and the new, water cooled Harley (engineered by Porsche)
sounds exactly like a Honda.
Thomas
Pamela Bauman wrote:
> Marc
>
> I think what the Honda engineers were trying to do was make it sound like
> the Harley. Which got their little you know whats stepped on BIG TIME by
> Harley Davidson. Which led H.D. to patent that very distinctive sound their
> machines make. Or, is this another case of folklore?
>
> Pamela Bauman
> 67 1600 in pieces (getting ready to place my first parts order)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of snyler
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 6:37 AM
> To: SLBESQ@aol.com; gsglasgow@attbi.com; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: OT - engine swap
>
> At 9:28 PM -0400 9/27/02, SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> >In a message dated 09/26/2002 8:47:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >gsglasgow@attbi.com writes:
> >
> >
> >> A friend of mine gave her boyfriend a t-shirt that had the Harley logo
> but
> >> the
> >> lettering was "Hardley Drivenson Motor Trouble".
> >
> >i love those bikes from japan that try hard to look like harleys. like the
> >honda davidson, and the yamaharley!
> >s
> >67.5MIZU
> >
> I read a writeup on one of the hondas of this stripe and apparently
> the engineers had a time getting it to idle as badly as a Harley,
> they had to offset something weird on the crankshaft or something.
> -Marc
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