| Author | Message | ||
     Sifo |
Kind of reminds me of surfing...  | ||
| Ratbuell |
I still like Geoff and his "elbow sliders required" riding style   | ||
| Pwnzor |
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| Ducbsa |
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| Bolthead |
Pwnzor or anyone else. I want to post a photo and have it fill the page like Pwnzor's. But when I try to upload an image file capable of filling the page, the upload software gives me an error that says my image file can't be loaded, because it exceeds the 256K maximum. I want to post a big spread in order to provide detail to the picture. What's the trick? | ||
| D_adams |
Upload the pic(s) to a *good* hosting site, google+ works very nicely if you have a gmail account. Use the \ imagelink{ } tag to post the pics. | ||
| D_adams |
While not the largest size pic I have available, this will get you the idea anyway.  | ||
| Crusty |
Ducbsa, that photo of Steve Freeman is on page 7 of the June 8, 1976 issue of Cycle News. The Louisville 1/2 Mile was an unforgettable event. Not only was the racing spectacular, but the crowd was there to party and enjoy themselves, and they certainly knew how to do that. I first went in 1977 and I was amazed at the skill displayed by the riders. It was my favorite race right up to its demise in the mid '80s. Then I saw the Springfield Mile, and every other race paled in comparison. (Message edited by Crusty on January 28, 2015) | ||
| Firstbuell |
hey Crusty, Fasted & I are Louisville natives - we attended many of those wunnerful pea gravel 1/2-miles at King's unique trotting track, similar to Lima, OH - the riders had Clorox bottles protecting throttle hands & baseball catcher chest protectors Q was single rider back then - the corrugated fiberglass wall between T2 & T4 would "sing" as the bikes blew by..... just today, "Island Man" author, Mark Gardiner, posted a quote about Honda's first GNC win there in the mid-'70s from a Jerry Griffiths [American Honda's GNC honcho] interview: “The one time we won [a National, at the Louisville half-mile] it just fell into our hands. Scott Pearson won the LCQ, and they lined everyone up on the front row. Everyone got to pick before Scott, but there was a little hole right on the inside, on the pole, and Scott lined up there. “The groove at Louisville was only about three feet wide. If you tried to pass on the outside, you lost about five spots. Scott was such a holeshot guy that I said, ‘If you can get to the front, there’s no way they can pass you.’ He just had that thing sideways for about 25 laps, and every time someone tried to pass him, they’d pull out and just go backwards. It was Scott Pearson that won the race, not the motorcycle.” | ||
| Crusty |
I remember that race well. Tim Mertens was second, and he was all over Pearson's back wheel, but he couldn't get by. The whole field was nose to tail, but there was no passing going on throughout the whole race. At Louisville Downs, once the groove formed, there was no faster way around. In 1977, I went through the pits after the race. Kenny Roberts had used up all the tread on the left side of his rear tire. He had set second fastest time and had won his heat race riding up on the cushion, but couldn't do squat during the main and completely burned all the tread off by trying to make the cushion work. I remember looking at him while he just sat in a chair, soaked with sweat and completely exhausted. Louisville was quite the place for motorcycle racing. | ||
| Macbuell |
The lean angle those dudes can get is simply amazing. | ||
| Firstbuell |
referencing the entry list for the recent Troy Bayliss Classic, he invited some Japanese uTub flat track sensation this guy gets both wheels off the ground while skidding on the L footpeg & then re-rights the bike in the corner..... (Message edited by firstbuell on January 28, 2015) | ||
| Patches |
Sin-City-A-Dame-to-Kill-For  | ||
| Court |
>>>>The lean angle those dudes can get is simply amazing. I've achieved that lean angle before . . . . . . . . . . . . . . But . . . having reached it . . . . . have never returned the bike to vertical until the retrieval trick arrived. :-) | ||
| Sifo |
I've achieved lean angles like that... And returned to vertical... Kept right on going and messed up the other side too!  | ||
| Bolthead |
Just a picture of the most beautiful Gold Wing I've ever seen.  | ||
| Bolthead |
D_adams-- Your directions on how to upload large photos worked! Thanks. | ||
| Torquehd |
Just out of curiosity. Anyone know how to post pics at a scaled down ratio, using code (or whatever you call the \ imagelink {} type of formatting)? | ||
| Rick_a |
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| Arcticktm |
showoff! | ||
| Patches |
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| Bolthead |
Last weekend I traveled to the Milwaukee area to visit my brother and sister. I don’t see either of them very often. We spent a lot of time looking at old photos and reminiscing. One of the photos we came across was of my mom with her motorized bicycle. The photo was taken in 1933 when she was 24 years old. I searched the Internet, but couldn’t find any articles under “scooters” or “motorized bicycles” that identified the make or model of the machine. If any of you know what my mom was riding, my siblings and I would certainly like to know. Here are some possible clues. My mom was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the time she owned the bike. One of her uncles ran with the same circle of friends as William Harley and the Davidson brothers. So it’s possible the bike has some H-D roots. On the other hand she had another uncle and several cousins who were machinists and tinkerers, so the bike could be a one-of-a-kind item. You’ll note my mom’s scooter had a step through frame and lights on the handlebar. I’m thinking the tank above the rear wheel was a gas tank, and the rear wheel is covered to prevent a woman’s dress from getting caught in the spokes. I’m also curious as to how a gasoline engine might have delivered power to the wheel. On the back of the photo my mom wrote, “1933 Buzz Machine.”  We found this other photo in my mother’s collection. It was taken in 1935. I searched the web and concluded the motorcycle in the photo is an Ace. Ace motorcycles were made in Philadelphia, PA from 1920 until 1924. The Ace Motorcycle Company was founded by William Henderson. Previously Henderson founded and ran the Henderson Motorcycle Company in Detroit, MI from 1911 to 1917. In 1922 Henderson was fatally injured when a motor vehicle struck him while he was on a test ride of a new model. The Ace was considered a luxury motorcycle. Slightly modified it could go 129 mph (207 kph). My mom died of a heart attack when I was 21, and I never had a chance to ask her the millions of questions I wish could ask her now. If you have living parents, make sure they tell you all their good stories. I suspect my mom had a crush on one of the men in the Ace photo. I doubt I’ll ever know for sure.  | ||
| Patches |
Bolthead this may help you, Briggs and Stratton Motor Wheel  | ||
| Bolthead |
Patches-- You got it exactly. Thanks. Briggs and Stratton is a Milwaukee company, so it makes sense that my mom would have had a Motor Wheel. She never told me about her Buzz Machine until after I bought my first motorcycle. All she said was that she once had a scooter, a dog ran out in front of her, the scooter flipped and she broke her nose. She then said. "Be very, very careful on your motorcycle." I think she's been watching over me ever since. So far my worst incident was a wrenched neck from taking a shortcut through a ditch.  | ||
| Xb9er |
Here is a photo of a 1964 Cushman Super Eagle I did up a few years ago. Had a 3/4 inch stroker motor, all new chrome, polished wheels, and GMC stealth gray paint. She is now rolling the streets somewhere in Ohio.  | ||
| Xb9er |
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| Reepicheep |
I like how she cropped off their heads so the picture best shows the motorcycle! That ace is a great looking bike. What an amazing thing to have been able to buy back then. | ||
| Court |
This is the Cushman sitting my my living room . . . .    | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
My father told me that my uncle once had a cushman and rode it to NY. He was 15 or 16 at the time. What did he do when he got to NY? Well he turned around of course. He didn't have money after all My father told this to me after I took my KLR250 to NY one night and came right back for much the same reasons. I had $2.80 in my pocket and this was before I had a bank card. Getting 70 MPG is liberating. I guess it ran in the family. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I had a KLR250 also... they actually tour pretty nicely, provided you can pack light. (And you don't run it out of oil... DAMHIK) |
