yeah; me too. It will be a nice project for me. it'll definitely be a first, so should be both fun, and a good learning experience.

I think I'm going to try to keep my 72 for years and eventually put a bad ass motor in it; make it a wicked little think. :-)
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Big ol s&s motor. I rode my dad's buddy's big dog with the 125" s&s. It'll flat smoke my dads screaming eagle kit'do Electra glide. I'd like to do a bobber like that.
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went dirt biking up at Perry lake today north of Lawrence. pretty nice spot. got some decent little hill climbs and good single track woods. Good day
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Would you ride that? Might be my first bike
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To each his own, I say. Personally not my taste, but hey who the fuck am I right? Ride what you like! :-)
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hell yes. Vstar 650? or Honda Shadow?
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03 Shadow vtx750 has like 6k mileage on it
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sheeeeeeeit. that'd be a great bike .I had a Vstar 650; it had 1200 miles on it and was 3 years old at the time. i paid $3500 for it and sold it 3 years later for $3k. Bike did everything I wanted to.

Ride your own ride; anyone whoe is concerned about your bike, is probably a tool anyway.
You should see the looks I get when I roll into a bike night and there are 30 Stree Glides (all black) sitting there, and I roll up on my 72 lol. There are some that think it's cool/retro, but I deffinitely get stuck-up looks. Mostly from Soccer Dads who put 30 miles on their $20k bike per week.
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Dayze.

Cassoday.

6/1.

Beer.
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i'm down.

we're also going to Branson for the Thunder Rally June 20 ; and in September (i think) the Bikers Blues and BBQ thing in Fayetteville.

I'm ready for the warm weahter to break. we went to Kobi's and Fro's last night. Kobi's had quite a few bikes. Johnny Dare sat next to us at the bar. Fro's was dead (probably because of Kobi's bike night).
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that's what I'm talkin' about...that would be killer.:-):-)
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Well, i'm definitely down for the Thunder Rally on June 20th. Nothing scheduled for work that weekend. I have a couple of friends that were planning on going, but not sure if that's still the case. At the very least, we can try to ride down together.
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Didn't do anything this past weekend (due to work) but the previous weekend we did a ride down to Baldwin then around lawrence... Hit I think 5 or 6 bars along the way with a nice sized ride... There were 20 bikes or so.... That was a lot of fun... outside of that, i haven't really done much other than riding locally to work etc since our trip over to Gail's.

Don't think I'll have the Stage 1 by next month, however I have a few adjustments that should be completing the next few weeks.... Getting new handlbars (4 inches higher and black), and new gauges... at least that's the plan for now... derby\timing\horn covers all getting replaced as well.
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i'm diagnosing some popping I'm getting out of the exhaust under decelerations/engine breaking. mostly around 3rd gear. Driving me nuts. hopefully I can find a cheap fix; i really don't want to shell out for a power commander and subsequent dyno run.

I'm dying for some new bars. I'm trying to determine if I need a cable and wiring extension kit if I go from 10" to 12". I think I might be ok. I could always try and if the clutch/brake/throttle /wiring isn't long enough, i could always order the kit. I'm thinking it might be a winter project though. which sucks. I figure while I'm at it, I might as well get the white coke bottle grips I want and relocate the turn signals to the forks while I have everything apart.

I think I'm going with the Wild 1 12" Chubby's. There are some other good ones out there, but I like the narrow glide - and I think the base of them is 8 or 10". and there's less pull back than others too. and the knurling at the bottom makes me feel better too.

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Is it just cackling off throttle or is it loading up and giving a loud bang?
I actually kinda dig the cackle off throttle, my Jeep does that too.
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