Car and Bike Talk

[rod]

 

[Lineandinitial]

Looks like a waste of a good Harley to me.

I guess that rear track assembly is a fairly easy swap back to the swing arm for warm weather.
Those MN guys can pull their ice fishing shacks around with it. LOL

 

[rod]

I guess that rear track assembly is a fairly easy swap back to the swing arm for warm weather.
Those MN guys can pull their ice fishing shacks around with it. LOL

That is why god invented ATV's and side by sides---and pickup trucks when the ice gets thick enough.

 

[Lineandinitial]

That is why god invented ATV's and side by sides---and pickup trucks when the ice gets thick enough.

I met a guy that built a lawnmower from a Maico 125 2-stroke engine.
It's got a motorcycle throttle, redlines around12,000 rpm, makes one hell a noise, puts out blue smoke that hangs all around his yard and does a fair job of cutting grass and anything in its way.
It's fun.

 

[Lineandinitial]

LOL

 

[Lineandinitial]

MV Agusta

 

[sailfish]

 

[rod]

LOL
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no

 

[rod]

MV Agusta
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yes

 

[qdg2]

I met a guy that built a lawnmower from a Maico 125 2-stroke engine.
It's got a motorcycle throttle, redlines around12,000 rpm, makes one hell a noise, puts out blue smoke that hangs all around his yard and does a fair job of cutting grass and anything in its way.
It's fun.

Can't imagine a more UNRELIABLE engine(maybe something Italian)......every one I've ever seen is a grenade with the pin pulled. Most are used for display in vintage racing communities. Rarely used. I guess with a good supply of parts....maybe his is exceptional. The transmissions were the weak link. Maybe eliminate it in some way. I would like to see the engineering/solutions.

Maico Braico came honestly......

 

[Lineandinitial]

Can't imagine a more UNRELIABLE engine(maybe something Italian)......every one I've ever seen is a grenade with the pin pulled. Most are used for display in vintage racing communities. Rarely used. I guess with a good supply of parts....maybe his is exceptional. The transmissions were the weak link. Maybe eliminate it in some way. I would like to see the engineering/solutions.

Maico Braico came honestly......

It is meant to be a very cool lawnmower....and it is!

 

[qdg2]

It is meant to be a very cool lawnmower....and it is!

Yes Sir.

Understood.

My interest was my experience with Maico 125's in vintage mx racing. Very few if any people actually campaign them. Proves where there is will there is a way.

Maico 125's are comparatively rare. Parts......good luck. Since they are usually fragile(in my experience)........interesting choice for a power plant.

How about a pic? Very interested. Please.

 

[rod]

 

[rod]

 

[sailfish]

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Any time you call out how ridiculous these trucks are now, people are like "BUT HURR DURR. i HaVe A fAmiLy AnD i NeEd a tRuCk."

Bull. Back then people didn't have four car households like now and they had families with eight kids yet they still managed to drive a truck that actually had a bed.

 

[burrheadd]

 

[rod]

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As if Harleys weren't expensive to work on. Now this?

 

[rod]

I hate these twist shifters. My wife's last 2 cars have had them. They've taken all the fun out of driving anymore.

 

[qdg2]

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I hate these twist shifters. My wife's last 2 cars have had them. They've taken all the fun out of driving anymore.

Sure made feeders better. 1700 rush hour in a manual was worth quitting. Automatic feeder better than sliced bread.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

After 2 years of procrastination and no motivation, it lives. Longest engine swap ever.