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Subject: Re: Was: New Member now Ambo-envy

Author: rick woods

Date: Jul 12, 2001, 5:20 PM

Post ID: 1707472413

Different gear ratios. Rick Woods

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:48:22 -0700 Rich Zink <rzi-@co.alameda.ca.us>
writes:
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Keith, Look at your casting. It has fins in a kind of star
pattern
around the casting. The newer ones are smooth, cleaner looking
maybe, but
not as interesting. Find an Eldorado picture.
Rich


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From: Keith Ruff [SMTP:klru-@webspan.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:40 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Was: New Member now Ambo-envy

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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

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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

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