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Originally Posted by bluestang67

Who's the invisable man peeing in the front yard .

Its ghost pee`er

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

Its ghost pee`er

That is the latest greenie treehugger solar powered clothes dryer.It's all I use.

I rode it about 7 miles today, didn't go too far with the 06 tags.
I'm not real crazy about the ride. With the lowrider rake, what I think might be 2" over tubes and those narrow drag bars, all makes the forks floppy at low speeds. I also don't like the high gearing these bikes had, 1st seems more like second when taking off. And the foot controls need to be forward.
I think a decent set of bars and a 23 tooth counter sprocket would make a huge difference. I guess I'll run down to Sturgis and see what I can find, and maybe a different seat.

I know what you mean about the gearing. My softail has new channelled heads, and a hot cam, which realy changed the gearing all around. I'm thionking about changing out my front sprocket to even it up back to where it was before the new hoprse power. I seem to get stuck using the high end of third and the low end of fourth now, where as before, it just liked to cruise in fourth gear. The constant up down thing on it now drives me crazy!

these old shovelheads needed a 5 speed bad. This one is still 3 grand at 70, even with the tall gearing. Maybe I will get used to sliding the clutch to get it rolling. I have really rode for a long time so I felt like a big dork taking off from stop signs today with the front end wobbling and the engine revving then chug a chug about dieing after I dumped the clutch.
I do remember the 80 Sturgis I had was real hard to keep under the speed limit. It wanted to roll about 85.

nice troublehead billy!!


i like them myself you can get a revtech 5 speed in a 4speed case fairly cheap ..

yeah you definitly need a set of forward controls and a new set of bars ..
break out some flat black paint and make the night train papa harley should have built in 81

I might run down to Sturgis and see what I can find, used to be lots of sweet deals during the rally. I was there yesterday taking a horse to the vet but couldn't really navigate too well with the horse trailer.lol

This lowrider is a classic example of doing stupid stuff to a bike. I think the tubes are about 3 over and those drag bars, both just make a marginal bike handle worse. It also vibrates worse than any I have had. I put a lot of screws back in that were missing. When I first fired it off it ran about 30 seconds and a screw fell out of the handlebar control. It is a good representation of Harley's sorriest years. I probably won't keep it too long.

i sure like those new nightser's. but if i was going to fork over the cash for a new bike it'd definatley be for a buell.

I'd sure like to try out a V-rod

My neighbor rented a Vrod in Hawaii. He still talks about it, how responsive and nimble compared to his dresser, or his Dyna and even his custom springer/sportster which is really a kick ass nimble. He has been eyeing last years model that didn't sell, that has the same peg setup that he likes. I have to say, I'm still oscillating between selling my softail or modifying the suspension, to make it a better handling bike in turns!

Originally Posted by willowbilly3

I do remember the 80 Sturgis I had was real hard to keep under the speed limit. It wanted to roll about 85.

I had a friend who bought a new '80 Sturgis-I loved that bike-

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

funny you mention picking up a bike, i just picked up one of these babys for free!! 1977 yamaha rd400 2 stroke and its all there except the rear fender and rear lights and a battery.

I bought a 78 RD brand new for $1300. Very quick and handled great. I almost bought a Daytona on Ebay last week.

Originally Posted by dmw56

I bought a 78 RD brand new for $1300. Very quick and handled great. I almost bought a Daytona on Ebay last week.

hey those daytonas were neat they have the fin scoops