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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1575 on: January 16, 2007, 11:50:34 AM »
Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2007, 07:37:00 AM
I've seen them many times and each time was like the first in terms of its impact and grandeur..unlike many other experiences I've had in my life........

Boxer and yourself, building the anticipation.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1576 on: January 16, 2007, 12:33:43 PM »
Ordered my sissy bar and a weatherproof roadbag this a.m........
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1577 on: January 16, 2007, 12:44:20 PM »
Just found a site with a highway bar for my bike.

Probably next month.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1578 on: January 16, 2007, 01:34:00 PM »
Re- getting some higher speeds out of your Shadow....in this month's Cycle World, there's a tech question about same, and the eds comment that a tested Shadow ('83 I believe) topped out at around 105.  Know you spoke earlier re- yours getting short of breath at superslab speeds......has something to do w/ loss of compression etc.....

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1579 on: January 16, 2007, 01:36:51 PM »
Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2007, 01:34:00 PM
Re- getting some higher speeds out of your Shadow....in this month's Cycle World, there's a tech question about same, and the eds comment that a tested Shadow ('83 I believe) topped out at around 105.  Know you spoke earlier re- yours getting short of breath at superslab speeds......has something to do w/ loss of compression etc.....

r

Bike has only got around 11,000 miles on it.

It will be in the shop in the spring.  We will see what they say.   I am hoping they can help me get a little more umph out of it.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1580 on: January 16, 2007, 02:26:57 PM »
Compression issues would be strange w/ such low miles, but it certainly wouldn't be unheard of, particularly for a V-twin....some people actually abuse their machines, donchyaknow.......
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1581 on: January 16, 2007, 02:28:50 PM »
Could be quite a few things.  We will see.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1582 on: January 16, 2007, 02:46:30 PM »
Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2007, 07:37:00 AM
I've seen them many times and each time was like the first in terms of its impact and grandeur..unlike many other experiences I've had in my life........

You know, every time I'm in the state of Idaho, I'm pleasantly surprised. Good scenery, friendly locals (just don't get into a political discussion with one of them), wide open spaces. Not a bad place to be. I'm actually only about 25 miles as the crow flies from the Land Of Potatoes.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1583 on: January 16, 2007, 03:11:21 PM »
I like the Rockies, but I prefer the Smokies...especially the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.


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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1584 on: January 16, 2007, 03:12:23 PM »
Quote from: Tifosi on January 16, 2007, 03:11:21 PM
I like the Rockies, but I prefer the Smokies...especially the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.


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Let's here it for the Porcupines!
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1585 on: January 16, 2007, 03:58:46 PM »
Quote from: Tifosi on January 16, 2007, 03:11:21 PM
I like the Rockies, but I prefer the Smokies...especially the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.


Dan

For me, it's gotta be the real mountains. Kamloops, Banff.........beyond belief, and well beyond my ability to describe. This picture relays about 1/1,000,000 of what the senses take in.

And the water really is that color.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1586 on: January 16, 2007, 04:00:24 PM »
I hear Banff is a great place to bike through......
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1587 on: January 16, 2007, 04:21:52 PM »
And the water really is that color.

Looks the same as MY lake ----- without all the mountains blotting out the view.    ;D
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1588 on: January 16, 2007, 04:43:37 PM »
Uncanny resemblance
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1589 on: January 16, 2007, 04:44:38 PM »
S'my understanding that Blueberry Pointe is the proposed site of the '07 Middle-Age Biker Club Rally....
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1590 on: January 16, 2007, 05:29:08 PM »
Yup. Gonna sit around, shear some sheep, rope some goats, talk about knuckleheads, shovelheads, flatheads, soreheads and shitheads!  Gonna be a blast!     :lmao:

Uncanny resemblance

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1591 on: January 16, 2007, 07:49:19 PM »
Quote from: MG on January 16, 2007, 05:29:08 PM
Yup. Gonna sit around, shear some sheep, rope some goats, talk about knuckleheads, shovelheads, flatheads, soreheads and shitheads!  Gonna be a blast!     :lmao:

I am wounded, sir! Deeply and... oh wait, you mentioned shitheads! Close enough!

I'm good.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1592 on: January 16, 2007, 08:23:53 PM »
6,000 miles on the bike when I bought it.

It better not have weak compression!

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1593 on: January 16, 2007, 10:17:45 PM »
Really odd then that you can't get more high end out of it....talked to another biker bud of mine, one with MUCH more wrenching experience than myself on sickles...he agrees that something must be up...hard to tell w/o the bike in front of him, though....

Does it go "kapockita POW, kapockita POW, puckita puckita puckita (cough) POW?"
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1594 on: January 16, 2007, 10:42:06 PM »
I think it runs quite smooth.

Perhaps exhaust blockage is causing too much back pressure at high rev's.  I will start to pursue in-depth answers at the Honda Shadow forum also.

http://www.hondashadow.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=421421#421421
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1595 on: January 16, 2007, 10:43:42 PM »
The scenery in Glacier is very, very similar to Banff. Makes sense, since they're only 150 miles apart.

I've been to Banff twice, and it's been so rainy both times that I've barely been able to see a thing.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1596 on: January 16, 2007, 10:52:06 PM »
150 miles is a tank of gas for me.  Bike gets 60 miles to a gallon.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1597 on: January 16, 2007, 11:26:53 PM »
Yaknow, in all seriousness, that's really pretty impressive, C...the DeLuxe only gets around 45 on the highway.....
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1598 on: January 16, 2007, 11:51:23 PM »
Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2007, 11:26:53 PM
Yaknow, in all seriousness, that's really pretty impressive, C...the DeLuxe only gets around 45 on the highway.....

The advantage of my small motor.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #1599 on: January 17, 2007, 12:44:35 AM »
Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2007, 10:17:45 PM



Does it go "kapockita POW, kapockita POW, puckita puckita puckita (cough) POW?"

Or "chitty-chitty -bang-bang"...as long as it doesn't go "kapockita, POW, kapockita...QUEEEEPPP!!!"


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