** KNEE DRAGGERS UNITE ** Part XIII - Squid City and Crash Cages

[13nick31]

hm weird. i'm on PC lol.

noted on the crossplane designation. All i know about V-twins is they seem to be the only engine Harley offers.

wtf...I had even loaded it on an incognito window before BB blocked it and they showed up lol


How about now? lol

[Zackad]

wtf...I had even loaded it on an incognito window before BB blocked it and they showed up lol


How about now? lol

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sheesh. what a beaut. Love those hi-viz accents on it to for just a little pop

[higginsworks4me]

Man, was not expecting track days to sell out over a month in advance
Normally I can book within a week or so. Memorial weekend is usually my weekend so idk when I'll go now. Because the summer heat is coming, maybe the fall...

Are you referring to N2 and STT? Try Nate Kern and Jason DiSalvo.

[kcuviello]

Are you referring to N2 and STT? Try Nate Kern and Jason DiSalvo.

disalvo was a local guy here that I knew from car meets when I was super young good dude. made quite the career for himself

[6spdVQ]

Anyone know where this goes on a f4i?

[Woody-5]

I haven't ridden in years- sold my old Honda shadow not long after my first kid was born.

Recently picked up a sweet Ebike that I've been using around town. Pretty fun and it'll do over 30mph, but after just a week of that I want to get a "real" bike again. Gonna go check out a used Harley for sale after work today

[Zackad]

welp I did it boys. Picked up the bike I wanted on Saturday. Found a used one in great condition and only 2k miles. Only wanted a motorcycle for the past 20 something years and now it's finally happening.

[13nick31]

I haven't ridden in years- sold my old Honda shadow not long after my first kid was born.

Recently picked up a sweet Ebike that I've been using around town. Pretty fun and it'll do over 30mph, but after just a week of that I want to get a "real" bike again. Gonna go check out a used Harley for sale after work today

Always sorta wished I lived "in town" enough to have an ebike, Grom, etc.

That itch is hard to not scratch...

welp I did it boys. Picked up the bike I wanted on Saturday. Found a used one in great condition and only 2k miles. Only wanted a motorcycle for the past 20 something years and now it's finally happening.

Hell yeah! Congrats!

You'll love that twin; lots of character and just a great bike to rip on.

[Woody-5]

Always sorta wished I lived "in town" enough to have an ebike, Grom, etc.

That itch is hard to not scratch...

the ebike is pretty damn fun, fast enough for in town road use, you can take it on the trails plus you can pedal home if the battery dies.


stewing hard on that harley...
93, 1200. He's done a bunch of mods & a ton of new parts

definitely not a polished show bike, it's rawww, I love it
I think the owner called it a rat

[13nick31]

the ebike is pretty damn fun, fast enough for in town road use, you can take it on the trails plus you can pedal home if the battery dies.


stewing hard on that harley...
93, 1200. He's done a bunch of mods & a ton of new parts

definitely not a polished show bike, it's rawww, I love it
I think the owner called it a rat

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That's a Harley I could support. Was it just me, but it sounded like it wanted to stall at the end when he revved it a little?

[Woody-5]

That's a Harley I could support. Was it just me, but it sounded like it wanted to stall at the end when he revved it a little?

haha i love it.

he had just took the choke off and she was still cold, it took it another meenut to come into her own.

[Zackad]

Hell yeah! Congrats!

You'll love that twin; lots of character and just a great bike to rip on.

Thanks brotha! Literally as soon as I took off on the test ride I was ready to take it home lol.

Got the insurance and title transfer handled yesterday (Thank you CA DMV for migrating the bulk of stuff to online), taking it for the first real ride today after work!

First mods planned are a bunch of protection lol.

[Woody-5]

She’s home safe in my garage now. Need to get the registration taken care of Monday.
That still didn’t stop me from taking a quick rip up my street last night. It’s got some power for sure

[13nick31]

She’s home safe in my garage now. Need to get the registration taken care of Monday.
That still didn’t stop me from taking a quick rip up my street last night. It’s got some power for sure

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How you been liking it?

[jafomofo]

She’s home safe in my garage now. Need to get the registration taken care of Monday.
That still didn’t stop me from taking a quick rip up my street last night. It’s got some power for sure

you should chop the rear fender and bobber it.

[Woody-5]

How you been liking it?

loving it! So much fun.

Needs a little work before I do any real distance on it, but I've been ripping it around town every chance I get

carb needs to be re-jetted, he never did when he put the drag pipes on. It coughs pretty good at low RPM. I messed with the carb settings a bunch this weekend and got it smoothed out to more of a hiccup than a cough. Jet kit is coming this week so I'll change those and re tune next weekend.

One of the forks is leaking so I'll replace both of those. My partner has a bike jack right here at work so I'll steal that next time we have a rainy weekend.

Turn signals are also fukked- press the button and they light up but won't flash. Gonna have to wire in a load equalizer and hope that it fixes it.

you should chop the rear fender and bobber it.

or ditch it all together, seat then all tire haha

For real though, I love the rear fender that's on it now.

[kcuviello]

3rd bike added to the gayrage. picked this up from the late & great rich/barberrider - OG from this thread. Currently awaiting some maintenance parts to get it back to its prior glory, in supermoto configuration and South Dakota plate is in the mail. cheers m8s

[phillipsanchez]

3rd bike added to the gayrage. picked this up from the late & great rich/barberrider - OG from this thread. Currently awaiting some maintenance parts to get it back to its prior glory, in supermoto configuration and South Dakota plate is in the mail. cheers m8s

Very nice. First sumo? Keep us updated with how you find it, bro.

I'm thinking of selling my Ducati and getting another super now that I seem to live on the flatest part of the planet.

WRs reliability seems hard to look past.

[kcuviello]

Very nice. First sumo? Keep us updated with how you find it, bro.

I'm thinking of selling my Ducati and getting another super now that I seem to live on the flatest part of the planet.

WRs reliability seems hard to look past.

yep have ridden dirt bikes off road before but Never on road w street tires yet. this week South Dakota plate arrives should be jolly good time. also had to get a bracket to move caliper out for the 320mm rotor. rich did great work, as expected.

[mtpaquette]

WRs reliability seems hard to look past.

It's easy when compared to a DRZ. lol Those tanks you almost have to try and make explode to get anything to go wrong with them.

[QisGQ]

My zx6r battery is smelling like rotten eggs which I assume means battery is over-charging. Had a new battery, stator, and rectifier installed in February. The dealer put in the stator and I installed an aftermarket rectifier by Electrosport (which dealer tested in Feb). Everything was fine from then up until past week where I've been getting the egg smell. Haven't had any power/electrical issues but the smell is getting stronger. Popped the seat and battery screw had some rust on it. From googling seems like most likely culprit is the rectifier; maybe I should have went with a true Kawasaki one? IDK; unless I see something obviously wrong with the connections I'll have to take back to dealer b/c I suck with most things electrical. womp womp

[QisGQ]

My zx6r battery is smelling like rotten eggs which I assume means battery is over-charging. Had a new battery, stator, and rectifier installed in February. The dealer put in the stator and I installed an aftermarket rectifier by Electrosport (which dealer tested in Feb). Everything was fine from then up until past week where I've been getting the egg smell. Haven't had any power/electrical issues but the smell is getting stronger. Popped the seat and battery screw had some rust on it. From googling seems like most likely culprit is the rectifier; maybe I should have went with a true Kawasaki one? IDK; unless I see something obviously wrong with the connections I'll have to take back to dealer b/c I suck with most things electrical. womp womp

found the culprit, it actually came apart after taking the photo

[phillipsanchez]

Never seen that happen, a ****ty crimp, or does it just get moved around a lot?

[kcuviello]

thats not good. replace that immediately.

[Woody-5]

Funny, I bought an ebike this spring, immediately wanted a motorcycle again so I bought that old Harley, then a month later wanted something a little newer / more reliable.

So new purchase

Rode the train 100 miles south, paid the man then rode her home.
Definitely not a fan of that many highway miles, I'd much rather a back road trek.

Wide tire conversion in the rear so she's got Dat asssss

[QisGQ]

Never seen that happen, a ****ty crimp, or does it just get moved around a lot?

Yea I don't see it having a lot of wear of tear. I usually take the battery out once a year for winter storage. Although it was taken out a bit more this past year as I had some work done on the bike.

thats not good. replace that immediately.

Word, will try to this weekend. Seems like I can pick up a new connection piece and re-crimp. Hopefully it's easy.

[kcuviello]

threads dead, nice

[jafomofo]

Wide tire conversion in the rear so she's got Dat asssss

you are going to want to keep an eye on that avon cobra tire, i've gone through 3 in as many years. 240x18s. They grip amazingly for cruiser bike tires but they shed like ****ing crazy and they are rated for 10-12K but I'm getting more like 4. Last set barely made it 2. Im giving them one last chance with their updated cobra chrome which is supposed to last longer but they are sketch

[Woody-5]

you are going to want to keep an eye on that avon cobra tire, i've gone through 3 in as many years. 240x18s. They grip amazingly for cruiser bike tires but they shed like ****ing crazy and they are rated for 10-12K but I'm getting more like 4. Last set barely made it 2. Im giving them one last chance with their updated cobra chrome which is supposed to last longer but they are sketch

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep my eye on it. Previous owner just put this one on in June so i'll get a good snapshot of how it wears.

any you'd recommend for a good replacement when the time comes?

[kcuviello]

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep my eye on it. Previous owner just put this one on in June so i'll get a good snapshot of how it wears.

any you'd recommend for a good replacement when the time comes?

idk anything about that tire without looking it up, but for a cruiser, dual compound is imperative. almost all harley guys don't follow this and thats why their chit cheap tires are flat and bald. show scrapes on bike from turning