Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[RiverRat2]

Nice looking frond end though.....that 45" with one in the pics. was way cool......my old 45 had a sporty frond end...stock length....

Thanks 1984 XFWG 2" overstock w dual disc and a 21" front runner Wide glide front fender

 

[Cantdog]

Thanks 1984 XFWG 2" overstock w dual disc and a 21" front runner Wide glide front fender

My whole bike is very stock looking but my Hydra Glide is 2" over as well with two over slider covers.....stock Hydra Glide with EVO era damper upgrades...Progressive Engineering springs..16" wheel with SS spokes and original drum brake.....original stock Duo-Glide front fender....in chrome and black...

 

[tbone75]

First time I been able to get on here in a while . But wasn't a lot of catching up to do . Least its stihl alive !!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Just a couple posts each day, keeps it alive but no where as active as it once was.....!

 

[Cantdog]

49 FLH first year of Hydraulic forks (Non Springer)

HeHeHe.......not so many kickers in the crowd these days.....the ladies always seem to like watching a fella kick a big bike over....way more manly than pushing a button....as long as she fires right up...LOL!!!

 

[Cantdog]

Had a chainsaw come to the shop yesterday......was asked to sharpen it......

 

[Stihl 041S]

My whole bike is very stock looking but my Hydra Glide is 2" over as well with two over slider covers.....stock Hydra Glide with EVO era damper upgrades...Progressive Engineering springs..16" wheel with SS spokes and original drum brake.....original stock Duo-Glide front fender....in chrome and black...

75 FX 4" over. King Queen seat lowered 2". Controls forward.
A Vega hood rod has just the right dogleg and right diameter.
XLCH bars. Reflectors taken off and lower legs filed round.
Black and Chrome. Some brand of pipes.
That was 31 years ago......

 

[Stihl 041S]

HeHeHe.......not so many kickers in the crowd these days.....the ladies always seem to like watching a fella kick a big bike over....way more manly than pushing a button....as long as she fires right up...LOL!!!

There is a story there.........
My ex was in the Army. So in the 70s there was race relations class. No bias anywhere.
In the class there was a guy with his first bike. A ReUp Harley.
Anyway he was saying there were many things a woman couldn't do. Like kick start a 74....
Argument got heated back and forth and eventually the whole class is walking to this guys new bike. Had it maybe a week.
Now the ex was a towering 5'3" and maybe 110. But she had been riding a 69 Hot Pink XLCH for several years everyday.
Oh yeah.......mean.......as you shall see.
She goes thru the kick thru with is switch off. Find front compression. Turn on. Set choke and throttle. And kick thru.
A couple of kicks and fires up. Point proven.......

She then shuts it down......opening the throttle wide open the second she turned it off.
Flooded to beat skinned hell......

Everyone starts to walk away...........

"Now let's see YOU start it........"

Poor GI had never had to clear it when flooded. Much less FLOODED!!!!

Kick. Kick. Kick. Choke on. Off. Kick. Kick. Pant. Kick. Pant pant.

Soon the novelty began to wear off.......

"When you want to know how to start it I can show you"

Mean.....

 

[Stihl 041S]

HeHeHe.......not so many kickers in the crowd these days.....the ladies always seem to like watching a fella kick a big bike over....way more manly than pushing a button....as long as she fires right up...LOL!!!

There are fake kick starters for Harley's today. Lol

 

[RiverRat2]

My whole bike is very stock looking but my Hydra Glide is 2" over as well with two over slider covers.....stock Hydra Glide with EVO era damper upgrades...Progressive Engineering springs..16" wheel with SS spokes and original drum brake.....original stock Duo-Glide front fender....in chrome and black...

Sweet!!!! Mine has been in my care since 1977 so next year will be 40 years,,, Ouch that hurts thinking about it!!!

There are fake kick starters for Harley's today. Lol

I promise the kicker on my putt is real,,, and there is no button for starting, and it definitely likes the same starting ritual when cold, and pretty much the same once warmed up,,,,, just no choke needed

 

[RiverRat2]

There is a story there.........
My ex was in the Army. So in the 70s there was race relations class. No bias anywhere.
In the class there was a guy with his first bike. A ReUp Harley.
Anyway he was saying there were many things a woman couldn't do. Like kick start a 74....
Argument got heated back and forth and eventually the whole class is walking to this guys new bike. Had it maybe a week.
Now the ex was a towering 5'3" and maybe 110. But she had been riding a 69 Hot Pink XLCH for several years everyday.
Oh yeah.......mean.......as you shall see.
She goes thru the kick thru with is switch off. Find front compression. Turn on. Set choke and throttle. And kick thru.
A couple of kicks and fires up. Point proven.......

She then shuts it down......opening the throttle wide open the second she turned it off.
Flooded to beat skinned hell......

Everyone starts to walk away...........

"Now let's see YOU start it........"

Poor GI had never had to clear it when flooded. Much less FLOODED!!!!

Kick. Kick. Kick. Choke on. Off. Kick. Kick. Pant. Kick. Pant pant.

Soon the novelty began to wear off.......

"When you want to know how to start it I can show you"

Mean.....

LOL,,, that is funny **** right there!!!! yeah wet spark plugs don't fire very well do they!!!!!
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn!!!!"

 

[Cantdog]

There is a story there.........
My ex was in the Army. So in the 70s there was race relations class. No bias anywhere.
In the class there was a guy with his first bike. A ReUp Harley.
Anyway he was saying there were many things a woman couldn't do. Like kick start a 74....
Argument got heated back and forth and eventually the whole class is walking to this guys new bike. Had it maybe a week.
Now the ex was a towering 5'3" and maybe 110. But she had been riding a 69 Hot Pink XLCH for several years everyday.
Oh yeah.......mean.......as you shall see.
She goes thru the kick thru with is switch off. Find front compression. Turn on. Set choke and throttle. And kick thru.
A couple of kicks and fires up. Point proven.......

She then shuts it down......opening the throttle wide open the second she turned it off.
Flooded to beat skinned hell......

Everyone starts to walk away...........

"Now let's see YOU start it........"

Poor GI had never had to clear it when flooded. Much less FLOODED!!!!

Kick. Kick. Kick. Choke on. Off. Kick. Kick. Pant. Kick. Pant pant.

Soon the novelty began to wear off.......

"When you want to know how to start it I can show you"

Mean.....

That is a great story Unc.........I got another similar.......everyone knew about my pan head before it was mine...."Oh you can't buy that...was his dads bike...dad died n 67....nevah sell it...everyone's tried....

One day got some very bad news about a friend of mine...he was in Texas had bone surgery due to cancer....learned this from his OL as I stopped by his place to chat.......on the way home...depressed......I decided to stop an ask about the 59......County Special Investigator.....this probably won't go well....but WTH.....might as well be twice as depressed...we talked...went down to look at the bike (which I had never seen).......Harley riders wet dream.....barn find...covered in hay and other debris......19,280 miles....full dress FLH...king of the road pkg. Latest tags were 73 asked him abut that.....got it on the road in 73......put 225 miles on....verified by his dads entrys in the back of the manual stating all repairs and oil changes, mileage etc......asked him about why so few miles in 73....he said he would drive it somewhere...shut it off and not be able to get it going again...LOL!!......He bought two 550 Hondahs...one for him and one for the wife.....this was 1978......we argued/dickered/discussed the price......finally I gave in..$1200.00 The starting issue was the human not the machine....just had to know want it wanted and when.......always started good for me......he deserved the Hondahs.....

 

[Cantdog]

Sweet!!!! Mine has been in my care since 1977 so next year will be 40 years,,, Ouch that hurts thinking about it!!!



I promise the kicker on my putt is real,,, and there is no button for starting, and it definitely likes the same starting ritual when cold, and pretty much the same once warmed up,,,,, just no choke needed

Yeeeepppp........it ain't any fun wagging ovah 600cc @ 10:1 to a kick for no pop... So you know what I was talking about....out of a crowd...not many still jumping up and down to get going....!!!!

There are fake kick starters for Harley's today. Lol

Yeah butt.......not on a four speed......boy...and that bike ain't today.......that is definitely yesterday.....

 

[Stihl 041S]

Sweet!!!! Mine has been in my care since 1977 so next year will be 40 years,,, Ouch that hurts thinking about it!!!



I promise the kicker on my putt is real,,, and there is no button for starting, and it definitely likes the same starting ritual when cold, and pretty much the same once warmed up,,,,, just no choke needed

No doubt about there. Lol
Nobody had an intimate relationship with a 74 for that long and have a fake kicker.

Mine was my first new any vehicle. Paid cash thru the Canadian PX.
$3149

Went to pick it up. Let it warm up and told them to change the oil.
Thought I was nutz.
The one Ol Phart agreed.
Rode it around for 50 miles and came back and said do it again.
Then Rode it home.
West Germany 1975...........

 

[pioneerguy600]

Had a chainsaw come to the shop yesterday......was asked to sharpen it......

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That thing has some funny looking cutters on it, looks something like that self sharpening stuff some Poulans had back in the 80`s.

 

[Cantdog]

That thing has some funny looking cutters on it, looks something like that self sharpening stuff some Poulans had back in the 80`s.

They are funny looking......did a bunch of research......seems this is strictly for cutting SIPS panels.......carbide cutters......for cutting beams with this saw you use a conventional chainsaw chain........I got nothing that will touch those.......

 

[pioneerguy600]

Carbide is way hard, special diamond coated discs required for that chain.

 

[Cantdog]

Carbide is way hard, special diamond coated discs required for that chain.

Yes and very thin discs at that.....he was trying to cut 12 X 12 hemlock beams with it.....said all it would do is smoke...gonna put a regular chain on for him.....should go good then....this chain is very sharp now....the points grab the skin on your finger easily.....just made for cutting sheetrock/foam/chipboard panels...

 

[pioneerguy600]

A regular chain will fix er up, easy to resharpen to.

 

[RiverRat2]

Man I am glad yall figured that out!!!