The phone just rang... (Triumph project)
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From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 15 Mar 2010 11:31 S'mee wrote: > "TOG(a)Toil" wrote: >> And those R65s were stonkingly good machines. I tested one in '82 or >> '83: took it to France, in midwinter. > > So would one be a compleate loon to actually consider searching out > one and buying it? Call me nutz but...I'll trust old school > electronic ignition to the chip controlled stuff and throttle by > wire. <scrape, scrape> IMO, an R65 is a fine little motorcycle. Not very speedy, but pleasant for backroad touring. A lot of them had a bit of a vibration/buzz right around the U.S. speed limit. Traveling at ~55, or 70 or better, though, it was as smooth as the bigger Beemers. One friend had an early R65LS that buzzed pretty severely at 60ish. She had the dealer tear down and blueprint the engine, but that didn't help. TOG, the R45 was not imported to the U.S., but two Canadian friends each owned one. The fellow from Nova Scotia used to ride it all over CA and U.S. -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: TOG on 15 Mar 2010 11:53 On 15 Mar, 15:31, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m...(a)example.invalid> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > > "TOG(a)Toil" wrote: > >> And those R65s were stonkingly good machines. I tested one in '82 or > >> '83: took it to France, in midwinter. > > > So would one be a compleate loon to actually consider searching out > > one and buying it? Call me nutz but...I'll trust old school > > electronic ignition to the chip controlled stuff and throttle by > > wire. <scrape, scrape> > > IMO, an R65 is a fine little motorcycle. Not very speedy, but pleasant > for backroad touring. A lot of them had a bit of a vibration/buzz right > around the U.S. speed limit. Traveling at ~55, or 70 or better, though, > it was as smooth as the bigger Beemers. > > One friend had an early R65LS that buzzed pretty severely at 60ish. She > had the dealer tear down and blueprint the engine, but that didn't help. Yes! My test bike buzzed, too! The word was that the buzz went away at 25k miles. A few years ago I bought another, with about 35k miles, and it was indeed glassy smooth. > > TOG, the R45 was not imported to the U.S., but two Canadian friends each > owned one. The fellow from Nova Scotia used to ride it all over CA and > U.S. The R45 was always considered a bit of a slug. To move stocks, one or two UK dealers tried fitting RT fairings to them. Boggle.
From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 15 Mar 2010 12:13 TOG(a)Toil wrote: > "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote: >> One friend had an early R65LS that buzzed pretty severely at 60ish. >> She had the dealer tear down and blueprint the engine, but that >> didn't help. > > Yes! My test bike buzzed, too! The word was that the buzz went away > at 25k miles. A few years ago I bought another, with about 35k miles, > and it was indeed glassy smooth. I don't remember how many miles were put on this lady's R65 ('twas almost three decades ago!) .. and yes, she probably traded it before reaching 25k due to the buzz. >> TOG, the R45 was not imported to the U.S., but two Canadian friends >> each owned one. The fellow from Nova Scotia used to ride it all over >> CA and U.S. > > The R45 was always considered a bit of a slug. To move stocks, one or > two UK dealers tried fitting RT fairings to them. Boggle. There were a few R65RTs floating around here for awhile. As I recall, they were leftover custom-assembled police bikes made for some Indonesian country. That police force decided not to take all of them, and the rest were shipped elsewhere for sale. I think they were all of a brown color. Might have been okay as city bikes... -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul
From: Aham Brahmasmi on 15 Mar 2010 13:02 On Mar 15, 7:48 am, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > You all seek the jade empire...whilst I in pursuit of the next curve > and the next hill am already there. Do you know what the sound of one > hand clapping is? I'm listening to it right now. There's no point in explaining the Soundless Sound to someone whose teacup is overflowing after he pissed in it.
From: Sean_Q_ on 15 Mar 2010 14:33
Aham Brahmasmi wrote: >> Just a minor question... how do I get the motor out of >> the donor bike... > > Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotomy Aham Brahmasmi also wrote: >> -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul > > Where will three wheels take Sean? To a padded cell? Your expressions of non-confidence in me and/or my project(s) are duly noted. However, I think you've missed the real point. Any undertaking may fail. So what? Some of my past projects have already failed, for various reasons. At least I learned something. But the day I give up; the day I let myself be swayed by naysaying like yours; the day I lose faith in myself -- that's the day I truly fail. SQ '06 Suzuki S40 '85 Dnepr MT-11 '79 Dnepr MT-10/36 'xx Various hopeless(?) cases |