT -5
Thanks Ted, I never knew any of that about Triumphs, the only people who told me anything about them were Harley riders who hated them. You can't listen to people on Harleys... that's like listening to people on Vespas. |
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Gambrinous
n00b Ruckster
Yeah...more, um.. monkey?
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Post by Gambrinous on Jun 14, 2005 2:11:55 GMT -5
Thanks Ted, I never knew any of that about Triumphs, the only people who told me anything about them were Harley riders who hated them. You can't listen to people on Harleys... that's like listening to people on Vespas. I think that I have found a new motto! |
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Post by ace1969 on Jun 14, 2005 7:47:26 GMT -5
You can't listen to people on Harleys... that's like listening to people on Vespas. |
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Post by tedsmini on Jul 12, 2005 20:09:29 GMT -5
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Devon
n00b Ruckster
Hi my name is devon, and i live on london ontario, and i own a ruckus that i am slowly modifying.
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Post by Devon on Jul 12, 2005 20:21:29 GMT -5
I AM A HARLEY DAVIDSON TECHNISSION, i work at rocky's HD in london ontario, and yes the harleys did leak oil ((IF NOT KEPT UP)) but half the fun is workin on them, harleys are the number 1 bike in my book, and Triumphs rule too!, but the new harleys are amazin, Very VERY well enginered... ((Excuse my spelling please, i jus dont care too correct it))
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