Older Bikers, Remember when??

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Aug 19, 2010 | 08:29 PM

#61

DaddyKnuck

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From: Blairsville GA

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossNH

ummmm..... What's a "John Wayne"?

A p-38 can opener. One each in every c-rat.

Aug 19, 2010 | 08:38 PM

#62

shortride

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From: 46th State, USA

I used a coat hanger to make a coil wire.

Remember the oil filter canisters that you could use a roll of toilet paper in for a filter?

I always carried a 6' long piece of garden hose, just in case.

The closest I've ever been to one of my best friends is in the trunk of a '50 model Mercury, sneaking into a drive-in movie.

Filled up a car gas tank from empty with $5.

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Aug 19, 2010 | 08:42 PM

#63

TwiZted Biker

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From: Niles Canyon Ca.

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Originally Posted by stevent

Firing your chopper for the very first time after 6 months of eating top raman and scrounging parts which half of them were "on loan", damn near giving you a woody as it idled..Carrying a big washer in your wallet for a three finger clutch, carrying a couple of stainless roll pins and flyweight springs for the advance plate on your cone motor, using your Buck knife for opening cans of Valvoline 60 weight, being able to fix damn near anything on the side of the road with a couple of screw drivers, some channel locks and electric tape, puting a spot of weld on the back of your kickstart peddle so it would stick out straight again, having cops follow you from one end of town to the other.....actually having hair on my head.....

Those were the days alright, new bikes are nice but it just seems like there's something missing sometimes.

Aside from the hair part we could be twins from different mothers , been down that road

Aug 19, 2010 | 09:47 PM

#64

Keith4001r

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From: Mason Dixon line

Yeah, let's see... pulling on what was left of a broken throttle cable to make it rev, then riding home like that. Coasting (or more often pushing) into a gas station and then filling up (with "high test") for less than $2.00. The aforementioned kicker, spark advance, points and plugs issues. Poorly adjusted mousetraps would KILL your left hand. No passenger pegs, so your girl would just wrap her legs around your waist. Buck model 110! Don't have one? GET ONE! Those sparkly vinyl seats held on with a bungee cord. Turn signals were left arm straight out for a left turn, bent up at the elbow for right turn, bent down for slow or stop (we never did that one). Vertebrae destroyed by rigid frames. No front brake, **** poor back brake. Putting a 6 volt horn on a 12 volt system (loud but it died early). Wiring up a cigarette lighter, then lighting everybody's smokes for them. Buying a jockey clutch pedal from a Custom Chrome dealer and fabbing a shift handle out of whatever was lying around. And every, I mean EVERY time we went camping it rained! Yeah, good times, noodle salad.

And after all these years, I just confirmed tonight- night time bugs taste best.

Keith
Tearin' it up since 1971

Last edited by Keith4001r; Aug 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM.

Aug 19, 2010 | 09:49 PM

#65

qtrracer

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From: SoCal

Trying a cam or an exhaust without asking/posting "What's the best cam/exhaust for my 20?? F-whatever, whats the best oil to use and should I get the extended warranty"

Aug 19, 2010 | 09:50 PM

#66

sengle4

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.....ah sweet memories, where did the time go?

Aug 19, 2010 | 10:13 PM

#67

clicker01

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From: A house.

Never "filed" a set of points with a match book cover, buy I sure as heck set the dwell, or in other words, point "gap" with a match book cover many, many times.
Haha, P-38... yeah, and the 5 cigarette pack.
Doesn't get any better than that, noodle salad.

Last edited by clicker01; Aug 20, 2010 at 01:23 AM.