Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[MauiK3]

You get the Lotus Root pipes nice and hot for sure!

[BenelliSEI]

You get the Lotus Root pipes nice and hot for sure!

Steve….. The K1 is running on a perfect NOS set of HM300’s I picked up about 10 years ago. When new, I took an 1/8” drill bit and drilled out the original drain holes. Originally the hole is only in the thin outer muffler shell. The stub end of the head pipe is in there too, so I went through it as well. I clean them out a few times a year and blow in some WD40.

On start up today they drool out water for about 5-6 minutes. I ran the bikes for three times that long. After it cooled a bit I blew in some WD. They still look like new. The K3 has a lovely, stainless steel Hindle 4-1 pipe. It blows any moisture right out the back!

[Don R]

 I replaced the broken Tarozzi shift lever that broke when I dumped the 750K1 Rat Race over in the shop, it actually snapped when I picked it up. Fortunately, that was the only damage, and I could buy a new pedal. I finally understand how the Tarozzi adjustment holes line up with the locating pin and how messed up the PO had it when I got it, I used a machinist file to remove the burrs he left behind.

[papi_sosaa]

Entered my bike into the Toronto International Motorcycle Supershow.

[BenelliSEI]

Entered my bike into the Toronto International Motorcycle Supershow.

How did it go? I used to take bikes down but got stuck in a big snow storm a few years ago (on the highway with a trailer full of bikes). Never again.

[MauiK3]

That is an interesting bike!! Looks like the crank is in line with the frame and a 90 degree change to the drive sprocket?

[BenelliSEI]

Steve….. my very old Cleveland (SOLD). Two stroke, multi-plate clutch, with a two speed gearbox. The engine dropped out of the frame in minutes and could be dismantled almost as quickly. All made in Cleveland, even their own chains. VERY clever design, check it out here:

https://www.olsens.no/motorcykle/cleveland1.htm

The bike at the back of the photo was built by another CVMG member. It’s really an old bicycle fitted with a two-stroke washing machine engine and a lot of other old scrap. It called it a “Maytag” and had many of us convinced it was a real brand!

[pickleknuckles]

VERY clever design, check it out here:

https://www.olsens.no/motorcykle/cleveland1.htm

That's pretty cool.
That Maytag is great too. Got any other pics of it?

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[BenelliSEI]

VERY clever design, check it out here:

https://www.olsens.no/motorcykle/cleveland1.htm

That's pretty cool.
That Maytag is great too. Got any other pics of it?

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No but I found a UTube video. Search “the Maytag Flyer”. Insanely clever!

[papi_sosaa]

Entered my bike into the Toronto International Motorcycle Supershow.

How did it go? I used to take bikes down but got stuck in a big snow storm a few years ago (on the highway with a trailer full of bikes). Never again.

I came last in my class but because there were under 10 bikes, I still got a plaque and some money haha. First time I've ever done something like this so I'll still take it as a win.

Asked the judge for some advice after the show and he said my bike was clearly budget compared to the others but probably looked the most like a cafe racer.

The cafe class is small so if I wanted a chance of winning something, I had to go up against the professional builders. My bike was the only "independent" bike in the class and I suppose it's hard to compete against a pro shop that has the resources and can spend $100k+ on their show bikes.

[pickleknuckles]

VERY clever design, check it out here:

https://www.olsens.no/motorcykle/cleveland1.htm

That's pretty cool.
That Maytag is great too. Got any other pics of it?

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No but I found a UTube video. Search “the Maytag Flyer”. Insanely clever!

Wow!! That was a huge transformation!

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[BenelliSEI]

VERY clever design, check it out here:

https://www.olsens.no/motorcykle/cleveland1.htm

That's pretty cool.
That Maytag is great too. Got any other pics of it?

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No but I found a UTube video. Search “the Maytag Flyer”. Insanely clever!

Wow!! That was a huge transformation!

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Congrats on the show. The guy that built the “Maytag” is a brilliant fabricator!