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Friday, I went over to Pam's storage area to take a look at the Benelli 125 she had for sale. Arriving there early, I spoke to her neighbor Don who was polishing out his 2005 Night Train Harley, which had had much of its blackout surfaces replaced with chrome. He was nice enough, with two Motori Franco Morini and one Honda mini-bikes under a cover in his living/motorcycle room.
As it happens, the Benelli that Pam was holding fast to her sales price was not a 4-stroke "egg motor" but rather a 2-stroke. I was therefore not interested in it. Don came over from across the street and after not having seen a Benelli in the past couple of decades, he came across two in one day. After some explanation of the mechanical differences between 2 and 4 stroke engines and how to tell one from the other, Pam and I parted company. The Benelli probably could be made to run for not too much more money, but then one would have a 2-stroke 125 and just how often would that bike be taken out of the garage? Once again, I am relieved to have found a motorcycle that I can pass up.
Posted by Underblog at August 4, 2008 1:55 PM
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