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   calvin | Sep 23, 2002 03:53am | #1

   Thanks for that charles kuralt look at america, or at least your part of it.  Looks like a nice ride on a crisp day.  Steelers took the day off too.  Me, I wasted the aftn watching football, not an altogether bad day.

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 23, 2002 01:48pm | #2

   A few more:

   Ditch

   
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   luvmuskoka | Sep 23, 2002 01:49pm | #3

   One for Jeff:Ditch

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   JeffBuck | Sep 24, 2002 03:01am | #8

   so...you saying the topless chick is inside the beer van?

   Cool.

   Jeff.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......

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   xMikeSmith | Sep 25, 2002 02:28am | #9

   rather than let this thread die.. here's what was parked in front of our town all day.. seems Newport's anchorage was full so they parked this over on our side...Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

   
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   MisterT | Sep 25, 2002 03:01am | #10

   Mike,

   That's my tender. I use it to get out to my big boat.

   Mr TDo not try this at home!

   I am a trained professional!

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 25, 2002 03:56am | #11

   Mike,

   That was your view from work!? WOW! Can I come work with you sometime?

   I think that's the Royal Princess doing her fall cruise to Canada. We did that one year. A cruise is the only vacation my wife and I care to take anymore. Car rentals, finding a restaurant, driving with a map...too much of a hassle. Gotta love a vacation where you can order 2 entrees at dinner and eat chocolate cake at 1:00 a.m., all while looking at coastline.Ditch

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   deadmanmike | Sep 23, 2002 08:41pm | #4

   Nice Dyna Ditch, for a second I thought it was my sporty!

   Don't mind the name on the pic, it's from the old website for my band.

   Mike

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 23, 2002 09:49pm | #5

   Nice Wide Glide Mike,

   Lowered in the rear I see.

   How 'bout a pic of the sporty, I love sporties. Now that all the Rolex riders have big softtails, sportsters are looked down upon. Sportsters were pretty much all anyone rode 20 years ago.Ditch

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   MisterT | Sep 24, 2002 02:00am | #6

   Ditch,

   When I saw the picture names, "wet cherry" and "racks". I had to look Thinking that if they were what I was hopin for, they would be deleted when the powers that be found them!

   Imagine my dissappointment!

   Cool pics anyhoo!

   TDo not try this at home!

   I am a trained professional!

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 24, 2002 02:50am | #7

   "T"

   .....Uhhhhh......To see that, I would have had to stop at "Headliners" on the way home.......which.... I'm pretty sure..... I saw Mike Gabriels hog in the parking lot...Ditch

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 25, 2002 02:14pm | #12

   Mr  T,

   "When I saw the picture names, "wet cherry" and "racks". I had to look Thinking that if they were what I was hopin for, they would be deleted when the powers that be found them!"

   I have a new byline you can add to the end of your posts:

   "It's a sick world.......and I'm a happy guy!"Ditch

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   deadmanmike | Sep 25, 2002 05:42pm | #13

   That is my sporty. I built it to look a bit like a softail custom, but still handle and go like a sporty. It started it's life as a 1986 883. Now it's a worked 1200.

   Mike

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 25, 2002 07:47pm | #14

   Mike,

   Picture fooled me. Bobtail, fat tank, risers, pull backs. Nice conversion.Ditch

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   deadmanmike | Sep 26, 2002 05:24pm | #15

   Thanks Ditch, believe me you're not the first one. I always liked the look of the glides and the s/t custom in particular. This is the second complete set of sheetmetal and I think the only things still stock are the fork legs, ft wheel, trans, swingarm and frame. I used to run a harley accy/service shop and as you can see, got into a lot of trouble. I think every other paycheck got sucked into it!

   Have you done much to yours? What's the scoop?

   Mike 

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 27, 2002 02:35am | #16

   Mike,

   Here are my scoots.

   Dyna is undergoing a long customization. Some new chrome, slightly raked front end, solo saddle, risers, redone lights up front. Cases have never even been opened so performance is crate stock.

   Sporty has undergone some of the same cosmetic changes as the dyna. Lowered suspension, and a lot of motor work, stroker kit, 9.5:1 high compression pistons, lot's of screamin eagle bolt ons....carb kit, hot coil. Stock pipes with baffles punched out. This little scooter will get it!

   Ditch

   
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   deadmanmike | Sep 27, 2002 06:50pm | #17

   Very nice!!

   I ran the dyno program at the bike shop I managed and here's a tip(if you want it!).

   Sporty:

   Get rid of the punched-out oems and put the Screaming Eagle off-roads(slip-ons)efinitely keep the x-over factory upper pipes on the sporty. You'll get a whole bunch of bottom end back. Right now I'll bet it feels like a rocket at about 3500 rpm-that's only because the power is so low below that. It's deceptive. Stock EVO heads flow way better than any preceding head and need a little backpressure to prevent reversion-which is what kills the bottom end VE. The only pipe setup that flows better is the Thunderheader.

   Mike

   Edited 9/29/2002 11:03:29 AM ET by Mike Gabriel

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 30, 2002 03:18pm | #18

   Mike,

   Thanks for the info. My Bro-in-law is running 'Thunder Headers' on his fat boy and swears by them.

   My mechanic at the dealership recommends the "screamin' eagle performance slip fit torque" add-ons. He agrees that I haven't addressed the low end issue and that for 200 bucks I will see a dramatic improvement before 2000 rpms.Ditch

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   luvmuskoka | Sep 30, 2002 06:50pm | #19

   Mike,

   Also, after I added the carb kit the bike contracted a bad case of oil blow-by thru the air cleaner. So much so that the right side of the bike is filthy after a hundred mile ride. The mechanic at the dealership told me to expect that with carb kits on Sporties. I told him that if I wanted to soak the inside of my thigh,  I would buy an old drip lube (total loss) Harley. Is he right?Ditch

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   deadmanmike | Oct 01, 2002 08:29pm | #20

   Yep, usually that oil is burned up through the air cleaner. What I don't with good results is run the breather hose back and down into the drive sprocket cover-instant chain oiler!!

   Actually it doesn't kick out enough oil to supplement chain lube but it gets it off my chrome. And it does just disappear down the road-I haven't noticed any particular oil evidence anywhere.

   Mike

   
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   xMikeSmith | Oct 06, 2002 01:52am | #22

   went to the "Steam Up" in West Greenwich today.. and saw this that might be of interest to you riders..

   a '27 Indian that looked like it had been stored in a leaky barn since '30.. the guy that owned it cranked away for about 15  minutes.. then said the hell with it.. gave it apush and rode away....putt.. puttt.. putttttt..

   my cousin reminded me that our grandfather used to ride his belt drive Indian about 1910 or so.. when he was selling and installing Carbide Generators in IllinoisMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

   
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   deadmanmike | Oct 06, 2002 06:33pm | #23

   WOW, I bet that puppy's worth some bucks. I am seriously digging the original passenger seat-with OH S##T handle no less!

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   luvmuskoka | Oct 11, 2002 02:09am | #24

   Mike,

   Thanks for a great photo! I would love to see that old bike restored. Who's the owner?Ditch

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   xMikeSmith | Oct 11, 2002 02:17am | #25

   i don't know .. just some dude that loved old bikes...the event was the annual "Steam Up" at the steam museum in West Greenwich off Frenchtown Road.. lot's of cool old thingsMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   deadmanmike | Oct 01, 2002 08:47pm | #21

   I think we're both talking about the same ones Ditch. With all the hype about exhaust systems out there it's hard to believe that HD ones are the best (I sure as hell didn't believe it 'til I compared them). The thunderheader is a bit better, but I never cared for the looks, and the 2-3hp difference wasn't worth it to me.

   I've got a dyno printout here from my bike where I compared drag pipes with AR cones(roughly the same flow characteristics as your setup) to the Screaming Chicken slip ons and the difference is indeed dramatic.

   No muffler packing:at 3,000 rpm: HP=25, TQ=44lbft; peaks: HP=75@5400rpm, TQ=78@4700rpm

   SE slip ons: at 3,000 rpm: HP=39, TQ=70lbft; peaks: HP=82@6,500rpm, TQ=75@4,900rpm

   These runs are with my worked 1200, but the effective change was reflected in every other comparo I've done.

   Mike