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Tell Me About Your Ride
9/16/21
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Posted on 09/16/2021 8:50:05 AM PDT by left that other site
Tell Me About Your Ride
Yesterday, I inadvertantly hijacked a Bible Thread in the Religion Forum to talk about my Motorcycle. Since I started riding in late Autumn of 1972, next year will mark my 50th Anniversary on two wheels. At the time, women were not as avid bikers as they are today. My Present Bike is pictured above, and is a 93FXR in "Sapphire Blue". I bought it at Hampton Roads Harley Davidson on the way home from attending Rolling Thunder. I traded in my Sportster and did the 700 mile ride home on that beautiful bike. From the VIN, we have ascertained that she was born in the York, PA Plant sometime in June 1992, so next year, "Blue" will be thirty. Blue and I have done 8 Rolling Thunder Rallies together, one Daytona, Blue Ridge Parkway, The Colonial Triangle, Laconia and the Kangamangus Highway, Alligator Alley and Florida's Gulf Coast, The Florida Keys, I95 the whole way, and the Appalachians in West Virginia (Monongahela State Forest and Blackwater Falls). We have gone through Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Flash Floods together. I'm posting this thread so we can share our stories without having to hijack a Bible Thread LOL!
Let Me hear From You.
ML/LTOS
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: bikes; hooligans; motorcycles
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To: CodeToad
When you find the right machine for you, it becomes part of you body.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:04:06 AM PDT
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(Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
To: LastDayz
Ah...that must be nice!
883, 1100, or 1200?
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:05:32 AM PDT
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left that other site
(Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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I always had a sweet spot for Vintage Triumphs. This is my 1967 Triumph T120 Bonneville bobber. Currently in the process of going through the top end. It's very fast and sits very low. A real nice bobber. The sound of these vintage Triumphs with neighbor hater pipes, sounds very nice.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:06:53 AM PDT
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: ConorMacNessa
You might enjoy this thread!
Ping
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:10:08 AM PDT
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(Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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Ford Explorer with a quarter million miles on it. Needs a replacement transmission.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:11:28 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask WHY it wants to eat our face.)
To: dragnet2
Ooooo...That is REALLY NICE!
At out local British Beer Company restaurant, I always ask to be seated next to the Vintage Triumph.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:12:05 AM PDT
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(Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
To: ctdonath2
A quarter million miles! That is the distance from the earth to the moon.
Ya Donee GOOD! :-)
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:13:02 AM PDT
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(Never lie to someone who trusts you; and never trust someone who has ever lied to you.(NCIS Gibbs))
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Have a 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special sitting in the garage awaiting a complete overhaul. Keeping the bike company are boxes of used, NOS and brand spanking new parts ready to bring her back to her former, original beauty. Seriously...I have 4x as much $$$ in parts as the bike cost on eBay several years ago. The only thing I've done to the bike so far...swapped out original points ignition for electronic ignition, tuned up, corrected some mis-wiring, new battery, new tires and had the carbs professionally rebuilt. Runs smooth now...although it does have a very slight engine knock.
Not mine, but this is what I'm shooting for...
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:14:49 AM PDT
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moovova
(Joe Biden...Making the Taliban great again!)
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I’ve had many Harleys new and old stuff, including a 1941 flathead 80, ULH side valve. Harley’s are nice, but there is just something about a vintage Triumph that keeps pulling me back.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:18:14 AM PDT
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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My first street bike: 1979 Yamaha 650 Special. Same color.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:19:39 AM PDT
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CodeToad
(Arm up! They Have!)
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For my first bike at age 18 at Ole Miss in 1976 I chose worlds safest motorcycle..the 1974 Kawasaki 750 two stroke H2. She came purple of course but I remodeled her into a. White black and red cafe bike like an RD400 with any to race mod I could work....she was a blister back then....l took a ton of weight off the bike too. I still have synthetic body parts from my four years on her before I bought a GS11000RS off a drag bike outfit in Gulfport. Pictured is an actual purple H2 and a 500 triple similar to what I did. I usually ran 3-1 denco pipes but on occasion ran unplugged 3-3 hookers....man that is the loudest thing when she ran that way....you could hear it a mile away in Oxfords hills and hollows
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:20:11 AM PDT
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wardaddy
(Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks )
To: CodeToad
Correct. This is the LAST BMW I WILL OWN.............
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:23:45 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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1988 ford f250 xlt extended cab with the fuel efficient fuel injected 460 cubic inch v8... 😁...
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:28:16 AM PDT
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heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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1200. Love the torque on that thing. My first time on it liked to have pitched me off when I full throttled it. She’s a blast.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:29:55 AM PDT
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LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: CodeToad
Sweet. Those 2 strokes are getting hard to find. I love ripping on my dirt bikes.
2016 Honda CRF250R
09 Yamaha YZ450
Also a lil 98 Yamaha TTR225 trail bike. We call it the wife bike.
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I started on a 305 Honda Superhawk, learned how to ride in a cemetery.
I’ve had 3 Honda 450’s
then a Suzuki GS 1100
Honda 850 full dressed
now a 72 450 Honda
The 850 got too much for me after my 5 weeks
in the hospital, 3 in a coma
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:32:53 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(”Oh bother”, said Pooh as he chambered his last round)
To: left that other site
Thanks very much, ML
*HUGS*
I'm astounded at the popularity of the Hondas - and no Brit metal in sight anywhere.
In my youth it was all about Triumph, BSA, Norton and Royal Enfield vs. HD. Now it's all Japanese metal.
| "Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" | | "God save all here!" | |
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:35:02 AM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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My last bike was a ‘72 850 Norton Commando. It was just waiting out in the garage for a chance to kill me...
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:36:34 AM PDT
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Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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One of the saddest stories I’ve heard was about a man with Alzheimer’s. He went for a ride and fell down at a stoplight because he forgot to put his feet down.
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:38:38 AM PDT
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aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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Yesterday, I inadvertantly hijacked a Bible Thread Jesus never rode a Harley...
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posted on
09/16/2021 10:40:01 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
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