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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #75 on: August 26, 2013, 03:02:12 PM »
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #76 on: August 26, 2013, 03:14:33 PM »
stelvio last june , still plenty of snow about

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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #77 on: August 27, 2013, 02:26:40 AM »
stelvio last june , still plenty of snow about

As for the snow: It always snows in August (!) on the Stelvio. It just did so again two days ago. This June, the Stelvio was closed for some time, coming from Trafoi, because of an avalanche, and the Umbrail opened really late this year. So the route from Bormio was the only one available. 




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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #78 on: August 27, 2013, 02:42:25 AM »
I seem to recall nearly having to tow the triumph home last time it was there.....I better bring the ute again..... ;D

Ha ha, yeah mate, that'd be good if you wouldn't mind awfully.......... ;D
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #79 on: August 27, 2013, 10:53:47 AM »
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I like that extra wide sidecar Old School.I had a customer who is a string Bass Jazz player who had the exact same sidecar(please tell me the make,my memory... ??? )who would slip that Large Bass instrument directly into his sidecar(w/ room to spare)and go play a Gig.He was driving it w/ a 75' BMW R90/6.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #80 on: August 27, 2013, 01:05:28 PM »
Thanks GR.

My car was built by Auburn Sidecar Co I'm guessing in the 70's. Auburn sold the molds to another small maker in Michigan who then made them. The Michigan guy then sold the molds to Texas Sidecar Co who made them until the molds were lost in a fire.  Long story short, your customer's sidecar could have been made by any one of these companies.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #81 on: August 27, 2013, 02:43:42 PM »
Who says you can't tour on a RD350? Mine at Deal's Gap, did about 500 miles that weekend.


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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #82 on: August 30, 2013, 07:27:52 PM »
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #83 on: August 30, 2013, 07:33:57 PM »
Who says you can't tour on a RD350? Mine at Deal's Gap, did about 500 miles that weekend.




What year RD?  Have never seen one as a bagger.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #84 on: August 30, 2013, 08:32:17 PM »
Who says you can't tour on a RD350? Mine at Deal's Gap, did about 500 miles that weekend.




What year RD?  Have never seen one as a bagger.

I'm going to guess around 1982.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #85 on: August 30, 2013, 08:55:24 PM »
Who says you can't tour on a RD350? Mine at Deal's Gap, did about 500 miles that weekend.




What year RD?  Have never seen one as a bagger.

I'm going to guess around 1982.


A lot different than our '73s.....
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #86 on: August 31, 2013, 02:45:02 AM »
Yep, those LC (Liquid Cooled) RD's were great bikes, I've never owned one but I'd still buy one if I could find one cheap enough. That RE5 is a rare beast, they were Suzuki's answer to Yamaha's TX750, a great idea that didn't quite work in the real world. I wouldn't mind one, if I could find one still in one piece..... Cheers, Terry. ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #87 on: August 31, 2013, 07:04:22 PM »
Who says you can't tour on a RD350? Mine at Deal's Gap, did about 500 miles that weekend.




What year RD?  Have never seen one as a bagger.

I'm going to guess around 1982.


Yes that is a '82 LC, a Canadian model. The racks and bags are Hepco Becker.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #88 on: September 03, 2013, 10:39:50 PM »
Last Friday afternoon, Lemhi Pass, Montana, my '93 PD, and a friend's 650 Wee Strom in the background -

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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #89 on: September 04, 2013, 01:28:42 AM »
I've got nothing against V Strom's Greg, but your BM is sweet! I might have to start looking for one........ ;D
I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #90 on: September 04, 2013, 08:28:13 PM »
stelvio last june , still plenty of snow about

As for the snow: It always snows in August (!) on the Stelvio. It just did so again two days ago. This June, the Stelvio was closed for some time, coming from Trafoi, because of an avalanche, and the Umbrail opened really late this year. So the route from Bormio was the only one available. 





Very nice wish I was there on my Wing.

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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #91 on: September 04, 2013, 09:39:47 PM »
I've got nothing against V Strom's Greg, but your BM is sweet! I might have to start looking for one........ ;D

Those Vstroms are great bikes, but they don't have the character the GS-PD's have.  With that character comes a few idiosyncrasies, like the Paralever driveshaft issue, leaky pushrod tube seals, wonky speedos, leaky neutral switches, having to take half the bike apart to do spline lubes, etc.  But none of that matters much because it takes me to places like this.  Plus it is a conversation starter.

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« Reply #92 on: September 04, 2013, 09:44:50 PM »
Thats super nice and kinda local. LOL where is that?

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« Reply #93 on: September 05, 2013, 04:48:26 AM »
Montana 49, north of East Glacier.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #94 on: September 05, 2013, 12:32:54 PM »
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #95 on: September 23, 2013, 03:47:24 PM »
Thanks GR.

My car was built by Auburn Sidecar Co I'm guessing in the 70's. Auburn sold the molds to another small maker in Michigan who then made them. The Michigan guy then sold the molds to Texas Sidecar Co who made them until the molds were lost in a fire.  Long story short, your customer's sidecar could have been made by any one of these companies.

Auburn,That's it exactly  :) ! I know he really enjoyed that sidecar.He had me remove the sidecar at one point & set the BMW R90/6 up for 2 wheel rolling;it still had the Earles front fork that was sprung for the sidecar rig.
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Re: Let's see your non-SOHC4 on the road
« Reply #96 on: September 24, 2013, 09:36:20 AM »
My R69 had the Earles Fork. it worked great.
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« Reply #97 on: September 24, 2013, 03:54:38 PM »
My R69 had the Earles Fork. it worked great.

Mine too Danny, they were primarily designed (not by BMW) to reduce the "fork dive" of telescopic forks, and BMW used them for many years before bowing to aesthetics in the early 1970's.

The modern BMW "Telelever" forks work in a similar way, but look more like conventional forks. Earles forks were long gone by the time the R90/6 came along, but lots of sidecar builders replaced their telescopic forks with Earles forks to add some much needed stability. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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« Reply #98 on: September 24, 2013, 04:45:55 PM »
My R69 had the Earles Fork. it worked great.

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« Reply #99 on: September 24, 2013, 05:25:55 PM »
My 125 Sachs/DKW had the Earles leading link front end-and it really handled well off-road.  Took some adaptation getting used to the front end rising rather than sinking but it was a great system...Larry