This was taken 5 years ago.
This was taken 5 years ago.
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Hey...what a nice family! Somebody likes Daddy!
Oh yeah....Nice bike,Too!
HD
here's a couple of my bikes. This first one is a '97 Russian Ural:
This second one,which I posted in another thread here,is my new Royal Enfield Bullet-you really can't call it retro,because it has never changed in 50 years. This will be the last year for this type of engine,though-worldwide emissions regulations forced them to update the engine.
Finally,here is one of my wartime BSA M20 motorcycles-I have this one,and an identical one in desert tan. I also have a '67 Triumph 500 that is currently all in pieces being restored,and a 1980 HD XLS Roadster that I have owned since new.
That's a fine selection, sir!Originally Posted by jeep44
I'm a big Ural fan - there are three (well, one modified Ural and two Dneprs) in my garage at the moment. Two are stripped down to incorporate the best of both into a rebuild I am doing, the result of which will be a two-wheel-drive outfit.
M20s used to be real cheap over here - I wish I had bought one then!
Luddite: I've become a fan of these Russian bikes,but they are still not very common here-especially older ones like mine. I really like the looks of the K750 or M72-The flathead engine looks good-hard to get one here,though.
Are you able to make a 2WD rig with the sidecar on the right,like in the US-or do you have to do some engineering to put it on the left?
BSA M20s are suprisingly common here in the Detroit area-I really don't know why. I've seen at least 20 others around this area,from basket cases to complete runners. I used to be able to pick up a fairly complete 650 Triumph or BSA around here for a few hundred dollars,but no more,for sure. At one time I had 10 of them in my garage.
I wonder what the BSA / Detroit link is? Maybe some army surplus outfit snapped a few consignments up after the war. I'd be interested to find out; there aren't that many round here (although there is one lurking in a barn not five miles from where I'm typing this).
On the Russians, the 2WD option is only available with the sidecar on the right, USA-style. Although right-hand chairs were made illegal in the UK in 1982, my 2WD outfit will emerge on a '65 plate so I should be OK. The Ural 2WD is locked, no diff, so it's only usable offroad and must be deselected for street use. The Dnepr uses a different system, incorporating a torque-split differential to give the chair wheel around 40% of the output. The military outfits had a locking differential too, which I will be retrofitting onto mine eventually (when cash permits!).
These guys: Oldimer garage have all the bits you'll want!
Here's my 46 Flathead.
And your '46 Flathead is an absolutely splendid machine, sir!
And BTW, welcome to the Lounge, what a top first post!
I thought I'd add my Guzzi 1000s to the thread.
I'm drooling over this thread.....every spring I miss my bike. If we move outta NYC I may just get me one again (If we stay here, I might pop for a Vespa)
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