Soviet Steeds

You mean Illannoy? :wink: My Dad got hired on to AMC in 1958, so we moved to Kenosha County. First job out of high school took me to Illannoy in 74 and left me there in 97. Current job is still in Illannoy but I work from home in the sticks now. For one more year. There are actually two Illanoys, Ch...

Little update on my sisters’ crash recovery. She made it through surgery and has added five titanium screws to herself. Beats me by two..... Thanks for the update. Sounds like good health, bones, longevity and accident prone runs in the genes. I'm 3 of 4. Glad she's gonna be ok. We may be 4 for 4 i...

URALSKI wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:11 am

Pterodactyl wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:08 pm

Does that ever happen? I usually break the easy out.

Sometimes you do get lucky.

Time to put away the pricey bike.


And bring out the less pricey winter bike.


Sidecarmike-I see you are a cheesehead from Menomenee. I'm originally from Eau Claire.

Those are different.

Little update on my sisters’ crash recovery. She made it through surgery and has added five titanium screws to herself. Beats me by two. She is on crutches and doing PT now, three times a week. Although she says she is now able to get into her car and take herself to PT if necessary, our 85 year old...

lendrinkard wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:49 am

Look back at our old bikes is both a pleasure and a pain.

I look back at my little brother’s Triumph Tiger Cub as such a PITA that I limp every time I see one.

Couple years ago.

Historic pictures: Back the old days in former USSR our trainers use to be the ones riding sidecar outfits. In case of flat he would swap the tubeless tire and pump it with Ural pump. And to rich the group which was already gone far... we would pedal the bike for a short while and then trainers lef...

I had a love/hate relationship with my wife’s 02 A4. Plastics on the engine and door sensors were my bane. But, there was nothing better on a long road trip.

I just got home from LA a couple hours ago.

Cool temp ride to the Morris, IL Motorcycle Swap yesterday. Scored a few goodies for my diesel motorcycle project, had some UDF, ate some OK biscuits and gravy.

I had a friend at the time bought one of the very first ones. Don't know if it was the above or "chocolate camshaft syndrome" but he was cursing Honda for a while. All got sorted in warranty tho with better bits then he was happy bunny. Albeit looking odd, I do remember the technical details like t...

Tensioner bits. https://live.staticflickr.com/8191/8142964627_c902a96f05_z.jpg What they are supposed to look like. https://live.staticflickr.com/8324/8142965055_7721344833_z.jpg Recalled 1978 support on the bottom. https://live.staticflickr.com/8390/8646469118_951b553448_z.jpg The tensioners can st...