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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Port Richey, FL.
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Welcome aboard from Port Richey, FL. Great bike, take care, ride safe and God bless.
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 Vietnam May '68 till Dec. '69,Patriot Guard Rider I ride in memory of the 58,479 brothers and sisters who did not return home. All Gave Some / Some Gave All  Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, But rather to skid in sideways,hotdog in one hand, a beer in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and yelling.........WOO HOO, WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!!!!!! VBA# 02002 VROC# 34933 |
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04-29-2012, 05:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Oklahoma City
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First weekend assessment... The seat is going to have to go, period... it's not that comfortable, but then I've spoiled myself on the Mustang seat I put on my 1500. Other than that, I have zero complaints so far. It rides incredibly smooth, it's incredibly agile for its weight and size, it shifts incredibly smooth...AMAZING bike! Not to mention it's just plain sexy!
It has a recommended 1,000 mile break in period and the service guy at my dealership recommended I don't use the cruise control until after that period is complete...and being my first brand new bike I'm going to break it in right and follow all the recommendations they gave mt to do so. After I pay the TT&L, I'm going to start it's migration of making it "mine". Going to get a new seat, as mentioned before... taller windshield probably a 12"... I took the highway pegs off my 1500 and put them on this one, but they're a bit too far away so going to have to get some offsets to make them fit better... Going to do the sissy bar/backrest/luggage rack combo on it so the "ol' lady" ain't afraid of falling off the back of it if she rides with me, and passenger floor boards to replace the pegs. The fake air intake on the front is going away and getting replaced with some auxiliary lighting... and I'll probably get the iPhone/iPod connection kit so I can play music from my phone through the factory stereo. After all that, I think it'll be all set. I don't intend on doing anything to it performance wise... MAYBE someday down the road I'll toss a slip-on exhaust on it but I kinda like the quiet to be honest. My 1500 wasn't obnoxiously loud, but it could get a little annoying. This one has a nice low quiet rumble to it, and I like it a lot. More pictures to come when the weather clears up enough to take it out to the lake or something. |
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04-30-2012, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
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Welcome from Lawrenceville, Georgia and good luck with the mods.
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04-30-2012, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Owasso, OK
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Nice bike!!! Welcome from Tulsa, OK.
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04-30-2012, 02:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Welcome from Indiana.
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05-01-2012, 12:19 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Owasso, OK
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Nice pics! I'm so jealous right now.
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05-01-2012, 02:47 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Oklahoma
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Hi Duff, nice bike, looks a lot like my Nomad with the fairing. I am in Mustang, OK. and also just joined this forum.
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05-01-2012, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Welcome from Knoxville, TN.
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05-01-2012, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Osceola,WI
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Welcome from North St. Paul, MN
Very nice bike. Thanks for your service.
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