something new coming in electric OB

[redneck joe]

That whining noise is too much for me.

 

[tphoyt]

That whining noise is too much for me.

Me too! There is nothing like the sweet sound of a well tuned combustion engine. A buddy of mine has one of the big trucks with a twin turbo diesel. It’s fun to hear them whined up sometimes but it gets annoying after awhile.

 

[silverbul]

Maybe now is the time to start buying 2 stroke outboards and stashing them in the garage to sell 20 plus years from now, when everything, go green push falls apart. of course im not because im not leaving anything to my family they might make money on after i die. lmao

 

[redneck joe]

Me too! There is nothing like the sweet sound of a well tuned combustion engine. A buddy of mine has one of the big trucks with a twin turbo diesel. It’s fun to hear them whined up sometimes but it gets annoying after awhile.

As i was posting this i was remembering putting playing cards on my forks.


lets see who gets that....

 

[silverbul]

As i was posting this i was remembering putting playing cards on my forks.


lets see who gets that....

schwinn stingray with a banana seat, good ol days. BBBBRRRRRRR

 

[tphoyt]

Playing cards and smoke bombs for me

 

[redneck joe]

schwinn stingray with a banana seat, good ol days. BBBBRRRRRRR

YES!!!!!

 

[silverbul]

YES!!!!!

bycycles may vary, lol. shows our age.

 

[saltchuckmatt]

schwinn stingray with a banana seat, good ol days. BBBBRRRRRRR

You left out the "sissy bars"!

 

[silverbul]

You left out the "sissy bars"!

i was trying to leave that part of my life behind, thanks for bringing that up, back to therapy. lol

 

[jimmbo]

5 Speed Stick Shift. Neighbour's Kid had one of these Sears models

 

[redneck joe]

Chopper forks....

 

[jimmbo]

I just remember the Ape Hanger Handlebars

 

[saltchuckmatt]

True sting ray.

 

[airshot]

schwinn stingray with a banana seat, good ol days. BBBBRRRRRRR

To get that nice growl off the spokes.....fond memories !! A few years back, I showed that trick to my grandkids....what a dumb look they had on their faces...but why Papa ??

 

[silverbul]

To get that nice growl off the spokes.....fond memories !! A few years back, I showed that trick to my grandkids....what a dumb look they had on their faces...but why Papa ??

because its cheaper than an iphone, jmo

 

[Crosbyman]

I am deeply concerned about gran kids information processing capabilities.

Normally information goes in by the ears gets processed and the output is out the mouth .

today any request not posted on an Iphone screen lacks basic processing and generates the same answer all the time .... What? still out the mouth but inconclusive!

ex: Did you take out the garbage? what ?
Did you do your homeworks ? what ?

 

[rolmops]

Electric cars had a range of maybe 20 miles just a few decades ago. Now they easily go 300 miles without a recharge and I for one will not be amazed at all if that becomes 1000 miles + within the next 10 years while the only thing holding it back being big business trying to stop that innovation because they invested too much in current technology.
It will be the same for boats

 

[silverbul]

Chopper forks....

did my first chopper at age 8 in 1969, hack saw and brothers bike, good and bad times. brother beat me up but i had a badsak bike.

 

[tpenfield]

I commend the attempts to push the envelope, but . . . it seems that certain things needing a lot of power (boats, airplanes, etc.) just are currently not good candidates for electric power.

I would enjoy replacing my 7.5 hp Mercury for the dinghy with an electric version, but not my primary boat that needs 500+ hp to come up on plane.

The power concentrated in fuel is tough to beat in some applications.