Taking my motorcycle for rides in my 57 pickup need advice!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobber_(motorcycle)

 

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He said BoPPer not BoBBer. No offense intended.

I remember Teenie Bopper, that was a chick that was too young. There was the term Boppin' used here in Mid-Town a few years back and it had to do with walking like a pigeon.

As for ****erface, I hadn't heard that term for a very long time (actually nearly forgotten it), we used to say about them that you put a flag over her face and *did her for old glory.

I actually know some pretty funny stories about ugly women and scooter tramps. But alas not something that you would tell on a family forum.

*OK did is not the term that we used.

 

I lived in Phoenix in mid 60's and learned
how to extend a springer using modelA wishbones.That and a neck rake I believe started earlier.

 

bikes should be driven or left home

 

Apparently they are a kin to fashion accessories in some circles.
Like Paris Hilton and her purse puppy

Before you know it, everyone will be doing it

 

Like my buddy says, if bikes weren't meant for riding they would have put square wheels on them.


But on the flip side, bikes are like a good dog. Thy like to ride in the back of the truck sometimes.

 

Vicky,
I should not be allowed near a stock pan in the condition of the one you posted, I would ruin it for damned sure.

Your second bike is what we called a fat bob when I was coming up. Here is a chopper and a ***late model fat bob.








*** I guess late model is a relative term

For me bikes in the back of a truck are like cars on trailers, it either means that it is broken or stolen.

That of course is making allowances for purpose built race cars and/or bikes. I guess that a pit bike would fall into this category.

 

does that bike run?

 

Which one?

 

The Briggs twin powered "bobber" in the back of the truck I'm guessing .

 

How can you get a fat bob with an Fx front end? Willie G called that one the super glide when he did it.

 

Pretty much any fat bike cut down was considered a fat bob though the later '60s and '70s. A super slide ( Willie G hated that term ) never came with fat tanks until the ***block head (Uh EVO). Super glides came with a one piece tank and bar mounted gauges like a sportster. The Low Rider (FXR and FXRS) had fat tanks and a goofy gauge setup. The twin discs were never available on the super glide either until after the shovelhead, either.

The Showa front end would bolt onto any of 'em, one of the nice things about a Hawg, parts and pieces were pretty much interchangeable. It was 2" longer then a wide glide, and was popular in Nor Cal with one of the clubs. It made the bike lighter and more nimble, light bikes and light lower ends were the real deal from Monterey north back when it was still a late model front end.

That particular bike never was a super glide by the way.

*** Another term the Willie G hated. It was originally coined @ Belmont Harley Davidson, in Belmont Calif. They had a test bike in 1980, the bike went back to the factory with lightened flywheels and some port work.

 

The word 'poser' is right down there with 'hater'.
Big Arnie said it best: 'The dank called me a poser, then spit his teeth out at me callin' me a hater!"

 

The only reasons a bike should be in the back of a pickup are that:

1. You just bought it, and can't get it home any other way.

2. It is broken, and you can't fix it on the side of the road.

In either case, it goes straight home.

Ride, or die.

 

Huh?!?!? The very first Superglides came with 3 1/2 gallon two piece tanks in '71. I bought a '72, brand new from Russell's HD in SoCal and it had the same tanks, as did all of them. Willie G may take credit for the FX, but many of us feel he ripped off **** Hirschberg's custom Electraglide that he built in '69 and was featured in several magazines

 

Afaik- but maybe I'm FOS.

Willie G coined "Fx" for sure as well as "super glide" ( hence my comment "Willie called that a SG when he did it")
He's also credited with having the factory produce what formerly was only done by owners in custom applications, "A factory built custom". Not bad to bad to have on a resume.

 

1971 HD FX Superglide

 

Carl you are correct to a point, The first year or two of the super glide had the gl*** body and fat tanks, if you bought a '72 Super glide with fat tanks it was special ordered or you bought a '71 and were told it was a '72. '72 up had the single super glide tank and they didn't go back to a 3.5 gallon fat tank until '78 with the FXR and FXRS commonly known as a Low Rider. In '72 the gl*** body was optional.

This is a '72 Superglide. I wanted one but couldn't finance it and ended up with a '48 WR in a basket.

Note the Superglide tank, the most commonly known tank for an FX.

But you are partially correct and I am wrong, the very first superglides were fat bikes.

 

78 fxs aka low rider

 

Ha ha, when people ask me how old my bike is I say it's not that old it's a 79. Most of these people think old is 2000 ! well if you were 2000 yrs old old I guess you'd be farting dust

 

Nope, I am entirely correct. 1971 was the first year. It has the boat tail body and 3 1/2 gallon tanks. All 72s had the same tanks and a steel rear fender since the boattail was universally hated. Now the restorers pay big bux for them. Both years had drum brakes. In 1973, which is, probably, the bike pictured, the small tank and disc brakes were introduced

 

Maybe , but every "lowrider" ive ever seen has had mid shift controls, that's the identifying feature. Fwd controls is usually some kinda gluide

And an "R" is a completely different ch***is. Mucho PITA to get a kicker into an "R" ch***is because the pipes are in the way.

R ch***is

 

I must be old thought Bikes were for riding not for showing how much **** you got!