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fastbob last won the day on February 25

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  • Birthday 15/09/1960

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    Harley Davidson FXDC Super Glide 1585 cc's of throbbing Americana . and another ER5
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    Coventry

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    Scotland,learning guitar,cycling,vintage rc model flying, counting chickens , Scale model aircraft and chrome gazing .
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    Just look up 2004 Roadster Triumph 3TA running .

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  1. Nah , not necessarily so . I did 16,000 miles of mostly long distance riding on mine . After 2004 they came with a rubber mounted engine that got rid of most of the vibration . My particular model had twin discs up front so I was able to ride it the same as a sports bike . Pottering around ? Sportsters are considered slow because people think they should sound like a Shovelhead but they are built to be thrashed .
  2. Buying a Harley is not a rational decision . You buy one because you want one . I've owned a few bikes , mostly Suzuki's but until I got my first Harley ( Sportster ) I never felt the urge to pull over just so i could dance around my bike giggling like a lunatic .
  3. It's very much appreciated but I've got an Optimate 3 . Anyway I've got two steady green lights at last after a weekend of flashing orange .
  4. There are many great mysteries that intrigue mankind . Who built the Great Pyramids ? , What really happened at Roswell ? , What was the true function of Stone Henge ? Who shot JFK ? and WHAT IN THE NAME OF F**K DO THE LEDs ON AN OPTIMATE CHARGER ACTUALLY MEAN ??
  5. Now that you have the correct tyre pressures , whack the tyres with a big spanner and memorise the note that they make . This is a quick way of checking for a drastic fall in pressure .
  6. Do so if you must . Personally I like to announce my arrival by a good blip of the throttle while simultaneously flicking the kill switch . Then again , I don't think there is a side stand switch on my Harley .
  7. The only electric motor I want on my bike is the one that starts the engine .
  8. I've just told you what's what . Get a mint condition Dyna . The latest Harleys are so bland that you might as well get a Jap lookalike . They've got ABS , balancer shafts and even liquid cooling . They are assembled using components from all over the world and can hardly be described as American . All they make now are Soft Tails that are , at best pretentious . But if you want to blow 15 to 20 grand on a new Harley then go ahead . But if you are buying one for the bike and not the brand name , a Dyna is where it's at .
  9. Well just buy one then . Good luck . ( A V-Rod is not a Dyna by the way . )
  10. I'm biased of course but if you want to venture into the world of Harley Davidson then you would do well to be looking at a second hand Dyna Super Glide . People buy Harley's for a variety of reasons so there are plenty of ten year old bikes that are barely run in . A good place to start is anything from 2007 onwards because that's the year that they introduced hydraulic cam chain adjusters . Don't piss about with 1450s , go strait for a 1585 or a 1690 then you won't be riding around wondering " What if ? "
  11. I've just realised . By Sportster S you mean that new thing not the original Sportster S .
  12. I had an 04 1200 R for a few years . Great bike , best of all worlds . Carb , twin discs , rubber mounted engine , tacho , big fins , 5 speed box .
  13. If you look at it objectively you need a Suzuki or a Kawasaki because they are superior in every way . But if your heart rules your head you will get the real thing and learn to live with it .
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