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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #435 Looks nice. What does 414 refer to?
Lee
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #435 it amuses me that that is considered a compact car you could park a UK Ford Anglia of the same era inside
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Tue Aug 18, 2026 11:12 pm (Last edited: Tue Aug 18, 2026 11:15 pm)
Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #436Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #435 I was wondering the same thing. The Mercury Comet had a 404 model, but to my knowledge not a 414. My guess is that the owner has installed a larger and more powerful engine in the car and he was the one that made up that decal shown on the right rear of the body panel. (There was also a similar decal on the left side, which was cut off on my photo.) Note the two exhaust pipes extending from the left rear side of the car. That was certainly not stock. Current motorcycle collection: 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #436Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #435 [mode Mercury nerd] maybe the 414 refers to the short lived 2nd Gen remodel in 1965, where the stacked headlamps and grille are very specific to that year? Gen 3 came out the following year I have to confess, one of my favourite toys as a child, c1969 was a Corgi Mercury Cougar, in gold. https://cougarclub2.org/collectibles/corgi/ I think it was the Whizzwheels variant as it was very good on my Hot Wheels track ...
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Today at Alice's parking lot I saw a MV Enduro Veloce. The first one I have ever seen. Who knew MV made enduros? Certainly not me.
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that HD is hideous.
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Mon Aug 31, 2026 3:31 pm (Last edited: Mon Aug 31, 2026 3:34 pm)
Zitat von Chris216 im Beitrag #442 It sure seems as if mufflers keep getting larger and larger lately. It is too bad that MV couldn't have stuck the muffler under the bike like a couple of other brand do. But I guess that would expose it to damage if that pretty and expensive bike ever was taken off road. I have to agree with that comments about the H-D. Way too much "bling". But at least it didn't have huge ghetto-blaster speakers all over the bike, as one of the other Harleys parked at Alice's yesterday did. You would think that the mufflers already made enough noise, but maybe you need the speakers to hear music over the exhaust racket. When that Harley and his buddy entered the parking lot, they spent a couple of minutes announcing their presence by revving their engines. At the time my friends and I (and a lot of other customers) were eating breakfast. We had to stop talking as we couldn't hear ourselves think until they finally turned off their engines. What is it about riders who buy Harleys? They don't make that kind of noise when they leave the factory. (Or maybe they have gone deaf due to the noise and can no longer hear it.) Current motorcycle collection: 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh |
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #440 Not the prettiest bike I've seen.
Lee
2022 R1250RS White Sport Iowa, USA |
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #440 The Harley would look better without the graphics.
Lee
2022 R1250RS White Sport Iowa, USA |
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