Just wanna cry...

peanut said:
mmmm :)..........sorry to hear about your wrist. Funny that as mine are both playing up a bit and a neighbour has just gone to the Doctors with his wrists ?.....
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Well did a 80 mile ride today and wrist still feels fine, guess I may have hurt it doing some yard work a few days last week. Just seems strange that it only started hurting after I took a day off from the yard work!

Hate to admit it but the 80 miles were on the Sportster with a sidecar not an XS650. If it's any consolation the left mirror on the Sportster got hit with something and cracked the glass out. Anyone have a good used left side mirror for a 1992 Sportster?
 
Downeaster said:
I'm currently resisting (barely...) the urge to make an offer on an '02 Sportster 883 EVO XL.

Not too hard at the moment as it needs quite a lot of love, including tires, battery, carb work and a LOT of cosmetics. Plus the owner is about $500 too high on the price.

If it sits there long enough for him to get a dose of reality, I may not be able to resist it. Never have owned, or even ridden, a Harley.
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Its easy DE - you just rev it up to 400 RPM, drop the clutch and you're gone!

....or at least, you're rumbling down the road like a two-wheeled version of the Queen Mary....
 
MaxPete said:
Its easy DE - you just rev it up to 400 RPM, drop the clutch and you're gone!

....or at least, you're rumbling down the road like a two-wheeled version of the Queen Mary....
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Well I can't speak for a 2002 but the low idle spec's for my 1992 are 950-1050 rpm so reving "up" to 400 would be a bit tricky and if you could get it to idle that low you better have both feet on the ground for when it stalls!:p
 
kshansen said:
Well I can't speak for a 2002 but the low idle spec's for my 1992 are 950-1050 rpm so reving "up" to 400 would be a bit tricky and if you could get it to idle that low you better have both feet on the ground for when it stalls!:p
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Correct - 1000RPM idle is good.
Lowering the idle way down just chops out the crankpin.
 
The hardley dealership here is smack dab in the downtown raleigh area surrounded by an urban concrete jungle..not a very safe place to ride a bike..and no place i would even consider taking a demo ride...its either slow city traffic or its hiway bypass at 90mph...
edit...90mph with traffic...
 
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jetmechmarty said:
DEMO RIDES

A lot of Harley dealers do them. I believe Indian does as well. I see YouTube vids of Harley demos. That's how you sell them.
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I found a HD dealership in Rocky Mount NC..they are not located in a downtown and I95 and NC64 are easy access to take a bike out on the hwy...and they offer demo rides...Could make for an interesting ride...
 

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