The M/C Shop

LOOK AT HER CANS!!!

bagged me some MONTANNA Too last year

 

If you find yourself in God's country again, try Troy Mt. and the Home Bar. Take the ride up the Yaak river and over the pass.. This is country for riding..

 

1980 Shovel, S&S sidewinder, heads are done etc etc. I built the engine, trans and bike in 1995.

 

Thanks, I have a lot of work in it.

I've ridden since I was 16; it is my first swing arm with and electric. I'll post a pic of a Pan soon.

 

This Pan is Axtell barrels and S&S stroke. Andrews first and third in the transmission. Heads are done, manley springs Sifton Cam and lifters, colony P-rods, etc. Weight is a lot less than you'd guess.
It is 112V system. There is a switch which kills all the lights except for the driving light. A great light for running interstates at night.

The Sportster front end has a custom machined stem and uses tapered roller bearings instead of ball bearing conversion kits. My bro owns machinery (lathes, mills etc), I do engineering so I did the numbers and he made chips. We could make stuff.

My bro and I operated a small "unauthorized" sales and service shop in the 70s and 80s. Except for friends, I gave it when HD quit discounting to privateers.
PS:
The hill holder front sucked and did not last a whole summer.

 

Her ya go.

 

Here ya go. My old Gal I've had for 20 yrs.

 

I bought the Pan when I ets'd in 1969.

 

I'll have to see what pics I have, but my first bike was Harley, TX125 enduro At the time I got it (damaged) I was told there were only 2 in ohio, and 17 nationwide in running condition. Even the rear shocks were busted. It took me nearly three years to rebuild it, it was my first ride. Picked up a Yamaha 650 special in midnight blue with the king and queen seat and luggage rack. Most comfortable bike I have ever owned. I put many thousands of miles on that one. Sold them both for an interceptor700 much like the one shown (stock photo) Add saddlebags and a tank bag, and I was a motorcycle courier in Californacation for a couple of years. Had two LTD440 's at the time (for guests) and a Honda 350 scrambler (dropped a timing chain at legal+ speed on the 10 freeway with major pucker factor.) found a Honda Saber1100, had it cherried out, painted, new rubber, and it lasted a month before a DHL delivery van ran a red light and totaled it. Paramedics cut off my Tony Llama elephant hide boots. That bothered me more than the pain, I restitched them and still wear them. My current (and only remaining) bike is in pieces. A Honda CB360 . The previous owner laid it down and broke both legs, he never returned to riding, and the bike laid on it's side for about ten years. Not messed up to badly, but all the fluids have dried up. even the brake fluid is a solid. Not locked up, it will kick over freely, just wouldn't fire yet. Not enough time and money right now to break it down and clean every thing out. I miss riding.

 

I miss riding when people actually paid attention to driving; before they forgot how to with the invention of the cellular phone.

Kellory, I had the 250cc version of your pictured Honda. The Interceptor was the most fun bike I ever owned. I've owned quite a few bikes with a lot more horsepower, but the little 250 was just plain more fun.

Every time I rode it, I throttled it like I ment it. I used to burn up my knee sliders taking turns at high lean angles. I used to make turns with the throttle in intersections- nothing like making a quick 90 degree turn with the slip of the wrist and a little nudge from the rear! I had no chicken lines on my tires; I used up everything all the way up to the sidewalls.

You just can't do things like that with a bigger, more powerful bike without (1) attracting unwanted attention, or (2) getting killed.

I never did any wheelies with it, though. I always thought wheelies were a little too hard on the bike and never bothered.