Posted by RN on February 14, 2013 at 15:24:46 from (205.213.104.118):
In Reply to: m/c riders--o/t posted by bobs old iron on February 14, 2013 at 12:59:36:
Hardtails replace with softtails?? For Harley that was 1958 when duo Glide came out- 1957 and earlier big twins had no rear suspension. Ks had rear suspension when they replaced the Ws in about 1953 or 1954.BMWs had rear suspension prior to WW2- 1937 give or take. BSA and Triumph got rear suspensions and telescopic fronts after WW2 when BMW patents became free to use for the war winners but I remember seeing early limeys at rallies with hard tails and sprung hubs similar to Indian patterns- gave a couple inches of bounce but not a swingarm suspension. Fat wheel and back brake, skinny tire no front brake?- that describes my old BSA chopper with springer front- prior owner got hit with about half dozen tickets for missing equipment and a unsafe vehicle note for his license plate- meaning don"t ride it away from ticket scene or it is confiscated and rider goes to jail. I was asked to pick him up by his cousin- a coworker. Swap was a 1962 VW bus with a Beetle engine transplant that also was no front brake(just one) so He and wife could get to Texas- little bus made it fine at 50mph. I took care of some of the equipment missing things- headlight high and low, horn, faked a speedometer- but took it to Iowa where it passed inspection based on age of engine didn"t require most of stuff like a front brake, speedometer, mufflers. Which brings up the point that the 1970s were about first time some equipment was required on cycles- and that includes VIN tags. A rear brake only rear weight bias with fat back tire can be ridden on street fairly safely by experienced rider watching traffic, choppers do it with no more accidents than the antilock brake 4 disc units on 600Rs from Japan, probably less crash"s-especially when rider is sober, straight, not distracted. Old Chopper is running around central Iowa yet I hear as of last year, I tend to ride the Goldwing- and one of it"s drops was due to front brake lockup, the reason some people frefer to NOT have a strong front brake like some of higher powered dirt bikes/desert racers that will have a small simplex drum on front for holding bike steady at stops- same reason some springer front choppers have a copy of old Honda trail 90 front brake installed. RN
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