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11-04-2009, 11:35 AM
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FNG :)
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 4
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Old School
Now residing in Virginia. Learned to ride in Texas in 1961 on an old 40's vintage flathead Indian. Bought my 1st HD Sportster 900 in 69. Rode throughout my USN service years in the submarine navy. Obtained a 48 Pan in 71 and rode it in various configurations until 89. Moved to a Shovel Head and kept it until early 2000. Picked up a 2006 FLSTC that I ride now. New models are very reliable, but just don't have the heart and soul of the old 74's. I suppose my age shows.
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11-04-2009, 04:37 PM
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FNG :)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: western pa
Posts: 17
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welcome seawolf, pretty new here myself. but gotta agree while new are are dependable,there's no soul there. ahhh the good old days,sitting along the side of the road cause you sheared all the pins off holding sprocket to the brake drum(lol)
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11-05-2009, 08:40 AM
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FNG :)
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 4
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No more kickstarts that added to the fun. A few simple tools and a Ford wrench for the axle nut and you could overhaul the old ones on the side of the road.
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11-06-2009, 05:21 PM
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FNG :)
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: western pa
Posts: 17
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damn straight. now a days,if you ain't got a laptop---you're screwed. hell i use to run my pan open primary chain. and you're right about a handful of tools. other than stupid crap falling off,son of a guns just kept running.
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11-12-2009, 01:04 PM
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Always Happy And Retired
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: tgnw
Posts: 3,556
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seawolf
No more kickstarts that added to the fun. A few simple tools and a Ford wrench for the axle nut and you could overhaul the old ones on the side of the road.
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welcome and thanks for living under the sea.
the blood you spilled with those tools on the side of the road are what gave that bike it's soul. My 20 something brain misses that, my 60 something body don't. Sounds like you might be older than dirt too.
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11-13-2009, 12:17 AM
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IronButt
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Iowa,USA
Posts: 100
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Welcome from Iowa!
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2006 XL1200C with S/E Heads,551 Cams,Perfect Fit Pushrods,Cylinder Studs,42MM Mukuni,Manifold,Clutch,Igintion Module,Plugs,Wires,Arlen Ness Big Sucker,Vance and Hines Shortshots Staggered and the rest of the bike chromed out!
2007 FXSTC with S/E 110 Heads,103 Cylinders,Pistons,Adjustable Pushrods,58MM Throttle Body,Manifold,Heavy Breather,Plugs,Wires,S&S 585C Cams,Zippers ThunderMax,Vance and Hines Big Shots Staggered and the rest of the bike chromed out!
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11-13-2009, 12:24 AM
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FNG :)
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Converse, Texas
Posts: 28
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Welcome aboard!
Good to see a fellow Sailor join the forum. 
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11-13-2009, 01:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: IL.
Posts: 2,225
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had a 69 sporty myself. still have a pain in my right leg (Ross cartilage).... ripped it when the kicker gear slipped and I went through on a hard kick. motor then kicked back when the mag fired. threw me over the bars and then 11 days on crutches.
been beside the road when the rivets sheered on the sprocket also.
love the old stuff myself. but also love taking off on 4-5 thousand mile rides without the wondering???
thanks for the service to our country 
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