Subject: RE: Was: New Member now Ambo-envy
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: Jul 12, 2001, 8:39 AM
Post ID: 1707465461
What is the difference in the rear drive unit between the Ambo and Eldo?
Keith Ruff
71 Police Amabassador - NJ
Rich Zink wrote:
| Dead on as usual Ian. Before I bought my Ambassador I only wanted an Eldorado. But in the year of looking I had found that the Ambassador appealed to me more in its own little ways. As stated the rear drive unit is a thing of beauty compared to the newer one and the single speedo with the simple polished housing has its own understated elegance. Sure it would be nice to have a fresh balanced, blueprinted 1000 cc lump in it but somehow it doesn't matter when your pulling 70 down your favorite road and the exhaust is singing and the engine is in one of it's 'sweet' spots. Gotta like it! Rich ---------- From: Ian Adkins [SMTP:adk-@gte.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:20 PM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: New Member Paul, You would be surprised how well these bikes run if properly tuned. Seems that when they get up into the higher rpms they take on a life of their own. The thumping two cylinder turns into a sweet humming machine. Hard to explain......you will just have to see for yourself :-) I use to think that the Eldo was the better bike with bigger engine and 5 speed. Also...I thought that they were more collectible. Truth is that the Ambos have some nice characteristics that were lost in the Eldo. The rear drive unit is a thing of beauty compared with the Eldos. Also...the single speedo nacelle on the earlier models really give the bike a nice look as compared to the two instrument cluster. Regards...Ian |