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My Dad was the Chief of Surgery for 30+ years for a hospital near Boston. He referred to motorcycles as “Donorcycles” because of all the brain injuries he’d see when the weather warmed up. He was an expert at skin grafts, having served on Guam during WW II. The Japanese refused to surrender, so they had to burn them out of caves with Napalm. The ones that didn’t die got skin grafts from my Dad. Came in handy when he had to treat bad road rash from cycle crashes. My Mom crashed and almost died when I was 7, crashed again with bad road rash riding in jeans and a t-shirt (1970's) when I was 9, and my Dad crashed and died when I was 13. Fast forward 40 years, 2 friends and 4 family members (not blood relatives) were diagnosed with cancer in an 18 month period. Sometimes you have to say WTF...with 100% certainty we are all dying and what you have stated, though jaded makes no difference in the big picture.
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Classy ride...!!!
Are you going to store the windscreen while around town?
yea, I guess for long rides I'll use it but at the moment I plan on taking it off. I've had a bunch of people tell me I'll regret it though
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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If I get a HD it would something like this hardtail springer. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/L6VrzgnH/258.jpg) Roger, Nice looking ride. I don't know that you'd want it for more than a bar-hopper, though. If you've ever ridden one, you know a hardtail will eventually knock your balls off.  PS- That bike could be done in a Softail.
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Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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If I get a HD it would something like this hardtail springer. Roger, Nice looking ride. I don't know that you'd want it for more than a bar-hopper, though. If you've ever ridden one, you know a hardtail will eventually knock your balls off. PS- That bike could be done in a Softail. That bike is a softail
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If I get a HD it would something like this hardtail springer. Roger, Nice looking ride. I don't know that you'd want it for more than a bar-hopper, though. If you've ever ridden one, you know a hardtail will eventually knock your balls off. PS- That bike could be done in a Softail. That bike is a softail Cool. That's the way I'd want it.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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Apropos of this thread, this is my cousin who is more like a brother circa 1992, can't tell by looking but that Shovelhead Sportster was functionally a hardtail. He would sometimes pee blood after riding that thing. ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49793500907_30325a1fca_z.jpg) That same guy started his riding career on a used '70 Honda CB750 with a 6" over front fork and a sissy bar, no alteration to rake and trail at all, stock frame, just 6" longer forks. We was all awestuck 
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Classy ride...!!!
Are you going to store the windscreen while around town?
yea, I guess for long rides I'll use it but at the moment I plan on taking it off. I've had a bunch of people tell me I'll regret it though I prefer riding without mine, if its warm. The woman gets pissed when I take it off, because she gets blown around more. I don't get out solo much. Under 55° degrees or so, I find I'm too much of a sissy to go very far without it.
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Just a word of warning on the older twincam motors as they get 30,000 miles or more . Educate yourself with cam chain tensioner pads. my 06 roadking has 38,000 miles on it and a inspection shows that they are still in decent condition but are showing wear. will have to address this before long.
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yea, I'm going to have them replaced with the upgraded tensioners around 30K.
Might be a couple of years or so to get there
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
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With the twin cam chain tensioners on the older models. If they do go it's an expensive repair. There is no set time they last, some wear out extremely prematurely. It's not a big deal to inspect them before you put too many miles on it. Just a heads up.
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Good info on the older motors. Did the 96 c.i. motor get better in this regard or ?
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Pre 2007 are the ones to check.
It's an expensive repair at failure , do it before they fail - not so bad. May as well put a new cam in while you're in there.
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Yep, & a tuner & some pipes, especially for 2-up riding.
Those mods will put a smile of yer face, fer sure..............but he should have went a few years newer of the bike. Not really that much of a cost penalty, IMHO.
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