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19th December 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: mason city
Posts: 1,126 Sportster/Buell Model: xlx61 Sportster/Buell Year: 85
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great stuff; well said all.
now, let's end this thread here before we digress into something else-after all, this is the ironhead pages.
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20th December 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 14,392 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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well,i.guess i'm,a,little late for the party. i,found the post by 16ouncePBR, to cover more base's than i,could have thought of. before i,could think about,quoting it,Ryder Rick,already did. +1!
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20th December 2012
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Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,307 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1969 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1960 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1959
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I have been a member of this forum for a pretty long time. I too have noticed an increase in non-ironhead talk lately. I agree with most of the members who have posted so far in that we should try to keep posts in this section of the forum somehow related to ironheads. I don't care if it's a 100 point restoration, a wild custom chopper, a pile or parts you just bought on craigslist, or a cool photo you took while out riding your ironhead with your ironhead buddies - just be about ironheads.
Mick, you are doing an excellent job! This is still the premier forum to discuss Ironhead Sportsters and you are largely responsible for that. Keep up the great work!
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20th December 2012
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The Derby City, KY
Posts: 989 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 Sport - 4 Plug Sportster/Buell Year: 1999 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Triumph T-Bird 900 Triple Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1998 Other Motorcycle Model: Wife's T-Bird 900 Triple Other Motorcycle Year: 1995
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I gotta say that the Ironhead forum is different from all the other forums here. I find it very comfortable and friendly and have always felt very welcome to both ask and contribute. Perhaps because of that, it then feels comfortable to post up other stuff when you consider yourself amoung friends.
Great forum, not always perfect, but still the best on XLF in my opinion.
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20th December 2012
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 648 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200R Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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I don't mind off-topic discussions, but a spot has been made available for them here. If I want to check them out, I have the option, and I know where to find them. Why rely on the Mods to shuffle things around every time someone wants to post incorrectly? It's like needing a nanny. It's a waste of time and resources that could be spent on better things. For everyone. Posting off-topic in a forum is much like spam email; you have to wade through the garbage to get to the real content you were looking for. Currently, there is a great balance here at XLF, and it's one of the reasons I chose to join. Everyone here has the opportunity to learn, contribute, share, and have a great time. But if things become unbalanced, they eventually wobble to the point where the wheels want to fall off, and that isn't good for anyone. Take care, all; I'm glad I found this place...
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20th December 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SW Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,276 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH Spinegrinder Sportster/Buell Year: 1978 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Frankenstien Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1976 Other Motorcycle Model: Triumph Groanyville Other Motorcycle Year: 1972
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We gotta stick together fellas, not even Harley likes us.
Hats off to you Mick, it's a tough, unpaid, labor of love trying to herd cats and kick the occasional butt, answer the same questions ad infinitum, and put up with under appreciated smart asses.
If I was in your shoes, I'd be in a rubber room, mumbling about oil brands.
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20th December 2012
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Greasemonkey
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: at home
Posts: 135 Sportster/Buell Model: custom 1000 ironhead Sportster/Buell Year: 1969
Reputation: 101
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I agree Mick, this site should be about and for Iron Heads only, if you search online anybody can find 2-3 dozen sites to talk about every bike imaginable, almost every search on Iron Head leads here, so let's keep it that way! I know I'd still be trying to figure out which bracket went where on my old Bastard if not for these pages, not too mention we'd still be sitting in limbo on my bro's bike if not for all the info and input I got from here just a couple of weeks ago, so Thanks again for this site and the Iron Head nuts that keep it Great!!
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20th December 2012
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Flat Track Champion
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 683 Sportster/Buell Model: Xlh Sportster/Buell Year: 1967 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 6566 Other Motorcycle Model: XLH Other Motorcycle Year: 1958
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DR DICK
Mick said
This is a very important technical forum. The main event here is helping new guys get their old IronHead on the road and sharing knowledge and history of IronHeads. This is what we do here.
This forum is not just for us and for now. We must keep in mind the world of 10, 20, ..., whatever years from now. The top experts who are here now will most likely not be here then. We are preserving their knowledge and the history so that guys many years from now, future generations, will have access to it.
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+1 Here here...
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20th December 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 824 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1974
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20th December 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 79 Sportster/Buell Model: xr1000 Sportster/Buell Year: 1983
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alloyhead
 hi just wondering where my xr1000 engine fits in this conversation i realise its not really an ironhead and there is a xr site for it but take off from the cyls up where just the same underneath plus ive had lots of info here great forum cheers
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