My Birthday Present - "name this bike" ;-)

Boog said:
@britman I keep coming back to the pictures and really want to see this in person. Since you are only 20ish miles away, maybe I can soon. Sure is a good looking rig!
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Boog

Sure you can. It is still pretty **** dirty by my standards and I have one outside carb weeping from the float seat, but I will shoot you a PM in the next week or two. Kama is *****, here I am 71 and bought a bike of my younger dreams and my lower back went out the night prior to my Birthday. Worst and first attack I have had in years, so I am garage restriction by my Wife (AKA Nurse Ratchet) for a few days. Looking forward to meeting you....


George
 
No real damage Ok
 
sonny said:
Old school it was common not to have front brakes.
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Amigo,
I would name it, "No Brakes"
There were many dummies "back in the day" as well. All OEM motors were engineered and manufactured with front and rear brakes.
Eliminating the brake that provides 75% to 85% of your braking ability is like sky diving with an umbrella.
Almost as reckless is eliminating the rear suspension, which would further reduce that bike's 15% to 25% brake efficiency.

PS:
I do like those old style fat grips!
 
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Yes but most custom bikes of that era had the front brake removed. Kind of like throwing the front forks out as far as you can. None of it made much sense.
 
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