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Post by Taildragger on Sept 5, 2020 20:36:06 GMT -5
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Post by FlyonNylon on Sept 5, 2020 21:26:08 GMT -5
Wow that is a great looking bike. Very cool piece of history.
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 5, 2020 23:16:34 GMT -5
Make mine a Black Shadow. 1949. Would hit 110 MPH:  |
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Post by rangercaster on Sept 6, 2020 0:54:33 GMT -5
Those are pretty,but slow ...
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Post by K4 on Sept 6, 2020 0:56:50 GMT -5
As cool as that Vincent is, it dosen't live in the same zip code as a hemi Crocker.
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Post by Taildragger on Sept 6, 2020 11:05:49 GMT -5
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 6, 2020 14:04:14 GMT -5
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 6, 2020 14:10:02 GMT -5
As cool as that Vincent is, it dosen't live in the same zip code as a hemi Crocker. Don't they both top out around 110? |
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Post by K4 on Sept 6, 2020 18:18:16 GMT -5
Performance wise I think the Vincent would win, but the Crocker is sexy.
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Post by LM on Sept 6, 2020 18:52:55 GMT -5
We'll be in Maggie Valley in a couple of weeks for a ride. It's too bad the museum is closed. It's a cool place.
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Post by Laker on Sept 6, 2020 19:07:59 GMT -5
I was at the Davenport, IA Chief Blackhawk AMCA meet when Mike Lange took a Crocker around the track for, as the announcer said, “the first time in decades the sound of a Crocker is being heard on a race track”. Mike had just completed the restoration of the motorcycle he had on the track and had permission of its owner to run it in a competition stage on the track. It was really cool. A couple of years later there was a Crocker in the swap space across from ours where we’d hear the owner fire it up occasionally...pretty awesome!
A friend owns a Brough Superior that my former bike shop partner did the engine restoration on a few years ago. A really impressive machine!
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Post by guildx700 on Sept 6, 2020 19:13:42 GMT -5
I'd love to get a bike again, but with all the inattentive drivers on the road these days I'm not so sure.
My last bike was a ZX9R Ninja, a great bike in it's day.
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Post by K4 on Sept 7, 2020 1:13:46 GMT -5
I sold my last bike a month ago. This one was my baby. It sat in the garage for over a year, I then wiped the dust off of it and rode about 3 miles to the local Kroger and back. I parked it in the yard with a for sale sign on it. One lucky dude stopped and gave me a cash offer when I was loading my car for a family trip. He has stopped over twice thanking me for my generosity, I told him he caught me on the right day. On that 3 mile ride to Kroger I thought I was going to be ran into 10 plus times. People not paying attention. I knew it was time to hang up the saddle. I get almost ran over in parking lots in my Mustang daily. Several times a day I have to go to the furthest most right side of my lane to keep from being hit. I don't regret giving my baby away.
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It is saving me 50 bucks a month in insurance, so the deal I gave him evens out quickly. Especially since the bike sat in a garage.
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Post by windmill on Sept 7, 2020 1:57:34 GMT -5
The Crocker sounds good.
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Post by Laker on Sept 7, 2020 6:54:22 GMT -5
Last Friday I sold this bike I have owned for 35 years to a good friend.  |
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Post by LM on Sept 7, 2020 8:04:22 GMT -5
I'm getting ready to take off for the day on my 1800 CC V-twin. Notice all of the twisties. It's time for some two-wheel therapy. 😎 
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