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Offline Jay Allen

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #1775 on: May 07, 2009, 06:49:55 PM »
Jay, do you have any idea how much horse on the Alky Honda750.? When you stay, it still beats most of the bikes you mean the other 4cyls? Bet it makes a bit of torque.. ;D

 Horsepower, Hmm, stock hp plus 836cc plus planed head, cam, bla bla, plus alc fuel.  I do know that Joe Allans 750 beats (me)Jay Allens 750s every time. He is "the750guy" So he should be answering this question. I know if he is in the class we race in (vintage) he will win. So sometimes he will enter into the newer bike classes like 600cc and open class give them a real good run for there money and sometimes win, Its racing, anything can happen. You guys would love to see this stuff

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« Reply #1776 on: May 07, 2009, 08:11:14 PM »
Jay, I'm guessing those are CB750 frames on your bikes, but what frontends and swingarms did you use?  Guess I never looked hard enough to see if a monoshock would fit a 750 frame with the stock oilbag.  What do those bikes weigh?


Hmmm.... might be witnessing the beginning of my next project bike.  A 750 would make a kickass adventure bike and still have good enough road manners to hit the slab and travel on.  Throw on a set of Jesse bags and a small windscreen and do the ADV thing ;)
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« Reply #1777 on: May 08, 2009, 07:51:49 AM »
Jay, I'm guessing those are CB750 frames on your bikes, but what frontends and swingarms did you use?  Guess I never looked hard enough to see if a monoshock would fit a 750 frame with the stock oilbag.  What do those bikes weigh?


Hmmm.... might be witnessing the beginning of my next project bike.  A 750 would make a kickass adventure bike and still have good enough road manners to hit the slab and travel on.  Throw on a set of Jesse bags and a small windscreen and do the ADV thing ;)
Weigh? I dunno but I can grab the rear fender & pick up the back end to move it around in the shop and I am just a skinny little old guy!
They are a cut & paste from cb750 and a 1984 XR350. Monoshock needs a plate welded in at the top and the brackets that were cut from the 350 welded on at the bottom and a spacer for the swingarm. The oil bucket can stay but the battery and electrics has to be relocated. I removed the starter and put a smaller battery there. The front end is a little tricky but very do-able. I zip cut the 750 steering neck out and welded in the 350, backbone mated to the monoshock plate. The 350 downtube fit into the center where the 750 branches into two downtubes. It was quite easy really, cuz everything fit (all Honda) Check out "Monoshock" in the projects section.

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #1778 on: May 08, 2009, 10:16:51 PM »
Motorcycle MOJO magazine Summer 2004.

Canadian John Williams on his Nirtomethane 750 hill climber.


Jay do you know a guy name Charlie ( Sanddragged  a cb 750  ) ?

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« Reply #1779 on: May 09, 2009, 10:04:51 PM »
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« Reply #1780 on: May 09, 2009, 10:13:32 PM »


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« Reply #1781 on: May 10, 2009, 09:55:45 AM »
I don't think America is cool enough to have street legal quads.

Montana allows street legal quads.

REALLY!? like, just a  wheeler on the road with lights and sh!t? or are they cool ass street quads?

They are legal here in Wyoming too. Basically any kind of vehicle can be made street legal now in Wyoming: golf carts, quads, dirt bikes, tuk tuks, odd vehicles that are not DOT compliant for safety. Call it a multi-purpose vehicle.  Just add lights and turn signals, buy insurance, and you can get a plate for it to ride everywhere BUT the interstate highways. It was a new law last July. Hasn't caught on in a big way yet, but we are starting to see a few more odd-ball vehicles on the roads.

There's a guy in town with an odd little truck, with a 600 cc engine. He drives it everywhere. Keeps up with traffic, and gets great mileage. Basically one of these, but I don't think it is a Suzuki:



Here is a Tri Fun.  they are legal in most states and relevant because it is a "motorcycle"

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if you dont trial spin the camshaft in the head and cover you are a novice,with no natural mechanical appitude,destined for destruction.
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« Reply #1782 on: May 10, 2009, 01:26:37 PM »
came across this while finding inspiration to get a cl350. maybe a 350four is what i need. sorry if this is a repost.
thought the frame was chromed, Luke ate my glasses so i can't really tell.
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« Reply #1783 on: May 10, 2009, 01:37:44 PM »
CB550's
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« Reply #1784 on: May 10, 2009, 05:31:33 PM »
Friend of mine had a Z650 in 1980 or so. Very capable machine.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #1785 on: May 12, 2009, 07:15:02 PM »
84 Guzzi LeMans III




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« Reply #1786 on: May 13, 2009, 04:51:47 PM »
i like alot.
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« Reply #1787 on: May 13, 2009, 04:53:19 PM »
where u get that pic from???
found the glossy lifestyle gentlemans but was wondering if there are higher res's of that.
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« Reply #1788 on: May 14, 2009, 08:10:28 AM »
Here is the link:

http://www.glossylifestyle.com/pics/guzzi/

Sorry, no higher res available.

Now for some vintage Crocker iron:

1934 Crocker Big Tank


1935 Crocker Speedway


1936 Crocker Small Tank



1934 Crocker Speedway



Here is some interesting history about Crocker.  The Big Tank and Small Tank Crockers were designed by Al Crocker and speedway racer Paul Adelburt Bigsby.  After the company folded as a result of the depression, Bigsby would go on to design guitars, inventing the Bigsby tremolo arm and the pedal steel guitar.  The machines resembled the OHV twins that Harley and Indian were producing at the time, but with the stock 1000cc engine producing 60 hp and a top speed of 110 mph, the performance was vastly superior anything the 'Big Two' were putting out.  In fact, Al Crocker so believed in the performance and abilities of the machines that he guaranteed a full refund to any owner who lost a race to Harley or Indian.  American's major V-twin manufacturers were caught by surprise at the Crocker's performance, and its timing to market several months before their (Harley's) launch of the OHV 'Knucklehead.' Sensing a threat, the 'Big Two' allegedly influenced the Edward G. Budd Wheel Company of Auburn Hills, Michigan, and the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company of Jackson, Michigan (suppliers of wheels for the Ford Motor Company), not to sell their wire-wheels to Crocker. In response, Crocker sold his motorcycles without wheels.

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« Reply #1789 on: May 14, 2009, 09:31:51 AM »
^^
Coolest #$%* posted in this thread, no doubt.  Thanks fer that

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« Reply #1790 on: May 14, 2009, 10:39:30 AM »
that guzzi is truelly inspirational
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« Reply #1791 on: May 16, 2009, 10:17:45 AM »
1934 Crocker Speedway



I'd like to see someone pull this off with a cb175 or cb450 lump; would seem simple enough ;D
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« Reply #1792 on: May 18, 2009, 07:40:50 AM »
CB550's
Kansas City..

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« Reply #1793 on: May 18, 2009, 12:23:48 PM »
why do those crockers have knobbies  ???

was it the era?
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #1794 on: May 18, 2009, 01:24:46 PM »
why do those crockers have knobbies  ???

was it the era?

They are dirt track bikes.

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« Reply #1795 on: May 18, 2009, 05:43:41 PM »
60 hp and 110 mph would have been a screamin' sumbeech in the 30's!!! :o
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« Reply #1796 on: May 18, 2009, 08:33:21 PM »


found it while image searching rat bike
everything I say is pure speculation and
I have no idea what I'm talking about  ._.


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« Reply #1797 on: May 18, 2009, 09:36:00 PM »
that's hideous  :'(

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #1798 on: May 18, 2009, 09:49:00 PM »
That's not a Ness bike is it?
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« Reply #1799 on: May 19, 2009, 05:15:36 AM »
DN-01 prototype?  ;)
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