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I just picked up a tour pack and lowers for my Road King, as well as a trailer. Only thing missing is a bat wing and it would be a whole new bike. It already has speakers on the bars. I was planning on a Street Glide in about another 2-3 years (once child support is done), but I may just go with an Ultra and replace with detachable parts to remove what I don't want, instead of buying everything I want to add.

Yup! I bought both trailers, but will be selling the treadplate one from the other forum. The Bushtec simply has too many great features not to keep.

I picked up two trailers over the past week. Decided on which one I'm keeping, and I'm selling the other one. I have someone coming out to look at it tomorrow evening, but if they don't take it, I'm putting it on Craigs List for $1,150. If anyone on here ends up taking it instead, I'll sell it for $1000, which is what I have in it. Thanks!

Anytime I have wrecked has been on a sport bike...lol. *knock on wood* I wrecked all three I owned. The first I wrecked trying to ride wheelies. The second was wrecked running from the cops (good thing I already outran him). The third was wrecked when someone pulled out in front of me and I locked it up. I bought the last one back from the Insurance company and fixed it back up though. None of them caused any permanent damage, but the worst was the slowest one. Wrecked going about 10 mph on a curve. Hit a reflector in the road. The fastest (slowed to about 90mph when I slid off the road) had the least damage. Grass stains on my favorite pants and shirt. Glad I've learned a lot and mellowed out a lot since those days. Ignorance on a bike doesn't mix.

No need. I just paid the $10 and became a contributing member. I guess trolls are okay as long as you pay to be one.

lol.. for some reason I can only send one PM every 2 hours, so I can't respond to you.

Sent you a PM.

Yeah, I have one I am looking at right now as well. Should know by late tomorrow (likely into Friday) which direction I'm going. I already PM'd him on the other forum.

Looks like a lot of good reasons to have one, not too many bad. $1700 for a new one is a tad out of my price range though. Close, but not quite in it. If she is selling it for $800, I would likely buy it. Probably going to make a decision in the next day or two.

This actually has a lot of the models I've been looking at for the past couple of weeks. Federal tax refund is pending in my account right now, so I know the funds are there. I like the single wheel concept, slightly more than I wanted to spend. Any idea on how single wheel compares to a solid axle on the bumps? It's in my price range. I just registered over there. For some reason, the posts were all out of order for me. Looks like I saw he said somewhere between $800-$1,150 (Depending on if he likes you...lol). I'll hit him up for more pics.

Anyone use a pull behind trailer with their bike? I've been looking at getting one, but am having difficulty deciding on what I should and shouldn't get. Also not sure how big is too big. I found a '32 Ford rear end trailer that doesn't look any bigger than some that are marketed for bikes, but a 52"-58" width sounds a bit wide to me. Of course the guy selling it thinks it should be fine....

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It's not the speed that gets ya, it's the bumps. The wobble is horrible when you hit. Speed seems to be okay. I regularly ride the highway around 80... might be 70 if my speedo still lies....

Well, now I ride a Harley and don't have to worry about speed.

My speedo was able to go up to 195 if I remember right. It never would have done that either. Never took the time to ask the cop how fast I was going.

Factory was rated at 'top speed of over 167 mph'. Not saying it isn't possible that a speedo is a little off on any vehicle, but if stock was suggesting over 167, with upgrades I can't see 174 as being unfathomable. All I know is I was going faster than the cop and the gauge read 174 and it took a few miles to get there.

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On a Yamaha FZR 1000? This wasn't on the 600's or the Harley.

Hey reinie, I ride a Road King. Been riding cruisers since 2005, but riding overall since 1994. I had similar issues with my Harley warranty. It's not just Triumph. To be honest, I will be unlikely to ever purchase another warranty like that again. I had a few parts that should have been covered under the warranty, but they wanted to play the '3 month' game. I just spent the money and repaired it myself. Pissed at the thousands I spent on the worthless warranty though. IMO, it's only worth it if the engine or transmission blows.

I've owned both sport bikes and Harley. Back when I would ride sport bikes, I could never imagine owning a Harley and used to laugh at them for spending so much on an overpriced/slow bike. Once I switched, I couldn't believe I ever felt that way. Only problem I really have with it is the price of parts. HD parts are so extremely overpriced and I personally feel like Kuryakyn parts look like shit. Bikes in order were: '89 Kawasaki Ninja 600R '94 Suzuki Katana 600 '95 Yamaha FZR 1000 '05 Harley Road King I think a lot of it has to do with mind set. Only thing I don't like about riding with sport bikes has been tons of lane splitting, wheelies, etc. I'm not into all of that. Most that have sport bikes are into it one way or another. I also think that's part of why I left sport bikes and went to cruisers in the first place. I wasn't into when I owned them. Worst I ever did was a lot of speeding, including running from the cops on several occasions. One of the last ones came on because of my buddy riding wheelies down the highway. He took off and I followed, had me pegged in the 170's (I think 174mph). I got away, my buddy got caught. That was close to the time I switched. I still like the looks and still think they're neat, but have no desire to go back to them.

I don't speak that shit, I speak 'Merican! Just kiddin. Thanks again all!

Thanks for the welcomes!

Just hitting the introduction thread since I'm new here. Not sure what to put, but I've been riding since I was 17 (almost 20 years now). I've been out of the scene for the past 2 years since I had decided to go back to college. Graduated this past December and currently have zero desire to go back again. That being said, I plan on hitting as many events as possible this year to make up for lost time. Not going to pull a BIG-ERN and try to recruit anyone.... Hope to see you all around.