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Things are a bit cool around here right now. The wife has accepted the fact that her 60yo hubby lost his mind and dropped back to his childhood. Other comments have been even more enlightening..like "foot shuffling dumb" or "you need to check your medications"..or "you're to young for senility to be setting in"..or "we want your guns and use of your tractor while you have your cerebral hematoma treated". I don't want to discuss mass killing...but a little more of this line of crap will lead to lost friends and...lawyers!
The funny thing about the morons's arguments is: yes..we did those things but we aren't 20 or 30 now. OK! SO what's changed?? Well...we are so much smarter now. OH...smarter now? That means we shouldn't have been having fun 40 years ago..RIGHT?? Well..we just didn't have the judgement then. Well..yes. SO now we have the judgement and shouldn't use it to ride safely or whatever else grabs your fancy..RIGHT? Well..we should defer from engaging in these dangerous undertakings at our age. OK..so..why not just sit in front of your f..k..g TV and watch the "days of our lives" and then die?? Well..we need to do the gardening...blah..blah..blah.
UNBELIEVABLE! Only the 30+- folks think it's cool for me to get a bike! Everyone else is stupified (stupid). Your lives should be fun to the end. When you hang those fun things up 'cus they could be dangerous..then kill yourself. Why prolong the agony of wishing you'd done this or that but didn't.
Soo..if I cream out at 60, at least I got 40 more years of having fun by lucking out and not killing myself at 20. But..I had some REALLY good times!
Life should be enjoyed and FUN!! If we worry about the hazards in what we want to do..and then avoid those things..then we lose. Life is no longer fun.
BTW..the ride is great. Still cold here but afternoons are in the 50's and I've done 100miles on the ride so far. It is a Bonneville and has taken me back. It's 1962 again! And screw the detractors!
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The problem with Morons is that they don't know they are Morons and you are wasting riding time thinking about it!
Have had several bikes,enjoyed my 750 "snortin Norton" the best. Think I'll stop by that Kawi place today...
Like my old man use to say" You are dead for a long time"
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Last summer there was an on-going parade of Harleys on the highway going to and from the centennial celebration in Green Bay. The 60+ crowd was well represented as it is in typical summer bike traffic. Stick to your guns. 'Golden years' doesn't require ponds.
As an incidental to the subject, I never worked on Harleys but I finally read an explanation for the Harley sound. They have two cylinders but only one crank pin. That means the cylinders don't fire at even intervals around the rotation. There probably are other factors and that's why the sound is trademark protected.
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Tom, That's right, the single crank pin and the relatively narrow 45 degree V twin cylinder angle gives the distinctive Harley sound. Below is a site that shows some interesting dynamic schematics of various V configurations. It's primarily about the forces exerted than sound but illustrative nontheless. Page down past the math.
Dave
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I was watching the Paul Newman interview last night(Larry King) and he
made a comment that made me think of this thread. When asked about retirement at 79 he said "you can't retire from life". Enjoy the bike!
I met him last summer here in my home town general store.
He was standing outside eating a piece of pizza. They were in Maine filming a movie and he was renting a place here in
the lakes. "Cool Hand Luke " at 79, it was great!
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I'm having a ball. Got full leathers (brown)& a new Nolan helmet. Ordered a quick-detach windshield & saddle bags. Punched out the baffles for that nice burble.
Took a ride today with a buddy who has a new Triumph Bonneville. It's the "America" version and looks like a cross between a Harley and a Triumph...800cc. We're about neck & neck performance wise but mine corners quicker. It's all coming back..including wheelies. I'm just not as aggressive as I was 30 years ago.
Still breaking her in but a quick run to 100mph shows she's no slouce. Great low-end torque.
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Wildman, glad to hear you're living up to your monicker.
I was checking out your pictures, I don't see anything in there that looks like it'll go a 100 mph unless it's on a trailer..... don't keep us in suspense any longer.
Let's see that two wheeled art form.
Best of luck.
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Wildman, When I was a kid we used to say "Break 'em in fast and they are fast." At least it sounded good then because no on had anything new. Seriously It won't hurt to take it even near redline for short durations. And change oil early. Most of the metal is sloughed off in the first few hours that you run it.
Yes to Murf's suggestion. Let's see a picture. I have my new one on pic #7.
Dave
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Check my pics #16 & 17 of the ride.
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I've just purchased a couple of mid-70's Suzuki 2-stroke enduros off of ebay for my son and I. Paid about what these cost new back then, but a fraction of what a similar bike would cost today.
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