If you do not dare to drive due to an eye problem that is temporary, but still feels too long, this is a precaution. After all, most drivers are blind as hell. If you are going to send by dead reckoning yourself, then that is asking…
A turbulent history. Harley-Davidson was bad in 1969. But Harley-Davidson was saved by the American Machine and Foundry Co. (AMF). That company reorganized and invested. But to no avail. Things were in danger of turning back. 1981: Thirteen Harley-Davidson executives buy out the company from American Machine and Foundry Co. Under the inspiring leadership of the genius Willy G Davidson, the company took a life-saving leap forward into the past. Harley was one of the first brands to go retro. That's a 'long story short'.
With 25+ years usually very pleasant experience with Russian four-stroke sidecar combinations, you have quite a bit of ex-Soviet experience. And when we think of ex-Soviet motorcycles, we now think of the rapidly gaining popularity Urals and Dneprs. Ural had 10.000 employees and made hundreds of thousands of sidecar combinations. In 2000 there were only 400 who made 1800 combinations. But that tide has turned. Dnepr was such a big boy too. Dnepr has completely fallen over. But for Urals, new Urals with warranty, there is again a truly official dealer in our country.
The seventies were the peak years in the short history of the two-stroke. At the end of that period, in 1979, Yamaha introduced the ultimate two-stroke street fighter: the Yamaha RD 350 LC (1979-1983).
More experienced readers will remember (the stories) that there was an oil change every 1500-2000 kilometers and that the carburetion, ignition and valves were also seriously demanding attention by then. That a top-end overhaul at 20D km was not at all uncommon. The time when BMW boxers were unbeatable in terms of quality and reliability.
Thrift stores are no longer what they used to be, since they have been Commercial Management. From what is in the shops, the currants have been taken from the porridge. But because some things only have value for some people, you can still score well.
In the early XNUMXs, trial riding was completely hot in the States. And that was noticed by the Japanese motorcycle makers
Two-strokes are almost extinct. They are no longer made for modern cars and motorcycles. Despite all their advantages. But still: Honda recently patented a two-stroke engine. Of course not a simple piston-controlled two-stroke, but something with valves, pumps…
The seventies were the peak years in the short history of two-strokes. At the end of that period, in 1979, Yamaha introduced the ultimate two-stroke street fighter: the RD 350 LC (1979-1983). This was the successor to Yamaha's air-cooled two-stroke,…
Two-stroke 2.0 And then we are talking about the first half of the eighties when the simplest two-stroke principle with the piston-controlled crankcase flushing (think of the once famous Jawas) was no longer sufficient because there was too little power to be extracted...