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CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
ho HTML sucka!
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CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
woops. did not see the picture first
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- CommentAuthorwhite folks
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
that thing is a total abomination and i love it more very second i look at it. nice custom work on the fork..
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- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
OG OG OG OG STATUS.
Excpet, it would probably kill me, and I don't have $$$ to repair anything. Or even buy it for that matter...
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CommentAuthorjonah
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
look at those flat bars. could i put oury's on them?
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CommentAuthorgrimm
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
jonah:
look at those flat bars. does it have clearance for barspinzz?
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CommentAuthorgrimm
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
After sitting with a moped three vehicles back waiting for the 20th signal was very annoying. I think there should def be some rules about decibels that is enforced.
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- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
MOPED ARMY FTW.
You know when you see 20 mopeds rolling by? Actually, excuse me ROUGHLY 37 give or take a few members. Yeah, that's the Moped Army. Which was founded in Kalamazoo MI. Hellz to the yeah.
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CommentAuthorhuss
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008 edited
The other day after reading this, three scooter's (Scooter pack) rolled past me coming down Glisan on my way to work toward 39th round about. I thought to myself, what the fuck, I can ride as fast as these fuckers. Cought them @ the round-about, flew threw right on thier asses. Sprinting past Dougs house, the two faster ones got away, But the last one was a little slower....stuck on her for a bit.
They did stink a bit....made me cough.
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- CommentAuthorSkidMark
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
I have seen the moped army and it is impressive. But then again my Vespa chopper could hit 45 in second gear with the front wheel in the air. I like it whenever people DIY cool shit with wheels, be it build tarck bikes, freakbikes, and Mopeds. I had a Garelli(?) 2 speed, the cool kind with a motorcycle style gas tank, that I put some BMW drop bars on for the cafe racer look.
Ourys will fit on motorcycle handlebars, that is what they were made for.
The fork is extended 7-1/2" and the frame is stretched 4" up, 2" out.
I will put it back on the road, and finish the triumph chopper I am building, someday. I am having too much fun with bikes, dividing my attention between fixed and freakbikes.
Rock on and thanks for the positive comments.
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CommentAuthorAustin
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
Mopeds are really fun to ride.
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CommentAuthoryung jeezy pdx
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
arnt ourys made for mountain bikes?
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- CommentAuthorSkidMark
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008 edited
Oury made (still makes) motorcycle grips before mountain bikes were invented.
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- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
Triumph is the company that made the bike my dad and I re-built the engine on when I was 12.
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- CommentAuthorSkidMark
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
It needs an exhaust to be fabricated, and the engine needs to be rebuilt, it will have dual disc up front. There's lots of handmade parts, like the jockey shift and suicide clutch.
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- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
Hot shit. How much did you spend on it as is? What are you planning to do to the engine?
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- CommentAuthorSkidMark
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
I have less than a grand into it. The only thing new is the tires. Most of it was bought before all the Discovery Channel chopper shows were on, so I score a bunch of the stuff free or real cheap. I made the foot controls, suicide clutch, jockey shift and linkage, sissy bar, handlebars, passenger pegs, kickstand, taillight/remote oil filter bracket, and copper oil lines, and made all the threaded bosses and tabs to mount everything. Beginning Metal Shop classes at high schools rule for access to lathes and Bridgeports.
The engine doesn't have pistons and the conrods are all messed up from being knocked around. It's a factory race motor basically, a TR6SC, AKA Sportsman's Competition or "Desert Sled". I plan to take it down to the bare cases and rebuild everything so I have no questions about it. I estimate about 2 grand to get it on the road, which these day is still nothing.
And my apologies to the bicycle people for blathering on about motorcycles.
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- CommentAuthorcassadyisfixed
- CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
That's not bad at all. And it sounds like it's going to be fucking beautiful. Oh man...