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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 22, 2018 21:54:31 GMT -5
What color, you know we like pictures!!!!!!!! John KMA. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 9, 2018 22:55:08 GMT -5
I'm fine with gears-I have driven everything from a LS650 to a semi with a 10-speed road Ranger. Though I do figure I will forget to pull the clutch at least once.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 7, 2018 15:33:29 GMT -5
The Evo is just a refinement of a string starting with the 1951 KH 750. Either way the Sportster is faster, lighter and more reliable than the separate crankcase/transmission F motors. Frankly if I had to buy a Harley it would be the 750 Street, non Street Rod. It is a modern, international design and just looks right. I don't fit particularly well on the Street...and it lacks the simplicity of the Evo. It has coolant, water pumps, and valve adjustments! |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 6, 2018 11:12:15 GMT -5
Up your a s s.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 6, 2018 9:36:37 GMT -5
Well...thirty years. The 4-cam Evo showed up (replacing the Ironhead/Shovelhead) for 1984.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 4, 2018 16:34:25 GMT -5
No. I am stating that the Burg was about to need major service (brakes, 2 tires, coolant and brake fluid flush, valve adjustment, probably fork seals, belt, to the tune of $2000+), and there is NOBODY in the area I trust to do so without screwing it up.
The biggest reason I bought a Sportster is that the required service is minimal (50,000-mile belt, no valve checks, no coolant), and you can throw a dart at a map of the lower 48 states, and find a shop within 100 miles of where it lands!
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 4, 2018 12:42:59 GMT -5
Wanted an 883...but this has the factory tour pack, crash bar, windshield, and sissy bar.
Just needs a pair of Road King shocks in back.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Jan 4, 2018 9:55:00 GMT -5
Replaced it. Burgman is gone, now have a 2014 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Touring.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Dec 2, 2017 23:20:21 GMT -5
Just don't hang any mistletoe in your office. Wouldn't matter...my "office" is a Freightliner M2. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Dec 2, 2017 8:58:11 GMT -5
The closest I get to Christmas spirit would be hanging mistletoe on the back of my belt.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Dec 1, 2017 8:24:56 GMT -5
Yeah...not a small motor! Larson's Nova had a 557ci big-block. The 2500lb composite-body "Evil Twin" has a twin-turbo 632ci engine. The car it replaced, an identical-looking but much-heavier steel-body 57 called "The Beast"had an identical big-block.
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Post by Jarlaxle on Nov 30, 2017 21:13:11 GMT -5
Jarlaxle,
I agree with you on those mega-modded drag Hondas. But the ones found around here on the street usually still contain some (not many) factory parts. They don't put out the near 1,000 hp of the all-out drag-cars, but still have 400 hp plus, and can run a quarter in 11 seconds or less, and the idiots who race from city to city get way over 150-mph speeds on their freeway romps. Often on tires I wouldn't drive on to Wally World for groceries. These kids have no performance education save that learned by trial and error and off the Internet, but they are making little motors do INCREDIBLE things... And the cars still last for years, and hundreds of thousands of miles with minor refurbishing. Naah...The "minor refurbishing" is usually a full teardown. Again: those engines have a WOT service life measured in minutes. Tellingly, several have entered Hot Rods Drag Week...none have completed it! John and Jim Huber ran their turbo Mustang several times...making over 1000HP from a 2600cc 4-cylinder with a huge turbo. There was no 4-cylinder class...so they just ran the Super Street Power Adder class, and beat the V8s. To me, the cars that best represent the truly super-quick STREET cars are Lutz's "Evil Twin" 57 Chevy, and Larry Larson's 66 Nova. His Nova ran the first 6-second pass at Drag Week...on DOT tires, after 1000+ street miles! |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Nov 23, 2017 11:28:20 GMT -5
all this talk about Egas,and no talk of burrito gas, of course that type of gas has an effect on everyone around it  Especially if wearing a one-piece rain suit. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Nov 22, 2017 16:51:59 GMT -5
Cad 425, originally...last of the 7 litre cars. Ouch,,,let me guess 8-9 mpg around town and maybe 11 hyway 10/15 with the 425, after a good supertune. Now, about 17 highway...And 12.45 in the quarter mile. |
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Post by Jarlaxle on Nov 22, 2017 7:41:22 GMT -5
Cad 425, originally...last of the 7 litre cars.
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