West Michigan

[exoff-roadgoat]

Originally Posted by Thanantos

Goat's girl has a HUGE ass!

And you aint even met my wife yet. I like em plump.

[CharlieT]

Originally Posted by patj

euro-snob?? can i be a pirate and a euro-snob at the same time? its good to be something...i guess. gotta keep track of these titles. i was informed i am not a real "biker" so we can scratch that one.

Well, lets see.....this group has let a old grey haired curmudgeon wearing a cut-off sleeve denim vest riding a goldwing hack ride with them before. SO whether they admit it or not, they have pretty loose standards of who on what , wearing what can ride with them. Like that song says, they all got friends in lowly places.

[CharlieT]

Ok folks, feast your eyes on this baby. A vintage dual-sport adventure bike for sure.





One of the rarest bikes you will ever see. A 1970 Bridgestone (Rockford Motors) 100cc Taka. Just picked it up today. Starts first kick, can pop wheelies with my fat arse on it.....and it only has 228 miles on it!!

[fastdadio]

[QUOTE=CharlieT;20754919]Ok folks, feast your eyes on this baby. A vintage dual-sport adventure bike for sure.





One of the rarest bikes you will ever see. A 1970 Bridgestone (Rockford Motors) 100cc Taka. Just picked it up today. Starts first kick, can pop wheelies with my fat arse on it.....and it only has 228 miles on it!![/QUOTE

Is it marking its spot, or were you really just that happy to be with it? More Charlie, keep'em coming! Loves me some vintage 2-smokin goodness!

[exoff-roadgoat]

With the rotary valve induction and the pipe it looks a little like a Kawi Bushmaster. Do I spy a DS7 in the background?

[CharlieT]

Nope not a DS7, but close. A '72 R5, the next year they were the RD350. I parked the little 100cc'er next to that badass 350 twin and it scared it so bad, it wet itself!!

[CharlieT]

Originally Posted by fastdadio

More Charlie, keep'em coming! Loves me some vintage 2-smokin goodness!

Oh you want some 2-smokin' goodness??? We got plenty of that around the shop right now.

How about this:


1972 JDM Suzuki GT250, a direct descendent of the X6 Hustler. Upgraded wheels, freshened engine, just now fitting pipes to it that were made to the factory road race specs. Should be a little screamer that'll surprise a lot of bigger 4 strokes.

Or do you prefer a little FrankenBike from the Checkered Past Cycles House of Horrors:


1986 Honda ATC250R three-wheeler chassis. Rear suspension converted to that of a mid-'90s CBR600R. Front end modified to accept the front end from a Buell XB900. Tank is from a CB650 and the seat is from a TZ250. Just ordered a center exit tuned pipe for it. As it sits now.....196lbs. We estimate in the 250lb range when in street-legal form with that race built engine putting out around 55hp.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em, gents

[wario]

Originally Posted by CharlieT

Oh you want some 2-smokin' goodness??? We got plenty of that around the shop right now.

How about this:


1972 JDM Suzuki GT250, a direct descendent of the X6 Hustler. Upgraded wheels, freshened engine, just now fitting pipes to it that were made to the factory road race specs. Should be a little screamer that'll surprise a lot of bigger 4 strokes.

Or do you prefer a little FrankenBike from the Checkered Past Cycles House of Horrors:


1986 Honda ATC250R three-wheeler chassis. Rear suspension converted to that of a mid-'90s CBR600R. Front end modified to accept the front end from a Buell XB900. Tank is from a CB650 and the seat is from a TZ250. Just ordered a center exit tuned pipe for it. As it sits now.....196lbs. We estimate in the 250lb range when in street-legal form with that race built engine putting out around 55hp.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em, gents

I need a smoke....

[two trackin fool]

On another note picked up my bike hauler :) Going to mount in a chock under the jumper seat frame so i can swap between the seats and hauling duties.

QUOTE]

I always wanted one .........

[patj]

love the frankenbike....never wanted to do the daytona bikeweek, or sturgis, but if i had frankenbike i could do em. i see a big funfactor. 'look at me'.

[exoff-roadgoat]

By the looks of those bikes there must also be a thriving medicinal herb business in downtown Galesburg?...

[CharlieT]

Originally Posted by exoff-roadgoat

By the looks of those bikes there must also be a thriving medicinal herb business in downtown Galesburg?...

Not at all................................but since I was born in the '50s and am livin' now I must have lived thru the '60's, though I remember little of it.

[Geepn]

Originally Posted by CharlieT

Well, lets see.....this group has let a old grey haired curmudgeon wearing a cut-off sleeve denim vest riding a goldwing hack ride with them before. SO whether they admit it or not, they have pretty loose standards of who on what , wearing what can ride with them. Like that song says, they all got friends in lowly places.

Umm.. Charlie it was us that were trying to increase our image being seen with you and the hack, you look the biker type while we are the wanta be's, even being seen with you at the truck stop and how you handle the waitress leaves us poor second class citizens in awe! (Of course Than and Deutschmark are exempt).

[Dfrnt]

Originally Posted by CharlieT

Not at all................................but since I was born in the '50s and am livin' now I must have lived thru the '60's, though I remember little of it.

Charlie, I might need to call on your expertise if it turns out that I bit off more than I can chew. Got it from this last weekend:


To this:



but no spark Will investigate further this weekend when it's warmer.

[CharlieT]

Looks like an early, mid-'80s XS500...????