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Dave Roper Racing: July 2015
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Saturday morning I went to start it to warm it up for practice. At first it didn't fire, so I stopped and tickled the float again. I push it again and, when it fired, there was a loud bang and now I had 6 neutrals. The gearbox had failed. I pulled the motor out of the frame and Bill took the drive side crankcase half off and it was immediately obvious. Failed gear on the layshaft. All of this did not ...
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Dave Roper Racing: November 2014
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Monday, November 10, 2014. Because of the problem with the cracked frame it was decided that it would be better to not ride the Seeley G-50 at Grattan. So, I went to the track with no ride, but after dragging my pitiful self around with a hang dog look on Fri., Trish Damon offered me a ride on her CB175 Honda. Trish Damon working on her 175 Honda. Don Drakes short stroke 350 Ducati. Trish's 175 was not, however. It would...
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Dave Roper Racing: Retro Tour
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Sunday, August 2, 2015. We showed up at Lynn and Joel's house in Kennett Square, Pa., north of Wilmington, De. As each person going on the tour showed up, they got to pick a bike from a short list of his twins that were ready to go. Bob Gould was first and he chose the '72 Laverda 750 SF that he had owned at one time. 72 Laverda SF with Joel on the left and Bob on the right. The Benelli Tornado that DIDN'T go on the tour.
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Dave Roper Racing: May 2015
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Friday, May 29, 2015. 7th Annual Rossi TT. Memorial Day weekend means the Steve Rossi Tiddler Tour, this year the 7th annual. Sun was a beautiful day and there was a decent turn out for the Rossi TT. Steve rode his latest acquisition, a '74 electric start 350 Harley Sprint. Steve Rossi's '74 350 H-D Sprint, all original except for the Sportster mufflers. Jeff Zelek brought this totally original '67 YR-1 350 Yamaha. There was...
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Dave Roper Racing: June 2015
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Monday, June 29, 2015. The line up of spectator bikes at Grattan. Keith Leighty's CB450 based Premiere bike that Andrew Mauk rode to a 2nd and 1st. Keith and Andrew make a great team but they're unusual in that Keith lives in El Paso, Tx. and Andrew in Milwakee. 5th and 3rd gear layshaft. Worn dogs on 4th gear layshaft. Starting to work of the ERTT. Continuing to work on the ERTT. 80 some odd years of evolution. Please note ...
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Dave Roper Racing: AHRMA NJMP 2015
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Saturday morning I went to start it to warm it up for practice. At first it didn't fire, so I stopped and tickled the float again. I push it again and, when it fired, there was a loud bang and now I had 6 neutrals. The gearbox had failed. I pulled the motor out of the frame and Bill took the drive side crankcase half off and it was immediately obvious. Failed gear on the layshaft. All of this did not ...
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Dave Roper Racing: October 2014
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Amy's 650 BMW was first to go down. Doug pushes my Airone. Amy Roper photo. While I supervise. Amy Roper photo. The Airone goes down. I supervise the lowering of Doug's Benelli 260. Amy Roper photo. Amy's CL/CB 350 Honda goes next. Then the Bridgestone 200. Finally the stairs go back in place. It's crowded downstairs as the disease progresses. Monday, October 27, 2014. Don Hollingsworth won the cla...
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Dave Roper Racing: Campaigning a 1911 Indian at the 2011 TT!
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Campaigning a 1911 Indian at the 2011 TT! Barely 100 years have passed since a team of Indian motorcycles swept the first three places at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, and now another Indian entry is set to commemorate this historic victory of the first and only American brand to win a TT race. Gagan has a lifetime of experience with early motorcycles, having been a member for more than 50 years of the Antique Motorcycle C...
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Dave Roper Racing: April 2015
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Thursday, April 2, 2015. This past weekend, I flew to New Orleans to race in the AHRMA event at NOLA. The plan was to race the CT-1 Yamaha built and prepared by Dennis Latimer. I raced this bike at Barber last year and it was a little rocket. Dennis had sent the crankshaft of this and it's near identical sister bike to a specialist in Arizona to be balanced and never got them back before he event. With the shorter gearing an...
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Dave Roper Racing: Roper TT
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Book and Film Reviews. 1911/2011 Indian IOMTT Campaign. Indian racers at the TT. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Doug and Gordon supervise while Rich and I clean the carbs on the TC200. Amy Roper photo. All told, about 40 bikes showed up for the ride with people from N.H., Ma., N.Y., R. I? Mark Turkington checks out the TC200. A 'Taco, 850 Commando, 550 Vision, and 350 Jawa. Another was a Ryca CS1, which is a U.S. made chassis kit for a Suzuki 650 Savage single motor. She came back with a big smile. Some loaded u...
