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cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 73 likes
| | | Re: Ok oddballs? < Reply # 21 on 7/27/2009 5:04 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | The posters are way cool, I wish I had full size ones in my garage. That flat head twin harley dirt tracker, Foot clutch, hand shifted 3 spd, no rear suspension, questionable front suspension, I'm guessin' 50HP? And no brakes!!! Soft helmet, and 20 more of those 500lb monsters chasing you with throttles wide open. BRASS NUTZ I SAY!!!!! A sweet little Penton, With a big bore KTM motor.
| You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far. Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
| cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 73 likes
| | | Re: Ok oddballs? < Reply # 25 on 7/28/2009 1:13 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by 2Xplorations ha! I work with a guy who is related to the Penton family been looking for a good pic to send him did they build there own motors at one time?
| Cool little Bridgestone, looks like that stamped steel frame that Honda and Yamaha used in the 60's, I've got a Honda Trail 90 that I think has that same frame. Penton never made motors as far as I know, they used Sachs motors in the smaller bikes, and KTM in the bigger bikes, not sure why? Maybe Sachs didn't make any thing bigger than a 125, and KTM didn't make anything smaller than a 175? I have a picture of old man Penton standing with one of his bikes, I'll try to dig it up. Here is that stamped steel frame, they would change forks and fuel tanks, but the rear stayed the same as far as I can tell.
| Hercules was very similar to Penton, used KTM motors.
| In fact Penton might have been a Hurcules?
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| You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far. Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
| cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 73 likes
| | | Re: Ok oddballs? < Reply # 27 on 7/28/2009 3:50 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I dug up some more info and pics on that harley motocrosser, seems it was an Armachi 250, but was developed here with the help of Marty Tripes and Rex Staten Tripes won the first Superbowl of motocross at the L.A. colosseum, Rocket Rex was a hot shoe motocross racer, known for kickin' ass where ever he raced. He raced the Harley for one season in 1977, had one podium finish, wich was pretty good for a prototype bike, that was 25 pounds heavier than the rest of the field. It seems that in 1978 Harley/AMF bailed out of motocross, but the 78' 250 was for sale untill they ran out, Don't know build numbers, but I'd bet not many were built and sold. Here are some closeups, they show one of the only ones I've seen in person, The build quality is very nice. I didn't take the photos, but I did spend 4 hours with the bike.
| You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far. Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
| cr400
Location: Los Angeles, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 73 likes
| | | Re: Ok oddballs? < Reply # 29 on 7/28/2009 2:02 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by 2Xplorations Holy crap, if you ever find or see one for sale let me know. Until then, guess I'll have to settle for another one of HD's little Italian blue smokers:
| God, Another for ugliest bike award, the tank and tailight configuration almost made me wretch. Heres a couple more Penton photos, I beleive that is Jack Penton standing behind one of his bikes, Can't remember?
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| You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far. Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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