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Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:49 am
by old time rider
Still have ten motorcycles but six may never see the road again.Four will run but just three are ins,lic,and rode now.04 1700 RoadStar,08 C50,and smallest and most rode my 011 650 Vstrom bought in April of 012 new/left over for the Alaska trip.Has over 45,000 now.My 1993 FLST-N I got new in Aug. of 92.Wife loves it or would have sold when a dealer offered me $15,000 for it :bonk: .

Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:46 pm
by dwd58
tc1400 wrote:Here's my S83. Ain't she a beauty? That's 83cc's of raw 'seat of the pants' tire-smoking power!
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Designer's springs are a wonderful thing.
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Seriously...
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What brand of seat on the S83 ? Was it an easy change?

Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:11 am
by old time rider
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This is best big Harley I ever owned,1984 FXST ,first year of soft tail. Bad Lands 1990 on way to Sturgis 50th meet. I was 44 and look at the camp gear! 11days with no chase.Three young guys on three Harleys.We all so did WY.,Mon.,and a few more states.

Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:22 am
by old time rider
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Still have way too many bikes but my 011 650 Vstrom bought new in 012 in middle of pic way way up north is loaded with far more than the big ol Harley was [emoji2] . When you get old you need more stuff when you travel.A thicker bed roll and even a pad under it!Bigger tent for the more stuff. [emoji2] More layers of stuff to try to keep warm in the Alaska cold. It was 28 and snow when we rolled in to Dead Horse the first week of June!

Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:23 am
by scootermcq
old time rider wrote:Image
This is best big Harley I ever owned,1984 FXST ,first year of soft tail. Bad Lands 1990 on way to Sturgis 50th meet. I was 44 and look at the camp gear! 11days with no chase.Three young guys on three Harleys.We all so did WY.,Mon.,and a few more states.
You took a Harley out for 11 days without a chase????? :shock: :shock: :shock:

You are a much braver man than I :lmao:

Re: What do you ride?

Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:39 am
by old time rider
ImageHad owned two Harleys before it 54 and 66 and this was a good bike.Put 33,000 trouble free miles on it and sold for $1,100 more than I gave for it when three years old.Took a 883 Sportster on all most the same trip in 1995 with 0 troubles. My six harleys were not the best bikes I ever owned but well in the middle.Best and worse were both new suzuki fours.New 1977 GS750 by far the best [emoji106] and 1978 new GS1000 by far the worse !!Five clutch baskets and one set of motor cases in two years!Like pouring money down a hole :bonk: . Only good thing it was the best high speed handler of over 30 bikes owned.You could hit a hole or crack in the road at 125 and it would stay rock stable. Now when I blew one of the clutch baskets at red line and a big chunk blew a hole in back ,right in front of the rear tire things got a lot :eek: :eek: :eek: .Thank god it stayed up right after going through four qts of hot oil! Abuse was done to about any bike owned and a lot to the fours at drag strips. You play you sometimes pay in a big way. BULLET PROOF is a word most that ran drag strips for very long do not use.