The "Riquimbili" home madeCuban Motor Bikes

UncleKudzu · #11 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nunya

we're already at the forefront of a national trend, we just don't have a good name for it yet. Riquimbili (pronounced rick-in-bili) sounds good

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Originally Posted by ilikeabikea

Riquimbili, hey that is a cool name. Should we start a campaign to start calling these motorized bicycles a riquimbili? We could be on the forefront of a national trend...............................

i've been intending to propose that someone come up with a name for this homebrew motor bike movement. have the Cubans done it for us?

riquimbili - rrreekeembeelee... i like it! Viva la Revolución!

eDJ · #12 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 09:55 PM

I've got my Tee Shirt decal ready to wear on a ride.

I made it when I got accidently banned on another forum. They were having problems with spammers and the admins were like banning whole ranges of IP addresses at a time and bunches of us got banned.

So I made it and went to the Public Library and posted it "eDJ Banned !"
Within an hour they had it unlocked. LOL but since I got it in a file. Of course the Library has a different IP address that wasn't banned.

Motoschwinn · #13 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 01:20 PM

Holy CRAP the guys from the 'other' site must be buying up more flags to wave if they hear about this thread! One of the many reasons I LOVE this group. Cuba fascinates me. I would love to visit there. Seeing all the old American iron down there still running. I can only think it would be like time stood still from the 50's. I'm not saying I support communism but the country still fascinates me just like China. I would LOVE to get my hands on one of those Russian tank booster engines.

the_edge150 · #14 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 02:55 AM

cuba is nice, but take it from someone who grew up there, the USA is much better and those tank boosters there are actually few of them still around, but those are the ones that we used usually for the 3 and 4 wheel ones.

huckersteve · #15 (**permalink**) 11-02-2008, 02:04 AM

What a great post and a cool story to boot. SO awesome to think how determined people find ways to get around. I have more and more respect all the time for our humble little machines.

I have been routinely commuting and adventuring with my bike for months now and log trips in excess of 40 miles often. I wonder how far some folks have gone on those contraptions!

GearNut · #16 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fairracing31

Have we given up on Riquimbili?

I do not know much about the Cuban language, but it sounds to me like some kind of fancy pasta, or exotic cheese.
Riding around on a food mobile?

silverbear · #17 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 08:20 AM

I just call them what they are...motorbicycles. You could pronounce it motor bigh sickles or motor bi sighkles so that the cycles part is like in motorcycle and not bicycle. How come they're different anyway? What a language to learn if it is new to you.
Silverbear

the_edge150 · #18 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 07:38 PM

hijole. in Cuba we speak Spanish.....just like most of the Caribbean and south America. and fairracing, the ones who were the most into this was me and EDj, and i have nooooo idea what happened to him.....

NEAT TIMES · #19 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 07:54 PM

Yeah, I Was Thinking About Sending Pm`s To Edj, Texas Dave And Some Others. I Remember It Is Pronounced Like ="rick And Billy" Ron

the_edge150 · #20 (**permalink**) 09-22-2009, 08:32 PM

wonder what happened to uncle kudzu come to think of it....