Bobber Pics!! - Page 10

kirk69er · 03-27-2008, 04:39 AM

[quote=vintagemxr]Sort of a bobber, sort of not, this Indian was at a recent vintage bike event in Phoenix. So many cool features about it like the two six-shooters welded up as highway pegs.

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..now just what part of that machine is "not" a bob job?
..one kick ass machine there friend.. i like articindians ..
..bob job.. too kool fer oldskool
..kk#38

FloridaSteve · 03-27-2008, 07:18 AM

Her's my buddies Guzzi Bobber. It'd help if he'd loose the front fenderthough..

vintagemxr · 03-27-2008, 05:10 PM

[quote=kirk69er]

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Originally Posted by vintagemxr

Sort of a bobber, sort of not, this Indian was at a recent vintage bike event in Phoenix. So many cool features about it like the two six-shooters welded up as highway pegs.

.
..now just what part of that machine is "not" a bob job?
..one kick ass machine there friend.. i like articindians ..
..bob job.. too kool fer oldskool
..kk#38

The back fender was bobbed but then had some stuff added back on. I guess it depends on how persnickety one wants to be in defining the term "bobber." To me it's a bobber but there are fanatics who might beg to differ because the bike has not be stripped of all non-essentials.

Very cool bike though, I'd love know the history behind it. Owning it would be even better.

Doug

strathbran steve · 03-28-2008, 12:37 AM

this bobbed Guzzi has been casually hanging around Lucca in Tuscany for the last 2 years or so, wish I was casually hangin around Lucca

JWhitmore44 · 03-28-2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainSlow

I'm in the process of building a bobber. I should have the bases covered between this one and the cafe racer. Both are Yamaha XS650's.

sharp looking bike, anymore details ?

CaptainSlow · 03-29-2008, 04:31 PM

Link here to some more info, also there are alot of cool XS650 bobbers on this site.

http://www.650motorcycles.com/ChrisUpNorth.html

wpbarlow · 04-09-2008, 06:32 PM

arcticIndian · 04-23-2008, 07:05 AM

Chisenhallw · 04-27-2008, 06:11 PM

Now THAT is nice!

wpbarlow · 04-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Spotted Sunday in Frenchtown NJ-- on it's way from Brooklyn, NY to Oley, Pa. (over 120 miles each way) for a vintage bike show.

drhach · 04-28-2008, 05:33 AM

Was he stopping to add oil. That's quite a puddle on the ground under that primary cover.

MikeyT · 04-28-2008, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by drhach

Was he stopping to add oil. That's quite a puddle on the ground under that primary cover.

That puddle doesn't indicate nearly as much oil as you think.

The primary chain oiler on those old Harleys was supposed to be set up so that when you stopped and the engine was warm, that it would leave a half-dollar sized spot of oil. It was a drip feed with no return. That one is set a bit high, but not hugely so.

Those puddles were a good part of the reason people thought Harleys were leakers. Not that none of them did, but most stayed pretty dry, including the two panheads I had in the 70s.

MikeyT · 04-28-2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by wpbarlow

Spotted Sunday in Frenchtown NJ-- on it's way from Brooklyn, NY to Oley, Pa. (over 120 miles each way) for a vintage bike show.

A lot of people rode a lot of those bikes cross-country back in the day. Several hundred miles in a day was no big deal. You rode what you had. I think there are a lot of candy asses around any more. I like the tank shift and suicide clutch pedal, too. That's a sweet setup.

FloridaSteve · 04-28-2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by RatBob

A lot of people rode a lot of those bikes cross-country back in the day. Several hundred miles in a day was no big deal. You rode what you had. I think there are a lot of candy asses around any more. I like the tank shift and suicide clutch pedal, too. That's a sweet setup.

Well put.

drhach · 04-29-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RatBob

A lot of people rode a lot of those bikes cross-country back in the day. Several hundred miles in a day was no big deal. You rode what you had. I think there are a lot of candy asses around any more. I like the tank shift and suicide clutch pedal, too. That's a sweet setup.

I'm intimately familiar with the oil drip. I rode a 65' panhead swap-meet special for a long time. It was a rigid frame and I never did bother to get the front brake fixed. It was quite a death ride, and fun as hell.
I think you're wrong on one point. Several hundred miles on one of those was/is a huge deal. The difference is that when that's all there is, you suck it up and ride on. Or you quit motorcycling.

03-27-2008, 07:18 AM	#137
FloridaSteve ^OP Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2006 Location: Jacksonville Florida Oddometer: 2,070	Her's my buddies Guzzi Bobber. It'd help if he'd loose the front fenderthough.. __________________ My Blogs: Higher Resolution Photo Album Motorcycle Photo of the Day 2-Stroke-Biker-Blog

03-28-2008, 12:37 AM	#139
strathbran steve Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Ross-shire, Highlands of Scotland Oddometer: 228	this bobbed Guzzi has been casually hanging around Lucca in Tuscany for the last 2 years or so, wish I was casually hangin around Lucca __________________ 1996 Gas Gas 125 trials 1987 Dnepr Cossack 650cc Hack 1969 Triumph Trophy/Bonneville Bobber 1967 BSA B40 GB trials 1962 BSA B40 1957 Norton Model 77 Scrambler 1937 Indian 57" Sport Scout Stroker special 1933 Indian 74" Chief project

04-09-2008, 06:32 PM	#142
wpbarlow Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Central NJ Oddometer: 7,886	__________________ Walter Barlow

04-23-2008, 07:05 AM	#143
arcticIndian indian rider Joined: Oct 2006 Location: near the arctic Oddometer: 239	__________________ Ride reports: The "Chief bluesmoke" travels far north ..(71 degrees north): http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=365536&highlight=bluesmoke The "Chief bluesmoke" do Iceland : http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263338&highlight=bluesmoke

04-27-2008, 06:11 PM	#144
Chisenhallw Kilted Terror Joined: Feb 2007 Location: I've narrowed it down to 'earth'. Or 'Baltimore'. Oddometer: 1,738	Now THAT is nice! __________________ ESCAAAAPE..FROMMMM...BALTIMOOOOORE Dynamick & I are raising money for the Children's Foundation. Please give if you feel so inclined! 2001 Kawasaki Concours

03-27-2008, 04:39 AM	#136
kirk69er Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2005 Location: sometimes... kansas Oddometer: 389	[quote=vintagemxr]Sort of a bobber, sort of not, this Indian was at a recent vintage bike event in Phoenix. So many cool features about it like the two six-shooters welded up as highway pegs. . ..now just what part of that machine is "not" a bob job? ..one kick ass machine there friend.. i like articindians .. ..bob job.. too kool fer oldskool ..kk#38

03-29-2008, 04:31 PM	#141
CaptainSlow n00b Joined: Mar 2008 Location: Roseau, MN Oddometer: 8	Link here to some more info, also there are alot of cool XS650 bobbers on this site. http://www.650motorcycles.com/ChrisUpNorth.html

04-27-2008, 06:20 PM	#145
wpbarlow Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Central NJ Oddometer: 7,886	Spotted Sunday in Frenchtown NJ-- on it's way from Brooklyn, NY to Oley, Pa. (over 120 miles each way) for a vintage bike show. __________________ Walter Barlow

04-28-2008, 05:33 AM	#146
drhach gorillamanufacturing.com Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Waukegan Oddometer: 1,878	Was he stopping to add oil. That's quite a puddle on the ground under that primary cover.

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