OT motorcycles

Nice bike. There's a lot to be said for the start it and go of modern engineering as opposed to the days of standing next to your bike with your tongue hanging out and a tired leg from ten minutes of kicking because you haven't adjusted the points lately. Speaking from experience.

 

Absolutely correct. I left from San Berdoo, went to Missoula then on to Sturgis then home in seven days and had a nice ride. It's great to just put your hand on the throttle and the other resting by the rear rocker box and just enjoying the ride.
The one thing I really liked was the gas gauge. I do think that modernization has gone off the rails a tad with GPS, cup holders, cell phone holders, wide screen touch pads, and heaven knows what else. What's next, curb feelers?

 

Backup cameras.

 

Same guy that built the "where do your feet go" bike

 

That was interesting to say the least. Thanks for posting.

 

Those are just crazy, but I give the guy credit for putting them together and riding them.

 

Never owed one , but repaired plenty of blown base gaskets . Operator error of not allowing them to fully warm up before blasting off .

 

I've got two AMF ironhead Sportsters. I like em pretty good, don't handle near as well as my Beezers, but thsy got starter ****ons.

 

Very cool! The XLCHs were pretty reliable as long as they received a little attention and tuneup. I didn't really deserve to have my '74 XLCH when I was 19-20 as alcohol got more of my attention than the Sportster did.

 

A good friend of mine had an XLCH years ago. When he had trouble starting it he said XLCH stood for Xtra Large Charley Horse after kicking on it for ages!

 

There are some basic design nuts on car-engined bikes which have for the most part not quite been cracked.