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From: poncie ponce on 2 Jul 2008 17:27 Knobdoodle wrote: > "The Raven" <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Yeah but the Electra engine is a modern engine. .... >> > What; LATE 50s? No, the top half is designed by some German company. Probably not Porsche though. BTW the famous Fritz Egli does some very nice/expensive parts for them. An Egli Enfield would be worth seeing :-) PP
From: The Raven on 2 Jul 2008 18:02 "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FhKak.16552$IK1.14082(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "The Raven" <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Yeah but the Electra engine is a modern engine. .... >> > What; LATE 50s? It doesn't have the classic look of the older motor.
From: poncie ponce on 2 Jul 2008 18:29 The Raven wrote: > "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:FhKak.16552$IK1.14082(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> "The Raven" <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>> Yeah but the Electra engine is a modern engine. .... >>> >> What; LATE 50s? > > It doesn't have the classic look of the older motor. > > I agree and others have made the same comment :-( PP
From: The Raven on 3 Jul 2008 04:11 "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:25ydneqAa7dLnPHVnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)posted.internode... > The Raven wrote: >> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:FhKak.16552$IK1.14082(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> "The Raven" <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>>> Yeah but the Electra engine is a modern engine. .... >>>> >>> What; LATE 50s? >> >> It doesn't have the classic look of the older motor. > I agree and others have made the same comment :-( Agreed, the ancient engine looks best.
From: G-S on 3 Jul 2008 06:05
The Raven wrote: > "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:25ydneqAa7dLnPHVnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)posted.internode... >> The Raven wrote: >>> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:FhKak.16552$IK1.14082(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>> "The Raven" <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>>>> Yeah but the Electra engine is a modern engine. .... >>>>> >>>> What; LATE 50s? >>> It doesn't have the classic look of the older motor. >> I agree and others have made the same comment :-( > > Agreed, the ancient engine looks best. > The Electra has longer service intervals but not much more power and not really any better reliability. +1 for the older engined bike looking better... G-S |