I upgraded! Sold the 1985 H-D FXEF I had owned 27 years, kept the 1980 FXWG I've had 12 years, which is now torn down in the garage for motor refresh. I got tired of commuting on two wheels in summer only, and constantly fixing vintage Harley issues. So last Easter I got this 2019 Harley Road Glide in a one-year-only premium paint color of ''kinetic green''. The metalflake really pops in the sunlight. I have done 13,000 miles on it in 9 months I have a 100-mile round trip daily, but not in peak hour, and the roads are fairly empty when i travel, so it's a joy on this. It's got substantial improvements over stock - including wheels, tyres, bars, seat, pipes + hotter worked engine, screen, blah blah - and it goes like a dream. OK, had a coupla warranty issues, but I'm on this for the long haul til i can no longer ride. It's the only new vehicle I have ever owned, and the one and only. It will not be ''upgraded'' to a newer model. Sadly, the cost has meant a delay to getting my Wildcat's 430 totally checked over and possibly rebuilt. That's next. When i have $$$$ again. free pic hosting
No pics but our motorcycle club maintains the Alpine moto trails between volcano's Mt St Helens, Mt Adams and Mt Rainer. Two thousand work hours per year spent brushing and rebuilding 220 miles of trail VoltTrails dot org
I've been a tech or service manager for Honda, Yamaha, KTM, Polaris, Victory, Harley Davidson, Buell, Can-Am, and Ski-Doo. Had many bikes, but I am in my heart purely a 1st gen V-max guy. I've had 5 different 85-2007 Maxes, the green '90 is my first. We tested colors for my Mach 1 on it, so my bike and car matched exactly. Had a 1327 PCW stage 4 engine that made 174 naturally aspirated HP at the wheel and ran 9.7 in the quarter with some moron (me) riding it on a street tire without a wheelie bar. Yellow '94 was a mint one owner with 2,500 miles that I ended up selling to some collector down in Vegas who had one of every single year. For people who don't know, the V-max looked basically the same but changed body color every year from 1985 until 1999 when they went to flat black. Pearl yellow '94s are the most desireable. It had a brand new Dunlop Elite II on it when I got it and that pic is from me smoking it off to put some white letter Spitfires on it the next day.
Nice post guys ! LOVE that crazy pinstriping. I will re-post my 79 GS1000E photos.......photobucket suck ! Good to hear from you Doc ! Peace WildBill
Added a couple more old Indians in past 3 years. 2 1949 Scouts. 440cc 2 cylinder nicknamed "Verticals" because of the engine design. They were born and built in Springfield MA where all other original Indians were made. These were Indian's failed attempt at saving the company by providing an economical lighter weight bike they believed the American market was ready for. They had the right vision but were in trouble financially at that time going out of business in 1953. A decade later the Japanese invasion started with similar size bikes that took over the market booming into the 70s. The blue bike is a very original example we found in Nebraska including its original Indian script tires and loads of documentation from the original owner that recorded every tank of gas oil change and mileage. The first pic was taken at the American Pickers place in LeClaire IA which we stopped at for a photo op on the way home from picking the bike up. We purchased it for wife to ride as it has a hand clutch and toe shift which became standard. The black one also a 49 "ironically" was found during an American Picker style pick a friend and I went on locally. Old guy died, family needed to settle estate. They called the Pickers but apparently they weren't able to make it. 3 Indians from the 30s and this 49 plus a literal truck load of parts. Friend bought everything else and I got the 49. This bike was stripped bare of sheet metal and looked like hell when we found it. It had been used for trail riding at one time but amazingly we found nearly all parts for it scattered about in the basement full of other junk during a 3 hour search and rescue! We had to look in every box and under every piece of junk just like they do on TV. I got it running and reassembled and it is now the one my wife wants to ride as it has the crusty look. She threatened me not to clean ANYTHING as I was putting it back together and prepping for road use. Last pic shows as found
Perhaps not as pretty as some of the bikes here, but this 1966 Harley 250 Sprint is the one I learned to ride on and has been in my garage since 1971. It needs a bit of TLC but is all there.
My 2007 GSXR 1000. Sickest bike i've ever ridden. If you had the need for speed this would give you that fix. Like Shawn on his GSXR. I hit 180 once. Its scared the living **** outta me. All my friends at the time all had GSXR's
My 82 FXB Sturgis, all original except for paint, seat, pipes and a few minor pieces. Original owner is who chromed the misc parts. probably didn't think about keeping it that orig. back in 82. Keith
I bought one of those in April 1985. Yamaha made one commercial of the V-Max, loosely based on the famous 1970 GTO commercial that featured the (short lived) VOE option. Unfortunately that bike was a magnet for stupid drivers as it got hit while parked at least three times. Sold it to an 18 year kid in 1989. Here's that commercial, which aired on "Miami Vice" that spring. Saw the show and ad on a Friday night. I went direct to my local Yamaha dealer Saturday morning to buy one. Here's the 1970 GTO Judge commercial.
Vmax's are bad dudes. They dont get enough credit for being as ahead of their time as they were. When Harley came out with the vrod people made a big deal out of it. Vmax fans were 2 decades ahead on that one....
Here is a shot of my 1978 GS1000E Suzuki "Skunk".......lots of mods on this bike. Fastest bike in town for a year or so..... Peace WildBill
Here is a picture of my dad on his 1943 H-D EL "Knucklehead". All dressed up in his finest! The picture was taken in 1950 in Greenville, SC shortly before he traded it in on a new Panhead.
