Ride, Captain Ride!-How many bikers?

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 30 Oct 2005 12:37 pm

beautiful day,took my GW for a ride

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jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 30 Oct 2005 1:51 pm

John, nice shot and good air! strickly a dirt bike I see, at the time they were light and good power. Mine was the square barrel and my introduction to the compression release lever. They didn't attach the header pipe that great and gave backfires regularly on downshifts. I'll drop a name here just to see if you may have heard of the guy, Carl Wickstrand, he was a champion hillclimber riding a pre unit Triumph in the sixties and early seventies, he was like a father to me. Boy, this really brings back memories

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 30 Oct 2005 3:07 pm

Jim,

That name rings a bell, I knew of a few guys back then that used to climb Mt. Garfield up in MI. Mostly Triumphs and H-D's running fuel and chains to get up that hill. I used to love the smell of that nitro burning!

I can't remember if the 350 had a compression release or not. My GoldStar Catalina Scrambler had one, and I learned damn quickly that I better use it! That thing would kick like a mule! (see picture a few pages back of my GoldStar after I retired it to street use)

The 350 was originally set up with lights, street legal out of the crate. After a few wipeouts I scrapped them.

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John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 30 Oct 2005 3:09 pm

Damir,

That Gold Wing looks great!

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Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 31 Oct 2005 2:19 pm

I'm still riding to work every day... 80-100 miles per day. It's a little cool in the mornings, but otherwise great.

Anyone else using their bike for commuting?

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 31 Oct 2005 4:05 pm

Rick,

I ride mine every day all year around unless it is snowing or real icy. I have been known to skip a rainy day from time to time also. I keep rain gear on the bike in case it rains after I leave the house, but I won't normally leave with the bike if it is raining.

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David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 31 Oct 2005 4:25 pm

Look at what I found on a ride last Sat...
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Look close, its made from old tools...wild looking ride to say the least!!!!!!!!

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Alan Rudd · Post by **Alan Rudd** » 2 Nov 2005 9:50 am

'89 Harley Sportster.

Alan Rudd · Post by **Alan Rudd** » 2 Nov 2005 9:52 am

'89 Harley Sportster.

Harvey Kimray · Post by **Harvey Kimray** » 3 Nov 2005 7:37 am

I ride a 1973 Triumph Boneville 750 5 speed. I noticed a few members fly aircraft. I have a Beechcraft G-35 Bonanza and a Lancair 320 that took me 11 years to build. Being from OK I'm a little slow, but sure.

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 12 Nov 2005 5:41 am

Not sure he was ever much of a steel player, but that aside here is a very cool shot of Dylan tooling along on his Triumph Bonneville. Judging by the parcel grid, tank badge, front hub, color, and the Monobloc carbs it must be a 65. This may well be the bike he stacked in June of 66 resulting in his 18 month long disappearance.

According to his "Chronicles" book, he is now riding a custom built H-D.

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Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 12 Nov 2005 7:25 pm

Thanks John,I enjoy it a lot.How about some Loveless biscuits next Sunday?Maybe we can get Capt.Bobbe on it too?

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John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 13 Nov 2005 4:30 am

Damir,

I am up for it, lets get a ride together for next Sunday with Bobbe and anyone else here on the forum that can make it.

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Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 15 Nov 2005 7:04 am

Great picture of Dylan, John.

But he looks like an accident waiting to happen.

Cool, though... and, after all, that's the main thing

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 15 Nov 2005 11:45 am

Dylan is on a 500, primary cover and front wheel give it away

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 15 Nov 2005 3:22 pm

Jim,

You have an eye for detail! The front drums were smaller on the 500. I should have noticed the primary cover also.

It is a single carb too, wich would make it, what, a Tiger 500? I remember the dual carb version was the Daytona in a 500, and a Bonneville in a 650 (T-120}. The 650 single carb was the Tiger 650, or TR-6. The high pipe version was the TR6-C.

It has been a while since the Triumph days, thanks for the correction.

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jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 15 Nov 2005 6:14 pm

John, ya, my knowledge of Triumphs along with a $1.25 will get me a cup of coffee, lol, I think that model is called the T100R, I'm with you on it being a 65, the 650 mufflers connected to the pipe in the middle and the 500 mufflers looked similar but the pipe entered in the bottom, if you look the 500 had a shorter tank and the "harmonica" badge and knee pads look a little crowded compared to the 650, nice thing about the 500 engine was cam changes did not need a complete engine breakdown, they slid out with the timing case removed, these were the basic engines (twin carbs) used in road racing against Harley 750 flat heads, Nixon vs Mert Lawill (spelling?)

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 15 Nov 2005 6:21 pm

Pete Drake did some nice PEDAL STEEL GUITAR work on Dylan's Nashville Skyline. He was a great STEEL PLAYER.

Sidney Ralph Penton · Post by **Sidney Ralph Penton** » 24 Nov 2005 9:14 am

this is great this is the longest post i have ever seen on the forum. well a little over a year ago ibought a vw trike. homemade. it was a lot of fun and i liked it a lot. but there was many problems with this trike. so last summer i put it up for sale and a man from kc ks contacted me and wanted to trade a herritage soft tail for my trike. i only had about 7500 invested in the trike so i said heck yea bring it on. i traded last july my trike for his harley. great deal. i almost doubled my money value. it was great i loved it but its been a long time sence i was on a 2 wheeler. around town i was fine but when i hit the highway i didn't like going over 60 and then it was a little fearful. mainly i was afraid i would have a accident and i am already messed up with a bumm leg and a bumm back. so i put the harley up for sale and wound up trading it for another trike. but this trike is awesome. now i would post a pic but don't know how so close your eyes and just imagine this. they took a older grand am and cut the from off from the back of the doors forward. put in a steel firewall and a 350 cu in 475 hp chevy engine on the front with a 350 turbo tranny. it has the bucket t style headers it is purple with yellow and red flames on it. you accually sit in the back seat to drive this thing. it has a hand throttle as well as a foot throttle. it is designed not to pop a wheelie the back end raises in the air when you gas on it hard it will raise 2 feet. and it gets the looks i have had people stop in the middle of a intercection to look at this ride. this trike eats mustangs for a snack and gives vetts a run for their money. and on top of it all its fun to ride. it has a trunk for plenty of storage and diffinatly a cool ride. i don't think i will ever go back to a vw trike and i am planning on keeping this one for a long time. thanks doc.

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Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 24 Nov 2005 9:39 am

Ralph, the description of the trike sounds like the trike one of my friends put together...except he used the rear half of a Cadilac Seville. I don't remember the engine but it was a monster. It scared me to death, I wouldn't ride in it!

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John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 24 Nov 2005 11:56 am

Here is something that will take the fun out of a group ride! A group wreck!

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Terry VunCannon · Post by **Terry VunCannon** » 24 Nov 2005 1:12 pm

Just finished a nice Thanksgiving Day ride with my brother & a friend of ours...It is a beautiful day here in NC, a little windy, but a great day for a ride.
HAPPY TURKEY DAY TO ALL!!!!!!!!!

...now it's off to do the family thing & then play music tonight...Life Is Good!!!

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Sidney Ralph Penton · Post by **Sidney Ralph Penton** » 25 Nov 2005 9:53 am

yes gene it is almost like that but the roof was from the car not a piece of tin put up like on his. i wished i could post a pic of it. its a cool ride and i love it. and with 450 ponnies rompin and stompin it scoots along pretty good too. doc

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Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 25 Nov 2005 6:07 pm

I'm loving this thread! Bonanzas,Triumphs, BMWs,Steel guitars, all the little things that make my life so much funnnnnnn.
How many other folks own a Beechcraft product?

Bobbe Seymour

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 25 Nov 2005 8:16 pm

Bobbe,

I own a Beechcraft hat! The planes are a little out of my reach though!

Maybe if I sell a bunch of motorcycles next year! LMAO!

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