Mines the black one, the silver one I will have eventually.
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The wife and I in the Smokies... Tail of the Dragon.
What year R1 is that, Chen? V-Max eh? I've only seen a handful of those in person, never rode one though...
2004.
Vmax is custom...I don't think I can even get that exact one...
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How's that compare to the newer, "crossplane crank" R1s? Have you ridden both?
Wolf, what is that? V-star? Boulevard? I can't make it out...
I have not had a chance to ride the new R1's...but from what I have read they seem pretty amazing.
My next motorcycle will actually be a Ducati 1098....As it's more affordable than the vmax...so I won't ride the new R1 for a while.
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It's a Honda VTX Retro with whooooole bunch of accessories.
2000 R1, 2003 FJR. I had to quit riding several years ago (rode for 42 years) because of collateral damage to my cochlea from CyberKnife radiation to blast a skull base tumor. I've ridden a bit on the FJR since then, but the R1 I had to let go. I fell again today (not on the bike), have to use a cane for balance, so I think I'm not going to tempt the grim reaper and quit before I kill myself, or someone else...(sigh).Jeez, another Yamaha fan... Is that a '98 R1? How's the FJR treating you?
Hard tails; ouch, my ass!Well, it seems obvious with this crowd that if I have to explain why I ride a Harley, y'all wouldn't understand, but here comes the retrospective of my builds since about 1974 or so. First up, a '68 Shovel top/Pan bottom that I threw together right after I got out of the Army:
You can't really see it here, but it was a jockey-shift (or suicide clutch if you prefer) and had a gorgeous antique crystal doorknob on the end of the shift-handle:
19 years old, full of piss 'n vinegar, apprenticing for the Steelworkers. The only thing I really miss about SoCal, year-round-riding-weather.
This is probably fast-forwarded at least five or six builds, and like 17 years, me and GW (my Gorgeous Wife) on my '91 FXSTC doin' a Toy Run in Santa Barbara on the coldest day I ever remember in SoCal. Several hilarious stories in the ol' memory banks from that run, but probably not good for here. Scooter had Branch heads, punched out to 102 ci stroker, Andrews cam, chromed everything including swing arm, inner primary, lower legs, really man, everything! LOL Just never got around to paintin' her. Full-on stock paint job.
GW caught a pic of the first group to muster outside our house in Torrance, CA (just a few blocks from where the two ladies were shot by LAPD during the Dorner manhunt). We picked up several of our friends along the way and that run put about 12,000 scooters in downtown Santa Barbara about three or four hours later.
Pretty cool profile-shot:
I'll post some more later. It's late and we have to get up and do our taxes early tomorrow. I'll have to dig out some pics to scan of the builds I'm missin' from that 17 year gap. I thought I had 'em either in Photobucket or one of the hard drives floatin' around here, but can't find 'em. I do have pics of the FXRP that I built for GW though. That'll be a treat when I get around to 'em. Link Removed
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My next cruiser is going to be between the Shadow 750 and the Suzuki C50T... NICE BIKE, by the way!
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