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Carlo
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:58 am |
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Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:44 am Posts: 1790 Images: 7
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I understand that I am brilliant and enterprising ..... it will certainly be an engine block that is also fast and powerful ..... but aesthetics .... is important to me. Very interesting photos, the story of Passionists
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piuma14
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:53 pm |
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Nice to get some feedback on the Alchemy, took longer time than expected... Very interesting though. Hardly worth the effort I suspect however, when there was a factory produced, smaller, better and more powerful engine available. About the passenger footpegs, as usual there is a nice story behind: The bike was owned and built by Peter Lindqvist, who later started his framebuilding business under the Conardi and Morani names. He made a few Ducati frames, a handful of Supermono frames and quite a few Rob North inspired frames, mainly for Honda 500 and 750 fours. In 1986 he had a girlfriend who rode with us to Finland on the back of the 950, and later started to drive herself. Her name is Annie Seel and after a short roadracing career she became one of the most successful female desert (motorcycle) racers in the world, competing in a number of Paris-Dakars and other rallies. And by then she had dumped Peter... /Björn
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piuma14
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 5:38 pm |
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”New” pictures of previously shown TT-racers. TT2 600 from Norway TT2 650 from Sweden The Finnish Trio. 1990 or what? /Björn
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Cal
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:39 pm |
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Thanx Bjorn and gang for added details above.
On the newest/last picture, I was just wondering what M*Star means on the fairing. To me, I am an old Maico guy and when they went out of business in the early 80's they were then resurrected after a short time as M*Star. What does it mean in this case??
Clay
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piuma14
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 5:46 am |
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Hi Clay!
M-Star was (is still maybe) the Finnish Ducati importer at the time.
/Björn
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piuma14
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:34 am |
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ducttf1
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:50 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:03 pm Posts: 1162 Images: 0
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Hi Bjorn, what a small world! As soon as I saw that tricolor paint scheme, I remembered that bike. It belonged to a guy in the midwest, his name slips my mind. He was big with the BevelHeads. I then heard he had passed away. I just remembered seeing it at the Barber Symposium. A few years ago someone contacted me about maybe restoring this bike. He just purchased it from the owners son. I told the guy, not to restore it just clean it up and enjoy it. Here's a picture he sent me. Thanks again for all the wonderful pictures! Lou
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618F1
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:03 pm |
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I remember that bike Lou! Really ratty, but all there; someone said “it has $30,000 in rare parts on it”. Some things were held on with wire and zip ties. He rode it there and parked it, without fanfare, in with all the other riders. If that is a current photos it sure looks better, if you can believe that. MikeV
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piuma14
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 4:09 pm |
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Yes, the world is often pretty small! Sad when a bike like that is miskept. Lou, why did you not want to restore it? /Björn
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ducttf1
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Post subject: Re: More images from the north! Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:41 pm |
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Hi Guys, too many projects to take on another one, but I also thought it could be cleaned up and enjoyed for a few years before it gets the 'polish and store' treatment. Lou
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