Motorcycling.

[Cobleskill]

Oh yeah, I used to ride a dirt bike on ice. Creek and ponds. Kind of fun. 4 wheeler is easier/safer. I still take that out and slide around.

 

[stig]

That is what sidecars are for.
I didn't get a car until I got married. Before then I rode bikes year round.
When winter came around, I'd run a sidecar bike.
Now, getting old, fat and soft, I can't believe that I didn't give up and buy a car.
I've been riding through blizzards where I have been frozen to the bike and my friends have had to help me get off it, when I arrived.

When temperatures drop below -30 celcius, one can't wear a visor, because it'll freeze over, but riding without, one can't go very fast or the corneas will freeze.

The stupidity of youth.
I sure wouldn't do it today. But back then it was the mark of a real motorcyclist around here that one rode year round, regardless of weather.

 

[Cobleskill]

I went to a bike show a couple weeks ago. There was a BMW looking bike but don't think it was one that had a sidecar. It had a driveshaft going across to the sidecar wheel.

 

[stig]

Ural:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN5PAwc1ns8

Or it might have been a Dnjepr, but I don't know if you have that one in the US.

Same bike, basically, a take off on a BMW from 1939, the Ural is Russian, the Dnepr is made in Ukraine.

But the ultimate sidecar bike was IMO the Zündapp developed for the Wehrmacht before WW2:

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-Reviews/1942-Zundapp-KS750.aspx

 

[Bodean]

Here's hella pictures.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Whoa!!!

 

[Bodean]

No worries, I resized them all.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Some badass bikes in there!

 

[18 stoner]

Nice collection of pics.

Thanks for sharing

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Cousin Bob is having some fun
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[MasterBlaster]

I bet that's a RUSH.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Brings on a whole new meaning for crotch rocket for sure!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Is that 1/4 or 1/8th mile?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I thought they said eighth but I am not sure if that was a reference to the eighth marker or the length of race.
I am guessing quarter... Speed and time wise.

 

[Dave Shepard]

That's what made me ask. A 6.50 time in the 1/4 would probably be in the 260 mph range, depending on the vehicle.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I was wrong.. That was quarter.
181 MPH. I read it wrong.
Fixed it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

He pretty much built that bike from the ground up. Blown Nitro Methane Harley. I think he also designed and built his own blower for it as well.
Lights up pretty at night too
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[woodworkingboy]

I commuted to high school on this 305 scrambler model, reward from working at a Gulf gas station. The previous owner put a racing cam in it, but there was still one around that I could never beat. Nice bike, with a great sound with open pipes, but it got me tickets. Wish I still had it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Cool bike Jay ... Those are really getting harder to come by in one piece.

 

[rskybiz]

Cool bike Jay ... Those are really getting harder to come by in one piece.

For sure on that I am still seeking a set of carbs for a 69 Honda sl350 to no avail

 

[woodworkingboy]

Perhaps those carbs are available here? If you care to send me a part number and pertinent info, I can ask.

 

[Cobleskill]

I still have the CB 350 that was my first bike. 1970. Needs a cam and rockers.

 

[Burnham]

Something new, but in that vein.

http://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/motorcycles/range/classics/scrambler/2012/2012-scrambler-overview

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Very cool

 

[Burnham]

I could get into one of these as well.

http://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/motorcycles/range/classics/bonneville/2012/5033