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panthercity
10-28-2010, 10:53 AM
I'd never seen this one before. Dangerous, are you in this one?

Part One:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ABelgFdjA&feature=related
Donson
10-28-2010, 11:10 AM
Hey, I saw Simon! Smashing!
panthercity
10-28-2010, 12:59 PM
Part Two:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipiD6nm7Iy0&feature=related
panthercity
10-28-2010, 01:01 PM
Part Three:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahAoNvH2pQ&feature=player_embedded
Sir Limpsalot
10-28-2010, 01:49 PM
I used to have it on VHS, well, probably still have the casette in the shed. Just don't have anything to play it on now. Being the sad ol' bastard that I am, I love it!
panthercity
10-28-2010, 02:21 PM
I quit eenjoyed it! Noticed a lot more use of hammers than torque wrenches... :pot:
DarthRider
10-28-2010, 06:18 PM
I quit eenjoyed it! Noticed a lot more use of hammers than torque wrenches... :pot:
Joke's on you Bro...somebody slipped in the Harley film!
SV Andy
10-29-2010, 04:25 AM
I used to have it on VHS, well, probably still have the casette in the shed. Just don't have anything to play it on now. Being the sad ol' bastard that I am, I love it!

Why am i not surprised i bet these clips are now on your favorites lol.

Great clips though thanks Andy.
Sir Limpsalot
10-29-2010, 11:18 AM
I quit eenjoyed it! Noticed a lot more use of hammers than torque wrenches... :pot:

What you saw there were craftsmen hand building class leading motorcycles. Remember, please, that when that was filmed a young Japanese chap called Honda was only just taking his first faltering steps in the world of motorcycle production, fitting proprietary engines into bicycle frames. High technology would come, but it was - at that time - still a long way off.

Si (:))
panthercity
10-29-2010, 11:21 AM
What you saw there were craftsmen hand building class leading motorcycles. Remember, please, that when that was filmed a young Japanese chap called Honda was only just taking his first faltering steps in the world of motorcycle production, fitting proprietary engines into bicycle frames. High technology would come, but it was - at that time - still a long way off.

Si (:))

Proprietary? I thought they were war-surplus generator engines of some such?

And yes, I had one of those hand-crafted oil dispensers...

:D
Sir Limpsalot
10-29-2010, 11:55 AM
Proprietary? I thought they were war-surplus generator engines of some such?


:D

Proprietary just means made by someone else! Hey! Are you pulling my chain? God damnit, I've taken the bait like a big, silly, fish! :)
panthercity
10-29-2010, 01:11 PM
# 1946 Soichiro Honda sells his piston-ring business. Japan is struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy, after having been bombed flat at the end of WWII. Honda realizes the need for affordable transportation and begins grafting war-surplus two-stroke motors onto bicycles. (The motors had originally been intended for use on portable generators for military radios.)

From http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/history-honda-motorcycle.html
Sir Limpsalot
10-29-2010, 02:10 PM
If they weren't made by Honda they were proprietary, whether designed for motorcycle use or not.
panthercity
10-29-2010, 03:06 PM
If they weren't made by Honda they were proprietary, whether designed for motorcycle use or not.

:D
Donson
10-29-2010, 10:24 PM
:D

Diahatsu?
panthercity
10-30-2010, 06:55 AM
Diahatsu?

Bless you!
Donson
10-30-2010, 09:48 AM
I have some letters from My Dad, to His Dad, from Occupied Japan. After, Iwo Jima, then War Crimes Trials at Chichi Jima, Dad was assigned to the Japanese Mainland . He wrote several letters to His Dad, describing the people, and the country.In one letter He describes the vehicles in use, and He was particularly impressed by the "tiny little Trucks, half the size We use, of unusually high quality, It is called a Daihatsu".