America’s Other V-Twin Motorcycles… VICTORY. All Victory bikes are clean, slick and smooth with lots of power on tap. High build quality without the Harley Baggage. I really like the Victory line… and my favorite, is the Vegas, Baby! The 8 Ball is the one I love the most because it captures what the Vegas …
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Well, the new chain for my motorcycle arrived. Holy cow…. The Gold Chain is a hell of a lot of BLING for me. What was I thinking? Oh well. We’ll put it on and see how it looks after 10,000 miles. The new brake lever I ordered was silver. The one that arrived though… Black. …
Made a handshake deal on a Honda Superhawk. A big v-twin sportbike. Should be a good bike for me. I couldn’t lock down the other bikes I wanted. We will see how this plays out though.
Honda Magna for sale, 3rd Gen, VF750C. Just put on a new rear tire, new sprockets, New chain. I need something bigger.
I knew I was well overdue to get a new bike chain. I was planning on doing it in October, towards the end of the riding season. Fate however, had other plans. Coming back from a lunch at Cafe Rio, the chain broke. I’ve had a chain break before on me. When it did, the …
My Honda Magna has a windscreen that looks like a police riot shield. I took it off and blasted up the highway… and it’s not good without some wind protection. I need something a lot smaller, something streamlined a bit… Maybe something like this: I like the nice sleak bullet shape it gives the front …
The bike has been purring along since I got it. This morning, on the way in to work, it all the sudden started a bad rattle. At idle, in neutral, there is no rattle. In gear, when rolling, it rattles. Bad. WTF? I really don’t need this right now. I mean, COME ON!
I snagged a bike that I saw. The other bike had carb tuning issues I decided I didn’t want to get into, so I brought home a different one… One that runs FLAWLESSLY. Purrs like a kitten at idle, screams like a beast when I open the throttle.
So I put some guns up on KSL for trade for a Motorcycle. I get some responses for parts bikes… nothing that runs. Then I get an offer that’s just crazy good for a 2004 HD Softail. Dude sends pictures and everything. Oh hell yes. The guy wants it out of his garage. I say …