Sam

Tried using Dawn and I can't believe how much time I wasted before. I read about people using it before but was hesitant. Thanks for the info you were not kidding about no streaking and easy,easy!:beer2:

Glad to help a fellow biker. :beerchug:

Here's a pic of my 76 Bonneville I bought new out of high school. Redid it in 2011.
[IMG]http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...psi2xeg6ne.jpg[/IMG]

That is beautiful! I love the old British twins. This belongs to a friend of mine.

Last Saturday was the Modern Classics motorcycle show at Martin Motosport in Boyertown Pa

Here's a video looking over the cycles from the second floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dMXXEwut9Q

They also had master artist Makoto Endo painting an early Indian motorcycle on canvas.

Amazing work :bigeyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lq0...q7Q0Uw&index=2

Slide show of the pictures I took
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD7...ics%203-7-2015

2012 show
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD7...0Show/3-3-2012

2013 show
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD7...ics%203-2-2013

2014 show
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD7...ics%203-1-2014

That is a great looking Bonnie mortten! Here is my 67 Bonneville. It was bought new by my godfather and parked in the early 80's. I bought it from him 10 years ago and have restored it mechanically. I even sent the gauges back to smith's in England to get factory refurbished. It runs great, one day I will get around to the cosmetics.

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Bill

Still has the 39 year old seat cover on it. Cylinders were still standard.

I likes bikes too!
 

Finally delved into the deeper depths of OCC and found this sticky. :beer2:

With too many hobbies and not enough sheds, this is one of my other time-vacuums. The black one is a VT1100C3 (Shadow AERO for those non-Hondites) and the red/black one is a VT750c2 (A.C.E. or American Classic Edition).

Found them both in the well-used lot at two different dealerships. My bro-in-law wanted to stop in to the local H-D dealership, "just to kick tires" and wound up owning the tires he kicked! I asked the salesman about the 1100 Honda and he said, "If they buy THAT bike, I'll make ya a DEAL on the Honda!" He did. It was sitting there, all neglected and was on life support (constant batter tender) and the 750, well, it was just ugly. :biggrin2:

With the help of various cleaning agents, and a tetanus shot, I finally got them to where they would reflect sunlight. I pulled a lot of the "cool to the last owner" stuff off of it and have been slowly making them my own. I like the classic look, so the 1100 is my touring bike, and the 750 is a blast around town. I'd love to have an old H-D, but the greenbacks, haven't come back yet. Plus, I like the Honda reliability.

The 750 is next in line to get a paint job. I swapped out the fenders for a more vintage look. the rear is a repro from a '40-'41 H-D and the front fender is an aftermarket version that blends the look of the old springer style front fender and the mounts for this bike. Hope to have it painted soon.

Here's the before pix.
AERO: (Bro-in-law's bike is the street glide in background)
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...psanizgpq8.jpg

A.C.E.
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6772e064.jpg

And now:
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4djxc0lj.jpg
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...ps37056417.jpg

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...psjum0wlpg.jpg
http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...ps31svqeom.jpg

Took the ZR1100 out of "mothballs" yesterday. It started right up and ran even better with fresh gas. :biggrin2:

Now if they'd only filled the :censored: potholes

Sweet, I love it when they fire right up! I opened my shed and saw my bikes for the first time in 3 months today....does that count? :biggrin2:

And don't get me started about the potholes! :bash2:

Bill

If yinz look up "potholes" in the dictionary, there is a pic of the state of PA next to it. :biggrin2:

New Jersey? :bigthink:




:biggrin2::biggrin2:

Then don't even think about using Finland Rd in Milford Township. I really wonder where the tax money went as it's not used on road upkeep :angry:

i wish everybody would put there bike away for another month, there's way to much gravel on the roads right now.

Current bike is a 2013 Victory Boardwalk

Nice Bike lonnyb :ThumbsUp:

Bought this from a friend a couple of years ago. Bought it mainly for some short pleasure riding and riding with the local Patriot Guard. Haven't do so yet but will be ready in a few months to do so.

got slickerd by them city salemen
 

no not really but it felt like it
Anyway I have this in my garage
a 2013 Sportster XL Custom
I cannot seem to find a resizer that doesn't distort the img.... and yes I am capt America .... until my new helmet gets here

Thought I would post up a couple pictures of the cb550 cafe bike I built and sold last summer.

Hated to let it go but had some things come up, was my first and only motorcycle. I'll build another cafe bike though. Something about a bare bones, 2 wheels a motor kind of look I love about them. I learned a lot from it.

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/u...78595E4201.jpg
http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/u...b550doerun.jpg

Sweet looking Honda. :beerchug:

That looks awesome Robert! :beerchug:

Bill

Thanks guys.

The guy I sold it to has it for sale. It was his first bike too and realized he's more of a car guy..

I'm going to find me another project cb550 the end of this riding season

I like café racer and bobber, you did a great job Robert :ThumbsUp:

This is my latest. I've still got the 1100, but when I tool around town, this one is a little more light and nimble. It's a 1999 Honda Shadow ACE. I bought it pretty ragged out and decided that I wanted a more vintage-looking bike.

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...psghyqnhyv.jpg

http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/...pslhowfqoz.jpg

Nice;)
I just picked up a Shadow Spirit a couple days ago, 98 1100

Good looking bikes guys :ThumbsUp:

Rode out to Balgonie Sask last friday, spent a couple days shooting handguns and playin around with a couple side by side quads, will head to Yorkton later today to visit more family.

1993 vt1100
 

Here is my Honda shadow.

Nice :beerchug:

2200km later were back at home, nice ride, never got wet, picked up some floorboards from the Honda shop in Yorkton.

Nice floor boards. Glad you made it back dry :biggrin2:
This year has been a damp one.
I have got caught in the rain more this year than all my years riding combined.

bikes and atv,s
 

right now i own a 1986 honda trx 200 sx, and a 1998 yamaha beartracker 250. over the years i owned many dirt bikes and a couple of honda odessy,s. currently i am combining a 1988? suzuki lt 300 and a cushman hawk. i am using the quad front suspension and engine for the conversion.

Here's my current cafe project

It's a 78 xs400. Will be a fun build whenever I get more time to put towards it

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/u...72F775FED7.jpg
http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/u...5F163F1089.jpg

08 Harley
 

Here is my 08 electra glide right after i got it in February 2008
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...7/DSCN1886.jpg

I see that its been quite a while since this thread was active so here is my attempt to revive it. Here is my Shadow Aero I got last January. I traded in my honda cx500 and suzuki gs450ga for it because I'm a bigger guy and long rides on a small bike aren't much fun. I miss the cx and gs for short distances but I like the aero much more for those long rides. I don't have the cx or the gs any more, but I took some pictures before I traded them off.

2007 Honda Shadow Aero 750
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/...4b407f00_z.jpg

1983 Suzuki GS450GA
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/...6464f0cf_z.jpg

1981 Honda CX500
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5568/...95673173_z.jpg

Picked this up yesterday. 2014 Can Am Spyder RT Limited. Had 1400 miles on it. Happy, Happy, Happy. :beerchug::beerchug:

Isn't that what old people ride? Oh what, never mind.:biggrin2:

Yep, that's what fat old farts ride. I'm a Fat Old Fart. Thing has more crap to deal with than any vehicle I have ever owned. I'll be busy for a couple days reading the operators manual.

Every spring I get on my '83 venture to see if I can ride another year, and every year it gets taller.:crap:
One of these years I'll have to convert it to a trike or get a side hack.
Been looking @ these can-am's as an alternative.
Old age isn't what is cracked up to be.

Well , I'm in the same situation. Dealing with the weight of a Harley Road Glide Ultra was just a bit much. It was fine once it was moving. Backing it out of a parking space or on a side hill just made the experience more than I wanted to deal with. It almost tipped over on me in my garage just turning it around one day and screwed up my back. That pretty much did it for me.

I'm not saying everyone should run out and get one of these things. Who knows I may have this one up for sale in a couple weeks. I'll keep you guys posted on my findings. At least for what I paid for it I don't think I will take a bath like I did on my two Harleys. For what it's worth my suggestion to you guys is Do Not Buy a New Harley! Buy used only. Ask Me How I Know. They claim to hold there value, yeah not so much especially the V-Rod series. Figure that one cost me about $3.50 per mile to own and operate.