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RE: Favorite motorcycles were kick start only.

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In Reply to: RE: Favorite motorcycles were kick start only. posted by ghost of olddude55 on November 21, 2024 at 07:36:09

I only had one big single, a BSA goldstar that was bored to 600+.
I got it from a guy who got a chrome moly frame, bored it out and raised the compression and proceeded to break his leg starting it when it backfired.
I started and rode it a couple times and thought boy this is a real handful and not what i needed and never road it again.

Still have a 850 Norton commando and an old Honda 450 and a someday project bike, but these days i like working on them more than riding.

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The Honda 450, is that the twin cam? - ghost of olddude55 10:18:16 11/21/24 (2)
Highly underrated bike.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
- RE: The Honda 450, is that the twin cam? - tomservo 11:52:32 11/21/24 (1)
  Yep, started like as the "scrambler" CL but eventually all that was left of that were the folding foot pegs. Here it is around 1976 bored to 500, half race cams when i was done haha. Still have it although it's looking sad.
  
  Had friend in the 70's that worked at a BSA / Triumph "Chopper shop" that had a large bone pile and I ended up making the honda part BSA / Triumph for the cloverleaf peg grinding.
  - Those were great bikes that got overshadowed by the CB750. - ghost of olddude55 13:49:04 11/21/24 (0)
    My brother and I had a Scrambler 90--you can see one just like in the movie Independence Day , same color and everything--and the CB450 looked huge to my eyes.
    IIRC, Honda ended up increasing the displacement to 500cc.
    
    The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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