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       Re: Arse ~!
       By: banquo Date: January 23, 2018, 3:56 am
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       Welcome Mick; I guess you need to be really sure what it is
       you're looking for and why.
       NFs are increasing rapidly in price as demand exceeds supply,
       but are still far more affordable than earlier singles, which
       still are considered far more 'classic'. What exactly are you
       expecting from a big single, and what do you want to do with it?
       I bought mine because it was cheap, not classic and not
       precious.
       Unfortunately, since then, it's become expensive, classic and
       too precious to hack about too much, but I've had 15 years of
       slow, cheap fun in between.
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       Re: Arse ~!
       By: SaskMick Date: January 23, 2018, 6:34 am
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       I'm looking for a classic big single that nobody else has, the
       quirkier the better. I very much doubt there are any old Moto
       Guzzi singles in Saskatchewan. I intend to get pleasure from
       maintaining and plodding around on it when the weather is good.
       PS, I have noticed that a lot of bikes with sidecars in Italy
       have the sidecar on the left, the only reason I can think of is
       that it makes it easier to mount a sidecar so it can be started.
       Or is there something else that I'm missing ?
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       Re: Arse ~!
       By: banquo Date: January 23, 2018, 5:20 pm
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       Well, they're Italian, aren't they? Lancia continued to build
       right hand drive cars well into the fifties, 30 years after
       Mussolini imposed driving on the right. There's a school of
       thought that there were safety benefits in sitting next to the
       kerb in the barrier-less mountain roads, but that could be urban
       myth. Perhaps they had the same thinking for bikes. I've seen a
       photo of a 1930s Harley outfit in Czechoslovakia which was
       fitted with a factory left hooker sidecar, which must have been
       specially made for the market, even though they drove on the
       right, so perhaps what we consider as conventional wasn't set in
       stone at the time.
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