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[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

I have always had a fondness for Sportsters beginning in high school when they were the hot ticket. I liked the look and the sound. But over the years they were not improved much and weren't so bad anymore (or good either). A friend had a 1976 Sportster. What a piece of crap that was. I got the new Cycle World yesterday and lo and behold, Harley has a bike that I might want besides a Buell. The testers raved about it as it actually handled well due to stuff like inverted 43 mm Showa forks and a well researched rake angle on the front end and looks to be a much better swing arm. Plus help from Buell boost power to almost 80 ponies. Seating position is upright and neutral which all us dual sporters know is the best riding position. You can even get it with luggage and windshield. The styling is ala flat track style. Scott Parker had a lot of input on this bike they said. The sad part is they made this bike for the Euro market and it won't be available in the US at least for a while. Price???? E 9495 (that's Euro dollars). A negative is weight - 590 pounds gassed up. That is pretty heavy for a twin with no real bodywork. Why are Harley's so heavy? That is getting close to my full bodied inline four drive shaft Concourse. My old Triumph Bonneville (a similar kind of bike) weighed under 400 pounds if I remember correctly. And the new V Max is out. Baaaaaaddd Boy!!!! Do I really need 175 ponies? Some guy will put a nitrous tank on one with supercharger I suppose. I saw an older one rigged as such once. Criswell

[Horton Oliphant]

I found this bike very interesting also. I can't believe that the all American company didn't make it available here at the same time. As I remember Cycle World said it would calculate out to be about $14,000+ here in the states. Kinda pricey and kinda heavy but I wouldn't mind getting a ride on one. I have fond memories of Sportsters from around the early 60's. I remember seeing the police in California using them in 63. The pipes were quite loud on the police bikes when they were hurrying. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa roncriswell@... wrote:

> I have always had a fondness for Sportsters beginning in high school > The sad part is they made this bike for the Euro market and it won't > be available in the US at least for a while. Price???? E 9495 (that's > Euro dollars). > Criswell > >

[Bogdan Swider]

On 6/27/08 6:20 PM, "Jim Douglas" wrote:

> > > > With new MEFO Explorer tires on the 08 with 4200 miles, hopefully I will > get more miles from these. Question > is that I have not worked on a bike in 25 years and wondered if there > was anything special that I should, should

not do when re-installing the wheels, seemed to come off real easy. Make sure that the speedometer cable couples cleanly with the housing on the front wheel. You can bend parts in the housing and then....no speedometer. Can be fixed but best do it right. Also take some clothes pins apart and insert a couple of pieces between the brake pads that way you won t have to work them apart. Also remember to pump the brakes before you ride off; you may need to slow down or stop right away. Oh yeah...good time to grease some stuff. Bogdan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]