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To piggy back on the last post about rides here in south Texas, here's a linky to the article I mentioned in Motorcycle Classics magazine.
There should also be a little link to the photo gallery and that shows some of the scenery in west Texas which is pretty desolate to say the least.
Laterr on there'll be another link to the Lone Star Motorcycle Museum which is where the starting point of this particular article.
Hope you like it.
Wee Smokey
2 weeks ago
When you mentioned this article in an earlier post it sounded familiar.Digging through a pile of mags at my place I found that I had the issue of " Motorcycle Classics" with the Tooth article. Getting back to your magazine thoughts..like Kawa I've been reading" Classic Bike" on and off since it first showed up. It's usely pretty good. Like all the magazines from England..it's gotten pricey...more color photos these days...sometimes I wonder about the"art" directions they play with..that, always changing with the everchanging art directors...liked the coffee mug stains, or were those beer bottle stains? after you read them over time..you notice repetion of bikes and articles..sometimes as if they don't review what they have put out before. Not going to fault them for it...it's got to be a pretty hectic thing putting out a magazine to a schedule. Now that Dave Edwards got canned at" Cycle World", I wonder what percentage of Classics they'll cover? When I was young I always subscribed to" Cycle", and another good read was "Cycle Guide" if my memory seves me..the one that Bob Braverman was with. The guys at "Cycle" would tear down brand new engines just to show you what made them tick. Braverman was always building interesting race bikes..drag,road race and Bonneville bikes. Cool stuff..lots of how to's. Classic Bike is lucky to have Rick P. In the last issue he talks about picking up a milling machine and a shaper. Looking forward to seeing what he ends up making on these. I bought a lath last year. I've yet to get up and running. It's three phase 220, a friend has a spare converter he might sell me. I have a small hobby mill, that I could probably make some small parts on. Here in the states as well as in the UK, there does not seem to be enough emphasis on training in the Industrial Arts area. The school district I work for has one High school that still teaches Metal shop and Auto shop. The contiuation school has a good Machine shop program, Untill recently we had a good Adult Ed. class covering Machine work and welding.Unfortunately with the dire school budgets of late the Adult Ed. program was cut.I was helping my friend who taught it ,as well as attending the class to brush up on my shop skills. Have gone on long enough..and better send before I loose all this. On Ma's computer in Montery area. She has a new HP laptop..what a nice machine. Hairy Larry
ReplyDeleteI agree that a lot of the "industrial arts" learned in school is now gone. I wish I had learned it when I was in school in England, but never did. The big thing is that I'm no good with numbers and especially measurements. So even if I had the money to buy lathes and all the other stuff, I couldn't use them.
ReplyDeleteIf you go rummaging around in your VS parts do me a favor and have a look at the headlight brackets. Is the part or tunnel that the fork leg goes through round or is it flat in the? rear?
The reason I ask is that on Amelia the Starfire it's round and on Vicky it's flat in the rear. If they're supposed t be that way I can get the bracket part straightened out where needed, but if they're suppsoed to be round, then there's a problem and they need to be scrapped.
Any pics of parts etc are always useful as thre may be something I've missed along the line.
Stay tuned for more.
ok, I'll check that detail out for you. Remember that one man's scrap might be another man's autojumble treasure! So don't be too quick to bin stuff..I admit to destroying a pair of top fork covers that I wrongly assumed were after market on my 650...turns out they were the real deal...so now I've learned to do a little more research first. My shop teacher friend could teach you all you need to know math-wise in 2 or 3 class periods, there are good math teachers and bad teachers...my friend Rich is a good one.Maybe there are adult ed classes or community college courses in Texas that you could take? I sure miss mine! Hairy Larry
ReplyDeleteFair point there about scrapping them....I'll hold on to 'em tosee if they can be salvaged, bt if they are wrong they'll be replaced.
ReplyDeleteMath....the devils invention and we just don't get along.