OT: dental torque

[Adam/Mill Valley CA]

Tom, you're welcome. It's always difficult when there's a divergence of opinion. Perhaps you could ask your primary to query an infectious disease (ID) specialist for their opinion, I would consider that pretty much the gold standard

Adam

[farmertom]

Adam,Thanks again for your input. I do miss the m'cycles. i miss riding with my son even more as he has almost 4yr old girl and a 1yr old boy. at least he has kept his bmw m'cycle unlike myself sold my motorcycles and '30 model A tudor sedan hot rod in 1983 shortly after he was born because i thought should. well,i got back into cycling while my kids were in college.he got interested when i would ride to ames to see them at school. Tom.

[Adam/Mill Valley CA]

Tom, I've enjoyed riding with my younger boy too-he stopped when he had kids (now 4 and 6) but I kept his bike for him, a CB750 Nighthawk-I refurbished it last year and put it in the "rotation" with my other 5 bikes, try to run them all every week or two, here in Nor Cal you can ride pretty much year round and I live right on California Route 1 so nice roads. I know he wants to get back to it sometime (wife permitting!). Between the cars and the bikes, it's a good thing I'm retired!

Adam

[Ray in La Mesa]

1942deluxe: glad to see someone else has an original set of miniature Ford tools too, yes , they are a bit difficult to use.

[1942deluxe]

Ray, those were given to me by a customer when I was running the Ford dealership in Ashland, PA. His son had muscular dystrophy, and I always donated to their fundraiser. We were always in very small dealerships and probably never made more than a living. We did end up knowing so many good people and families. We cared about them, and they cared about us. It was a good life....

[flatford8]

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John,
Perfect time of the year for this story!…..Merry Christmas to you and your family!….Mark

[1942deluxe]

Mark, thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[farmertom]

Adam,hopefully a great amout of time for you and your son for some quality riding time.the" wife permitting"thing for me wasn't usally a factor. as far as m'cycles goes even my wife had her own bike when a late teen.her dad was an rotory engine mechanic wwII stationed over seas with army air core.he also worked for ford assembly dearborn her mother built planes at willow run.wifes brother also worked in ford assembly,and currently ownes and drives restored and races amc amx's.as far as m'cycles goes iv'e owned a '75 and a '76 ltd 900's,numerous Harleys,yamaha dirt bikes,road star bobber.i bought a new 2012 harley trike when my right hip started to fall apart.my last bike after first hip replacement was a 2016 harley 48 sportster.that was the most fun of them all. the two 900 kawasakis scared the crap out of me.at the same time ownership of the 48 i also had a low mi. 2003 ford thunderbird which in 2020 i traded the 48 and the t-bird for my '37 fordor deluxe sedan. Tom.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by flatford8

John,
Perfect time of the year for this story!…..Merry Christmas to you and your family!….Mark

And Mark, doesn't it just figure that '1942 deluxe John', who "just made a living" is a guy who has sent me numerous NOS jailbar parts from old dealership stock and for the most part he wants nothing in return for his efforts. When you combine his friendship with that of Chris 'Sugarmaker', who includes his wife and kids and grandkids and great grandkids into his posts, it almost makes me want to move to Albion Pa., where folks are still like the 'old days'. And don't even tell me about how they meet at the 'office' for discussions. The 'office' being an old time cafe in town. Old Mr. Rockwell could hardly paint a better picture. Merry Christmas.

[flatford8]

“The 'office' being an old time cafe in town”………Big Irene’s Little Diner…..like I said before, ……there’s a bunch people on here that I want to be neighbors with……
Merry Christmas Gary………..Mark

[GB SISSON]

In some ways we ARE... And I don't have to shovel the rain. What's for dinner tonight at Irene's?

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by flatford8

“The 'office' being an old time cafe in town”………Big Irene’s Little Diner…..like I said before, ……there’s a bunch people on here that I want to be neighbors with……
Merry Christmas Gary………..Mark

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

In some ways we ARE... And I don't have to shovel the rain. What's for dinner tonight at Irene's?

[GB SISSON]

And that's some old time prices to boot. Pretty much half of what we'd pay in the upper left corner of the left coast

[Adam/Mill Valley CA]

Tom, sure sounds like you've had a nice bunch of bikes and cars! I understand about the Kawi 900's, my son bought a Honda Hornet 919 a few years bike, I rode it for 5 minutes and gave him my professional opinion: "you're going to die on this thing"-I was happy when he sold it a month later. Your '37 (in your avatar) looks just great, my favorite of all the years. Petehoovie thanks for posting that picture and menu of Irene's, I love places like that-especially with a $7 burger-that's just a dream here in NorCal!
Happy holidays all

Adam

[oldbugger]

A friend of mine had a kaw 750 for sale in my front yard years back. A passer by stopped with a 650 Yam to test the 750 Kaw. he left my yard quite carefully and came back pushing the Kaw. I asked whats wrong with it, he said nothing, just way to light in the front, his face looked a bit white.

[farmertom]

Adam,if interested there are mor pics of my '37 on a thread i started 02/20/24 entitled "Find out more about my '37 Fordor". on page 2 Pete Hoovie enlarged em. also a few on page 1. you talked about the danger of that 919 to your son reminds me when my son first started riding i told him you have to ride like they wanna kill you. i just figured my instruction and riding while training him would work either he would change his mind or wanna throw a leg over. i guess he saw my passion and my safety practices. ofcourse he remembered my story of the kaw 900s how they scared the crap outa me.at one time while he was still single he bought a 1200 sporty powered Buell that we both worked on together. we replaced whole front end,exhaust,swing arm bearings and other various parts. esentialy safer and faster. we both had touring harleys at the same time.it wasnt to much time after us working the Buell he said this thing scares the crap outa me dad. like you with your son i was relieved!!. Tom.

[GB SISSON]

Since this thread is about torque, I figured HP is in the same general realm......When I hit my 70s I decided to limit the hp of any cycle in my stable to 10 hp max. I figured much higher than that could be unsafe. This thing is rated at 5hp, so is well within my margin of safety. The easily removed 'training wheels' are of my manufacture and serve as a rolling display stand. Since it's a 2 stroke and both cylinders fire simultaneously, it requires two coils (or a dual fire coil from a 4 cylinder kawasaki ) which I have hidden below the crankcase. It runs nicely, but I have yet to ride it. My stepson is chomping at the bit, but I DO want to stay married so I'm sure you understand. The vertical single depicted in the ad is the 3 hp version, musta been their 'kid's model'

[farmertom]

GB,cool bike/contraption as us old guys would classify.looks to be you also equip with agoggle and snorkle/scuba setup because the rear drive looks more like a boat prop than an air prop.i can seriously understand why your wife may stand in the way.sorry,hope no hard feelings for boat prop humor. couldnt resist. a sound video of it running static. i'm not suggesting you ride it!! Tom.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by farmertom

GB,cool bike/contraption as us old guys would classify.looks to be you also equip with agoggle and snorkle/scuba setup because the rear drive looks more like a boat prop than an air prop.i can seriously understand why your wife may stand in the way.sorry,hope no hard feelings for boat prop humor. couldnt resist. a sound video of it running static. i'm not suggesting you ride it!! Tom.

But Tom, the ad claims it's a 'scientifically designed aviation propeller'.