Phantom Oiler Rogues Gallery: Rod Todd |
BSA Gold Star rider Rod Todd at UC Davis, a while back |
I bought the 1961 Goldie from Honda of West Sacramento in the spring of
1966 for $325--I couldn't afford the Triumph I really wanted at the time. It appeared to
be a semi-street legal race track refugee of the Catalina persuasion. (As if Hooligan
bikes are a new concept!) I rode it on and off road for the next two years and sold it to
the paper boy (a man with a real job, unlike us starving college students) for $350 in
early '68. I hand built the reverse cone megaphone in the Irrigation Hydraulics shop at UC Davis. The finish is rattle can VHT, and yes, it was wicked loud when the homemade baffle fell out, and I had a BIG ticket to prove it! It sometimes ran really good, and other times wouldn't at all. I broke the thick, arched sole of an expensive pair of Justin cowboy boots flirting with the sweet spot in the Lucas Magdyno manual advance--too retarded and it would just Woof, too advanced and it would try to launch you into orbit. |
One oil changeI found a broken valve spring piece (not from the currently installed ones) in the sump, but couldn't afford to tear it down. So I just rode it. Notice the slightly bent fork tubes! A classic love/hate motorcycle relationship.... |
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