OK, it seems there’s more than one motorcyclist in this community. Way over “normal” population statistics, the famous 1%.
Let it be known. Saying where you live will be useful!
Let’s count ourselves!
Paul BflatMW when not BfourMW, Brittany, France.
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2003-01-05 16:55 ]
Well that makes 2 already.
I ride a bicycle (single speed mountain bike) but not motorized cycles…although, I did have a 50cc scooter for a while.
-brett
Hi Zubivka,
I’ve a TRX850
Cheers, Mac
Well I ride a fully restored BSA 441 Victor road bike. Have always owned British bikes (well a couple of Dukes found their way into my heart). I love old bikes. And I love restoring them. I started riding when I was just a kid with a paperroute and had to keep my first bike hidden at a friends house because my dad had totaly forbidden me to have one.(found out later from his mother that he had rapped a Henderson Super X around a lamp pole when he was a kid)
I not to long ago sold my beloved BSA 650 A65 to a guy in Japan. I had restored it to a 1964 flat tracker (it was just a box of parts when I got it 20 years ago but it had been a flat tracker at the beggining of its life) and …OK I`ll shut up now. Its just that I LOVE OLD MOTOR CYCLES!!!
Tom
Tom, please don’t shut!
“fully restored BSA 441 Victor road bike”. Wow! I’m impressed. Connoisseur’s thumper! Why wouldn’t you share a pix, pleeeeeease ?
Uou flat-tracked in the 60’s or 70’s ? That’s probably way cool whacko sport…
I did only a bit of enduro (European*), a bit of road-race (endurance), bit of trials (beginner level), a bit of rallying (side-cars). And lotsa road…
-Ex motorcycle shop oiler & assembly grunt here. -Had a dirt bike, road bike and access to a big Norton, then gave up motorcycling for safer hang gliding. -Gave that up too for (nearly) the greatest adrenaline rush of all- tin whistles and flutes! -Less chance of corporal injury but increased chance of ego damage.
I have survived the Sturgis rally for four years straight, does that count?
To Claudine at least for sure! She’s on a Sportster…
Just joking : she’s not a “biker” but what we call over here a motorcyclist–there’s more than a nuance.
Anyway, you’e welcome aboard! And thanks for the bump 
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On 2003-01-05 13:43, Bretton wrote:
I ride a bicycle (single speed mountain bike) but not motorized cycles…although, I did have a 50cc scooter for a while.
Single speed, eh ? True believer, then. I’m not young enough for that, iron-thighs 
Play derbies, Bretton ?
I do better with 27 gears on me Santa Cruz myself.
Not that OT, btw. Mountain-bikes are more akin to motorcycles than to road bicycles IMHO. And motorcyclists DID start the whole mountain biking thing, after all, in Marin County ca. 1980…
Now, scooters ? That’s borderline
On 2003-01-05 13:54, MacEachain wrote:
I’ve a TRX850 >
That’s the clip-ons Yam around the twin engine ? Cool, you got three tuning forks for just two pipes !
On 2003-01-05 14:42, brianormond wrote:
-Ex motorcycle shop oiler & assembly grunt here. -Had a dirt bike, road bike and access to a big Norton, then gave up motorcycling for safer hang gliding. -Gave that up too for (nearly) the greatest adrenaline rush of all- tin whistles and flutes! -Less chance of corporal injury but increased chance of ego damage.
No such thing as a small Norton (unless someone bought the brand for mopeds ?) 
What Norton was that ?
On 2003-01-05 13:58, Blackbeer wrote:
I started riding when I was just a kid with a paperroute and had to keep my first bike hidden at a friends house because my dad had totaly forbidden me to have one.
Hi Tom, I had the same kind of dad. When he finally discovered my first BMW (R 60/5) he was “not amused”.
Its just that I LOVE OLD MOTOR CYCLES!!!
So you’re not the only one. Those bikes just looked and felt better in the good old times.
…guess I can hold my hand up as well. Have a 21 year old Yamaha XT500, 2nd owner for the last 15 years. Has not been on the road for a couple of years but will be back in about a month or two after a little restoration work has been done. I love that 1-cylinder-blubb-sound (thud—thud—thud), have travelled England (Cornwall and Devon) with it in 1993, solo with a tent on my back… just wonderful! “Eifel” here I come again 
Brigitte
P.S. For those who do not know, the “Eifel” is a volcanic area about an hour or so down the road with lots of snakey and hilly roads, lovely landscape…
Well, my hubby rides a Vulcan, and I’m going to take the MSF Riders class this spring…does that count?
Redwolf
Redwolf, welcome to the club!
On 2003-01-05 18:22, Redwolf wrote:
Well, my hubby rides a Vulcan, and I’m going to take the MSF Riders class this spring…does that count? >
Counts like two !
Do you intend getting your own bike ?
(btw what means MSF ?)
Yes Claudine there is just something about vintage bikes. Last year when I finished the Victor I rode into the big city to show my brother. The first thing my nephew said was where is the start button. I sure dont have to worry about anyone steelen this old girl. There is no way anyone can kick this thing over unless they know the drill. And I aint telling.
Hey Subivka; I am thinking about getting a cheep digital camera and then I will be able to post a picture or two. I started flat-tracking around 64 and then when I got back from Vietnam I started motocrossing. That was about 1970. At that time I was racing an Ossa. Very good motocrosser in its time. I always wanted to road race but just never got the chance. I did get to take a factory Yamaha roadracer out for a spin once. I have no idea how to discribe what it`s like to head down a country road at 160 miles an hour but I will never forget the experience. My dream bikes are still old thumpers. AJS, Veocette, and of course a Norton Manx. If I could get my hands on a manx my life would be complete.
Nifty thread my friend. It is so fun remembering these old criters. When I think about it I have had a motocycle in my hands since I was 10 years old. Even when I was off sailing I had Betty Beesser stashed at a friends house. And I only sold my 850 Comando so that I could do a year and a half sailing trip. Now there was a fine ride. Oh boy…
Tom
You da man, Tom!
Ossa Phantom, early models ? My favorite enduro was the Ossa “enduro”, recal the weird long seat ? Ossa… in memoriam poor Santiago Herrero.
Velocette, my dream when I was 15, still my dream.
I sure don
t have to worry about anyone steelen this old girl. There is no way anyone can kick this thing over unless they know the drill. And I aint telling.
My sidehack, rally Beemer 100RS semi-kneeler is the same. It’s not running now. But I never locked it, though a push-button starter. Reverse trail (negative trail) on the steering as a good racing side should. That, if unwarned, IS hairy : the best lock ever
PS. Watch out Blackbeer. Anyone caring for the looks of a 441 Victor enough to steal it may remember the drill! Better leave an Ossa or even safer a Bultaco trials. Remember that when stalled with hot engine, these would start rolling backwards
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This is too much Zubivka; Ya the Ossa was a 200 cc screamer. One of the best handling motocrossers ever. I remember one of my last races with it. The Euro boys were starting to show up with their Huskies and those puppies were fast. And they had huge brakes. I was hot on the tail of the leader of the race when we came to the final jump. I was going way to fast. He clamped on those big brakes and made a sweet jump and turn to the finish line I went sailing off over the fence and landed in a patch of real sandy soft soil and sunk upto the hubs. Just sat their and watched the Husky win.
Never tried a sidecar rig. When I worked for the Harely shop when I was a kid we had one that we used to pick up bikes with. It was a flat-bed sidecar hooked up to a 1952 Duo Glide. Very scary to drive. Wobbled all over the place.
I remember Ossa had a sweet little road bike back then too.
When I was doing enderos I rode a Penton.
But I only did those for a couple of years.
I wounder if we are sharing a parallel reality???
Tom