4/24/08 Chatting and making Banners

[Go Go Diablo]

Hi all,

Just checking in while making Diablo Banners. Diablo Banners you say - what are those?

Mike N from McFarland had a neat idea to take the Diablo Print (like on the covers on the accessory page) and put it on a smaller piece of cloth and offer it as a small flag or something to hang on the wall. Therefore, I'm cutting some 18" x 24" rectangles and will bring them down for the print and put them on the web site if anyone is interested. I'm thinking it will be a cool thing to hang on the wall and such.

Other than that, we added some more documents to the Technical Packet (on the web site also). One of them is a 4-page write up of all the things they changed when they stopped making the 500 and started making the 502/3. For all those that think they know everything about that model change, if you have not seen this write-up, you don't know it all. Thanks to Roy T for sharing it. I will also be adding a manual of sort for the 503 motor which we now believe is a Hirth 191R. Bought it on eBay last week and still waiting for it to come in the mail.

Bruce

[Rock]

Bruce are you going to rebuilt the 500 are you going to sell it as is. I think your getting hook on this 500. There pretty neat those 500.

Rock

[Go Go Diablo]

The 500 is for sale at the moment. But I am getting attached to it.

[Barrie2777]

But does it have gussets?

[Barrie2777]

how does Russell P find all those model 400's? He has a lot of info on this rare model. I wonder if that model was sold more in his region than anywhere else?

[Rock]

I think that his doesn't have any gussets

[Barrie2777]

Sorry Rock, but I was just bothering Bruce...private joke.

[Go Go Diablo]

Oh you guys, always funnin around.

My 500 has gussets, they are just welded in toward the engine which is what I think is done with the Bolens gusset upgrade when you had a 500 that came without gusset sticking out toward the handlebars.

Did I tell you I think I actually have a pair of NOS Bolens gussets? They are all rusty, but I think they are OEM. They came in the crate of NOS parts I got.

[Go Go Diablo]

Hey, I see Duane B is on the site. Welcome Duane!