Car shows

[1olbull]

I know the feeling about riding instead of polishing. I have a 67 Plymouth Barracuda and have a Roadster. The cuda doesn't get much love since I bought the Roadster. Used to go to the car shows all the time in cuda. The big killer for me was the car shows take place in the summer time in my area. I would stand out there in direct sunlight on hot asphalt just about all day. I'd wear a hat and sunglasses and still get a good tan from the heat reflecting off the asphalt.

I have stopped in on some car shows on my Roadster and people would ask about the bike and so forth. It was nice however to jump on the bike and get some air moving after walking around looking at the cars.

A good looker - and in Kawasaki green!
Didn't realize those Cudas came out before the Camaro?

 

[D04011]

The first year Barracudas always seemed to me like a glorified Valiant with a fastback...

 

[mully95]

The first year Barracudas always seemed to me like a glorified Valiant with a fastback...

Here is one but things got bad for Jay Leno

Jay Leno's "Hemi Under Glass" Wheelie Went About as Wrong as Possible

 

[2012cliff]

Way cool. Hate it when things go side ways. Glad to see no one got hurt

 

[mully95]

Way cool. Hate it when things go side ways. Glad to see no one got hurt

I can't seem to figure out why the guy turned the car so abruptly after the wheel hop started. Must had no where to go at the end of track is all I can figure. The camera doesn't show it. If he had room to keep going straight I would think the wheel hop would had receded.

 

[TRIIICK]

I had three classic cars or so they are considered today. I wish i knew then what i know today i would have put them in storage..

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

THAT THOUGHT is exactly why I plan to keep my Rocket forever.

 

[stollydriver]

When I was a young fool - some say old one now - I had Ford Escorts mk1, 2 and 3, Ford Capri Mk 1, 2 and 3. Vauxhall Magnum etc etc. All now classed as collectable and all either scrapped or sold. My 1st bike an fs1e Yamaha purchased for £100.00 now you can't find one in the condition of mine for less than £3500. How I wish I'd kept some back. Hindsight is a wonderfully sobering thing.

 

[2012cliff]

O.K. I kinda thought that might be the case.
It's interesting, over the years there have been many Engines built that are "just right"
The small block Chev, Iron head 900cc Sportsters, Austin/Morris 1100 (U.K.) 650 Bonneville's.
These all have just the right bore/stroke/rod length compression ratio and valve size.

I've been building M/C Engines most of my life, mainly because I rode them hard, blew them up then had to learn how to fix them
The bike that I had before the Rocket is a 1975 T160 trident, this is out to 1000cc's, Carrillo rods, mega-cycle cams, special one off flat top pistons, (originally the old triples had high dome pistons, not good for flame propagation, all the bells and whistles.
I had the big ends on the crank submerge arc welded up, and then using a friends Engine shop I reground the journals 6mm off-set, increasing the stroke by 12mm.
This along with 4mm bigger pistons gave the engine the same bore and stroke as the Bonneville, just I had 3 cylinders not two
To say it went like a cut cat is an understatement.

I cast my own "TRIDENT1000" side cover badges, machined the wheels to suit the stock Triumph axels, bearings, disc's etc.
Stock rear sprocket is 50 teeth, I'm running 38. It pulls this like a stock Engine pulls the stock gearing.

I broke a few bits along the way.

All good fun

I wish I could do that kind of thing. The trident was the best sounding bike of all. Nothing compares. A person definitely took notice of a trident with a header and would make you want to duck and head for cover. Loved that sound. What you have done is what the company should have produced.

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

Car shows are OK but never even close to just any old ride on a bike, any bike. I've fooled around with hot rods, old cars, sports cars, and bikes for about 60 years, I'm coming up on 75 years old. Bikes are still my favorite by a LONG way. We like to drive our old car and use it a few times a week for going to the market or to visit a friend at their house or going out for a bite to eat but its never even close to a ride on one of our bikes. We have at least one bike ride a month with a bunch of our friends and that along with a long distance ride a couple of times a year visiting friends in other states is the highlight of our year. Not to many still riding at my age so I feel lucky to be able to do it with no problems still. Here is a picture of our 1938 Buick. This brings me back to my first cars when I was 15 years old, they costed under fifty bucks back then and they even ran. The motor is an overhead valve straight 8 with about 106 horsepower but it has an overdrive and it rolls happily along at 70 mph.