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Road_thing
| Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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...what do you think? Yes, it is hot in Houston, thank you very much... rt |
Henrik
| Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 10:52 pm: |
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Sweeet! Henrik |
Tramp
| Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 11:36 pm: |
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that looks kickASS, RT!!!!! DANG!!!!!!!!!!! |
Leftcoastal
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 12:16 am: |
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NICE RIDE! RT Is that sweat from kickin' that beast in that hot Texas weather? How are those dual plug heads working out? AL |
Blake
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 12:59 am: |
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Classic. |
Rock
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 07:41 am: |
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What Henrik said! |
Road_thing
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 08:56 am: |
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Thanks, gents, I'm pleased with the way it's coming along. Still have to buff some nits out of the paint, but that's trivial. The sweat is from 95 degrees and 95% humidity in the Entropy Lab del Sud. When crude hits $100 a barrel, I'm gonna air-condition! The bike has an electric starter, but sometimes I kick it anyway, just to remind myself how good we have it these days... One more shot... rt |
Tramp
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 09:27 am: |
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ahhhhhh! one of those zany 3rd year (+/-) AMF FLHes, i think. excellent model years.... I've retrofit/rebl't. quite a few frontends for that model. that is one beautiful piece, RT! |
Road_thing
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 10:13 am: |
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Merci beaucoup, Tramp. The front end job was pretty straightforward, once I used my acetylene wrench to get the caps unstuck. The old springs were sacked and the spooge that was in the forks barely deserved to be called oil. I think I'm gonna need a new set of springs for the pogo stick, it bottoms out pretty easy. Other than that, I'm ready to ride! rt |
Bomber
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 10:26 am: |
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Thang -- gorgeous scoot, sir, but you already knew that! right color, too! well done! |
Newfie_buell
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
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Nice Ride for Cruisin on. |
Road_thing
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 10:51 am: |
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Al, didn't mean to ignore your question about the dual plugs, that's the way the bike came to me, and I haven't had any issues with the set-up. It starts easily and idles well, runs great but, in all honesty, I don't really rip on it. Like Newfie says, it's a great bike for cruising, not really a hi-performance piece. The coil is clunky-looking piece, though, it looks like half an octopus with red tentacles! rt |
Cruisin
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 12:39 pm: |
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What's a nice ride for me? |
Bigdaddy
| Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 03:15 pm: |
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RT, Check this out (there's others, I know, but this is a known good thing: ) http://www.exilecycles.com/new_products.htm Go down a bit and look at the Rock Shox. Toss up a round oil bag and you'll be Cadillac-ing. Gotta love a Shovel with a kicker,,,,squirt, squirt, find the compression,,,,here we go. Good work indeed -- please keep us up to date on progress. G2 |
Philip
| Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2005 - 12:21 am: |
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very nice job r_t. can't go wrong with basic black. |
Road_thing
| Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 08:26 pm: |
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Bigdaddy: Thanks, that looks like a great addition! My pogo sticks bottoms out way too easily (hm, nothing to do with the fact that I go 235 on a good day, and I'm not talking MPH here!). I've had some correspondence with the guys at Kustom Culture about this product: It seems to be about the same thing as the one you showed me, runs about $260. The heavy weight H-D spring set for the stock pogo stick is about $90. I'm looking for a cheap upgrade to the stock hardware before I plunk down that kind of money. Anybody got any tricks they want to share? rt |
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