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  • Wow Eric - interesting, worse things than dying in the saddle.

    Mike Love

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    • Originally posted by ihrescue View Post
      Wow Eric - interesting, worse things than dying in the saddle.

      Mike Love
      Would that be preferable, Mike?

      How 'bout a rocket bike then!

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      Please note his safety gear!

      Strap on explosives; What could go wrong?

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      ...Cotten
      AMCA #776
      Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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      • Vintage Pic of the Day - January 9, 2021

        Bill Johnson of Johnson Motors Inc.


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        Bill Johnson (Center) Triumph’s Jack Sangster (left) and Edward Turner (right) at one of the Johnson Motors warehouses. From Cycle News Magazine


























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        • Vintage Pic of the Day - January 10, 2020

          More JoMo

          Mike Love


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          • Vintage Pic of the Day - January 11, 2021

            Another Grimm achievement on motorcycle

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            The lack of a proper road did not, however, prevent 19-year-old Sadie Grimm from becoming the first rider to make the gruelling, nearly 100-kilometre trip aboard her Indian motorcycle.

            Grimm, the first person to ride from Winnipeg to the popular resort town, was awarded the 1914 Manitoba Motorcycle Club (MMC) gold medal. It’s widely accepted that she was the first woman in Canada to win a motorcycling competition open to men. ...

            The challenge in 1914 may have sounded simple enough, but the task was arduous. Manitoba roads in that era ranged from poor to impassible to non-existent, featuring long stretches of swamps and pastures.

            There had already been failed attempts by other riders during the winter and early spring prior to Grimm’s successful journey. In fact, on the day she set out, another rider also made the attempt and failed. Miraculously, Grimm successfully returned to Winnipeg, via a different route, the same day.


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            • Originally posted by ihrescue View Post
              ...Another Grimm achievement on motorcycle...
              Another supergirl:

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              .....Cotten

              AMCA #776
              Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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              • Vintage Pic of the Day - January 12, 2021

                From Riding Vintage a rider in a past Jack Pine Endurance Run


                Mike Love

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                • Vintage Pic of the Day - January 13, 2021

                  Maybe the most unlikely place for off road rider and Upland, Pennsylvania's Walt Axthelm to be photographed. Originally from Lopez Island, Washington "Walt Axthelm is 87 years old (on 2020 December 14). As far as Walt is concerned, age is but a number: Walt is an all-weather athlete and he enjoys skiing, cycling (both outdoor and indoor), indoor rowing, walking and hiking."

                  Mike Love



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                  Last edited by ihrescue; 01-13-2021, 07:58 AM. Reason: Added details

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                    • What do we call this sort of vehicles, Folks?

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                      I have a slightly different view of Pem's pic labeled: P. Shilovslago on the streets of London

                      Here's another version:

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                      Or this one?

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                      Somehow "trike" doesn't say enough.

                      ...Cotten
                      Last edited by T. Cotten; 01-14-2021, 06:23 PM.
                      AMCA #776
                      Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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                      • Originally posted by T. Cotten View Post

                        What do we call this sort of vehicles, Folks?

                        0A2.jpg

                        I have a slightly different view of Pem's pic labeled: P. Shilovslago on the streets of London

                        Here's another version:

                        zpsux.jpg

                        Or this one?

                        z2922.jpg

                        Somehow "trike" doesn't say enough.

                        ...Cotten
                        Slingshots?

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                        • Originally posted by Jerry Wieland View Post

                          Slingshots?
                          You mean if the front wheel hit a really deep pothole, Jerry?

                          That would be more like a catapult.

                          The design looks durable...

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                          ....Cotten
                          Last edited by T. Cotten; 01-14-2021, 07:23 PM.
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                          Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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                          • Here is a vehicle in front of Canada's parliament building around 1912. I have some information on the vehicle but will have to look for it. I believe it was made in Connecticut. unknown vehicle 001.jpg

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                            • Originally posted by T. Cotten View Post

                              You mean if the front wheel hit a really deep pothole, Jerry?

                              That would be more like a catapult.
                              Cotten, think he was referring to those modern Polaris rigs with two wheels in front and one in back?
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                              Pisten Bully is Harry Roberts in Vermont.

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                              • Originally posted by pisten-bully View Post
                                Cotten, think he was referring to those modern Polaris rigs with two wheels in front and one in back?
                                I thought those were called a Tricar, Harry!

                                If it was an Indian, anyway,...

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                                Or a Forecar if it was HD:

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                                I can't think of anything polite to call that modern thing.

                                ....Cotten
                                PS: I can't tell which way this one goes; If a lever is for reverse, it goes both ways!

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                                PPS: It looks like Dayton called it a tricar too:

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                                Last edited by T. Cotten; 01-15-2021, 06:21 PM.
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