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gazab44 Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline TO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.... Posts: 416 uk Gender:	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #15 - 08/27/05 at 11:24:50 Kewl Rob, we have more in common than we knew.. I actualy started on 26 nov 1978...my 16th birthday.. I also still ride with my first riding buddy, not so often now, but we still go out occasionally.....and our wives are also good friends which helps alot...
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Reply #16 - 08/27/05 at 11:26:53

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WOW... It is nice to know some of you are old...er...
- I mean "seasoned" bikers! thanx son; and grandson
for the welcome. My first bike was a 175 cc ALLSTATE
from SEARS ! it was a 2 stroke made by PUCH it was a "tingle" - anyone know what that is ??? - trick question ! - it cost $299 it came to my house in a crate
and had to be assembled- all instructions were in
german ! talk about getting into the hobby all at once !

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Reply #17 - 08/27/05 at 12:24:00

PAPA_THUMP wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

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WOW... It is nice to know some of you are old...er...
- I mean "seasoned" bikers! thanx son; and grandson
for the welcome. My first bike was a 175 cc ALLSTATE
from SEARS ! it was a 2 stroke made by PUCH it was a "tingle" - anyone know what that is ??? - trick question ! - it cost $299 it came to my house in a crate
and had to be assembled- all instructions were in
german ! talk about getting into the hobby all at once !

Shocked

Oh no. You aren't tricking me on this one. I grew up reading the Sears catalog too.

By the way...it was called a "Twingle" for twin cylinder and single combustion chamber....there are whole web sites devoted to it.

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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #18 - 08/27/05 at 12:26:38 See, Dad, I was paying attention I love the carb on the side too....
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PAPA_THUMP Ex Member	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #19 - 08/27/05 at 16:03:29 DAMM...!!!!!! SON YOU ARE GOOD !!! I had a red one- you are correct the cyls were behind each other with one cyl head !!! that pinwheel on the side of the carb was actually the choke- you closed it to start the bike--- kick no elec start !
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diesel Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Posts: 181 Watsontown, PA	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #20 - 08/27/05 at 22:41:14 one of my thumpers was a Horex "Resident"350, any one else ever ever own one? diesel
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Reply #21 - 08/28/05 at 07:17:25

Oh well, I knew about the Twingle, but admit that Diesel got me on that one about the Horex. I did a search and found it though.

This is always so cool cause I often see old bikes at rallies and such. There they are all beat up and broken, you try to recognize them, but you just can't. It is so amazing how many different types of bikes were built in the early 1900s. The Horex is a new one for me.

Gotta love the front suspension and the lacing on the wheels.

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PAPA_THUMP Ex Member	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #22 - 08/28/05 at 08:48:54 who made the HOREX ? looks like a AJS heard of it ... never saw one thanx son
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #23 - 08/28/05 at 08:56:52 Here's a link to some neat pictures of different motorcycles, some old, enjoy http://home.wxs.nl/~motors-20th-century/page_AB.htm
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #24 - 08/28/05 at 09:13:00 Ed L. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: Here's a link to some neat pictures of different motorcycles, some old, enjoy http://home.wxs.nl/~motors-20th-century/page_AB.htm Great site. So many bikes.
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Reply #25 - 08/28/05 at 21:32:19

greg 650: that Horex Imperator you looked up is really a 400cc vertical twin,the Resident was a 350 thumper. owned the Resident while in Dutchland in earley 50s, was considered a side car tug. thats why both employed the "EARLES" fork suspension.(leading link) same as late 50s Bemmers. Horex was the name of the company that produced them. I've forgeten the city of manufacture like I have forgessen most of mine Dutch. you know, use it or lose it.diesel

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Reply #26 - 08/29/05 at 05:43:41

diesel wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

greg 650: that Horex Imperator you looked up is really a 400cc vertical twin,the Resident was a 350 thumper. owned the Resident while in Dutchland in earley 50s, was considered a side car tug. thats why both employed the "EARLES" fork suspension.(leading link) same as late 50s Bemmers. Horex was the name of the company that produced them. I've forgeten the city of manufacture like I have forgessen most of mine Dutch. you know, use it or lose it.diesel

Okay. Actually, I couldn't seem to find a picture of a "Resident", but I wondered if it was a translation thing. Anyway....I thought that I read that the Thumper had dual exhaust pipes? Did it?
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diesel Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Posts: 181 Watsontown, PA	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #27 - 08/29/05 at 21:08:19 yep,, 350 Rseident thumper had 2 pipes.
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: HI EVERYONE.... I BEAT YOU JIM !!! Reply #28 - 09/01/05 at 06:32:19 This was my first bike in 1967. A Honda Sport 50 with a 4 speed manual tranny. It had belonged to a local Shriner's group and came with a windshield that said Hejaz on it. My Dad bought it used for $150 and I worked at a country club for most of the summer to pay him back.
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Reply #29 - 09/11/05 at 17:22:52

Wow! these old bikes sure do evoke pleasant memories of yesteryear. My first bike was a 1965 Honda Dream (fire engine red.) It was the 150cc mini-Dream called the Benly touring model. I once rode it from Kansas to New Jersey in two one day runs with a stopover in Chicago.
By the way, Hello! This is my first post although I have been reading the threads since May when I purched my S40. First bike not a Honda and I love it! This is one great site with many great people! From all my reading I feel that I already know the regulars on a first name bases. Keep up the good work!

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