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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 10, 2018 0:50:12 GMT -5
Nice video, I like it...
But good grief, have you NEVER paid ANY attention to my posts?
I explained many times my engine was built by Triangle, with HAND-CAST CASES... Billet stroker crank, turned billet cylinders with Chevy 409 pistons and if I recall, somewhere around 190 CID. Definitely NOT stock cases and yeah, the frame was tweaked to fit the motor.
Now, that said, you still hijack most every thread I post, to trash me. This post was personal. YOU made the trash talk personal. Now, since you insist on insulting my military history, TELL US ALL WHERE YOU SERVED.
Like I said, if you actually served, I respect that. If not, well, enough said.
As for your insults, please remember I was there. You were not. Your hijacking this thread honoring my dead friends is rude beyond belief. I never hijack YOUR threads. YOU started all this garbage.
All you have to do to avoid my confronting your insults is to stop posting them.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 9, 2018 23:51:28 GMT -5
 "Rear Echelon Pogue"? Pardon me while I fall down laughing... If you only knew, but you never will. Your insulting ways remind me of Don Rickles, but without the humor...
Now, Pistonguy: please do tell us all in what branch of the military YOU served MY country.
My Wife (Air Force) and I associate with a LOT of vets often, (truly GREAT people) and, over 40 years, we've NEVER, EVER heard a veteran insult another veteran's service. No matter if he/she was a field grade officer commanding a battle group, OR a "spoon" feeding recruits in a field kitchen.
Vets simply don't trash fellow vets.
So, what's YOUR story? You're not passing the military smell-test.
If you served, and were HONORABLY discharged, you have my respect for that. If however, you never served, and have the gall to insult us who did, your credibility is absolutely finished...
There is something very wrong about you FAR beyond your rude insults and disrespect. It IS gonna come out... Jus' sayin'
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 8, 2018 23:10:13 GMT -5
Pistonguy... The voice of the god of engines... Military expert... The very inventor of the internal combustion engine... The guy without whose infallible wisdom modern-day motor racing wouldn't even exist... and yet doesn't understand the proven fact that a 4-stroke engine will perform better on a chamber-pipe than a tuned straight-pipe.
Just for the record, my Harley engine and slip-tooth tranny were professionally built by Triangle of Chicago (the 1950's/60's Midwest's premier Harley drag-engine fabricator) at a cost of $20K. For the brain-dead, THAT is $200K in today's money. It put out a good deal more than 250 hp. Of course, set up for competition ONLY, with a slick it WOULD do better. California chops often broke into the nines, but NOT usually street-legal, daily drivers... And I've posted many times that I did indeed have a front brake... You have an uncanny habit of running your mouth without paying attention to what you're insulting.
Also, for the record, when you are correct, I'll gladly agree with you. Yes, a half-million miles on a hardtail chopper DID damage my back, and that DOES have a lot to do with my riding a step-through scooter. And, the crazy things I did in the sixties are NOT safety lessons, nor are they intended to brag, or promote such shenanigans... My fifty-year-old true life adventures are posted strictly for fun for my forum friends; events from long ago that couldn't be done today, nor would I recommend attempting them... LOL! If you paid any attention to my posts, you'd already know that.
You are LONG on mouth, and SHORT on ears. You know NOTHING about me, and I suggest you speak to JR who DOES know me. If you can keep your mouth shut long enough to listen, you might learn something. If you'd take the time to review my over 2,600 posts, you'd see I have NEVER trashed ANYBODY'S thread. The ONLY negative posting I've EVER done is addressing YOUR garbage when you hijacked my own threads.
I've done my best to get along with you but it's getting old. It's obvious by the way you trash others to elevate your own ego, that you were badly abused by someone along the line. For that, I am truly sorry, but it was not me. Your toxic posts discredit the entire forum.
THAT is the reason I left, AND why I'm back. As for we older riders, we DO owe it to newcomers to coach them on safety. My posts on LED lighting, how-to with a bridge-rectifier on AC systems, valve-stems, riding techniques with unexpected dangers like corrugated steel bridges, angled railroad crossings and others have helped riders and they have blessed me with thanks for the "heads-up"... Riding season is near, and I'll probably re-post some of the better ones.
You have a great deal of knowledge you could share with inexperienced members. Sadly, you trash them for their inexperience the same way you do to me... Sad, because we could be friends here...
I'm NOT your only target, but it seems I'm your favorite.
The purpose of this thread is to honor the memories of true friends who have passed from my life in an enjoyable, anecdotal manner that my friends can appreciate.
Hijacking this thread to vent your disrespect is a new low, even for you.
Don't bother baiting me anymore. I won't participate. Just keep the disgusting insults coming, you're making a marvelous reputation for yourself.
The missus and I will pray for you... Brother, you REALLY do need it.
Leo (VERY sincerely) in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 8, 2018 13:45:14 GMT -5
Hey Leo, I'm sorry you didn't find any of your old pals to share cold ones while remembering. I think the Squirrel would've scared me with her being so wild. But she sounds like she was quite a gal! >'Kat
Jan scared ME and I was pretty wild... At 4' 6" and 78 pounds, she was mighty small (could have been a "Minnie Me" for Vanna White) but she had that "warrior gene" to the max. Absolutely FEARLESS of ANYTHING. On the return to the pits after that monumental race, she jumped onto Old Blue's solo seat, stood straight up and kicked the throttle open with her bare foot... All 250 ponies loose in first gear on dirt... She never even wobbled! Evil Knievel is the ONLY other rider I ever saw do that insanity standing on the seat... Although, I'll bet "Indian Larry" did it. May have been doing that trick when he was killed. I can still hear myself yelling "Sit yer' little butt DOWN before ya dump our ride home! Ya already won the freakin' race!" ... and put yer' clothes back on! No use. She was in her glory to a standing ovation from the peanut gallery! We met in college, both of us budding commercial artists, AND crazy, over-the-top NUTZ for bikes. As time went on, I gravitated to a career in advertising art and marketing, but she was obsessed with a career in motorcycle stunt-riding. We lost contact when she headed west, and only now did I find out what finally happened. No surprise, but sad. She went out doing what she loved, and did so well. She loved the Lord, but also loved the adrenalin rush from attempting insane things on bikes. That proved to be the "perfect storm" for a premature trip to Heaven. Not a bad way to go, when you think it over... But I did cringe every time she laughingly chirped "Live fast, die young". You CAN call things to be with your words.Now as for me and the missus, WE make a point of claiming our full 120 years... LOL! I really WAS disappointed to find only ONE old pal still living. And he is in a nursing home on oxygen. Old age comes WAY too fast once you pass 50 or so. I feel like "The Lone Ranger" being the only remaining ambulatory old geezer from my youth, still riding ANYTHING on two wheels. Riding season is nearly here...! So, enjoy the ride, and I do NOT recommend standing up on the seat of ANY bike... We are NOT Evil Knievel... LOL! Ride safe,Leo |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 7, 2018 23:02:25 GMT -5
Most of my forum friends know that back on February 20th I was banned from this forum. Things "are what they are" and I have no hard feelings.
JR kindly called me personally to learn why a founding member with 2660 posts, 446 likes and 50 bones would be banned. He "un-banned" me and I was reminded that we old-timers DO owe it to newer riders to be available on the forums, to share our experiences. A shared vintage adventure can bring a smile, and safety lesson learned long ago could keep a new rider from serious harm, keeping him or her safely involved in the world of two wheels.During my absence, my Wife suggested I attempt to locate some of my riding pals from days gone by. Only one could be found, obituaries being more fruitful than FaceBook. I am the last of my "posse" still ambulatory and riding... The list included such pals as Bobber Bob, Big Tiny, Lil' Moose, the Brain, Crazy and finally precious little Janice the Flyin' Squirrel...Now, forty years after the fact, I learned that as I had heard, she went to the West Coast to pursue a career in motorcycle stunt-riding for the cinema. When a stuntman is lost, it isn't big news unless he or she is a legend like Paul Mantz who died while making the film "Flight of the Phoenix"... Getting yourself killed making a movie and publicizing it is bad for the industry.
Sadly, she pushed the envelope too far, and was lost while performing a motorcycle stunt, somewhere in the late 1970's or early 1980's... Word-of-mouth from the stunt fraternity related a tiny, fearless lady stunt rider known simply as "The Squirrel" was killed around that time. That had to be Janice. 
Like myself, she was a graphic artist and knowing her as I did, she would be glad to see a happy farewell from me, so... That's what I created to her memory. None of the members here knew her except from my stories of her drag-racing exploits, but trust me, you would have been blessed to have known her. She would have been 75 this year...
One of my fondest memories is her 10.68 second run on "Old Blue". THAT was the fastest and quickest quarter-mile ever turned in by a street-driven and licensed bike as of that date, at that strip. Side bets netted us a LOT of money which we shared. I felt it appropriate to include that time slip in her memorial. Funny how that yellowed, tattered piece of paper means more to me today than a thousand-dollar bill.
Her personal bike was a 1950's Harley Davidson KR flathead. She added Sportster wheels (to have BRAKES...) and rudimentary lighting to get it street-legal. Lean, bare-bones, bobbed and red-hot, it WAS literally a steel incarnation of her own essence.
Her mantra was "Live fast, die young". She meant it, and she lived it. She was a good Christian and I'm sure she and Doug have met and are riding those streets of gold together... Doug on a Cushman, and Jan most likely on a resurrected "Old Blue" with her chrome turned to gold. And I imagine the Good Lord replaced Old Blue's ape-hangers with drag-bars, so the little squirrel can finally reach the throttle and clutch without standing tippy-toed on the pegs... LOL! Look closely at that Oswego time slip, and you'll see the timer "A.U." wrote her perfect epitaph in just two words: "GO GIRL!". So, my advice to one and all is to enjoy your good friends, good times, forget the bad times and remember that you'll be as old as the Missus and me before you know it. Honor your friends in life, and their memories when they pass on.
Ride safe,Leo (reminiscing on a load of memories) in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 27, 2018 23:55:52 GMT -5
Hopefully he'll seek out and get the help that he needs....
Thanks for your concern... Nice to know you care. Have a bone.LOL!... I already got the help I needed. All it took was a conversation with someone whom I've been friends with for many years. Amazing how well things work when you deal with folks who know you're truthful and they respect you. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 27, 2018 23:48:10 GMT -5
You will be missed by many. It was a privilege to work with you building the images of ScootDawg, Scooter Rebels and It Is The Ride.
The Missus and I are both so glad we got to meet with you in person, here in Grapevine to share forum ideas, riding memories and a good meal. Your vision of It Is The Ride being a friendly, no-bullying venue for all riders of all types of vehicles has been a marvelous format for riders from old guys like ourselves, to the newest, inexperienced members to share information, adventures and advice. The friendly, respectful atmosphere you envisioned spoke well for the entire Internet forum community, and will surely be long-remembered, as you led by example. Thank you for allowing my talents to bring your visions into the graphics which identify these forums. We will be with you again not too far down the line. All our love and prayers for your family and loved ones go out to them in your memory. Ride safe and sound on those beautiful streets of gold, my friend!Betty & Leo in memoriam to Doug... You will be missed! |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 20, 2018 23:59:35 GMT -5
Where did the banner go? There's nothing there but a gray rectangle... Is it my PC or is the banner just "gone"? I created it for Doug, and I sort of miss it...
Seems like a site needs a banner... Somebody else's turn to show their creativity. After too many years, I'm pretty much done here anyway.
Ride safe, and keep it friendlier on the road than it's been here.
The Old Chopper Guy signing off in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 20, 2018 23:47:46 GMT -5
I'll vote silver... It was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse.
I always was disappointed that the Olympics had only three medal categories. Seems like more athletes could get into the record books if medals were offered in not only gold, silver and bronze, but maybe 4th place "aluminum", 5th place "wood" and 6th place "plastic".
Give more guyz n' galz a chance at fame...
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 12, 2018 21:28:53 GMT -5
Close call... The classic TV Batman characters were pretty much "kid-friendly" so maybe not quite so much "creepy macho" as the later movie characters... Even Batman himself was a tad less "macho" than the butt-kicking movie characters... You all know the old story: "Never trust a guy who wears his boxers OUTSIDE his pants... LOL! I guess I lean toward the Joker because he reminds me of a "kinder, gentler Killer Clown"... LOL!  THAT is about as macho as the old TV characters got... Not exactly Charlie Manson... But macho enough to impress us as little nippers. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 12, 2018 21:20:26 GMT -5
Woo-HOO! What a HOOT! (Literally... LOL!)... Neatest spoof since putting playing cards in the spokes of my fat-tire Schwinn in the fifties!  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 6, 2018 17:47:28 GMT -5
Woo-HOO! Since over the last 70 years, at one time or another, I've dropped both coconuts and bowling balls on my foot, I'll go with the bowling ball.  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 5, 2018 15:15:23 GMT -5
That pic is as old as Moses,, taken late 80's early nineties,,, she's Armenian,,, reportedly 103-106 years old at the time,,, they probably gave her $20 American to pose with the akm,,, not an ak47,,,, she probably did see her share of atrocities knowing the region,,, the photog used black and white or photoshopped the color out of it,,, it's a staged setup hokum schmokum,,,,, and as a side note the extreme bend on the 30 round magazine indicates 7.62x39,,,the 5.56 mag has much less of a curve ,,,because the Soviet round has a much larger case head it just needs more room,,,
The pic does tell a great story, faked or not. That lady has seen plenty of garbage we hope we won't, unless deployed in the military...
You're right about the AKM... I always have lumped the AK family into "milled-receiver AK47" or "stamped-receiver AK47"... Of course there are numerous other "kin" like the 56, AK74 and other lookalikes... The plastic mag fooled me. Had to check my own mags for .223 and 7.62. Too many years since using either of mine.
Have a bone for being observant.
Keep your powder dry...
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 26, 2018 1:22:30 GMT -5
Gotta LOVE that one!
Never did get to see if the kitty-pilot was a GENUINE tailless Manx cat!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 26, 2018 1:18:19 GMT -5
And in honor of Unca' Leo and his beloved kitties, I'm going to vote for Dr Evil and his ugly cat.
I guess I've always been an "advocate" for "ugly cats"... They DO sometimes appear in truly bizarre configurations... Where I live, there is a proliferation of 6-toed kitties with HUGE paws... Common enough to not actually be considered a deformity, but adorable with the look of wearing boxing gloves... LOL. Now, at the other end of the "weird meter" was a pal's cat when I was around 14... "Extra" as he got named, had six legs and four ears. Far from "grotesque" old Extra was so perfectly formed that he just looked "normal" until you counted his parts... LOL! He'd walk nimbly on all 6 legs, and stand on the rear four, and beg with his front two, with all four ears turning in unison listening for a kind word... You just could NOT resist giving that performance a treat... I was so glad old "Extra" ended up in a home where he was loved, instead of in a freak-show.
Now, if only our scoots came with "extra parts"...Ride safe and watch out for those feral kitties! Every winter I have a tribe of 'em nesting under the tarps covering "Minnie Mouse"... I don't mind a bit. They're my pals, and, they keep the snakes from living there... EEEWWW! |
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