eric in md
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ride hard now we all can rest when were gone !!!
in the mountains .......cumberland md
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« on: October 25, 2011, 06:28:48 PM » |
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found a 1968 or 69 bridgestone 350 twin cyl two stroke with side car second owner , with a lot of oem new parts from back in the day . been in barn 30 yrs going to go look at it and load it up sunday maybe im excited .. really dont have any idea what im looking at . owner says it turns over , he said he drove it to where is park right now. been reading the web about them first thing i need to do is fill cyl with oil .. thanks guys will fill ya in as soon as i get my eye balls on it.
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Reb
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 06:34:31 PM » |
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2022 Honda Goldwing Tour DCT
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1972 Honda CB350F
1978 Honda CB550K
1968 Honda CL175 Sloper
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Dag
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 02:48:26 AM » |
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The question is not what you look at...but what you see...
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eric in md
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ride hard now we all can rest when were gone !!!
in the mountains .......cumberland md
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2011, 02:59:40 AM » |
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Jess Tolbirt
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2011, 06:08:04 AM » |
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looks like a 2 cycle
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Started out on old forum on day one but lost my member number.
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2011, 06:20:33 AM » |
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Make sure Joe has the proper riding gear!!....... 
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eric in md
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ride hard now we all can rest when were gone !!!
in the mountains .......cumberland md
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2011, 08:05:07 AM » |
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thats some funny stuff there ... looks like the vrcc in action again .. ol barney kinda looks like joe too.  |
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2011, 08:08:58 AM » |
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Those old Bridgestones were fast little buggers in their day.
My parents would not let me get one,....damn.
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2011, 09:26:28 AM » |
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If Stanley posted it, I'm not clicking on that video for nothin'.
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I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to  |
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2011, 09:37:08 AM » |
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If Stanley posted it, I'm not clicking on that video for nothin'.
+1 there BF, +1 ! ! ! ! Hay  Jimmyt |
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Why would anyone shave a cow like that?
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2011, 09:49:38 AM » |
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Pictures as soon as you can brother man! That is toooooooo cool.
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2011, 10:09:27 AM » |
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Now this bring back memories, my first bike was a 1967 Bridgestone 175...$599 at JC Penny's. The local Honda dealer had a 305 Super Hawk that I really wanted, but the old man nixed that one, said it was too dangerous. I only put about 2K miles on it and pushed half of them. It sat in the back yard at least 20 years, waiting for them to come pick it up. Fecal matter comes to mind.
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Why would anyone shave a cow like that?
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2011, 10:30:00 AM » |
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Sounds like they were "hot" little bikes. From the web:
While the name "Bridgestone" is associated with tires today, during the 1960s, this Japanese company dabbled in motorcycles, including the rare 1967 Bridgestone 350 GTO motorcycle.
Bridgestone was synonymous with "performance" in motorcycle circles -- though that really wasn't the company's original aim. When Honda began enjoying success in the U.S. with 50-cc scooters, Bridgestone jumped on the bandwagon with a similar model originally sold through Sears and Montgomery Wards stores.
The company then expanded into true motorcycles, the first being a hot 175-cc two-stroke twin that could embarrass many 350s. Then Bridgestone came out with a 350 of its own, which could likewise dust bikes twice its size.
Introduced in the mid 1960s, the 350 GTR used racing-technology rotary disc valves in the crank-case to help get 40 horsepower from a mere 21 cubic inches.
That, combined with light weight and a 6-speed transmission, allowed the GTR to turn high 13s in the quarter-mile when most British 650 twins were running mid 14s.
A "scrambler" version of the GTR followed, earning its on/off-road status with little more than a high-mounted exhaust pipe -- which hardly a true scrambler made. And though the new GTO shared the GTR's virtues, few were sold, making featured model here rare indeed.
For reasons that have never been explained, Bridgestone suddenly halted motorcycle production in the late 1960s.
Some rumors had it that other Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, which purchased millions of tires from Bridgestone, convinced the company that its continued efforts at building competing bikes might jeopardize its much more profitable tire business.
Whatever the reason, Bridgestone pulled out of the bike business to focus on tires.
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2011, 10:37:45 AM » |
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If Stanley posted it, I'm not clicking on that video for nothin'.
Ya big CHICKEN!!!.....it's just a clip from the Andy Griffith show....one of my all time favorites!! |
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2011, 10:52:36 AM » |
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If Stanley posted it, I'm not clicking on that video for nothin'.
Ya big CHICKEN!!!.....it's just a clip from the Andy Griffith show....one of my all time favorites!! Yeah right. You be trickin' me ain't cha?  Sure as I open that up, there'll be some teenager singing in monotone "It's Friday, Friday, Friday" or some dude swingin' his junk. It's not that I don't trust ya, it's just that I don't trust ya.  |
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I can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin But don't ask me what I think of you I might not give the answer that you want me to |
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2011, 10:53:29 AM » |
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If Stanley posted it, I'm not clicking on that video for nothin'.
Ya big CHICKEN!!!.....it's just a clip from the Andy Griffith show....one of my all time favorites!! Yeah right. You be trickin' me ain't cha? Sure as I open that up, there'll be some teenager singing in monotone "It's Friday, Friday, Friday" or some dude swingin' his junk. It's not that I don't trust ya, it's just that I don't trust ya. |
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Fudd
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« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2011, 10:58:46 AM » |
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Spare parts availability would be the issue if I were to purchase an "old skool" two-stroke today.
I loved my Bridgestone, it was my 1st bike. It was later followed with a Yamaha RD350 cafe bike and a Kawasaki 500. I would love to have any one of these bikes again. I still think the Kawasaki would give any modern crotch rocket a run for the money up to 70mph.
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2011, 01:03:29 PM » |
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Wards Riverside here. 250 I recall. Bennelli in a Wards wrapper. The neighbor gave it to me when he seized it on its second tank-o-gas. Ya had to mix it yourself. I pushed that all over the neighboorhood popping the clutch trying to free it. It sat with marvel oil in the cyls for two weeks before that. That bike would fly when it finally got going. Of course I was 15 at the time.
But I had a bike!
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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Reb
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« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2011, 04:09:37 PM » |
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2022 Honda Goldwing Tour DCT
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1997 Honda Valkyrie Standard *Supercharged*
1972 Honda CB350F
1978 Honda CB550K
1968 Honda CL175 Sloper
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eric in md
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Posts: 2495
ride hard now we all can rest when were gone !!!
in the mountains .......cumberland md
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« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2011, 05:24:45 PM » |
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im going friday afternoon to look at it and pick it up i hope.. im excited i tell yall
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2011, 03:25:57 PM » |
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Guy down the street had one and we all rode the wheels off of it. One day the kick starter would not work so I hopped on it and he pushed me down the road .I dropped the clutch and it fired right up but when I turned arround to come back I could see he picking up pieces of the side case from the road.
The starter gear had split and was locking up the kick lever as soon as bike started it exited the engine by knocking a hole in the case. We had to wait forever of new parts but it did live a long life after we got it running again.
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