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Every now and then I have a fleeting thought about what past motorcycles were like and what it would be like to have had some of our modern comforts back then.
For example, the Harley Shovel head motor was a good idea in concept with the domed piston. Unfortunately the company only had a spark plug on one side of the wedge shape so the entire compressed area did not burn efficiently so the power that could have been gained was lost.
Then there are times when I think about how cool it would be to still have a kick start on my modern bike. I had a couple of Honda CB750s from the 1970's and kicking them over was cool as heck. To be able to do that with the modern fuel injected bike would be awesome.
Then there is the whole GPS! I can see the movie Easyrider being a whole lot different if Capt. America and Billy used GPS. They could have avoided the parade scene and not got arrested. They would not have met Jack Nicholas's character who then would not have been killed by the rednecks.
What modern motorcycle things would you want if you traveled back about 40 or 50 years? What old motorcycle tech do you wish you had now?
For example, the Harley Shovel head motor was a good idea in concept with the domed piston. Unfortunately the company only had a spark plug on one side of the wedge shape so the entire compressed area did not burn efficiently so the power that could have been gained was lost.
Then there are times when I think about how cool it would be to still have a kick start on my modern bike. I had a couple of Honda CB750s from the 1970's and kicking them over was cool as heck. To be able to do that with the modern fuel injected bike would be awesome.
Then there is the whole GPS! I can see the movie Easyrider being a whole lot different if Capt. America and Billy used GPS. They could have avoided the parade scene and not got arrested. They would not have met Jack Nicholas's character who then would not have been killed by the rednecks.
What modern motorcycle things would you want if you traveled back about 40 or 50 years? What old motorcycle tech do you wish you had now?