Thanks Paul
He mostly gets it right, but guy's a jabbering maroon! He mentions power but the selling point of the 1100 Shadow motor is low RPM torque, they are fine with lug N chug style riding.
The "Hotrod" Sabre final drive is geared shorter than the other Shadows for more round town gitty up.
Will be interesting to freeway it, cuz one thing I've always liked 'bout Shadows is a steep overdrive 5th for low RPM cruising.
Bike is farkled up the wazoo
Floor boards, highway pegs, crash bar, bat wing fairing (has a scrape mark) with what looks like a quality Teac stereo head, Remember Teac tape recorders? big speakers. Mustang seat with rider backrest, a fancy throttle lock aftermarket grips, leatherlyke quick remove hard bags, leather tank bra, driving lights with visors, those "neighbor hater" pipes.
But no passenger backrest, luggage rack (I ride alone)
Confession; I may have smoked the voltage regulator last night,
least I hope it's the VR not the stator
. It's PMA so prolly can find a VR that will do the job out in the bins.
Correct battery was at least starting to take a charge last night, more breathless updates later,
Guess I should go resurrect a membership in a Shadow forum.