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Sniper X · 09-20-2010, 10:16 AM

[quote=danedg]Do you mean Wixom's like these?

Love the Woxoms, want a set dearly for the R60/5....can I say /5 here?

danedg · 09-20-2010, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by datchew

That bike really REALLY does it for me.

...even without knobbies.
Wow. Perfect.

It's clean... but does he ride it?

danedg · 09-20-2010, 03:18 PM

This guy just picked up this R90.... he's in CA, and those might be the brackets you're looking for..... they look mighty familiar....

danedg · 09-20-2010, 03:20 PM

[QUOTE=Sniper X]

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Originally Posted by danedg

Do you mean Wixom's like these?

Love the Woxoms, want a set dearly for the R60/5....can I say /5 here?

What's a Woxom?.....

Renner · 09-20-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by danedg

... but does he ride it?

How could I not?
It's a nice pic, several years old now.

This pic is more current.
Thanks all for the appreciative comments.

danedg · 09-20-2010, 06:49 PM

So....how many miles have you ridden that motorcycle?....
What's her name?...

Chobro · 09-20-2010, 08:00 PM

My /2 earlier this summer on a 200 mile round trip up to Pecos, NM from Abq.

datchew · 09-21-2010, 06:01 AM

Chobro, those are the first bags I've seen besides Carl's GIVI system that I actually like on a /2. (sorry Dan)

They actually seem to blend, if that is the right word, with the bike. Short seat is a nice touch too.

Renner has now convinced me that one of these days, I will have to get the sport tank on my /2. For now, I just need to get it built and running, but that tank with the solo seat makes it just look... kinda tough. Like it's muscular but still with the /2 elegance. I dunno, maybe that sounds weird, but it just fits, ya know?
The big heinrich tanks are just too big. Too much of a good thing.

Rapid_Roy · 09-21-2010, 06:23 AM

Here is my R50. It isn't a /2, but most can't tell anyway.
BTW, anybody who has restored one knows, it's a Cash 2!

danedg · 09-21-2010, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rapid_Roy

Here is my R50. It isn't a /2, but most can't tell anyway.
BTW, anybody who has restored one knows, it's a Cash 2!

Why would that not be a /2?
With the Earl's, slingers, and that frame... it fits my definition of a 2....

Rapid_Roy · 09-21-2010, 06:49 AM

It was made in the first part of 1955. They were just called R50's. They put a larger tail light and some other things on it and called it a /2 later that year.
I have the larger tail light because my friends highway peg took out my original one, and I have been unable to find one since.

Essentially, the same bike, but R50s are more rare.
Also, the tiny tail light is dangerous, and I ride mine.
I could call it a /2, but it is not.

danedg · 09-21-2010, 06:59 AM

I know so little about these bikes....

Rapid_Roy · 09-21-2010, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by danedg

I know so little about these bikes....

Me too. Somebody corrected me on that. 1955 was the first year of the enclosed driveshaft model, I am told. The R50 had that, a small tail light, and some other sucky features.

They changed those, and the /2 was born, and had a great run.

It was my first bike, I never want to sell it.

Sparke · 09-21-2010, 07:38 AM

Here is my 1966 R69S, I have had it about 5 years. I woke her up from an eight year nap, under a tarp on a friends patio. She came home in the configuration in the top photo. within a few weeks she was converted into her sportier new identity with a big Hoske tank, Euro market bars and the comphy wide touring seat. Its not a total restoration . Just a very shinny rider.

danedg · 09-21-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparke

Here is my 1966 R69S, I have had it about 5 years. I woke her up from an eight year nap, under a tarp on a friends patio. She came home in the configuration in the top photo. within a few weeks she was converted into her sportier new identity with a big Hoske tank, Euro market bars and the comphy wide touring seat. Its not a total restoration . Just a very shinny rider.

So you prefer the "couch", as I call it?
How does it compare to the solo? Comfort wise?

09-20-2010, 10:16 AM	#91
Sniper X De Oppresso Liber Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level Oddometer: 30,297	[quote=danedg]Do you mean Wixom's like these? Love the Woxoms, want a set dearly for the R60/5....can I say /5 here? __________________ "I claim to be frightened of horses but do so only to get out of attending parades. It's peculiar but ...it works. The Horses get it. RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. IT'S VOLTAGE DIVIDED BY CURRENT

09-20-2010, 03:18 PM	#93
danedg ^OP Horizontally Opposed Joined: May 2008 Location: U-puku-ipi-sing Oddometer: 5,287	This guy just picked up this R90.... he's in CA, and those might be the brackets you're looking for..... they look mighty familiar.... __________________ '65 R60/2 '68 R60US '74 MG Eldorado '95 R100M

09-20-2010, 06:49 PM	#96
danedg ^OP Horizontally Opposed Joined: May 2008 Location: U-puku-ipi-sing Oddometer: 5,287	So....how many miles have you ridden that motorcycle?.... What's her name?... __________________ '65 R60/2 '68 R60US '74 MG Eldorado '95 R100M

09-20-2010, 08:00 PM	#97
Chobro spinning the wheel Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Albuquerque, NM Oddometer: 605	My /2 earlier this summer on a 200 mile round trip up to Pecos, NM from Abq. __________________ -Chobro

09-21-2010, 06:01 AM	#98
datchew Don't buy from Brad Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Savannah - the dirty south Oddometer: 7,403	Chobro, those are the first bags I've seen besides Carl's GIVI system that I actually like on a /2. (sorry Dan) They actually seem to blend, if that is the right word, with the bike. Short seat is a nice touch too. Renner has now convinced me that one of these days, I will have to get the sport tank on my /2. For now, I just need to get it built and running, but that tank with the solo seat makes it just look... kinda tough. Like it's muscular but still with the /2 elegance. I dunno, maybe that sounds weird, but it just fits, ya know? The big heinrich tanks are just too big. Too much of a good thing. __________________ On tap:Nada Aging: 3 experiments in mead - blackberry, apple, and straight honey

09-21-2010, 06:23 AM	#99
Rapid_Roy Idiot proof Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin Oddometer: 20,013	Here is my R50. It isn't a /2, but most can't tell anyway. BTW, anybody who has restored one knows, it's a Cash 2! __________________ Life is too short, so quit being a nob.

09-21-2010, 06:49 AM	#101
Rapid_Roy Idiot proof Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin Oddometer: 20,013	It was made in the first part of 1955. They were just called R50's. They put a larger tail light and some other things on it and called it a /2 later that year. I have the larger tail light because my friends highway peg took out my original one, and I have been unable to find one since. Essentially, the same bike, but R50s are more rare. Also, the tiny tail light is dangerous, and I ride mine. I could call it a /2, but it is not. __________________ Life is too short, so quit being a nob.

09-21-2010, 06:59 AM	#102
danedg ^OP Horizontally Opposed Joined: May 2008 Location: U-puku-ipi-sing Oddometer: 5,287	I know so little about these bikes.... __________________ '65 R60/2 '68 R60US '74 MG Eldorado '95 R100M

09-21-2010, 07:38 AM	#104
Sparke Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Sparks, Maryland,USA Oddometer: 432	Here is my 1966 R69S, I have had it about 5 years. I woke her up from an eight year nap, under a tarp on a friends patio. She came home in the configuration in the top photo. within a few weeks she was converted into her sportier new identity with a big Hoske tank, Euro market bars and the comphy wide touring seat. Its not a total restoration . Just a very shinny rider.

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