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casecollectorsc
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- Location
- E central SD.
Once! I think that would be the only opportunity you would get.....before the wreck!
notjustair
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If say the risk of a backfire through any of those
carbs would keep me far away. Reminds me of a
kid that doesn't pay attention to their hotdog over
the campfire.
carbs would keep me far away. Reminds me of a
kid that doesn't pay attention to their hotdog over
the campfire.
Bryce Frazier
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I would be on that thing faster than flies on stink. . . . 
K Effective
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Because brakes are for quitters
dr sportster
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Heck yes , I see a master cylinder for brakes even. When I was about 15 me and my friend put an engine on a kids tricycle. The spinning pedals were dangerous and it went too fast for its own good.
Steve@Advance
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When I was in my 20's, bunch of crazies I was running with told the stories of a mini bike, like the ones with a B&S engine... Someone put some kind of chain saw motor on it.
Said at a certain speed the centrifugal force on the tires would cause them to narrow down and expand out in the middle! Then the story would switch to the terrible crash that soon followed!
I never saw it, just heard the stories and saw the scars! LOL
Said at a certain speed the centrifugal force on the tires would cause them to narrow down and expand out in the middle! Then the story would switch to the terrible crash that soon followed!
I never saw it, just heard the stories and saw the scars! LOL
Married2Allis
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Suicide on 2 wheels.
CROTCH ROCKET !
When I was in High School there as a kid that had coupled a 3-speed transmission to the engine on his Go Cart.
Every day for several days just after 2 PM he'd light this thing up in front of the school.
The street in front of the school, stop sign to stop sign was 2 blocks long.
The stop sign where he started was right outside the windows of my last class, so we would sit there and watch him.
He'd put the tranny in 1st gear, wind up the engine, dump the clutch, and pull a full wheelie while burning rubber
all the way across the intersection (yes, he had steering casters on the back) . Truly a sight to behold.
That transmission just screamed as he rocketed past in front of the school. You could hear him go through all the gears
and he usually hit 3rd gear about 200 feet from the next stop sign. As I said before, this went on for several days,
but then the local Police put a quick stop to it. Never did hear whatever happened to the kid or the Go Cart.
Doc
When I was in High School there as a kid that had coupled a 3-speed transmission to the engine on his Go Cart.
Every day for several days just after 2 PM he'd light this thing up in front of the school.
The street in front of the school, stop sign to stop sign was 2 blocks long.
The stop sign where he started was right outside the windows of my last class, so we would sit there and watch him.
He'd put the tranny in 1st gear, wind up the engine, dump the clutch, and pull a full wheelie while burning rubber
all the way across the intersection (yes, he had steering casters on the back) . Truly a sight to behold.
That transmission just screamed as he rocketed past in front of the school. You could hear him go through all the gears
and he usually hit 3rd gear about 200 feet from the next stop sign. As I said before, this went on for several days,
but then the local Police put a quick stop to it. Never did hear whatever happened to the kid or the Go Cart.
Doc
Married2Allis
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Two brothers at the end of the street I grew up on had a go cart. The throttle wasn't setup right so they would put a rock on the gas pedal to start it! So one day they were riding up and down my street. Across the street from me was a family with a wooden garage door. Well, the go cart ran out of gas in front of that house and when they got it fueled back up they put a rock on the gas pedal and pulled the recoil start. The go cart took off full throttle without a driver and I swear this is true ... it made a perfect right turn straight down the driveway and smashed right through that wooden garage door!
CenTex Farmall
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You beat me to an EJ Potter post....
Cory Schmidt
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Saw this one at Iola '11 The Lincoln Zypher V12 motorcycle, that "wheel" on the back is a radiator.
K Effective
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No rotor on front or rear wheel, must be a band on the clutch?
K Effective
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Was EJ Potter the guy who ran a couple of early custom pulling tractors with one and twin Allison V-12s (Ugly and Double Ugly)?
Paul Janke
Member
It looks like hitting the throttle would cause the blast from the exhaust to tip you over onto the left side.
FLOLDFORD
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- Location
- Lakeland Florida
That has 911 written all over it!!!!!!!!!!!
Bryce Frazier
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Yes.... That is probably true, but, if clowns can ride those little bicycles, then, BigFoot can ride that bike!
Mark - IN.
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LittleD...ride that little scooter with the big engine? Not for long, and not sober.
Back in the mid to late '70's there was a fella that dragged Honda's and built big bore kits for the 750cc to either 850cc or 1000cc. His name was Russ Collins or Russ Collins engineering. One of his first employees was Terry Vance of motorcycle drag racing and parts fame. The top picture is of a triple 750cc scooter that I never saw until now. He wiped out on it and was nearly killed, and the scooter destroyed. The bottom picture though was of a twin 1000cc stroker that had a GMC 371 blower between them. Russ had a problem with it in that it was chain driven and he kept breaking chains on the launch. He said that once he hit 200 MPH, he'd retire and retire it. He made the move from a triple row chain to a shaft and clicked off a 199 MPH run. In the 1970's, that was blazing fast. I wouldn't have ridden either of them either.
Mark
Back in the mid to late '70's there was a fella that dragged Honda's and built big bore kits for the 750cc to either 850cc or 1000cc. His name was Russ Collins or Russ Collins engineering. One of his first employees was Terry Vance of motorcycle drag racing and parts fame. The top picture is of a triple 750cc scooter that I never saw until now. He wiped out on it and was nearly killed, and the scooter destroyed. The bottom picture though was of a twin 1000cc stroker that had a GMC 371 blower between them. Russ had a problem with it in that it was chain driven and he kept breaking chains on the launch. He said that once he hit 200 MPH, he'd retire and retire it. He made the move from a triple row chain to a shaft and clicked off a 199 MPH run. In the 1970's, that was blazing fast. I wouldn't have ridden either of them either.
Mark
dr sportster
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Trivia question; What is the name of that bike?
Mark - IN.
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Which one? The twin 1000cc job on the bottom says right on the fairing, "The Sorcerer". The triple engine job on top had some sort of story behind it, named after ???, but I don't know what. I remember the twin 1000 cc job though. At the time it was something else. These days? Not so much.
Mark
Mark
dr sportster
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That thing was comin at ya like a railroad. You win ! It sounds Bad!
dr sportster
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The other guy just got it ; ATCHISON,TOPEKA , And SANTA FE . The three engines.
Super Trucker
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I got to witness one of EJ's runs on His
small block motor cycle. All I have to
say he had to carry his plums in the
biggest dump truck in the world ! He
would fire it up on the line on a kick
stand and jump on pinch the throttle off
and kick it off the kick stand! I never
could figure out how he kept it upright.
small block motor cycle. All I have to
say he had to carry his plums in the
biggest dump truck in the world ! He
would fire it up on the line on a kick
stand and jump on pinch the throttle off
and kick it off the kick stand! I never
could figure out how he kept it upright.
Janicholson
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I ignore the futility of the decorative bile in the front, and crave the NSU. Jim
J.Wondergem
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- Location
- Rockford, Mi.
Yup. That was after he sold the bike to someone in Ohio. He got broke up pretty bad in England doing a exhibition run, when the motor blew on the bike.
Paul from MI
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Michigan Madman by EJ Potter was a fascinating read!! It's been out of print and kind of hard to find, but if you can it's well worth the time. Thanks Randy for putting me on to it.
It would have to have a heck of a lot bigger seat for my big assembly to sit on. That is a heck of a machine though. I started out on motor scooters young, then went on
from there. I still love to look at machines on the internet, but the riding days are past. I never hear or see anything about motor scooters, and haven't in years.
For a farm kid of 11 or 12, the motor scooter was a great way to get around. I picked up way more soda water and beer bottles than it took to pay for gas, and had enough
left over to buy way more Bugler and Bull Durham than I needed. At 16, the International pickup wasn't as well suited to see the bounty in the bar ditch, and I had to
move on.
from there. I still love to look at machines on the internet, but the riding days are past. I never hear or see anything about motor scooters, and haven't in years.
For a farm kid of 11 or 12, the motor scooter was a great way to get around. I picked up way more soda water and beer bottles than it took to pay for gas, and had enough
left over to buy way more Bugler and Bull Durham than I needed. At 16, the International pickup wasn't as well suited to see the bounty in the bar ditch, and I had to
move on.
showcrop
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I took my friend's Boss Hog for a ride once. If you are not familiar it is like a Harley but with a Chevy V-8. I got a little surprise when making an intersection when the kickstand pivot dug into the pavement, and I didn't even think that I was leaning it that much. Then I was going by another friend's house and they were out in the yard so I pulled in the clutch and revved it up for them. The torque pushed so hard it just about instantly leaned ten degrees to the left.
Absolutely! Just don't ride faster than your angels can fly.
Oh, and watch out for deer. They've done me in twice.
NJA, see the foot pegs on the back tires?
Stand there, hands on the handle bars, lean forward creating
your own aerodynamic shield and no need to worry about
backfires. From you or the bike carbs! LOL
Oh, and watch out for deer. They've done me in twice.
NJA, see the foot pegs on the back tires?
Stand there, hands on the handle bars, lean forward creating
your own aerodynamic shield and no need to worry about
backfires. From you or the bike carbs! LOL
K Effective
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Was he from Potterville, MI, or near there? Seems like it was up towards Lansing.
I recall he had like a 440 snowmobile motor as a pony for one of the Allison tractors. Pull started the pony, then pulled a lever to tighten the belt around the Allison crank until it fired. And I mean it spit fire out the pipes! Mid 70's, seems he was probably 60-70 years old by then.
K Effective
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Guess I am misremembering, unless his Father was into it before him- seemed like the guy had been a plane mechanic in WW2, more like born in the 20s than 1950.
Way off on the location, too. Hmmm. First hand account ain't what it used to be. And only from 40 years ago, I should be better than this!
Way off on the location, too. Hmmm. First hand account ain't what it used to be. And only from 40 years ago, I should be better than this!
NoNewParts
Member
sure
I've posted before on the need for speed thing.
When you have it, the possibility of crashing or hurt
honestly never enters your mind...really.
hard to explain. If fear or what ifs creep in, you're done.
example....working on my radio towers, I don't like it much....
working one time with a pro climber, we were up there a ways,
his eyes were as calm as if we were sitting on a porch.
He wasn't controlling his fear, he just didn't have any.
Same with going really fast for racers.
I've posted before on the need for speed thing.
When you have it, the possibility of crashing or hurt
honestly never enters your mind...really.
hard to explain. If fear or what ifs creep in, you're done.
example....working on my radio towers, I don't like it much....
working one time with a pro climber, we were up there a ways,
his eyes were as calm as if we were sitting on a porch.
He wasn't controlling his fear, he just didn't have any.
Same with going really fast for racers.
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