Early Motorcycle Photos thread

[Sven]

He and lots of other guys in his club rode Sportsters,they were king before the 750 Honda. Funny how they're called "chick bikes" by newbies today.

Yes sir , the Sporsters were king, light and lean..Todays Sportys with the new tank look more like the old shovelhead superglides. Both have 1200 engines.
When I went to HD mechanic school, my instructor told me that the Honda CB750 was actually a Harley Davidson design. Engineers could not figure out how to fire the two middle cylinder correctly, so HD sold the patient to the Japanese. And look what happened in 1969.

 

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[PCHiggin]

Yes sir , the Sporsters were king, light and lean..Todays Sportys with the new tank look more like the old shovelhead superglides. Both have 1200 engines.
When I went to HD mechanic school, my instructor told me that the Honda CB750 was actually a Harley Davidson design. Engineers could not figure out how to fire the two middle cylinder correctly, so HD sold the patient to the Japanese. And look what happened in 1969.
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Yeah,That bike alone killed the Brit bikes. That's interesting news to me. They probably could've figured it out if they weren't stuck on the V Twin design. Love that above banana seat! I agree about the new ones. I had 2, an '04 and '06, both 1200 Roadsters. I liked them but they were noticeably top heavy as compared to my iron heads,I had 4, the last was a '75 XLH,had it around the same time. I no longer ride but sometimes miss my ironheads,loved their sound and overall character. I need to get another before I'm too old

 

[TrustRust]

" Not a bulky, freakish conglomeration of clumsily assembled and ill working experiments "

 

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1920

 

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Evil Knievel's Laverda 750SF

Triumph T120

Caesar"s Palace jump 1967

Harley Davidson XR750

 

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