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

Cool! Learn something new everyday. Saw the difference in the pix on
cyclegarden.com. Never realized there was a difference until you and
Ian talked about it. Knew about the engine casting difference but never
had heard about the rear drive difference.

Thanx for the info. How's your starter situation?

Keith Ruff
71 Police Amabassador - NJ

Rich Zink wrote:

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

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

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

Author: Keith Ruff

Date: Jul 12, 2001, 9:58 AM

Post ID: 1707466675

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