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CAS TOPICS => The Longbranch => Topic started by: Major 2 on February 12, 2017, 05:49:58 AM
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I admit , it's not for everybody....but I think its cool
this is the Cruzer 49cc 4-Stroke Gas Powered model
Check out the wood fenders & tank mount.....
and they have 125cc survival model ....motorize bikes ...Mopeds
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They do look very cool.
I specially like the retro look of the top one.
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I'd imagine these would sell very well in European countries ...with tight street commutes :-\
I couldn't comment on your neck of the country ... but guessing ? Portugal right ?
They ( scooters , mopeds and the like ) are all over Italia .
Not so much , in Trumpdom its either mega speed crotch rockets or mega trick cruisers & easy rider chops.
but every so often , y'll see a millennium , wiz by maybe at balls to the wall 30 MPH :)
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Here's the most common type in the Philippines-I've seen a whole family of 5 riding one! They use them to power sidecar taxis, called "tricycles" even, the sidecar is probably bigger than the bike. With a sidecar, 40kmhr is about tops, but with just the bike I've cruised 80-90 klicks with no problem. Most Americans would call it a scooter, because of the appearance, but it's a regular motorcycle, has chain drive and transmission with gears. Scooters have hand controls only, and variable speed belt pulleys for a drive system.
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I'd imagine these would sell very well in European countries ...with tight street commutes :-\
I couldn't comment on your neck of the country ... but guessing ? Portugal right ?
They ( scooters , mopeds and the like ) are all over Italia .
Not so much , in Trumpdom its either mega speed crotch rockets or mega trick cruisers & easy rider chops.
but every so often , y'll see a millennium , wiz by maybe at balls to the wall 30 MPH :)
Aaah. Well, I use this nowadays (since 2004 ). I find it nimble enough for tight streets. With enough punch for out of town
But I still like the looks of that moped.
Portugal yes. But I've been dodging speed limits for 40 years. :-[
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Yes, I can see how that would have you dodging speed limits! I'm sure that every bike I've had, except the first one, a Honda CL350, could earn me a speeding ticket about anywhere, without getting past 3rd gear. And none of them have been anything considered a FAST bike!
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Er, well. That's not the fastest bike I've had. :-[
This one was. ;D
Could mark more than 180 mph on the speedometer, 80 mph in first gear.
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I also like the survival one, too. Looks very Steampunk.
RCJ
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I also like the survival one, too. Looks very Steampunk.
RCJ
Almost-youjust need to make att the visible metal parts brass- now THAT would be Steampunk!
Er, well. That's not the fastest bike I've had. :-[
This one was. ;D
Could mark more than 180 mph on the speedometer, 80 mph in first gear.
Ummm- Yeah they don't get much faster than a GSXR Suzuki. My Uncle had one for a short time-it WAS NOT stock. It would go well over 180, he put a for sale sign on it before it could get him killed.
My Harley used to be able to get over 150 on the speedometer, but then I got the right speedo drive gear... ;D
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I also like the survival one, too. Looks very Steampunk.
RCJ
It's got a 125cc motor.... I think in Mopeds that's big motor....It's cool too
Back in the day, the XT500 was my speed, 500cc single cylinder thumper
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It's got a 125cc motor.... I think in Mopeds that's big motor....It's cool too
Back in the day, the XT500 was my speed, 500cc single cylinder thumper
Always liked those clean lines. But never been an off roader. Even though I owned a 125 off road Suzuki just to go to work while I had the 1100.
It was just like this one red and all. But the engine was 125cc not 185cc.
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That CRUZER is JUST TOO KOOL FOR SKUL !!! 8)
Coffinmaker
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Enduro styling is appealing, but in truth, not that great off road sort of a compromise , off-on road bike a nitch look, but not the best for either....
Still I liked mine, now gays my tastes is the Harley Fat boy ,and A soft spot for the BMW's , and the retro Royal Enfield.
I'll never own any of them, those wishful days are long gone...still I cling to the thoughts :-[
young enough to remember , riding Honda's 1970 750cc ( not mine ) , a 1962 Ducati Monza 250 also not mine.
My 1972 Kawasaki 175cc Enduro and the previous mentioned 1980 Yamaha ....
old enough to know better .... A young buck with youthful abandon , with caution thrown to the wind I rode in...
now days two wheels ::) in my Area you a might as well have target painted on your backside or HIT ME pin on.
Still... there is just enough lust deep inside .... I actually, checked out the new Royal Enfield's they are still made in the old school style.
The CRUZER with a 125cc Yeah.... just enough lust deep inside
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Going back in time. Bought it second or third hand in the early 80s. But it was still a mean machine ;D
Just look at me in the left corner with some 35 years off my back ;D.
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your sorta Indiana Jones persona.... :)
back then the for me, the whole ...
" Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride! "
seemed right ::)
Now....I would have liked , "the used up, worn out parts".... left out
a "reasonably preserved body" inserted ..... "'Wow! What a Ride! " part retained ;D
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ST, can't make out the numbers on the Kaw-a friend of mine used to ride a 900.
In addition to my Harley, have a 76 CB 750 Honda in the shed, haven't rode it for a couple of years, just nee9s some minor work to get going again.
M-2, the Royal Enfields still look pretty old school, but they're somewhat updated. I believe the carburetor's gone, it's now injected, since Carbs can't make the emission rules anymore. And they've re-designed the motor, supposedly you can run a steady 70 without seizing the motor now.
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ST, can't make out the numbers on the Kaw-a friend of mine used to ride a 900.
In addition to my Harley, have a 76 CB 750 Honda in the shed, haven't rode it for a couple of years, just nee9s some minor work to get going again.
M-2, the Royal Enfields still look pretty old school, but they're somewhat updated. I believe the carburetor's gone, it's now injected, since Carbs can't make the emission rules anymore. And they've re-designed the motor, supposedly you can run a steady 70 without seizing the motor now.
The recent is a 750. The old one was a 900.
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your sorta Indiana Jones persona.... :)
;D I like that one.
Got the Smith & Wesson 1917 to look the part and I love History.
But, Harrison Ford I ain't. And I'm lousy(read dangerous to myself and others) with a bullwhip. ::)
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yeah ...have lose the ' stache too, old Indi had no caterpillar ;D
PE , you are right,..it made in India .... I like the military Green one ....
The dealer here is also a Ural dealer ... , and he hosts a Ural Riders Jamboree every year
Ural's are a Russian copy of the German Military M-72 BMW 1st photo
Royal Enfield # 2 photo
as I say...not for everybody :-\
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I'm not loosing the stache. Sometimes I misplace it but find it back in a month or so. ;D
I've got an Enfield. And bullets for it. But not an Enfield Bullet. ::)
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yeah ...have lose the ' stache too, old Indi had no caterpillar ;D
PE , you are right,..it made in India .... I like the military Green one ....
The dealer here is also a Ural dealer ... , and he hosts a Ural Riders Jamboree every year
Ural's are a Russian copy of the German Military M-72 BMW 1st photo
Royal Enfield # 2 photo
as I say...not for everybody :-\
So I'm not a bike person, but I gotta say that I like the looks of that Ural bike. It's got an old style look that really appeals to me. Looked at their website and I like their patrol model (sidecar for the wife is about the only way I could ever justify getting a bike).
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Hey Major! If you ever go for that R Enfield. Forget the olive drab. Go for the Classic Chrome. It's gorgeous.
Only the 1940s performance has kept me out of one of those. But I have been eyeballing the Triumphs.
@ Jake C and Major 2, also like them old Beemer look alikes, but. Sidecar riding is definetly "not for everybody".
Classic Chrome bellow:
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That's nice ....
The Ural jamboree is in a one flashing caution light town of Holopaw Fla. that's where the dealer is too
I'm about 18 miles west in St. Cloud ( which is 26 from Disney's Mouse ) that said it kinda cool to see these new or in some case older ....1941 Bimmer replica's ( aside for disk that are ringers for the 40's bikes )
They parade through towm some pulling tear drop camper trailers
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By the way the Urals were licensed by BMW to the Soviets in 1940. At that time they were still buddies. It was before the Germans decided to tour the URSS using tanks as passports. ::)
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interesting, on the surface, not knowing the history
I had assumed , the Russian's retro engineered a captured German Motorrad
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Maybe I had the story wrong. And you were right.
Just take a peek in here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMZ-Ural
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;D I like that one.
Got the Smith & Wesson 1917 to look the part and I love History.
But, Harrison Ford I ain't. And I'm lousy(read dangerous to myself and others) with a bullwhip. ::)
Quoting myself always feels good. ;D
The pictures of my 1917 were at work.
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Gotta love the S&W 1917. I desperately want one. Caught between one of those or an 1873 repro in .44-40.
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Gotta love the S&W 1917. I desperately want one. Caught between one of those or an 1873 repro in .44-40.
Got that too. 8)
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Not a 1917 but a S&W Hand Ejector Model .... this one circa 1915-16 it has history ...though never fired in anger it was my Dads companion aboard his 32' Launch "Lenape' .
He skippered as part of the USCG reserve Jan 1942- Aug. 1942 , coast watching Lower Biscayne Bay & upper Key Largo...for German U-Boat landings of infiltrators & possible saboteurs ....
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Not a 1917 but a S&W Hand Ejector Model .... this one circa 1915-16 it has history ...though never fired in anger it was my Dads companion aboard his 32' Launch "Lenape' .
He skippered as part of the USCG reserve Jan 1942- Aug. 1942 , coast watching Lower Biscayne Bay & upper Key Largo...for German U-Boat landings of infiltrators & possible saboteurs ....
That is cool. Did your dad meet Hemingway?
What caliber is that Smith? The 1917 is technically a Hand Ejector Second Model.
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He never mentioned meeting Hemmingway ... his favorite book though was the Old Man and the Sea
He did know Desi Arnaz , Al Capone Jr. (Sunny) .... met the Old man Alphonse "Al" Capone once .
and a neighbor of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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Well, Desi Arnaz, and the Capones, mainly the "Old man" are no strangers to me. Marjory I had to look up.
It's cool your Dad met folks the whole Workd knows about. Mainly because at that time the World was way larger than today, when a teenage farting in front of a wired computer can make him/herself World famous overnight. ::)
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My Granddad ( my Dads Dad ) had Theaters ...Desi would play Guitar & drums on stage Saturdays . Sonny was his buddy they hung out all the time.... ( this was long before Lucy )
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Well.
"I love Lucy" ;D
Edit. To keep it barely on topic. :-[ I do like the looks of that Kruzer. ;D
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tiz OK to highjack ones own thread...it the art of conversation to deviate I suppose...
But yeah.. the Cruzer is cool .... :)
has a kind of.... retro/early motorcycle look to it ....sort of 1916 meets 2016-7
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tiz OK to highjack ones own thread...it the art of conversation to deviate I suppose...
But yeah.. the Cruzer is cool .... :)
has a kind of.... retro/early motorcycle look to it ....sort of 1916 meets 2016-7
Sorta like this 1914 Wanderer.