This was my first store bought bike The Go Devil it was COOOOOOOL

If you change it, it will never be the same again.. What a great look!

Thank you for the website information

That is awesome. Perfect restoration. I'm building the scale model kit. Going to make it same as yours.

What a sad example 1961 ??

Leave it alone, maintain it and ride it.

I've had a bunch of these sportsters and I can tell you from experience that they are nearly impossible to start if you are 60 or older . The last one I had a 60 xlch kicked like a mule and ripped my leg open on a shock bolt I suppose . It would only kick back maybe 1 out of 100 times but man it was brutal . Also as bad or worse is when the kicker gears are worn and slip when you are giving it your best and your ankle hits the pavement under full pressure bent totally to the left . I got a 68 XLH with electric start , problem solved .

Little trick to starting these..at least works for me 100% of the time. Cold start: With ignition off, turn choke on, kick twice, dont need to be heavy kicks just enough to turn motor over. Turn ignition on, usually kicks over one kick or two. Warm start, same process just turn choke off when ignition is turned on before kicking.

I have a 62...cannot left kick the bike! Running good

The front gaurd has been chopped other than that yer it looks original

need more back tires!

Yea this is about as much a Trike as the space shuttle is a hang-glider!

Sugar bear building the front ends still

I have a 1973 500.Runs great on the interstate. Smooth. Great little bike. The bike ruled Daytona for 30 years.

I wish more BSA and Triumph came with alloy tank.lgot a BSA C-15 250 with a alloy tank.1967 all stock 6,000 miles, and matching#.$500 delivered to my house 🏠. Alloy tanks and stainless steel sheet metal as fenders make the bike last forever ♾️.

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That really is art! Functional art! Thnks for sharing!

A very nice MSS ! On the subject of speed Velocette still hold the record for 24 hrs at 100 MPH, so it is no slouch . Chris B.

Incredibly beautifull!!!!

Getting the weight out of motorcycles should be on the leading edge of technology, not just more HP. 😊 You did great work with that and got great numbers.

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Tem 1 moto dessa 1948 prá vender 50 mil reais

is that the 1st year w/ amf ? or the last yr without amf? very nice piece!

AERMACHI import from Italy. HD - AMF $$$

Soo kool !

Off to Dakar ? As a motorcycle recovery perhaps ?

Nice work. Keeping my '76 GT500 stock. I'm considering the improved motor mounts though since I'm not a fanatic about maintaining that status. I'd like a smoother ride at high revs. Also the big stock gas tank is IMO a must for this gas hog.

Dougie like another comment do you want a genuine classic or a bitsa? Those of us who own a Velocette or 2 or 3 or more appreciate their origins and the engineering tjat the Goodman family employed

Larry if you are still around please wear safety clothing not only for your own benefit but it sets a very poor example to younger riders

Now im old andvrife harleys would love to build a chop withbone ofvthese engines

Pas mal ce dax .

I ride an 1150 with an e2000 by EML myself. A tip from me, that seems to be an EML front swingarm. Like also the rest looks like EML Design.With this type of swingarm, it can happen that the shock absorber springs through to the stop when driving through a pothole. The lower cross bar then hits the front wing very hard. To prevent this, I put in two spring travel limiters from Harley Davidson. In the meantime, there are good battery compressors. I have a Makita one with me because I have Makita battery tools anyway. Its battery is easily enough for a holiday in Iceland.

I love SUZUKI......

nice to have a bike unique and put together yourself, even with single carb yiu must have a great power to weight ratio, the bike weighing in at nearly half a standard bike, well done shes great

How the heck did you get one of these? Very jelly

Yup, I remember that kick start. Replaced three of those kick start gears in a year. Keepin the idle was a bear, too. Still rode and beat the hell out of that bike, my first

The sportster got left in the dust by the Triumph Bonneville,BSA Lightning & Spitfire and the Norton Commando in a drag race

just saw an ad for Hoffman motorcycles in a 1950 popular mechanics magazine

I'll never own another vintage Triumph. The compression ratio on my TR6 is way too high for an older dude like me to kick through the compression stroke.

love the alloy tank , wow , prettiest bike ever made imho

All old Brit bikes had black prest alloy number plates with the razed figures. You are lucky to have the mark 2 with four down pipes. As the mk1, use to over heat on the back pots. You have done a lovely job on the rebuild. Thanks for the vid.

lol ... and still no chain guard 🤣

Love the two into one scrambler pipes!! Nice build!

Royal man's royal choice

please get a cb750 honda hit the button off you go .

Да, аппарат, но в прошлом.

Nice

The bike is yours, you can do what you want with it. There’s always going to be commentators but you’re the boss. Besides, once you start taking it apart, it’s a long and arduous process. Stuff breaks and snaps and all the aftermarket parts are costly because they’re not mass produced. Back in the day, guys just used whatever they had to keep a bike running. They went into their tool shed or barn for it. The beauty about original Indian “Motocycles” is that it has all standard bearings and fine thread bolts and hardware, so stuff doesn’t rattle loose too easily. You can go to a standard bearing/ hardware supply store and pick up what you need. By the way I have a 47 Chief Roadmaster with Sidecar that I mostly run the bike as solo. I’m rebuilding it this year and have owned it since 1985. It’s nowhere near original, but it’s a runner. I’m a Charter member of the AMCA, and sometime I catch hell because it’s not authentic, but I just keep on riding….. Naw.. you should keep it the way it is if you like… because nobody, absolutely nobody has one like it. You could pick it out of a crowd at Sturgis 😅😊👍

I love it, this makes me so happy.. it's like a cat video for guys. Beautiful work, my friend, it looks and sounds spectacular.

German engineering... der beste