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Title: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by gitarzan on 03/25/05 at 11:27:10 Where every town is a Harley town, The vee-twins, they be croozin'. But lemmings they was, with bikes just alike, As are eggs sold in a doozen. "Your bike's like mine, and mine like yours." And that's the way they like it. "'Cause how Willie G. sez it will be, That's the way we tyke it." But down the street, a-lookin' sweet, Comes a one lung'd sumpin'. Narrow and lean, As it rolled on the scene, It's engine a-making a thumpin'. The rider inspired, when the engine backfired, Thought if they don't like it that's tuff. He waved with his hand, Dropped his kickstand, And the tailpipe gave off a chuff. They stared in confusion, like it was optic'illusion. Half of the motor was missing! "How could that run? How could it be fun?" (If each other's arse they weren't kissing) "Is it an ol' Harley, a Beemer or Beezer?" "My grandad he had one of those." The rider said, "Looky, It's made by Suzuki. A hefty 650, ya' knows..." "A Jap bike!" they cried as they all stepped aside, Their ogling had turned into shame. "Our American ride Is our sole source of pride, Now you're trying to ruin our game." Some pulled off their doo-rags and dabbed at their tears, Some went inside to finish their beers. One little fella, all covered with dirt, Said, "How can you ride, Without an H-D T-shirt? The Savage Rider about busted his gut, he stood for a moment to cool off his butt. "Have none-a' you guys got half a clue? It ain't what you ride, it's all what you do. It ain't what you buy, it's the miles you bear. It ain't about logos, but wind in your hair." "A motorcyclist should soar like bird, But when I see you people I think of a herd. A great big ol' barnyard of chrome plated sows. Barges of billet, and oversized scows." About this time he gave it some thought, whether or not his welcome was shot. The bikers were dissed and ready to fight. So he made up his mind he could no linger, And he spit on the ground and gave them the finger, As his thumper roared off on into the night. As his thumper roared off on into the night. -gitarzan (2005) |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Greg_650 on 03/25/05 at 12:01:35 Pretty cool, Git. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sunny on 03/25/05 at 12:46:48 our very own poet laureate! |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 03/25/05 at 13:35:41 sunny wrote:
that or like me, to much time on my hands. i say set it to a blues beat record it and play it at h-d gatherings. we all know we can outrun them. well all the way to 75 mph :( |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by gitarzan on 03/25/05 at 16:46:35 I envisoned a Tom Waits style of rendering. It's was a slow day at work. ;D |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/26/05 at 06:19:00 Git, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever read. I'm wiping the tears from my eyes. "Chrome plated sows" -- that hits it dead on. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Diane on 03/26/05 at 06:47:51 I was asked a couple of weeks ago.... "when you gonna move up the food chain and get a real bike?" I laughed and said "in case you didn't notice, I was right behind you all day, that's bike enough for me". And yesterday a guy riding a sportster said "gee I sure would love to have your gas tank". 8) He only gets 80 miles on a tank of gas. Love ur poem Git! |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/26/05 at 08:12:32 Diane wrote:
Outrunning those supremist zealots between red lights on a SINGLE is fun, too. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 03/26/05 at 09:41:11 Diane wrote:
funny you say that, the custom builder i showed thumper too just loved the shape of the tank, and the placement of the speedo. well not mine they were hidden under my jeans. opps sharing just a little to much again. :o |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/27/05 at 20:27:44 That speedometer could be moved up to the bars with a matching tach, to make room for a great in-tank cupholder. Then the Goldwingers wouldn't have sh*t on us Savages. Just be careful about hot coffee on a rough road. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 03/27/05 at 20:32:50 bobo383 wrote:
IMHO a tach on a thumper is like teets on a boar hog, worthless. nice appearance mod though. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by gitarzan on 03/28/05 at 08:44:40 It's got educational possibilities. My ears were way off on guessing RPMs until the tach. Not that I needed to know, but I wanted to know. But as an absolute must = absolute not. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/28/05 at 18:03:16 I had an old Harley tach so I adapted it for my mower. It ain't a VEE twin, but it's a twin. Gotta have a tach - I like it. http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/suzuki-savage-98-bikepics-319980.jpg |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/28/05 at 18:08:14 Wide open is only 3500 rpm as you can see. Maybe drill out the main jet and open up the breathing a little... http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/suzuki-savage-98-bikepics-319979.jpg |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Susan on 03/28/05 at 18:49:32 Can't see your pics? Want some help? I can look at the link for you if you want... |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/28/05 at 20:29:57 I went back and modified the posts using bikepics, you should be able to see it. The first ones were linked to Yahoo and I could see them just fine, but apparently nobody else could. Sorry about that. Anybody else use Yahoo photo pages for linking? |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Paladin on 03/28/05 at 21:44:57 If you're limited to 3500 rpm no load then you have some sort of rev limiting -- might try stiffer valve springs? Generally when it comes to hosting pictures you get what you pay for. The free sites often claim copyright on any image on their site. For less than $7 a month I have my own site and host my own images. For that <$7 the site hosts andruschak.net, dslretorts.com, mymodelhorses.com, skydivingturtle.com, and project66bug.com. Running Movable Type blogging software with three blogs. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 03/28/05 at 23:36:50 gitarzan wrote:
here are the shift points as explained by dave f on another forum 1st - Shift up when the bike stops accelerating. 2nd - shift up when the mirrors begin to buzz. 3rd - shift up when bugs stop bouncing off your face and begin to splatter. 4th - shift up when your mouth suddenly fills with air and begins to function as a air scoop. 5th - shift up when you forget there is no sixth gear. thats about all you need to know of shift points. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 03/29/05 at 04:06:56 Paladin, Please shoot me an email and let me know how I can do the $7/month pic hosting thing. belindabobo@sbcglobal.net The mower is totally stock (well except for the redneck tach mod), along with what I assume is the typical Briggs & Stratton wind-vane type governor. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by gitarzan on 03/30/05 at 16:20:10 sluggo wrote:
That was my post! Glad you liked it. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 03/30/05 at 16:29:15 gitarzan wrote:
well yeah, why use a tach when that technical information is available. maybe even should post it in the technical section ;D |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Paladin on 03/31/05 at 09:58:50 bobo383 wrote:
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Greg_650 on 04/01/05 at 08:13:08 Paladin wrote:
All the Craftsman riders have a governor.....hard to describe it but it's got a mechanical paddle that works off the cooling fan air flow that cuts back the throttle. That and a couple springs prevent you from over revving the motor. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Paladin on 04/01/05 at 10:21:56 As a teenager in Detroit I had to mow our lawn with an old 2-stroke rotary mower. The automatic throttle thingie broke, so I ran a piece of fishline from the handle to manually operate the throttle. Bugger would scream. Which it needed to as I attacked foot tall grass and weeds. One spring I decided to decarbonize the thing, took it apart, cleaned it, put it back together. Wouldn't start. Being a brilliant teenager I figured I'd reduce the exhaust backpressure and removed the muffler. Started right up. Let it warm up, replaced the muffer. Wouldn't start. Removed the muffler and tossed it. Later that summer I went to mow the lawn but was out of gasoline. Did have a gallon can of alcohol that we used for lighting the BBQ so I mixed some oil in and used that. Ran fine. Ended with an unmuffled un-governed fuel burning lawn mower. It was fun being allowed to do stupid things. Freedom includes the freedom to hurt, maim, or even kill yourself doing stupid things. Such as trying to ride an unsuitable motorcycle because you think it is kool. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Ed_L. on 04/01/05 at 14:06:18 Sounds like my old mower, took a Briggs 5hp rejetted it, cut .030" off of a 4hp head and ran a header pipe. Also tossed the stock ignition and installed a solid state one. Then I found out where I could get methanol and ran that. Didn't last long but it could cut some serious grass. ;D. Always wanted to get my hands on a rotary, you can get some real high rpms out of one. The toys of old do make us bold !!! |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by sluggo on 04/01/05 at 14:35:28 ya know guys, there are lawn mower racing associations in nearly every state. i'm going out tommorrow to our local "spring fair" to annouce the races. ;D i rode one for some fun two years ago. i slid it into the fence to make it a little more exciting. last year nowbody would let me ride their machine :( |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by bobo383 on 04/01/05 at 19:08:16 Greg_650 wrote:
Yup, I defeated the gov on a previous mower by running the throttle cable directly to the carb linkage -- but it did not last too long after that. It spit oil out the breather hole into the intake (airbox) like you would not believe. Of course I ran it anyway and got what I deserved. I imagine if it was a full pressure motor it would have been ok. Maybe sluggo can find out how the racers keep oil in the motor at high rpm. This one's a briggs & stratton horizontally opposed twin, 20.5 hp. Appears splash oiled only, no screw-on filter. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by gitarzan on 04/03/05 at 11:26:46 I did that a few years with an old Tecumseh. The motor had spent time in 3 different chassis over about 10 years. Finally I defeated the governor. Man, that cump ran. but not for long after the governor was hacked. Had to buy a Briggs about a month later. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Gitarzan on 03/06/07 at 20:53:18 Bump for the Noobs. 8) |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Reelthing on 03/06/07 at 20:58:42 well how you been! |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Greg_650 on 03/07/07 at 08:23:04 Hey Git! You slummin'? How's it going? Lay that Yamaha down yet? ;D |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Savage_Rob on 03/07/07 at 11:16:25 Hey Git! Whazzuuup? |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by georgekathe on 03/07/07 at 15:05:37 nice sentiments in the poem - made me smile (takes a lot to do that - I'm a miserable bugger!) but when are you going to get off that tach's aren't needed stuff, sluggo. I haven't got one nor have ability to fit one like I've seen on site (biggish one in center of bars) but think they serve a purpose even on a low revving bike. chacun a son gout, as our french cousins say (each to their own). I'd say tall ape hangers aren't necessary & look dumb but I go along with people who want/have them - their choice! |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Woody on 03/07/07 at 16:03:01 This is sweet! I only wish I could think up stuff like this. Woody |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by LANCER on 03/07/07 at 18:08:16 Welcome back to the world, where have you been hiding? |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by justin_o_guy on 03/09/07 at 23:22:19 When I was in the Air Farce, or accelerated Boy Scouts as I am fond of calling it, I had to mow around the transmitter site one day. Thank goodness we had a self propelled mower. It was way hot in La. As soon as we were done & were about to l;oad that thing in the truck to take it back to the head office, I decided it would be fun to ride it. So, I fired it up & sat on top O the motor. Now, that blocks the air down thu that part pretty good I guess. I reached back & over rode the Guvnahh, & Off we went, using my feet on the front wheels to steer. I rode that thing for a few minutes as fast as it would go. Maybe 10 minutes, but I doubt it. Anyway, it never started again. They never even let me try to get it going.. |
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Title: Re: Where Every Town is a Harley Town... Post by Phelonius on 03/10/07 at 13:23:05 I see that you have earned your poetic license. Phelonius |
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