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Had a 2000 Honda Valkyrie Tourer, solo bike (essentially a GL1500 with solid lifters.) On a good day, it got about 30 mpg at about 80 mph, on the hig...
Dave, as usual your pictures are outstanding and make me deeply regret not catching up with you when you offered, back on my trip to pick up my rig no...
@hlk For what it is worth, after running out of the high dollar "Scott Oil" that they sell for their oilers, I switched to just running Synthetic 75/9...
@hlk Chain should be fine. I kind of beat the snot out of Black Betty (that sweet girl), a Honda Africa Twin Rig, out in the desert sand and grit. ...
I have a lot of favorite local rides in Southern AZ. Would be happy to show a few of them off to friends that make it here from time to time. S...
Cal... Glad you got it. Personally, if it holds air, I would run it. FYI... this tire machine is the schizz: Rabaconda I go through rea...
@scott-h Hey Scott, You are doing exactly the sort of rides that I love! Cool stuff! You know, people keep telling me to ditch the ele...
Well, now I suppose I must try some balance beads... for a test at least on my next (of course soon upcoming tire change._ I tend to like the brass ...
@brstr Yep, that was what I was thinking. The retrofit would not be all that difficult to create a hand shifter, if there isn't already an off the sh...
Suicide clutch, and a tank shifter! {custom1}:smile2:
@scott-h Black Betty (that sweet girl) sports an RDL saddle; no going back! 🤣
Kinda ratty old bike, but still fun for a midnight ramble around Skunk Hollow when it cools down from 114F!. 1996 Virago 535... not much for sus...
@scott-h Just as a reference on toe-in measuring: I clamp (lightly) two 1" x 1" box sections of aluminum square tube, about 8 ft long, to the outsid...
@scott-h Hey Scott, great trip, thanks for sharing pics! To build a little on the good advice from Ned: 1. I find if I start my setup process wi...
That Valkyrie rig is indeed well sorted. Frank was kind enough to let me pilot it a couple of years back while I was trying to figure out how a rig s...