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  1. 10-30-2012, 11:40 PM #251
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    Good thread, I can see it going on forever! I used to have one, ape hangers, loud pipes & the whole bit. Got rid of it because I needed the money more than the bike! Also a lack of time, life tends to get in the way. You can't ride for most of the year in Alberta anyway! Someday I hope to ride again, maybe in retirement.
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  2. 10-31-2012, 02:35 AM #252
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    Quote Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus View Post
    Parallel twin engine?
    Horizontally opposed 2cyl.

    We'll have to get Fen drunk and get him to relate his travails with his beloved Dnepers.......

    I think one would have brought out the dynamite in my case.
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  3. 10-31-2012, 05:31 AM #253
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    Love your use of the word 'Travails' Willie! Should see it used more often I reckon!

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    Fenian's good people. Met him via the web several years ago in an online flight sim squadron. We've flown "blue" ( Axis ) against "red" ( Allies ) and vice versa. He's flown my wing and I've flown his in the virtual skies of Russia and the Pacific.

    We've never met face to face but I feel like I've known him all my life.

    We've yakked each other's ears off on teamspeak in years past. LOL

    He's a trip. If I ever get to Sweden or he ever gets to Texas, I suspect it will get very drunk outside and probably inside as well.
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    Yup. I imagine it would get VERY drunk outside if I managed to find my way to Texas

    Dneprs are truly unusual beasts. Either you love them or you hate them. I had a continuous love/hate relationship with mine... For the most part they are oversized paperweights. But wit TLC and regular feeding they will clank along in all sorts of weather. I remember riding on a snowy minus 15C one day (you gotta love sidecars). To say it was 'bracing' would not be far from the truth. I needed a sauna to get my appendages out again....

    Skål!

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    Here's what the old girl used to sound like. Hope this works... You can see I was a tad obsessed with the oil pressure gauge

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  • 11-01-2012, 10:47 AM #257
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    I want one!


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    I got one of these "old guy" bikes:Name: ImageUploadedByTapatalk1351771824.458976.jpg Views: 216 Size: 40.0 KB
    Use it just around town 5-10 miles a trip. Right now enough for me. ( it is getting cold out using it!! )
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    Another american motorcycle sponsored by Gillette.
    The Neracar was created by Carl A Neracher, built by the Ner-A-Car Corporation in Syracuse, New York in 1921 and also in Sheffield, England later that year.
    Carl Neracher acquired a patent for the Neracar in the USA in 1919 and with financing help from razor maker King C. Gillette began production 2 years later.The Neracar was aimed at people who wanted a comfortable vehicle but couldn’t afford a car. And was advertised as “300 miles for a dollar” and 85-100 miles to a gallon and a speed of 35mph.
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  • 11-17-2012, 02:59 PM #260
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    That's a cool old bike
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