Triumph Motorcycle?

jinman · Nov 26, 2003

The first bike I ever had as a 16teen year old was a 200cc Triumph Tiger Cub.

Mine was yellow...and yes, they must have imported them because I bought one from a friend when I was a senior in high school (1966) in Denton, TX. The only bad thing about it was the wet clutch. Well, the clutch wasn't bad, but the clutch housing would not hold oil. It ran out almost in a pencil-stream (or so it seemed). Someone had tried to seal the housing with RTV and it pitted the machined surface so bad it always leaked. Fixing the problem was far, far above my 17 year-old ability, so I traded it in on a brand new Honda CB450.

Oh yes...the first bike I ever owned was a 1954 Harley Hummer. Yep! The Hummer was not that big hunk of useless junk they sell to yuppies now. It was a little 160cc 2-cycle hunk of useless junk. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Oh boy! I'd love to have that back. I could pull it on a trailer with my 1954 Ford Jubilee and I'd have at least one thing on the trailer that was worth something. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Gary_in_Indiana · Nov 26, 2003

Daryl,

I believe Amp was referring to the original Indian Motorcycle Company and the one which recently closed it's doors as having nothing more in common that the name ('Indian').

Bird · Nov 26, 2003

You guys are talking about those "modern" motorcycles; my first one was a 250 cc Zundap. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

5030 · Nov 26, 2003

Jinman:

The Tiger Cub was a whopping rated 5 horsepower. One of our diesel mechanics at the shop had one. He told me it cost $625.00 new. He also said he wished he had it today. Probably worth 10 times that now.

I know the Norton P-11A scrambler I had in '66 would be worth a fortune today. It was a very rare model.

I guess that's why I'm getting the Triumph..... Nostalgia.

5030 · Nov 26, 2003

Bird:

It is Zundapp (2p's)

I remember them too. They were red and grey.

I had a Hodaka Ace 100 long ago. I sold it to a long time friend who just happens to be the president of the HOG in Ohio. It's still in his garage after all those years, in a corner. I think the engine is locked up though. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I hope all you guys realize what we are doing here.....We are a bunch of old farts reliving our childhoods. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I think when we finally have a TBYNet get together, I'll bring the Triumph along and leave the 5030 at home. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Bird · Nov 27, 2003

( It is Zundapp (2p's) )

Yep, my mistake. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

jinman · Nov 27, 2003

Wow! Bird, I haven't heard of a Zundapp in years. I know they made motorcycles, but didn't they also make a little car? Hmm... Maybe that was Isetta (Izetta?). For home delivery, a pizza place had a 3-wheel, 2-cycle, air cooled Isetta that used to flop over on its side if you went around a corner too fast. After about one year, that thing had most of the paint scratched off both sides. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I do remember once helping the driver lift it up and put it back on its wheels. I think if you had just a little more than average strength, you could do it by yourself. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Bird · Nov 27, 2003

Jim, look at this site. I thought Isettas all had 4 wheels; just the two back ones so close together, but according to this web site, they actually did make some 3 wheel models. In '58, I picked one up one afternoon in Denton. The dealer told me they got 50 mpg and he put one gallon in it. I was going to Plano (about 40 miles) and ran out of gas in about 35 miles. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif It was a fun toy, but I decided against buying it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

5030 · Nov 27, 2003

Bird:

I remember those cars too, when I was a kid.

It's too bad we have all the government regulations we have today. Our growing up era was a fun era.

One of my childhood friends had a Cushman scooter. I believe it had a Kohler engine in it. He rode that scooter everywhere, winter and summer, It was like a Whizzer, belt drive.

TresCrows · Nov 27, 2003

""I had a Hodaka Ace 100 long ago. I sold it to a long time friend who just happens to be the president of the HOG in Ohio. It's still in his garage after all those years, in a corner. I think the engine is locked up though.

I hope all you guys realize what we are doing here.....We are a bunch of old farts reliving our childhoods. ""

Watch out who you are calling an old ****. I ain't no old goat.
You are correct though other than that. I just miss the freedom we once had. I have noticed though that there is something wrong. I simply cannot carry on a conversation with anyone under 30. I thought maybe it was because I was getting old and out of step. Nope, after my usual scientific investigation of the phenomena to determine the cause of this mis-communication I came to the discovery that sub 30 yo persons cannont carry on a meaningful conversation with anyone of any age /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. They have no attention span, no vocabulary, no sense of history, no sense of self, no empathy with anyone but their own selfish interests. The only thing they do well is interface with computers and electronic gadgets, unfortunately they cannot set the clock on my VCR either because they cannot read the manual.
I have a younger friend in Iraq, he is a wonderful person, so they are not all morons but most of them are exactly that--morons. I sure hope that he comes home safe.
Oh, I taught in the public school system, yep, I am a teacher, trust me----all public schools are TERRIBLE--all of them with few exceptions. The teacher unions run the school systems for themselves, not the kids.
When my friend comes home we are going dirt bike riding, I will ride my 1972 Bultaco 125 and he will ride his Yamaha 125, I will beat him--badly /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif, at least that is my plan /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. I am sure his plan is otherwise, his most recent letter certainly affirmed his desire to roost me off the track, could happen I guess, nah.
Dude, you should go get the Hodaka--really--go get it. J