Frank, Eliacim, Bill, Lynn, and all, A bit off topic..... I'm guilty of the same here in SoCal. Flying, convertible sports cars, motorcycles, and sailboats seem to have a common thread somehow. :-)
1947 415 CD, hangared & covered at Chino with 1400 hours in the last 9 1/2 years 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale, garaged & covered, 31K miles & rarely ridden last 9 1/2 years 1987 Toyota MR2 (T-tops) covered and with 230K (sell or restore...?) 2000 Mazda Miata SE, garaged & covered with 42K miles. Regards, Dan Hall N3968H ----- Original Message ----- From: "fnelson913" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: [ercoupe-flyin] [Fwd: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Sticky Valve Saga rope trick] >I have always said that riding a motorcycle is as close to flying as > you can get and still be firmly (most of the time) on the ground. I > have to admit that since I started working on my Sport Pilot > license, my motorcycle has been somewhat neglected. In sunny, > southern California, that is probably against the law. > > Frank Nelson > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> ---------------------------- Original Message --------------------- > ------- >> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Sticky Valve Saga rope trick >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Mon, October 22, 2007 4:29 pm >> To: "fnelson913" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- >> >> No bike for me, but I have a BMW Z3 convertible. My AP/IA used to > have a >> bike. He currently flies a Pitts, and is restoring a 2 hole Pitts. > All, >> like the Ercoupe, are open air machines. That's got the be the > common >> factor. >> Warning! Warning! Subject creeping from Tech to Flyin!! >> Eliacim >> >> >> > Am I mistaken or do many pilots also ride motorcycles? I have > been >> > riding a motorcycle since high school. My garage holds two > bikes; one >> > for me and one for my wife. My Mustang convertible sits outside > since >> > it is lower on the pecking order. >> > >> > Frank Nelson >> > >> > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "leedee@" <leedee@> wrote: >> >> >> >> Indian did make some overhead valve engines. I had a 2 Cyl > Scout >> > that had overhead valves. It was so powerful it scared me, but > a 16 >> > yr old is easily impressed. Course that was 52 yrs ago. >> >> Lee >> >> >> >> -- WILLIAM BIGGS <webacraft@> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hate to tell you this but an Indian is a flathead engine. The >> > continental is an overhead valve engine. The "Rope trick " we > have >> > been refering to (and I have done) can't be done on a flathead. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
