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30th October 2006
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Biker
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: The far upper left
Posts: 41 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: BSA C-15 Other Motorcycle Year: 1965
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Virtual Ride From Hell
As I stated earlier in another thread I am not new to motorcycling, (50+ Yrs.) but just purchased my first Harley a couple of months ago. After reading just the first five pages of this forum I have begun to formulate a particularly scary scenario of what some future ride may hold in store for me.
It is a beautiful, cool, clear morning with the promise of high sixties or low seventies and a half way destination about a hundred miles away. The bike is warming up on the side stand as I don the old leathers and skid lid. Finally. The weekend is here and I am on the road! About twenty miles into the ride the engine stumbles badly trying to leave a traffic light. The next is the same thing. Crank Position Sensor? Good thing I have a spare thanks to the forum for the heads up on that! That did it! Runs so good now I decide to kick it in the ass and run it up to about a hundred or so. The engine is starving for fuel at that speed. Must be the vacuum petcock 'cause at full throttle there is very little vacuum. I roll to a stop and notice oil all over my left boot...WTF? The new Crank Position Sensor has melted! Good thing I brought another spare!
After repairs I'm off again with the oil tank replenished from the loss at the CPS. She's running pretty good now but at the next light I am getting smirks from some clown on a rice rocket sitting next to me. He's looking at my engine and pointing. Damn! Rocker boxes are leaking oil again!! Now I know I can't be having all this oil loss as the usage is pretty high already due to the bad valve seals and I don't dare put over three quarts of oil in the tank as it may blow up! So I decide to pull over and wipe up the mess and turn for home. I get all my gear back on and hit the starter button and.....CLACK!!!! Great! But I remember this forum and know to check the battery terminals which is very easy to do on my Sporty because.....the damn side cover has fallen off!!!! So I try the button again and it fires up just fine. I get back on the road and I'm thinkin' I had better just limp it home so I take it real easy all the way. I don't know how slow I was cruising 'cause the speedo was going nuts for a while and then just went to zero.
At last I'm on my street and I can see my driveway on the next block. One more stop sign to go......What the???? The belt breaks and unroles in the middle of the intersection! What insult. The push of shame for all the neighbors to wittness but push I do and finally I park the pig in the garage next to my forty one year old BSA which, BTW, is looking pretty good about now. If I could just make it sound as cool as the Sportster!!
Of course this is all in fun but entirely possible as all these problems HAVE happened to people on this forum. As of now my bike runs great and maybe by making fun of these problems the Harley gods will enjoy my humor and spare me any of these problems. Yeah, right! 
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30th October 2006
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Biker
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: a house
Posts: 40 Sportster/Buell Model: stripped down 883r Sportster/Buell Year: 2002 Sportster/Buell Model #2: not yet! Sportster/Buell Year #2: - Other Motorcycle Model: honda Other Motorcycle Year: 03
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Dang, you sound paranoid.
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30th October 2006
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 2,511 Sportster/Buell Model: 883c Sportster/Buell Year: 2004 Sportster/Buell Model #2: Flyrite Rigid completed? Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2003
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The Harley Gods must like me.
Over 30,000 on my '04 and no probs other than a belt at 25,000.
And my stupid mistake of not switching back the petcock from reserve and ran out.
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30th October 2006
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer 1st Class
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Dimas, Ca
Posts: 1,368 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200 Custom Sportster/Buell Year: 2004 Other Motorcycle Model: FLHRI Cobalt Blue Other Motorcycle Year: 2006
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If you think about it its kinda funny. Sorry you had a bad day. What part of So Cal are you from?
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Ride your bike and stop crying about SOA, RUBS and POSERS.
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30th October 2006
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 951 Sportster/Buell Model: 1200S Sportster/Buell Year: 2001
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...and a 65' BSA runs like a top w/ no probs? OK...  You haven't had any problems yet and you're already complaining? I think you'll fit in nicely here 
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Now if I have suspicion a felony's been committed, I can just walk right in here anytime I feel like it because I've got this badge, I got this gun, and I got the love of Jesus right here in my pretty, green eyes.
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30th October 2006
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Biker
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: The far upper left
Posts: 41 Sportster/Buell Model: XL883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2005 Other Motorcycle Model: BSA C-15 Other Motorcycle Year: 1965
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Originally Posted by 82ndJumper
If you think about it its kinda funny. Sorry you had a bad day. What part of So Cal are you from?
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It was a hypothetical ride. Nobody should have that bad of day! Apple Valley for a few more weeks then up to Washington. |
30th October 2006
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 2,893 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 96 Other Motorcycle Model: Suzuki DR 650 Other Motorcycle Year: 94
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Beezr, you forgot the part where a BT rider called your scoot a girls bike 
Bart
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Gonna keep my guns and have my fun and call it just the way I see it.
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30th October 2006
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,656 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200 R Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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Better keep reading. You didn't mention rejetting after new pipes and air cleaner just to miminize carb farts, weak shocks, weak forks, dim head light, butt bruising seat, high speed wobble, squiggley front tire, too tight drive belt yanking on the rubbermounted swing arm, barely enough electrical power, trouble shooting diagnostic codes Harley keeps secrete... and big twins hate you because you always out run them, and sport bikes hate you because you're always in the way.
Don't worry, it's all here, the good, bad, and ugly.
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30th October 2006
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Senior Chief Master Mechanic
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 980 Sportster/Buell Model: 2002 883 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 2004 883 Other Motorcycle Model: TRI ROCKET 111
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I love a good sense of humor.  |
30th October 2006
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Senior Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Sonoma, California
Posts: 2,671 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200R Sportster/Buell Year: 2006
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I dont think i wanna go on that ride.
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Cory
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