Pat Riot Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Just now, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: That's a super glide not a sportster. My friend called it a Sportster. Honestly, I really don’t give a sh** what it was called. It was 40 flippin’ years ago. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: This was an AMF 1200 Sportster. I think it was a ‘74. How about you do a little research before you try and throw me under a bus? https://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/blogs/events-features/harley-davidson-amf-years Do a search Pat! The Super Glide isn’t a Sportster. It DOES have the sportster front end and LOOKS smaller than The FLs, but it’s a full size Harley with the single cam engine and left side drive. It was actually the beginning of the FX line of Harleys, FL being the big ol’ dressers and cop bikes, FXs were sportier bikes like the Low Rider and later the belt driven Sturgis along with this, the original Super Glide. The Sportsters were designated XL. The XLCH was the hotrod Sportster and it was originally kick start only. I would love to have one of those original Super Glides!! It was the Buell S1 of its day! Edited September 5 by Blackwater 53393 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pat Riot Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 20 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Pat! The Super Glide isn’t a Sportster. It DOES have the sportster front end and LOOKS smaller than The FLs, but it’s a full size Harley with the single cam engine and left side drive. It was actually the beginning of the FX line of Harleys, FL being the big ol’ dressers and cop bikes, FXs were sportier bikes like the Low Rider and later the belt driven Sturgis along with this, the original Super Glide. The Sportsters were designated XL. The XLCH was the hotrod Sportster and it was originally kick start only. I would love to have one of those original Super Glides!! It was the Buell S1 of its day! Thanks Blackwater. My knowledge of Harley’s is very limited. I did own an 883 Sportster in ‘86 when they came out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) Hey, Pat! If I can get myself back in shape and get the old scooter back out and cleaned up, you should come down and meet me around Caryville, TN on I75 next spring!! There’s a road near there that will put “The Dragon’s Tail” to shame! It’s part of the “Devil’s Triangle” there in East Tennessee! Hwy 116! You can get an idea of what it is on the web. We could have a nice little ride through there and see some great scenery! There’s good places to eat too! Edited September 5 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 18 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Hey, Pat! If I can get myself back in shape and get the old scooter back out and cleaned up, you should come down and meet me around Caryville, TN on I75 next spring!! There’s a road near there that will put “The Dragon’s Tail” to shame! It’s part of the “Devil’s Triangle” there in East Tennessee! Hwy 116! You can get an idea of what it is on the web. We could have a nice little ride through there and see some great scenery! There’s good places to eat too! That would be great! Let’s see things go for you and if they go well let’s do it! Have wanted to do the Dragon’s Tail for years. When I lived in North Carolina I drove my Miata up there. Some goof with a camper got stuck and the cops closed the road. I turned around and went home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Theoretically, we could do both in the same weekend! I know enough backroads that we could take to ride one one day, take a leisurely ride through the countryside and catch the other the following day! There’s some fantastic riding in that area. Big elevation changes and great scenery! Deep valleys and to nearly the tree line on the same stretch of pavement! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 22 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Theoretically, we could do both in the same weekend! I know enough backroads that we could take to ride one one day, take a leisurely ride through the countryside and catch the other the following day! There’s some fantastic riding in that area. Big elevation changes and great scenery! Deep valleys and to nearly the tree line on the same stretch of pavement! That would be cool. The Dragon’s Tail is usually crowded from what I understand. If you know a better road I am up for that. Either way, I am sure it would be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Speaking of FX's, my other bike is a '92 FXR. When I bought it new, I told the sales person I wanted a rider, not a chrome polisher. I put 180,000 miles on that bike in about 10 years. Unfortunately, I haven't ridden it 4000 miles in the last 20 years. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: Speaking of FX's, my other bike is a '92 FXR. When I bought it new, I told the sales person I wanted a rider, not a chrome polisher. I put 180,000 miles on that bike in about 10 years. Unfortunately, I haven't ridden it 4000 miles in the last 20 years. I CAN relate! That old Harley has over 350,000 miles on it! I’ve had it since 1988 and for almost ten years it was my main, if not only, transportation. I rode it back and forth to work, back and forth to college while I was rehabbing from a back injury, (the only thing I could sit on/in comfortably while traveling) and on long weekend trips before and after the rehab! Some of those long weekends covered more than a thousand miles and I was notorious for taking a personal day now and then and just riding from sunup ‘til well after dark! From 2000 to 2005, we rode somewhere every weekend that there wasn’t snow on the ground or monsoon rains in the area. At the end of ‘05, I had major spinal surgery and was off of it for six months. After that I rode it back and forth to work and Schoolmarm and I took a few trips together, (she has her own Sportster) on weekends until I retired from work in 2010 and went on the road, vending at SASS matches. After that, it was just the occasional trip on a free weekend until this issue with my foot cropped up in 2017. Engine was rebuilt twice and the third time I replaced the original cases with Delkron nitro cases. I converted it to rear belt drive in ‘92 and added a six speed transmission in 1999. I have three speedometers put away that wore out or broke in the almost 36 years that I have owned and rode it! Edited September 5 by Blackwater 53393 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackwater 53393 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Hey Bascomb!! I’m stealing that one for the aging thread!! LOVE IT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 You're welcome to it. I think we're on the same page..... a bit stove up and crippled from the 2-wheeled demons, but still love 'em. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) On 9/4/2024 at 6:16 PM, Pat Riot said: This was an AMF 1200 Sportster. I think it was a ‘74. How about you do a little research before you try and throw me under a bus? https://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/blogs/events-features/harley-davidson-amf-years Do a search A Super Glide is the predecessor to a Dyna, not a Sportster at all. FX = what became Dyna. Sportster = XL. Even just looking at the picture, that is clearly not a Sportster tank. It looks like everyone else got to this before I did. It also looks like we have quite a few other American motorcycle enthusiasts here! I wish I still had my XL1200. It was a wonderful motorcycle. My FXDB reminds me of it a lot, though, + a few inches of wheelbase and a lot of torque. The Sportster really is unmatched in that I know of no other smaller frame bike with that kind of torque. It made me an H-D fan for life. Edited September 10 by El Chapo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) Keep yourhead on a swivel out there. Edited September 10 by sassnetguy50 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) 37 minutes ago, sassnetguy50 said: Keep yourhead on a swivel out there. Had a friend got hit from behind like that by a Yellow Freight truck back in the seventies, just north of Atlanta on I75!! The driver had fallen asleep. They estimate that he traveled a half mile before they stopped! He was injured, but not seriously. The back wheel and tire were trapped under the front bumper of the truck and it wore the tire off and ground the rim of the wheel completely through to the spokes! Same guy was struck by a Greyhound bus in downtown Nashville a year or so before this incident. The guy that owned the shop where we all hung out said that “Somebody’s trying to tell him something, AND HE AIN’T LISTENIN’!!” My buddy lived for another forty years or so!! Maybe he figured it out… Edited September 10 by Blackwater 53393 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 1 hour ago, sassnetguy50 said: Keep yourhead on a swivel out there. I can guess the type of person is that is driving that van. That sure looks like SoCal judging by the scenery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 7 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I can guess the type of person is that is driving that van. That sure looks like SoCal judging by the scenery. …and most likely with a cell phone in their face or stuck to their head!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 In 1985 I was on my motorcycle on the 405 freeway in “rush” hour. I used to practice balancing my bike at stop signs without putting my feet down. I was doing that when a guy rear ended me. I was being propelled towards the car in front of me. I jumped off the bike and landed standing and facing oncoming traffic that was coming onto the freeway. A Porsche 911 stopped a couple of inches from my shins just below my knees. The driver, an older man, leaned out the window grinning and he said “Good thing this car has good brakes, huh?” I turned to see where my bike was. It was under the Toyota that hit me and the Volvo in front of me. My only injury was a sore shin. Probably from whacking it on the bars as I leapt from the bike. The guy that hit me was watching the oncoming traffic and not what was in front of him. Had I not been balancing my bike with my feet on the pegs I probably wouldn’t be here posting this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 @Pat Riot is that a legal stop? I got a ticket for failure to stop back when traveling to college by bike. The officer said a foot is required to touch the ground to be considered a complete stop. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 3 minutes ago, sassnetguy50 said: @Pat Riot is that a legal stop? I got a ticket for failure to stop back when traveling to college by bike. The officer said a foot is required to touch the ground to be considered a complete stop. In CA, yes, a foot must touch the ground. I did convince an officer not to give me a ticket after explaining what I was doing, once. I really didn’t care that it was a violation. I did it anyway. I still do, occasionally. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 44 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I can guess the type of person is that is driving that van. That sure looks like SoCal judging by the scenery. Corona, CA. It can happen anywhere. Found this one from West Melbourne, FL while looking for the California city. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 That is CRAP!! Three wheeled motorcycles, whether trikes or motorcycles with a sidecar never need for the rider to put a foot down except to dismount! What about those Can Am Spyders?? I once had an old Panhead that originally came with a sidecar. It had three forward speeds and a reverse gear. I had a wide bias ply tire on the rear that was virtually flat across the tread. I could stop on level pavement, shift it into reverse, and back up several feet and never touch the ground with my feet! Garbage laws like that should be rescinded and the idiots who write them kicked out of office!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1707810116662198?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 AeroPeu. 1930 Peugeot P50T oval board track racer with a scaled 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine at Flywheel festival. Bicester heritage centre https://www.r3owners.net/threads/radial-engines-and-bicycles-who-would-be-interested-in-that.33564/ https://aminoapps.com/c/motorcycle-amino/page/blog/peugeot-aeropeu/z737_lRfxuBlQ37Ngoj1bE4VPMxk7XPpqb 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 On 9/10/2024 at 6:07 PM, sassnetguy50 said: @Pat Riot is that a legal stop? I got a ticket for failure to stop back when traveling to college by bike. The officer said a foot is required to touch the ground to be considered a complete stop. That is hilarious because nobody tries to keep their feet on the floorboards more than a motor officer. Maybe it's a bad habit but I routinely come to a complete stop and immediately let the clutch back out to make a right hand turn on red. I only put a foot down if there's a car at the intersection that I'm not sure if they're completely stopped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 4 minutes ago, El Chapo said: That is hilarious because nobody tries to keep their feet on the floorboards more than a motor officer. Maybe it's a bad habit but I routinely come to a complete stop and immediately let the clutch back out to make a right hand turn on red. I only put a foot down if there's a car at the intersection that I'm not sure if they're completely stopped. Same here, I often stop for a second or two without putting a foot down. Don't even give it a thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 (edited) I did it twice yesterday. Stopped, balanced then moved on at 2 stop signs. My Kawasaki is a lot more top heavy than any bike I have owned prior to this one. Balancing it while is quite challenging. Also, it’s an inline 2 cylinder. Cylinders are side by side. Occasionally when stopped I can feel a very slight side to side wobble. It’s not bad, but the sensation is odd when fully stopped. It doesn’t make for good balance. Edited September 12 by Pat Riot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 5 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: AeroPeu. 1930 Peugeot P50T oval board track racer with a scaled 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine at Flywheel festival. Bicester heritage centre https://www.r3owners.net/threads/radial-engines-and-bicycles-who-would-be-interested-in-that.33564/ https://aminoapps.com/c/motorcycle-amino/page/blog/peugeot-aeropeu/z737_lRfxuBlQ37Ngoj1bE4VPMxk7XPpqb 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 10 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I did it twice yesterday. Stopped, balanced then moved on at 2 stop signs. My Kawasaki is a lot more top heavy than any bike I have owned prior to this one. Balancing it while is quite challenging. Also, it’s an inline 2 cylinder. Cylinders are side by side. Occasionally when stopped I can feel a very slight side to side wobble. It’s not bad, but the sensation is odd when fully stopped. It doesn’t make for good balance. You probably already know this, but pull the clutch in to the friction zone where you can freely rev the engine but there is still some torque to the rear wheel and keep the engine at 1500 rpm or so. Once you feel like your bike is "falling," open your hand just ever so slightly, and if you want to stabilize the bike go as slow as possible, barely put your foot on the rear brake only. You will be amazed that you can ride at 2-3 mph or lean the bike hard enough to scrape by simply modulating that rear wheel torque right at that friction point. It makes my 900 pound Harley-Davidson as nimble as my wife's 280 pound Yamaha TW200 when I execute this correctly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Those Trailways are fun bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 23 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: AeroPeu. 1930 Peugeot P50T oval board track racer with a scaled 9 cylinder radial aircraft engine at Flywheel festival. Bicester heritage centre https://www.r3owners.net/threads/radial-engines-and-bicycles-who-would-be-interested-in-that.33564/ https://aminoapps.com/c/motorcycle-amino/page/blog/peugeot-aeropeu/z737_lRfxuBlQ37Ngoj1bE4VPMxk7XPpqb 17 hours ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 (edited) I may have found a video of Pat leaving California!! Edited September 15 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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