Finishing a high mileage month, including 5 or 6 days on the road for work. I've put over a thousand miles on the Connie, including a 300+ mile overnight trip last weekend with some good twisty CA 2-lane highways thrown in, and a few hundred on the Sporty now that the rattle can paint job and other motorcycle maintenance are done.
But don't have any tales of customizing gone awry, specific bike news or anything like that. Maybe more later this week.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Another bike for sale: 2006 Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster-almost no miles-$4500
While I was picking up my fork tubes from my independent custom shop, the owner showed me a nearly new 2006 Sportster they are selling.
The Goods:
4000 miles on it (what da? that's a few months riding out of 7 years!)
Custom mini-apes
Flawless paint
Buying from a certified H-D mechanic, so I'm sure it will get a once over if you ask
The Bads:
Bone stock other than bars 883, so it's got the smaller motor
Unknown if mileage was all at once and it's been sitting (shop may know)
Price at higher end, but again super-low miles.
No pic, but if you google 2006 Sportster and see a black one, that's about what you're looking at for this bike if you add 10" ape hangers.
PM or comment if interested.
The Goods:
4000 miles on it (what da? that's a few months riding out of 7 years!)
Custom mini-apes
Flawless paint
Buying from a certified H-D mechanic, so I'm sure it will get a once over if you ask
The Bads:
Bone stock other than bars 883, so it's got the smaller motor
Unknown if mileage was all at once and it's been sitting (shop may know)
Price at higher end, but again super-low miles.
No pic, but if you google 2006 Sportster and see a black one, that's about what you're looking at for this bike if you add 10" ape hangers.
PM or comment if interested.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
That paint job didn't last long....not that it's anything fancy/rattle can
Today I took the front fork tubes off the Sportster to have the oil seals replaced. I left the bike on my jack lift. A number of years ago I had a Yamaha V-Star fall off this lift while I had the wheels off for new tires and some motorcycle maintenance. Enough gas spilled in that case to ruin a paint job.
Well, my father-in-law was working in our backyard this afternoon and came back into the garage and found the Sportster partially on it's side. He uprighted it and tied it in place. Should I have tied it down? Probably, but the bike wasn't moving around after I pulled the fork tubes. I had covered the gas tank to keep from chipping my brand new rattle can paint job although the two minor blemishes in the paint were already bugging me too. When I took that off, I noticed a small area had been exposed to gasoline while the bike was on it's side and that paint was already bubbling up. Too late to do much about it.
Guess that area and the small blemish from a pet hair are going to make me pull the tank back off, re-sand it and apply more paint. I've got some leftover cans, so the only issue is having a day free when it is warm enough for the paint to set up.
Update: Still deciding how and when to fix this. While it's noticeable, it's also sort of in keeping with the theme of the bike. So I'll just keep riding both the bikes and decide later. Gonna be busy for the next few weeks with work anyway.
Well, my father-in-law was working in our backyard this afternoon and came back into the garage and found the Sportster partially on it's side. He uprighted it and tied it in place. Should I have tied it down? Probably, but the bike wasn't moving around after I pulled the fork tubes. I had covered the gas tank to keep from chipping my brand new rattle can paint job although the two minor blemishes in the paint were already bugging me too. When I took that off, I noticed a small area had been exposed to gasoline while the bike was on it's side and that paint was already bubbling up. Too late to do much about it.
Guess that area and the small blemish from a pet hair are going to make me pull the tank back off, re-sand it and apply more paint. I've got some leftover cans, so the only issue is having a day free when it is warm enough for the paint to set up.
Update: Still deciding how and when to fix this. While it's noticeable, it's also sort of in keeping with the theme of the bike. So I'll just keep riding both the bikes and decide later. Gonna be busy for the next few weeks with work anyway.
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