Retired Machinery Row

rusty6 · Mar 4, 2017

I took this picture of retired machinery row on this farm back in the fall of 79. That was my dad's old Massey 60 combine that was parked in 1973 when the Case 460 took over. That little orange Case pull type behind it is the Model A 6 foot that dad bought new in 1950.

kevinstuff · Mar 4, 2017

Is that motorcycle a H1 or H2 kawasaki
triple cylinder 2 stroke widow maker? Still got it?

Eldon (WA) · Mar 4, 2017

We had 3 of those old Case pull types when I was a kid...with those nasty Wisconsin V-4's.

johnlobb · Mar 4, 2017

The Kaw is a 175 or 250cc enduro. Look at the high exhaust pipe. The 3 cyls had low pipes...

rusty6 · Mar 4, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:21:21 03/04/17) Is that motorcycle a H1 or H2 kawasaki
triple cylinder 2 stroke widow maker? Still got it?

No, that was my Suzuki TS 185 single cylinder that I bought new in 71. I sold it to my nephew about 15 years ago. He still has it but he has moved on to bigger and better things.

showcrop · Mar 4, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:21:21 03/04/17) Is that motorcycle a H1 or H2 kawasaki
triple cylinder 2 stroke widow maker? Still got it?

Looks like a single cyl. dirt bike to me.

glennster · Mar 4, 2017

Was that the kaw 500 Mach 3? That was a fast bike for it's time!!,

DoubleR · Mar 4, 2017

Don't know what model Case combine my grandpa had back in the 50's but it looked allot like the one in the back. I do remember it sold for 100 bucks in his auction in the mid sixty's and was still in good shape and ready to go. My wife had a Suzuki TS 185 back when she use to bop around on I'm thinking in the late 70's. It looked about like your motorcycle only it was orange and white.

jturbo10 · Mar 4, 2017

Had four TS-185 Sierra's. A 74,75, and two 77's. Still have the last 77 model and it looks like it just came out of the dealership. I ride it around the ranch and give the kids rides but it drives my dog crazy as he hates motorcycles (especially Harley's) and the color orange/red. Since he recently tore his left hind acl, I won't be able to ride it for 3 months until he is cleared by the vet.

showcrop · Mar 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:51:17 03/04/17) Was that the kaw 500 Mach 3? That was a fast bike for it's time!!,

I borrowed a friend's H1 500 triple one Sunday morning in the spring of 1970 to take my new girlfriend for a ride. I told her to hold onto me. She said that she didn't need to, she was an experienced motorcycle passenger. Pretty soon she was holding on very tightly. and we have now been married for nearly 44 years.

fredstev · Mar 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 23:41:57 03/04/17)
We had 3 of those old Case pull types when I was a kid...with those nasty Wisconsin V-4's.

I learned to truly hate those Wisconsin V-4's. Shut them off in the field for a break or lunch, and the carburetor would boil and vapor lock. Used to have to pee on them to get started again.

Crazy Horse · Mar 5, 2017

I remember the Widow Makers ....... my friend had a Bridgestone 2-stroke twin, I think it was 350cc and was another version of an early Japanese crotch rocket. This article says it has "disc valves" ..... I must Google that and find out how they worked.
Bridgestone 350

fixerupper · Mar 5, 2017

That A6 combine must have been a good one because there were a lot of them around in this area back in the day.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 05:14:06 03/05/17)

(quoted from post at 19:51:17 03/04/17) Was that the kaw 500 Mach 3? That was a fast bike for it's time!!,

Click to expand...

I borrowed a friend's H1 500 triple one Sunday morning in the spring of 1970 to take my new girlfriend for a ride. I told her to hold onto me. She said that she didn't need to, she was an experienced motorcycle passenger. Pretty soon she was holding on very tightly. and we have now been married for nearly 44 years.

In college I was one of the few that had a motorcycle, a Honda CB400F SuperSport. The girls always wanted a ride...I would usually goose it to get them to hold on a little tighter. Once I hit the throttle a little too hard (may have used the clutch a little

) and the next thing I know her legs are in my arm pits....fortunately she did not fall off.....

rusty6 · Mar 5, 2017

..with those nasty Wisconsin V-4's.

I learned to truly hate those Wisconsin V-4's. Shut them off in the field for a break or lunch, and the carburetor would boil and vapor lock. Used to have to pee on them to get started again.[/quote]ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM2ilg_0hO0[/url]

FWB in SK · Mar 5, 2017

We had an A6 Case combine. No combine anymore, but still have the big canvas.

larry@stinescorner · Mar 5, 2017

I had one the 500 triple ,in 1975 ,,,go into the corner too fast it went into a wobble,,,they later called it the death wobble...on rt 22 in north plainfield NJ,,It would do 115 between stop lights on the highway,,also would go up the road next to the McDonalds all the way up the hill,,on one wheel,,,cant say I was smart doing it,,but it made me did it,,,lol

showcrop · Mar 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 11:09:45 03/05/17) I had one the 500 triple ,in 1975 ,,,go into the corner too fast it went into a wobble,,,they later called it the death wobble...on rt 22 in north plainfield NJ,,It would do 115 between stop lights on the highway,,also would go up the road next to the McDonalds all the way up the hill,,on one wheel,,,cant say I was smart doing it,,but it made me did it,,,lol

I had a 1971 350 Honda CL that gave me the death wobbles one time. I was rounding a curve to the right and drifting into the other lane so I tried to turn sharper. there was a truck coming towards me, when the high speed wobble started. I don't know how I got out of that one.

showcrop · Mar 5, 2017

(quoted from post at 11:09:45 03/05/17) I had one the 500 triple ,in 1975 ,,,go into the corner too fast it went into a wobble,,,they later called it the death wobble...on rt 22 in north plainfield NJ,,It would do 115 between stop lights on the highway,,also would go up the road next to the McDonalds all the way up the hill,,on one wheel,,,cant say I was smart doing it,,but it made me did it,,,lol

I had a 1971 350 Honda CL that gave me the death wobbles one time. I was rounding a curve to the right and drifting into the other lane so I tried to turn sharper. there was a truck coming towards me, when the high speed wobble started. I don't know how I got out of that one.

RN · Mar 5, 2017

Disc valve for intake was side mount, had a assimetrical timing on intake opening- think of Detroit Diesel with exhaust valves that are not open/close at same point in intake/exhaust cycle. Disc intake allows for a earlier opening in intake to the crankcase and closes before pulse back that would be a slight waste of intake charge as common on piston port timed intake to crankcase. Later Reed Valve has a simpler mechanism, can be fitted to basic 2 stroke of earlier pattern without making new tooling for new crankcase and provides some of variable intake timing reducing pulse back to carburetor. Rotax still has some disc valve designs I think, ATV and snowmobile with less EPA hassles but may have had to stop selling them in some places. Good idea for time, proven from MZ racers but they could have some problem with disc failure. RN

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