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Nice outfit!

Postby breakwellmz » Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:15 am

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Re: Nice sidecar outfit!

Postby Puffs » Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:21 am

Well, it's a sidecar outfit, and yes, that's the engine I would love to have.

But IMO another good example of where the appendix ruins what is otherwise a very nice bike!

KTM also used that engine (before they made their own).
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Re: Nice sidecar outfit!

Postby breakwellmz » Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:14 am

Puffs wrote:Well, it's a sidecar outfit, and yes, that's the engine I would love to have.

But IMO another good example of where the appendix ruins what is otherwise a very nice bike!

KTM also used that engine (before they made their own).

APPENDIX meaning -
1.A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals.
2.A section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document.

APPENDAGE meaning
1.A thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby Blurredman » Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:08 am

It looks very fancy..

I've been toying with an outfit for a few years now.. Problem is storage.
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Re: Nice bike with an appendix!

Postby Puffs » Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:21 am

Appendix: exactly. That is what it is, that thing on the RH side of the bike. From the Latin appendere "cause to hang (from something)".

appendix, appendicis, f:
In English: supplement, addition
Auf deutsch: Anhang (m), Zugabe (f)
En Français: supplément, appendice

To each his own, but in my mind: what a nice bike it would be, without that appendix!
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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby breakwellmz » Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:39 am

Ha ha!
I still think appendage would be more appropriate the way you view sidecars!
Don`t knock them until you have tried them. :roll:
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Re: Nice sidecar outfit!

Postby Puffs » Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:34 am

True, I never did.

Never tried running into a bus either.

Indeed, compared to that, riding with a sidecar seems appealing, so who knows! Pigs can fly!
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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:26 am

i have a light fiberglass sidecar i have found it is useful around town
but over the road use is known to destroy good engines in a hurry

the big triumph engine would work good to pull one
but there are no mounts on the frame
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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby breakwellmz » Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:50 am

I was conceived when my parents were touring Europe on their Triumph outfit (or combination if you wish) and when i was `late arriving` nine months(plus) later dad took mother out for a high speed spin in the Vincent outfit, which had the desired effect of staring labour! You could say i have sidecars in my genes!
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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby Blurredman » Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:36 am

breakwellmz wrote:I was conceived when my parents were touring Europe on their Triumph outfit (or combination if you wish) and when i was `late arriving` nine months(plus) later dad took mother out for a high speed spin in the Vincent outfit, which had the desired effect of staring labour! You could say i have sidecars in my genes!



Gosh. Do you think they did it in the outfit too? :lol:
1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17,000 miles - The project! :)
1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9,000 miles - Mud :)
1981 Honda CX500B - 91,000 miles - Long Distance :)
1987 MZ ETZ300 - 38,000 miles - Sun :)
1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49,000 miles - Commute :)

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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby breakwellmz » Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:43 pm

Thank`s for that mental image! :roll:
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Re: Nice outfit!

Postby Puffs » Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:45 am

Following a biased and flawed moderator choice (someone posting aggressive personal attacks is rewarded, while my technical posts are removed - behind my back & without any justification!), I have withdrawn from this forum.
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