Products that never made it.

This is an awesome piece of history. Too bad some of the links are bad. Very good stuff. :cool:

I immediately thought of those bolt on fairing things, as others mentioned. Those things were hideous! The whole thread is a great read! How about those scott hologram goggles, you know, the ones that looked like you got shot in the face. And every time you turned your head you saw the reflection. Good stuff.

Arnaco "49 Way Adjustable" shocks.

Malcom Smith "J" Bars.

Preston Petty "Udder Mudders"

Akront rims, and the styrofoam inserts to keep them from loading up with mud!

Down pipes.

Norstar boots.

Castrol "R".

Preston Petty Hex grips.

Terry cables.

Skyway silencers.

I love old threads! :laugh: ;)

Rotor

Pierre Karsmakers Yamaha bars with the pad molded in.
CZ bars with the lever perches welded on.
Husky cables with lube areas built in.
Piston port engines.
Shinobi water cooled head kits.
Mototec ignitions.
Barum side wall knobbies (front)
Goodyear knobbies.
Vented visors.
The air seat.
The innertube that was "C" shaped so you didnt need to remove the rear wheel.
Disco jet.
Compression releases.
Preston Petty wire electronic starting gate.
Number plate rear fenders.
Radiators on the triple clamps.
Full width brake hubs.
Double leading shoe brakes.
Preston Petty No Dive.
Anything from Skunk Works.
Fuzzy Yamaha air filters.
KYB factory air shocks.
Hisealeu gas shocks.
Simons forks. BUT they were the best !
Iron jaw face guards.
Gookinaid ERG energy drink
PDQ race team.
Hoss fenders.
External fork springs.
Watercooled rear shocks.
Whispering Smith expansion chambers.
Roost boost.
Enduro soles on boots.
Any of the 80's graphics clothing.
Ribi Quaderelateral forks.
Husqvarna neutral only starting.
Left side kick starting.
The 175 class in MX then the 200 class.
Snail axle adjusters (still the best)
Steering dampers
HD using front forks on the rear (1976)
Luft Shocks.
Electronic roll offs.
Gary Jones V crossbar handlebars.
Inter am or Barfly solid cross bar less bars
Downpipes.
Blendzall.

Some of those "made it", didn't they?

I like your list...some of them I never heard of!

I really like the thought of the C-Shaped tube.

Blendzall is still around. :laugh:


http://www.blendzall.com/


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louis said:

Before kawasaki called it KIPS it was HERPES. Hot exhaust something.

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That must have been great. 'Hey guys, my bike has HERPES!' :rotfl:

How about:

'Scotts Race Face' attached to the bottom of your goggles.

'Snuff-or-nots' (a street mostly option) consisted of a washer/spring/handle on it, fitted in the straight pipes of mostly mid sixties Honda 305's, to quiet the bike when 'in town' and open er up for the road.

Yamahas first 'Monoshock' with the rear shock that attached to the steering head, thru the gas tank. Made the gas tank 'appear' to hold about 10 gallons.

Malcolm Smith tool pouches for the rear fender, the ones with the 3 separate 1/4 turn fasteners.

'Whispering Smith' quiet 2-stroke exaust systems.

The pure magic sound of a big Kawasaki street bike, with 3 separate expansion chambers on it.

Denim riding pants.

Real leather riding pants in red white and blue (mine were size 28 waist, what the heck happened to me?).

Bates leather gloves.

LAST time I got a wiff of BLENDZALL it was in 1970. Some guy had an Ossa stiletto...........followed that sucker for about an hour huffing his exhaust.....I was hooked !

Rotorranch said:

Blendzall is still around. :laugh:


http://www.blendzall.com/


Rotor

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