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1st December 2020
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Loxahatchee, FL (S. FL)
Posts: 1,114 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 2003 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1981 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDC Other Motorcycle Year: 2013
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Si!
Sure was fun. Don't know how we survived!
Snorting brown pcp off the pavement in the glow of headlights then racing. Fun! or something..
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Steve
'81 Andrews "Y" cams, K. Black 9-1 pistons
'03 1250 NHRS stage two Lightning heads, 536, mik 42
'01 Cyclone
'13 FXDC 96" stock
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14th December 2020
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Northern Rivers
Posts: 22 Sportster/Buell Model: Superlow Sportster/Buell Year: 2012 Other Motorcycle Model: Ducati 500 Parallel Twin Other Motorcycle Year: 1977
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My first bike was a Yamaha YB100 in 1977
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14th December 2020
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Biker
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Posts: 20 Sportster/Buell Model: not yet Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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my first bike was a Shortster, I guess that don't count.
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14th December 2020
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Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 59 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200T Sportster/Buell Year: 2019 Other Motorcycle Model: Aprilia Pegaso 650i.e. Other Motorcycle Year: 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TowPro
my first bike was a Shortster, I guess that don't count.
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Was it street-legal? |
14th December 2020
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Posts: 20 Sportster/Buell Model: not yet Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marsikus
Was it street-legal?
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Yes it was. the salesman rode it from hannum's HD in Lima PA up 352 a mile or so to a parking lot where he showed my Dad how to ride it, and delivered it to him. From there it came home in a truck.
I was only 12 so it was not street legal to me, but as soon as it was in the neighborhood I took off down the street.
All my buddies owned Honda 50's and that little 65cc 2 stroke used to eat them little 4 strokes for lunch 
but that didn't last long, within a year my best friend ended up with a Hodaka Dirt Squirt. |
22nd December 2020
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Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 2,484 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1964 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH IR EFI Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1971 Other Motorcycle Model: BMW K1200RS Other Motorcycle Year: 2001
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That one year only Shortster is valued pretty high today. ‘72
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23rd December 2020
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Loxahatchee, FL (S. FL)
Posts: 1,114 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 2003 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1981 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDC Other Motorcycle Year: 2013
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Moto Morini 65cc minibke 2 stroke
Half the cylinder was shrouded - I guess air was directed from vanes on the flywheel
Left handgrip turned to shift. It was a four-speed. It was 1968.
Went in halfs with best friend, I think we paid $50.
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3rd March 2021
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Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 15 Sportster/Buell Model: xlh1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 2002 Other Motorcycle Model: FLH, GY6, CT90 Other Motorcycle Year: 1980
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1965 CT Honda 90 at 10 years old.
Kawasaki 125 @ 14
Yamaha 360 @ 16
HD 900 sporty @17
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3rd March 2021
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Rural area in SW Virginia
Posts: 1,087 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883 Standard Sportster/Buell Year: 2005
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I'm old enough to remember when the Harley owners hated all things Japanese (never mind the Japanese forks or carbs that they pretended weren't there) and actually had an annual Gold Wing Fling during which they used a giant catapult to fling an old Gold Wing through the air to be crushed when it landed.
Now, look at all of the Harley owners who "cut their baby teeth" on Japanese bikes. I know I did. I've owned a bunch since the early 60's and loved them all. I also love my Sporty. I do have to admit a lusting for the BMW R/ series, particularly the older ones but I've never had the chance to ride one, much less own one.
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