Thread: ave to all motorheads..

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thanx all for the welcome and kind words. as far as having a ride that's sitting instead of driving-very true. and some have offered me pretty good money for my stude and then criticized me for keeping a set of rare wheels and just sitting on them when i refused but they don't understand how much i want to get out on a highway in this car one day..it's been my number 1 dream ever since i bought it and still is..i don't think i'd ever get over selling it and would just drink and drug myself into oblivion. yeah, there might be more important things in life but i'm not perfect hehe..

hellraiser[fmx]-my sportie was one of the worst models ever made-the '79 [xlh] and those are easily recognizable by their rear pipe having that extra bend..what a pain to just change the oil because of it
but it's what i could afford then and not even thanx to my navy pay hehe because i was always getting arrested for having a somewhat too bleeding good time and as a result-busted in rank and half a month's pay for 2 [months]...in fact it got so bad they often didn't finish taking my money for the first fight/arrest when i would get busted outside of base again...but had some wild times and i digress...
i was able to buy the sportie [used and new harleys were always expensive even back before they were 'in']after a drunken cager hit me at night driving without lights in his boss' rusty pick up which he actually stole.. i had a crap of a rice bike because it was all i could afford: a zusuckie gs650 and he had no insurance so i had to sue mine for the value of my bike [it rolled over into p/up's bed from the impact and was totally totalled bent completely in half and forks bent over 90 degrees and all hehe] plus what my a-hole lawyer could get me for my broken bones and scars-all of 5 grand of it hehe..anyway-i found that sportie which was an only harley for 5 grand or just under advertised in the used bikes for sale then and i spent all of it on it before i even got my casts off...the bike was very well modified by a guy from louisiana who knew what he was doin' and just moved to virginia with his family. it had fully chromed engine, case and tranny and black jugs. it was bored out to nearly 1200cc, and had [illegal] glorious sounding 2 inch shortie open drag pipes, s&s carb..it would haul ass and it was basic black..i made it mine by stripping all of unnecessary parts such as mirrors, turnsignals,chain cover, speedo [kept the tach though] and front fender..hehe, can you say shower while riding in the rain?..it ran like crazy and i rode it like that..surprised and beat a lot of ricers on their 750 ninjas, cb's, xs's, etc.,. etc..who btw are probably riding their own shiny and problem free 'harleys' today hahaha...

but i love the old school -skull?- chopper look [actually the first choppers were like mine -everything unneeded was chopped off..it was alittle later that that stretched/raked rigid frame with grotesque length girders or springers came to be synonimous with the 'chopper' moniker]-rigid hardtail with some rake, superlow seat, nice forks, simple but beautiful design...
i see some really super nice ones at my local shows/cruises and these days they boast huge balls and cubes to match their sinister look too.. now you can also build a complete 'harley' without using any hd parts at all as complete mills and trannies are available from firms like s&s, revtech, std, etc..which is fine with me as i feel that hd sold its soul long time ago to its investors and weekend bikers who don't even know what the main purpose of black tshirts/clothes is .theirs are often pressed ...
and i also love those very old bikes like early flatties, knuckles, pans,..not just hd either..indians, vincents, nortons, excelsiors, zundapps [ww2 and prior], and many other us and foreign vintage rides.

i won't post too much/often i think [but you'll get tapeworm long monstrosities like this one when i do hehe] because i likely won't have much to contribute here but from time to time i'll put up some photos of rides i really liked at some of my local cruises i often go to..or try anyway. i'm very much into true hot rods [not so much into street rods but the're ok too], leadsleds-especially chopped mercs, and mean street machines with real blowers and balls.i like the rod primer look as well. flames optional hehe.

hotrodangel-hey, not only are ya a stude nut but as i understand by your nick/avatar-a lady motorhead...pleasure is all mine as we need far more of you ladies in this passion [ok, some call it hobby ]..right back at ya..