Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire A 20 year old Harley emerges from a long nap.

You guys can have your Harleys. I've never seen the draw to just cruising around. I did have a motorcycle in college, and it sure was nice to use to get an easy parking spot near class, but never did see the allure of the "open road". I do like cruising around on my dirt bike, seeing where two track roads go though.


To each their own I guess.

IDK, I otta let it go, but just pizzes me that everytime a Harley is mentioned, we gotta have snowflake types bitchin and moaning, like a buncha crybabies, typing on their PC or phone made in China, driving vehicles with at the least parts made world wide.

Boing!

Wow, mention harley and you fire up quite a dispute, draw out all the haters and such. lol!

It is what it is.

I purchased a nice looking light weight harley jacket about 4-5 years back. I put it on in the store and then rode about 100 miles home. The jacket literally fell apart on my 100 mile ride home, hahahaha! Yeah I returned it and ordered a Fox river jacket, very high quality. I guess the jacket I got at the dealer was for posers that just need a neat jacket to wear at the bar or something.




Anyways...

Back to the original topic.

My uncle passed away a few years back. We were close, had a lot of fun together, lots of good quality family stuff.

When Dusty (my uncle) was a kid, he had a 40's model harley. He sold that bike when he was a kid. He was out of bikes for many years. Later on in the early 90's he got himself a new Sporty. Nice little bike, he rode it a lot on his work commute.

Then in around 96, he learned of the new Heritage Springer classic that would be released in 97. He was instantly in love, it reminded him of his 40's model Harley he had when he was young. He ordered one and patiently waited for the bike. He even got a big poster sized framed photo of the model in his color which had his serial number stamped on a plate for the artwork.

It's a stock carbed EVO with a set of fish tail slip on pipes.

Here's the bike.



That is me on the bike. The photo was taken on the day of Dusty's funeral. I rode the bike to the church where his funeral was held.

I rode the bike one other time between that funeral ride and today, it was having carb issues. That was a couple of years ago.

I know I'll have to pull the carb and give it a thorough cleaning. I'll change all fluids and filter, including brake fluid. The bike is in excellent condition with low miles. It just needs to be cleaned, detailed, serviced, and rode.

We are purchasing the bike from the family. I'm very excited and proud for the opportunity. I may try to bring the bike home next weekend.

Don't hate HD or most of the folks that ride them.HD has a factory in Bawal India no hoax it really is there. HD markets All American awesomeness...yet no one can explain why metric bikes flourish? Could it be folks would rather pay 12K for metric than 18K for HD? Simply look at hat brands folks that ride daily as transportation not showpieces

And there are those that have owned several and sold the polished turds for something that isn't all hype because they don't need Viagra.

I just like bikes period.

I'd really like a KLR650 for beating around with.

Another bike I really want is a Triumph Tiger explorer XC

I really want one of those.

If I was younger I just have to have one of these to play on, but I'm not, so Honda Rancher has to do.

Lots of good rides out there I just see no point in all the dumbazz bashing BS.

Yep. You're on of them. See above.

I've been riding bikes since probably long before you were born. 50 years. Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Honda, Zundapp, you name it.
Never have a bad word for any of them. Hell, I loved 'em all. And may get another Jap dirt bike or hybrid when I move up to the mountains after I retire.

Also just found out that one of our long time Fire members (284LUVR) may have actually built my bike. How cool is that?
BTW- I've owned my Harley since it came off the showroom floor 21 years ago. It doesn't leak oil and has not left me stranded. And it's far from stock.

Ask me that question about the others..

Now feel free to go back to your schit spittin.

That's the kind of bike I was talking about. I believe Mackay and/or RJM have something like that.

Enjoy the wind in your face.

The Harley threads always become so hostile. Why ?

Here's a rear view of my hot rod Sportster which has run 9.1 @ 143 in the quarter mile but if I were to buy a bike tomorrow it would be a Beemer. Each to his/her own. Shrug. Peace.


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LOL, me too, a Harley is like a Nosler Partition, the one everyone compares theirs too!

I never make excuses for my choices, I buy what I want and enjoy it, fugg what everyone else thinks.

And the PT's just keep knocking schit over.

Great looking bike Northern Dave. Good back story too.


I always thought springers were cool.

All bikes are cool.

My Trail 90 is cool, as well as my CB 750. My CB 250 is cool as well as my RoadStar.

Someday I want to have a cool V65 Magna and a old Harley Dresser.

Very nice Dave, good for you and uncle Dusty.

Nice little Blaster there Denny!

Don't have but a few pics as my old laptop ate 'em

The timeslips said it had 8.90s in it but my screwdriver just wouldn't work right for some reason. LOL Putting a new Bandit Machine lock up in it in this pic.




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