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Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 19,078
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100 year old Harley on Daily Rider today
Foot clutch, 3 speed hand shift, sketchy brakes, weird ergonomics, a little bit of a speed wobble....9 horsepower...
The freeway section looks terrifying! Oh what am I saying, the idea of riding thru LA surface streets on this relic would make me sweat bullets! (Pretty funny that the "city pipe" plate is missing on the exhaust. A century of loud pipes saving lives !)
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12-07-2024, 07:47 AM
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I inherited from my Dad a 1923 Omega 350 single. He restored it in the 1970s. I’m terrified to ride it. Like the Harley, hand change, lever throttle, advance and retard levers, really no brakes to speak of. My Dad rodes thousands of miles on it with the vintage motorcycle club. Braver man than me.
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