Recent content by RICXS

Thanks for all the input everybody! Unfortunatley, I'm young, dumb, and full of..ambition. I've always wanted a hardtail motorcycle and this bike happened to almost fall right into my lap. so I think I'll stick to the plan and finish what I've started; I've got the bike stripped to the frame...

retiredgentleman- I've heard that strutting a soft tail bike rides and feels different than the same bike with a hardtail; from what I've gathered, the struts just send the shock straight up into the bike and into your back whereas the hardtail itself has a bit of flex in it, coupled with a...

Well, new member here!! I made a plan to ride a bike from NY down to Kentucky, then into Florida, and loop around the tip and head back up into Colorado. no real schedule, no real plan. I happened across a '72 XS650 a couple weeks ago and picked it up as soon as I could, right now I've got the...