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Fkin posted:I have 3 harleys. My 2004 Harley fxd which is pretty much my commuter to work. I have a 49 panhead in bits that I am rebuilding. Most of CA might not like it but god drat that is an awesome bike. I'd be interested in seeing a build thread for the panhead! ![]()
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Fkin posted:600 watt amp and speakers Where on earth are you hiding the speakers? ![]()
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I see them hanging from the handlebars above the running lights. I love 80" evos.
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Fkin posted:So pretty. The white + whitewalls looks so drat good.
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Fkin posted:It's not a bike I would ever choose to own, but I can definitely appreciate the work that's gone into it. Cool.
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GlazedMcGuffin posted:Sploosh. I've always wondered how those ride. Is it comfortable enough to tour? I rode it 200 miles home from the dealer, straight across 3/4 of PA. I can say that the nice, wide seat and rear set position really made her much more comfortable than my Ninja 250. I can also relax my hands (supporting my weight with my rear end/feet) much better on the Monster. hayden. posted:yo i'm happy for you and all but personally that looks like poo poo, why did you waste your money on that? I dunno bro, if I put spikes on the windscreen and put a "DAYTONA" logo on it will I be cool??? Oh wait, I forgot I actually know how to turn my bike.
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Fkin posted:I have 3 harleys. My 2004 Harley fxd which is pretty much my commuter to work. I have a 49 panhead in bits that I am rebuilding. Motion to install Fkin as C.A.H.O.G. Grand Sultan for life. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed STFU unless you have four Harleys...
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GlazedMcGuffin posted:So pretty. The white + whitewalls looks so drat good. ![]() This is what it looked like back in the day before the rebuild and some of the mods.
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Sagebrush posted:It's not a bike I would ever choose to own, but I can definitely appreciate the work that's gone into it. Cool. Yeah well I do set up my bikes kinda strange. ![]() My Dyna is in the back - you can see it is set up for winter driving in the rain. (and there is plenty of rain here in Seattle area). Another bike that you might appreciate more is the blue one, my friend's Dyna that just got finished recently as well. ![]() ![]() Screaming Eagle 120R Still breaking it in but out of the crate with a new Mikuni carb it has 129 fp of torque at the wheel and 120 horse power. And since he has an OD6 baker in it, it is plenty fast for pretty much anyone.
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Fkin posted:Yeah well I do set up my bikes kinda strange. Please pass along my jealousy to him. That is loving sharp looking.
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What's the difference between a Dyna and a Sportster? I thought only the Sportsters had coil-overs in the rear. That blue one is very clean...if it were mine I'd lose the ape hangers and the back rest and ride the poo poo out of it. (I like coil-overs, so if I owned a Harley, it would be a Sportster or I guess now also maybe a Dyna)
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Sagebrush posted:What's the difference between a Dyna and a Sportster? I thought only the Sportsters had coil-overs in the rear. That blue one is very clean...if it were mine I'd lose the ape hangers and the back rest and ride the poo poo out of it. Sporties have right side drive and different transmissions than the Dynas. The Dynas are scaled up sporties basically with different transmissions 88" and up engines (at least on the twin cams) and different tanks. There are a lot of common parts outside the engine and transmission for sporties and vanilla dynas. My dyna in the pic above has a late model sportster front tire on it and a deuce rear tire with a bunch of other mods like outlaw forward controls, vance and hines pro pipe and breather, custum fairing, bags and crash bars. Engine is pretty much stock 88", but it has almost 30k miles on it now so in a year or two I may get a 120r myself.
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Time to Japanese this thread up! I know I've posted my older bike before but it got its first ride of the season! I'm kicking myself for even considering selling it to my brother. I love this bike! Back in the garage it goes in favor of my R6 now. ![]()
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What's up first ride of the season Honda buddy? Got my bike out of storage today (a couple weeks late considering the weather) and rode 100 miles around northwest CT. It's good to be back in the saddle![]()
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200 miles of break in done - might get to take her out over the weekend if the weather holds: ![]() One thing I forgot to mention is that it has samson true duals on it now as can be seen here - so you can compare to the dyno pic from last summer.
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That's a beautiful bike. What's the arm comfort like with those bars? It always looked uncomfortable to me when I saw them on the road, but I've never sat on one or talked to someone who had them so I have no idea.
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Hey Fkin, are you checking out Boston and Journey in Sturgis this summer?
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That bike is exactly what I want if I was to get a cruiser. Nice job, its so...classy?
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nsaP posted:That's a beautiful bike. What's the arm comfort like with those bars? It always looked uncomfortable to me when I saw them on the road, but I've never sat on one or talked to someone who had them so I have no idea. Sturgis if I can get time off. We are trying to figure out a trip up to Alaska as well so that might bump Sturgis.
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nsaP posted:That's a beautiful bike. What's the arm comfort like with those bars? It always looked uncomfortable to me when I saw them on the road, but I've never sat on one or talked to someone who had them so I have no idea. If though they look tall they are shoulder height for me so they are really comfortable. I have apes for my Dyna also but I am trying to focus on the pan project so I have not put them on yet.
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My new baby - bought her last week:![]() 2012 Triumph Bonneville...I'm in luuuurve!
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Distended Bowel posted:My new baby - bought her last week: Pretty bike Welcome to the brotherhood of awesome ![]()
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It's fuel-injected, right? Cute how they made the injection hardware look sort of like a carburetor.
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ChiTownEddie posted:Pretty bike I'm a chick, so brotherhood doesn't really work for me ![]() And yes, it's fuel injected.
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Sagebrush posted:It's fuel-injected, right? Cute how they made the injection hardware look sort of like a carburetor. I like it. Nice little detail for a "classic" model.
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Distended Bowel posted:I'm a chick, so brotherhood doesn't really work for me Touche, well...welcome to the group of people who own the best bike!
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ChiTownEddie posted:Touche, well...welcome to the group of people who own the best bike! I didn't know you rode a DRZ! Just joking that bike is so hawt, I'd ride the piss out of it.
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Sagebrush posted:It's fuel-injected, right? Cute how they made the injection hardware look sort of like a carburetor. Triumph: The British Harley Not to diss, though. That is a beautiful bike. I want a Bonneville so bad, but I don't want to take on debt to buy my first non-scooter, but I never find anything I really want so at this rate I'll just keep saving until I can buy a Bonne outright. ![]()
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![]() Bought it from my cousin last year. Best purchase I have made in my life! Rolled it over to 35,000 km. Its still blizzarding out right now... but almost bike time! Edit: Oh, its a 2000 Yamaha V-Star 650 Custom. Stock pretty much everything except forward controls, and different mirrors. Rodney Chops fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Mar 24, 2012 |
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Distended Bowel posted:My new baby - bought her last week:
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Yet another bike Wanted a Tuono. Got laid off. Got this instead. ![]()
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the walkin dude posted:Yet another bike Don't be too disappointed. That bike looks really nice. The blue and black look real good. The Tuono will come. Sorry about the lay off.
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the walkin dude posted:Yet another bike That's the hottest SV I've ever seen.
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the walkin dude posted:Yet another bike Sorry about the layoff. I've had mine more then once and now my job is forbiding overtime and everyone's flipping out because there's no work...same old bs. On the plus side, you seem to be gifted with amazing-SV-finding and owning.
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Traded my 08 VFR800 for this 08 Triumph Tiger 1050. ![]() ![]()
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deliverator posted:Traded my 08 VFR800 for this 08 Triumph Tiger 1050. Wow, great trade! I love Tigers. e: the headlights of the 1050 are perhaps the best looking on any motorcycle, any year. But the rear end does look a little...rear ended. Ola fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Mar 25, 2012 |
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deliverator posted:Traded my 08 VFR800 for this 08 Triumph Tiger 1050. I've looked at those on and off for a while.. the white ones look really nice. There's something I can't get over about the seat though, I think it's too wide, so you sit sort of bow-legged. At least that's my impression from the showroom. Very nice though!
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deliverator posted:Traded my 08 VFR800 for this 08 Triumph Tiger 1050. Perfect bike for the deliverator. ![]() I really want a Triumph Explorer but I really don't want to buy one.
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1990 Honda VFR750F. Just hit 107,000 miles this past week.![]() ![]() odd how the photos came out...
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Yeah screw lay-offs. Thankfully, getting into the world of motorcycling has taught me to always save up my money (so I don't get hosed with having no bike) and to sacrifice bigger for smaller, just to keep riding. At least I've got a baby Tuono, with half the power output! Thanks for the compliments about the new bike ![]()
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