Any motorcyclists on this forum?

[DavidEdwinAston]

Sal
I packed up driving a car three months ago. Had been clipping wing mirrors in tight situations over the last couple of years. Subsequently told my eyesight below driving standard. Technically I am a hazard to others by simply walking along the pavement. (Sorry, boardwalk.)

Still. Some of these pictured motorbikes are just great.

 

[Sal1950]

Sal
I packed up driving a car three months ago. Had been clipping wing mirrors in tight situations over the last couple of years. Subsequently told my eyesight below driving standard. Technically I am a hazard to others by simply walking along the pavement. (Sorry, boardwalk.)

Very sorry to hear you had to hang up your keys, that sucks big time.
I know I was going crazy after I sold my last H-D every time I heard one going down the road.
Hope I can hang in a few more years with this trike I got now, the time passes so quickly.

Buell was super innovative like Britten. Damn shame they folded. Rim mounted discs, 6 pot calipers, belt drive, underslung shock etc.

Erik's a very kool guy, I spent a bit of time with him in the early 2000s, I being the top sales person for 2002.
A retired motorcycle racer, design engineer, and a kick butt Stratocaster player.
Those were the days my friends.

 

[Chr1]

Nice one Sal. I was very close to buying a Buell myself about 15 years ago. Another fantastic American innovation was the Magpul Ronin. Quite a few similarities, but looking more like something straight out of Blade Runner or the Teminator...

Info here.

 

[Sal1950]

Another fantastic American innovation was the Magpul Ronin.

The front forks are an interesting design, a spin off of the old Indian Girder style forks.
I built a couple choppers for friends back in the 1970s with a copy by a famous fork builder named Earl Durfee.
IMHO the absolutely koolest looking set of forks ever made and of the genre, the Durfee's were the best!

 

[CedarX]

The front forks are an interesting design, a spin off of the old Indian Girder style forks.
I built a couple choppers for friends back in the 1970s with a copy by a famous fork builder named Earl Durfee.
IMHO the absolutely koolest looking set of forks ever made and of the genre, the Durfee's were the best!

Not unlike this ‘modern’ version:

 

[Sal1950]

Not unlike this ‘modern’ version:

Nice! Their biggest issue was a high unsprung weight while being a very rigid design, for a 1920 suspension designs. LOL