Ah, great stories. Keep it up. cris
"Smith, Simon-Pierre" wrote:
> These "engine in the house" tales remind me of 2 stories.
>
> First is when my brother got a Fantic trials bike. These things were
>made for going slowly but over rocks, logs, waterfalls, whatever. I come home
>and find him in the living room, motor running, trying to get from the front
>to the back door without dabbing a foot. The hard part was taking a hand off
>the bars to open and close the doors.
>
> Second was a repair shop that had a flat head motor of some sort all
>built up on a stand, open headers. Instead of a door dinger when someone
>walked into the shop they had it wired to a starter. The engine would rev
>free for about 3 seconds and shut off. I'm sure all that cold running wore it
>quickly but who cares.
>
> Simon
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