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Barbara · 04-19-2009, 09:00 PM

Well, Gee, that sounds great! Actually, I've been a little bit strange all of my life, and I take exception to that! A "little bit" indeed!

I'm not really into that many smoothbore muskets, just the Brown Bess and the American "Committee of Safety" muskets of the Revolution. I really love the Minie rifles--Enfields and Springfields--of the Civil War. Fascinating!

To the point at hand--Whatever it takes to ride is good! I spent a year in bed in the mid 00's.....(how in the world does one say that one?) and anyway, I couldn't lift myself in or out of bed. It sucked, and I couldn't wait to make myself better and get riding again. If it takes three wheels and a 28 hp Beemer clone twice removed, that sounds great! You gotta promise to keep us posted on the progress--mainly convincing your wife to go with you to look at a bike--I mean, "Outfit"! If you can do that, everything else will be easy.....

This Summer---right?

SonnyRides · 04-20-2009, 05:36 AM

Approach with caution! As it turns out I am aquainted with Barb . . . can you imagine anything more frightening than a Gramma aboard a vintage Brit bike side car rig with a snoot full of moonshine (or Irish Whiskey with an "E") and a self proclaimed propensity for firearms of ANY ilk?

Hi, Barb!

Barbara · 04-20-2009, 08:17 AM

Hi Guys,

Pay no attention to that man from Tennessee. He is a notorious liar, and will fabricate a story in a New York minute! Really.....

(Hi, Honey! I mean, Sonny.)

And get it right, Laddie: the sidecar is not on a Britbike--they are for corners and wrenching----endless wrenching. The XS650 is the sidecar bike. Remember? You rode it --once-- in Ritzville.

Kidding aside, there isn't a finer man in the world, and Sonny can show us all the way to rack up the miles! Across the country twice last year, and this year will be better yet! And, being the paragon of motorcycle virtue that he is, he (of course) has a sidecar.....

Thus bringing the whole mess back on topic......sorta.

pushrod · 04-20-2009, 08:37 AM

Sonny, Barb-

It's great having you guys on the site, TallPaul as well!

I was starting to get sick of all those other guys' crap...

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Matt, don't forego the Urals, especially the newer ones.

A buddy just picked one up for a great price. He's already looking at swapping engines, 'cause the accelerator on it should be called a 'suggestor,' especially when someone is in the 'hack.

Apparently, dropping in a more 'modern' BMW block is fairly simple to do.

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mscuddy · 04-20-2009, 10:13 AM

Yeah PR, if I'm going to do it, it's gonna be a flathead. And the CJ has a hand shifter on it already, so all I'll have to do is stick my wheelchar in the sidecar, and velcro myself to the seat. Even though you can start a CJ by hand, the later ones have electric start (six volts!).

There's a CJ Dealer in Harbor City next to the Boss Hoss dealership. And parts are no problem.

pushrod · 04-20-2009, 11:49 AM

Hey, now THERE's an idea!

A CJ with a BossHoss powertrain!

Woo-Hoo!

04-19-2009, 09:00 PM	#11
Barbara Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Skagit County, WA Posts: 188	Well, Gee, that sounds great! Actually, I've been a little bit strange all of my life, and I take exception to that! A "little bit" indeed! I'm not really into that many smoothbore muskets, just the Brown Bess and the American "Committee of Safety" muskets of the Revolution. I really love the Minie rifles--Enfields and Springfields--of the Civil War. Fascinating! To the point at hand--Whatever it takes to ride is good! I spent a year in bed in the mid 00's.....(how in the world does one say that one?) and anyway, I couldn't lift myself in or out of bed. It sucked, and I couldn't wait to make myself better and get riding again. If it takes three wheels and a 28 hp Beemer clone twice removed, that sounds great! You gotta promise to keep us posted on the progress--mainly convincing your wife to go with you to look at a bike--I mean, "Outfit"! If you can do that, everything else will be easy..... This Summer---right? __________________ Barb Britney the BSA Big John the BSA Baby B. the BSA Gemini the BSA/Triumph Pip the Triumph T140v--(I have "Great Expectations") The unnamed 1979 XS 650 Jaelith the '77 XS650/sidecar

04-20-2009, 08:17 AM	#13
Barbara Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Skagit County, WA Posts: 188	Hi Guys, Pay no attention to that man from Tennessee. He is a notorious liar, and will fabricate a story in a New York minute! Really..... (Hi, Honey! I mean, Sonny.) And get it right, Laddie: the sidecar is not on a Britbike--they are for corners and wrenching----endless wrenching. The XS650 is the sidecar bike. Remember? You rode it --once-- in Ritzville. Kidding aside, there isn't a finer man in the world, and Sonny can show us all the way to rack up the miles! Across the country twice last year, and this year will be better yet! And, being the paragon of motorcycle virtue that he is, he (of course) has a sidecar..... Thus bringing the whole mess back on topic......sorta. __________________ Barb Britney the BSA Big John the BSA Baby B. the BSA Gemini the BSA/Triumph Pip the Triumph T140v--(I have "Great Expectations") The unnamed 1979 XS 650 Jaelith the '77 XS650/sidecar

04-20-2009, 08:37 AM	#14
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Sonny, Barb- It's great having you guys on the site, TallPaul as well! I was starting to get sick of all those other guys' crap... -------------------------------------- Matt, don't forego the Urals, especially the newer ones. A buddy just picked one up for a great price. He's already looking at swapping engines, 'cause the accelerator on it should be called a 'suggestor,' especially when someone is in the 'hack. Apparently, dropping in a more 'modern' BMW block is fairly simple to do. - __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

04-20-2009, 10:13 AM	#15
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Yeah PR, if I'm going to do it, it's gonna be a flathead. And the CJ has a hand shifter on it already, so all I'll have to do is stick my wheelchar in the sidecar, and velcro myself to the seat. Even though you can start a CJ by hand, the later ones have electric start (six volts!). There's a CJ Dealer in Harbor City next to the Boss Hoss dealership. And parts are no problem. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

04-20-2009, 11:49 AM	#16
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Hey, now THERE's an idea! A CJ with a BossHoss powertrain! Woo-Hoo! __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

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04-20-2009, 05:36 AM	#12
SonnyRides Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 32	Approach with caution! As it turns out I am aquainted with Barb . . . can you imagine anything more frightening than a Gramma aboard a vintage Brit bike side car rig with a snoot full of moonshine (or Irish Whiskey with an "E") and a self proclaimed propensity for firearms of ANY ilk? Hi, Barb!