Ok, the bikes covered about a 1000kms now and Ive changed oil twice in that time, my filter repair intact and very little residue in the filters and a very light dusting on the magnets.
Most oil tight 650 Ive ever owned I must say.
Went for a fairly big ride yesterday with our club on the annual "Over the hill" run....we went over many hills actually and around many bends and corners as well.
Visiting a few watering holes along the way...first stop being the Victory Hotel at Mooball....a more raggle taggle bunch of mixed bikes and bikers you have never seen!
This run and all the pix probably deserves a thread of its own.
Anyway bike ran great covering around 500 kms by the time I got home last night.
And in true XS style the headlight has fixed itself and the bike runs better and betterer the more its ridden
Made my own baffles for the megas by buying a metre of perforated 2 inch tubing , rang around all the zorst shops chasing said item and was quoted fifty bucks.
One bloke who seemed to have an interest in bikes said he could have a metre there by the next day for $20.
Got a txt late next day and rode to his exhaust shop.
Turned out I knew him and hes a member of our bike club! Farout!!!
He dropsawed it in two and I bungied the pieces to the back seat.
At the shed I removed the centre raised 2" portion of the end plates in the vice with a cut off on a grindet and mig welded the tube after trimming it to perfect lengths.
Then got two pieces of builders blanket fibreglass matting left over from a bus I insulated and filled the void inside the megas then rammed the perforated tubes down the guts and loctited the retaining allens back..
Sounds sooooo sweet
My Victory Vegas got dropped back on Thursday but thats another story, suffice to say they forgot to put the keys in the bike apologising and saying they'd express post em to me..
No fsrlin way ...not waiting months for my bike to wait further days!
Finished welding my pipes, fitted em and rode the XS in heatwave conditions into Brisbane and back just over 200 kms (120 mile) in blast furnace hot wind... worth it to get my keys as well as show off the XS at the Victory/Indian dealership.
Soon as I got back I rang the girl and we went for a five hour night ride
It was Valentines Day night so I stopped at a Thai restaurant for a feed.
Then resumed our ride.
The difference in the two bikes is mind blowing and even though I do appreciate each for the way they ride..
Well Ive put the XS up on ebay and gumtree for $4999 which I think is a fair price now shes all sorted and proven capable of eating up miles.
Riding home on the last leg of an extra run I did last night to Brunswick Heads and back I was on the freeway for a change and running at 110 kph quite nicely accompanied by the drone of my home made mufflers at 5000rpm.
Still in t shirt and leather vest the cooler nightime air was a welcome change from the heat of the day.