Being a new owner of a "pre-owned" bike
presents a pretty big learning curve.
My new toy is missing the chrome side battery covers and finding replacements seems to be quite a task.
Got it for an excellent price, so a couple parts to
hunt down will not be too darn painful.
Just starting to enjoy riding again after 12 years
away from it. 40 minute commute up Mt Rainier.
This is one guy that is fully awake on arrival.
I think the deer wait until you are coming.

Welcome to this Savage board from Moses Lake. Hope you enjoy your Savage as much as I do. Max

Thanks to those extending a welcome.
my "real" helmet and saddle bags are on
their way second day air...
Tomorrow after work I get to ride over 50
without the wind tunnel effect.
How do these people ride all of the time
with a skull cap helmet? (I have a loaner)
First you go temporarily deaf,
Then you get to peel what's left of the bugs
off of your face for awhile.
Then if it's raining... (like here today)
I am just not tough enough I guess.
A face shield is all that is between now,
and really enjoying riding again.
Hope those bags fit.
I'll let you know.

Holy you know what!
A short ride to try out my new helmet.

That feels way too good.

I can actually hear what the motor is doing.
Up way too late, but the saddle bags are
just about a perfect fit. Just  a...WOW.
Decided that dog chain, properly placed,
will tie them suckers down and keep the
right one off of the wheel. Sweet.

First commute to work with a "helmet".
Each to his own. I prefer to hear the world.
Please don't judge me by my personal site,
Time has been at a premium for quite awhile.

Link to image of my morning run to work...

http://www.spottedowlstew.com/images/commute.jpg

Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:


Holy crap! I've been reading this board for well over a year and never really felt the need to register until now. I'm from Washougal but live in Phoenix now. Sorry to hijack the thread but my jaw hit the keyboard when I saw the name of my hometown.

And... there are owls in Washougal. One almost hit my windshield while I was in high school driving home one night.

Well, that completed my first week of
riding to work. Other than dodging a few
deer, it has been fantastic.
I had no idea that getting a new front tire
was going to be an ordeal too.

Options:

Drop it off, half a day?

Do it myself?
(I really want the front balanced, so no...)

****
I called Northwest Harley here.
They are close to my Daughters place.
Yep, they have the tire.
But sorry, the mechanics will not work
on non-Harley. Prejudice everywhere.
I've been told that if I did Metzner in the
back, it should be on the front too.
Something about matching tread patterns?
Any feedback appreciated.
The front on now is probably the original,
a little dry rot, tiny fractures in the sidewalls,
probably not urgent, but needs to be replaced.
You would think for a "top of the line" $150
tire, it wouldn't need to be balanced.
No luck on the left side cover or toolbox cover yet.
Is $4 the standard price for little cosmetic plastics?
Seems to be. They all have cost that much anyway.
(Handlebar adjust plugs, one end cap...)
Have to get it cleaned up. People are saying:
why don't you wash that thing?
Like, I don't have the time until today. Maybe...

The front wheel can be done in the forks.  Just take it out, flip it around so the disk is on the other side, leave the spacers out and it spins fairly easily.

Then I guess you mean that you place the end of the forks on a table to lift the wheel off the ground?  And you're hoping that the brakes don't rub at all?

That didn't occur to me, as it's normally explained to remove the wheel and rest it on something, 2 chairs or such.