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68 Kawasaki 650
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63 Chevy Impala
66 SS 396 Chevelle
63 Chevy Impala
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What were you driving 40 years ago (1971)
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Cliff-Co.
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fairing
that looks like the fairing on a 69 harley tour- glide, (1st yr. production) UOTE=GeoffCee;399110]View attachment 38262 View attachment 38260
This is me in 1979 taking a vacation on the island of Corsica in the Med, the birthplace of Napoleon.
The bike is a BMW R100T. The fairing I have fitted is a British made Pantera, the design for which was copied from the Windjammer III, made in the USA, which was the fairing to have at that time if you were serious about touring big distances. I kept this bike for years, until BMW introduced the R1100RT which was my idea of a complete tourer straight off the factory floor.
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that looks like the fairing on a 69 harley tour- glide, (1st yr. production) UOTE=GeoffCee;399110]View attachment 38262 View attachment 38260
This is me in 1979 taking a vacation on the island of Corsica in the Med, the birthplace of Napoleon.
The bike is a BMW R100T. The fairing I have fitted is a British made Pantera, the design for which was copied from the Windjammer III, made in the USA, which was the fairing to have at that time if you were serious about touring big distances. I kept this bike for years, until BMW introduced the R1100RT which was my idea of a complete tourer straight off the factory floor.
[/QUOTE]Euripedes Neves
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What i was riding 40 years ago?
Me too. Blue (almost purple) color and the banana seat was vinyl/glitter. Had a "slick" for a back tire. That was a wheelie machine !!!!
Hard to re call for sure but I remembered it being much darker blue than this photo i googled! And mine had STP oil stickers all over it!
[/QUO ITE 40 years ago i was riding a yamaha RD125cc.
garydebusk
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Owner of new 2012 rt limited-Idalou, Texas
I was riding a 1956 Cushman eagle in 1959.
I was riding a 1956 Cushman eagle in 1959.
GeoffCee
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Your memory may well be correct. The Pantera company consisted of a couple of guys in a rented shed who had this great idea to make copies of anything in GRP that was looked upon by the British motorcycling fraternity as being good kit.
Buying an imported Windjammer III was beyond the means of most Brit bikers in those days so a Pantera copy was the next best thing. The Pantera's were strong and well made and sold for a little more than half the cost of a genuine Windjammer. One feature of the Pantera that was much appreciated was being able to take it with you when you changed your bike. Here it is on a Kawasaki Z650 which I had immediately before I bought the BeeEmm R100T. You simply bought a mounting frame from Pantera for the new model of machine you were purchasing and that was it! Outstandingly flexible. :2thumbs:
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