And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
tfhr just like you I don't know squat about bikes. Owned a couple of dirt bikes in my yute. In one of those "what were you thinking" moments I'm on my way this morning to pick up two that I bought Saturday. One's a Victory sumthin or another the other is a HD Sportster.
I ran across a warehouse that had BSA's, Triumph's, Bridgestone's, Amichi's, Bultaco, Derbi, and a lot of Japanese bikes in the early 90's. Most of them were junk. I was able to piece together enough working parts to get a 70 Triumph Bonneville into re-buildable shape. It $200 for 4 doner bikes, countless hours, and another $2500 in machining and parts to get a mostly 1970 Bonneville Bobber into reliable street legal condition. I had it for a year and a half where a guy made me an offer I couldn't refuse at a Daytona Bike Week.
"Barn treasure"? That is an understatement!
ReplyDelete2nd one from left: 1973 Honda CB 450.
ReplyDeleteI don't know first thing about motorcycles - even less about the afterlife - but I think that might be a version of Valhalla for a lot of people.
ReplyDeletetfhr just like you I don't know squat about bikes. Owned a couple of dirt bikes in my yute. In one of those "what were you thinking" moments I'm on my way this morning to pick up two that I bought Saturday. One's a Victory sumthin or another the other is a HD Sportster.
DeleteI'm not much of a bike person, but that's like totally awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw that my eyes went as big as saucers.
ReplyDeleteI ran across a warehouse that had BSA's, Triumph's, Bridgestone's, Amichi's, Bultaco, Derbi, and a lot of Japanese bikes in the early 90's. Most of them were junk. I was able to piece together enough working parts to get a 70 Triumph Bonneville into re-buildable shape. It $200 for 4 doner bikes, countless hours, and another $2500 in machining and parts to get a mostly 1970 Bonneville Bobber into reliable street legal condition. I had it for a year and a half where a guy made me an offer I couldn't refuse at a Daytona Bike Week.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like Toad's place. He has two sheds like this and stuff strewn all around outside as well. Makes for an interesting visit.
ReplyDeleteWow! Talk about a biker's paradise....
ReplyDeleteHonda Trail 70 here I come!
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