The Norton required a couple of minor parking lot tune-ups, nothing major, and
a chain adjustment or two, followed by a chain replacement. More my fault than
the bike's.
The Harley had to make a visit to a dealer somewhere in Arizona to fix a bent
pushrod, had trouble breathing at high altitude, broke a chain, was a bit of a
PITA at various times. But this was all before H-D cleaned up their act, so
don't think for a moment that today's Harleys are at all like that.
The Honda, a CB-550 4-cylinder, never missed a beat. It just ran effortlessy
and smoothly all the way. It pissed both me and the Harley rider off. I later
got it in a trade, and it's in the basement as I write this, sitting right
beside the Norton. The shame is, neither one's been started in over 10 years,
but they both are properly mothballed. I have a generous offer for the pair,
which I'm considering. I just hate to part with my toys. :-(
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Memories? Brings back memories of the death of the British Motorcycle
> industry!
>
> Care to give a quick "Compare and Contrst" between those 3 bikes, Walt, it
> seems like you were, between you, covering all the bases.
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Walt Wayman
> Sent: 29 September 2005 18:57
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: copyright watermarks
>
> Did over 8000 miles in 35 days on a Norton Commando, along with two equally
> deranged and also recently divorced buddies, one on a Harley, the other on a
> Honda, on a very roundabout, coast-to-coast ride in the late summer and
> early fall of 1974.
>
> --snip
>
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