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billybob
Posted 3/29/2011 12:59 (#1697182)
Subject: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


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Here is what I am working on for my trip meter cable.  1980 Can Am 250 Qualifier. 

Got the carb. cleaned up this winter and now it starts great.  The suction tube that feed the eng., when the choke is on, was blocked. 

Have some need rear side panels here in the office to put on today.  Surprising how much after market stuff I can get for this motorcycle. 

It is even street legal.  Nebr. bikes need a headlight on at all time, check, horn to be heard at 200 ft.(had to go with a squeeze horn there), check, rear running light/break light, check.  Good to go. 

Great bike in the fact that it weights only 225# dry, but has a h.p. of 34 @ 8,000 rpm. Most 250's today weigh 20# more. 

A model 400 would be a little better as it has a dry weight of 236# and a h.p. of 40 @ 6,000.  or  The Model 500?, not sure on the #, with up to 70 hp.  Don't think so for me.  lol.

It is fast enough to scare the out of me, but light enough for this 180 # person to handle.  They were the cat's meow when the first came out in the mid 70's.  They took 1st, 2nd, 3rd all year long the first year out in races.  The following year the comp. had all winter to copy the Can Am so they could not always hold the top 3 spots. 

P.S.  The gold bag on the bars holds 2 stroke mix oil in case I run out away from home. 



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rollig
Posted 3/29/2011 13:07 (#1697198 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


SCMN		Cool old bike! I wish I still had the '76 Kawasaki KE175 I learned to ride when I was young. Put a lot of miles on that baby.
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granto
Posted 3/29/2011 13:19 (#1697213 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


18c ditch system		It looks like the twin sister to the Hodaka dirt squirt..
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jpmill79
Posted 3/29/2011 13:42 (#1697245 - in reply to #1697213)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol



Northwest Illinois		I see you heeded my new forum rule! (those posting questions about their vintage motorcycle project must also post a picture of said motorcycle). Looks good, I've only ever seen a handful of Can-ams. Enjoy.
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Topshot
Posted 3/29/2011 13:41 (#1697243 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


Near Richmond, IN		I'll bet it's fun to ride. Had a 500 Husky years ago. Every time I rode it I thought, "what a rush" and that was just riding it in the pasture!
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jpmill79
Posted 3/29/2011 13:48 (#1697253 - in reply to #1697243)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol



Northwest Illinois		Some day I'll resurrect the '79 Yamaha 175 enduro that my brother and I cut our teeth on. Maybe I should let my boy beat on it first before I make it too pretty. He's two now, I've got a long wait.
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sodbuster_06
Posted 3/29/2011 14:17 (#1697290 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


I've resurrected my old '74 Honda XL350, and 79 XL250S i'll dig up some photos.
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thejunkman
Posted 3/29/2011 14:45 (#1697312 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


Neat bike. Not sure about the cats meow though. I have several vintage bikes. Here is a video of me and a friend riding some vintage bikes about 20 years ago. FYI this was shot on 8mm film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9O1pdW1o4g
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Claymore
Posted 3/29/2011 16:16 (#1697419 - in reply to #1697312)
Subject: Question for Junkman


Sorry to hijack, but how was your experience converting the 8mm film to video? My parents and relatives have about 1000' of super 8 that I would like to convert to BlueRay before the film rots away. The 4 year old mini version of me is running around on one of the reels.

Edited by Claymore 3/29/2011 16:17
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thejunkman
Posted 3/30/2011 09:51 (#1698710 - in reply to #1697419)
Subject: RE: Question for Junkman


Claymore - 3/29/2011 14:16 Sorry to hijack, but how was your experience converting the 8mm film to video? My parents and relatives have about 1000' of super 8 that I would like to convert to BlueRay before the film rots away. The 4 year old mini version of me is running around on one of the reels.


Well I built my own fixture to mount the projector (a high quality projector) and my DV camera (older Cannon GL2) so that the projector is directly in front of the DV camera.  I also had to build a dark "tunnel" if you will to keep out stray light from contaminating the projected image.  The trick was to play with the DV's aperture to get the best color and contrast as well as having a good projector that you can tweak the frame rate to minimize flicker.  For example this footage was filmed using a GAF 735 at 18 fps however playback I tweaked it a bit slower at 17.5 or so to minimize the flicker.  However most basic projectors only have 3 or 4 settings 12, 16, 18 and sometimes 24 fps.  Mine I can tweak the motor speed via a rheostat to slightly speed up or slow down the drive motor.

Once I have it on the DV camera it is just a matter of capturing it to my computer via a video capture program.  Now here is where I prefer DV tape over flash media or other compressed video as I am getting the best 1:1 quality of the source material.  The downside is this 3 minute clip is a 2 gig uncompressed video file.  I then edited it just a little and compressed it for uploading to youtube so the source file is obviously much better quality.  Then all I/you have to do is burn it to DVD or Blueray.

However most people just set up a video camera and projector and screen and just video tape the screen.  This works pretty good, but you need a REALLY dark room and sturdy table/tripod to keep both the camera and projector still and in focus.  You will still get a more washed look to the film in the center of the frame.

Either way you go about it you have to sit and monitor the whole process.  I have captured about 10 hours total of 8mm film from my Dad's ski racing days, Grandpa and Grandma's days on the farm, my childhood, and my short little films I did before I got a better camera.

All in all I would just find a company that can do a quality job for you.

Here is another video that I captured of my parents skateboarding in the early 70's, not much edditing and just added a bit of music to set the mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io26uyHxSv4

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BFarms2
Posted 3/29/2011 17:01 (#1697472 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol



thejunkman- with a little more practice you will be out running James Stewart and Villapoto.
My grandson is into racing. I know what every ER looks like around our area.
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thejunkman
Posted 3/30/2011 10:07 (#1698738 - in reply to #1697472)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


BFarms2 - 3/29/2011 15:01 thejunkman- with a little more practice you will be out running James Stewart and Villapoto. My grandson is into racing. I know what every ER looks like around our area.


Haha, I don't crash as much as Bubba and I am not as young as Poto.  FYI that video was 20 years ago.  Here is one at that same track 10 years later in about 2000.  I don't race motocross anymore, I have honed my skills on the trail for enduros and harescrambles as well as I like riding slow, I ride observed trials as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn52FQgrTUw

Observed trials riding (some of me and my friends)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFQOr5cDnB0

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PJacob
Posted 3/29/2011 19:06 (#1697613 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: RE: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


Tuscola, IL		My Can Am was not quite as vintage: 1987 Can Am 300 Trials. I had come to find out that they only imported a handfull of them into the US. I sold it on ebay a few years ago to a guy who had another one. That Rotax trials engine would really chug. Sorry no pics.
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snd
Posted 3/29/2011 19:59 (#1697693 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


Montana		love the can-am bikes I had or should say still have a mx6 400B.
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pudding
Posted 3/29/2011 21:28 (#1697901 - in reply to #1697182)
Subject: Re: Vintage Can Am Motorcycle pic, for those who care. lol


Somewhereville, Earth		I have never seen one of those before, and it looks great! thanks for the pictures!

my 3 atc's are slowly becoming vintage, it does worry me what the plastic will be like thou

wish i had the honda supertrail 50 i learnt to ride on years ago :o)
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