Fonzie

Is the battery fully charged Greg? If not.....It won't produce enough juice to fire/start the bike....merely turn it over. I go through this every spring with mine. She's carbed, and a cooolddd blooded bitch. If your battery is old/dead....It will die mid ride. Mine did it on I-75 goin' 75 mph, a few years ago. Sam had to come up to Perrysburg & get me with his trailer. Put a new battery in, and she ran fine all rest of summer. Bike alternators don't re-charge the way cars do.....They only replace the initial amount of juice it takes to start the bike....Nothing more, so I've been told. Not like a car where you can drive around for half hour & it will completely recharge the battery from dead. The problem compounds if you foul the plugs while trying to start it with low battery. The unburnt fuel quickly fouls the plugs....so no spark. Even after the battery's fully charged then, it still won't fire. Several years I've had to pull the tank, & change the plugs (which is a royal PIA because of the crossmember), or spray the snot out of the stacks with carb cleaner/starting fluid to get her to fire finally

I've always said you can't rape the willing!!

Don't forget abused Soooooo........Who's plannin' on prospecting for DTC membership besides Jagr???

Soooo.....Now do I have to one up you, and eat something 9 days old?!?

Hey Chris......Here's my stab at it, FWIW. Even though both bikes are classified as "cruisers", I personally think there's a different mentality/personality/thought process that buys each. Generalizing....Harley's tend to be "club" bikes. You're buying almost more for image & the social life that comes with the brand. Harely has brainwashed you into drinking the kool-aid with everyone else, to buy their inferior product 'cause it's "cool". A link to the ol' "wild, wild west". They've actually convinced people you're an individual outlaw if you buy/ride with the herd. I think some of these "sheep" are the problem children & trouble makers, 'cause they can't think right/wrong for themselves V-Rod owners are a little different though, as I think they fall more into the next category, even though they stayed HD, but are still shunned by some of the "faithful". Hell.....Harley's are so "socially acceptable" now....I actually feel more of an outlaw on my sportbike if I ride it to any of my kids events where other parents are. I can just imagine what they're thinking of me....."Ohhh....he's one of those punks" I think metric cruiser people fall into 2 main categories......They either love that type of bike's look/aesthetics &/or riding style, but are prudent enough people to know they want something more reliable, affordable & well built than HD's overpriced junk......Or they're buying a metric as a "step up/training bike" 'cause they can't afford a Harley yet. If the latter's the case.....Please see above Generalizing again....I think it takes a more independent thinker to buck the trend/herd & buy a metric cruiser knowing full well you're gonna take grief for it all the time from the HD zealots, but sticking to your guns anyways for what YOU want. Anyways.....That's my take on how you & your bike are different. That being said.....Do I want a Harley some day? Sure....though I can't picture when that would happen. It would have to be as a 2nd bike, I think, 'cause I don't envision myself as an HD "guy" & that being my only ride. But I've ridden a few of my friends, and they are a fun change of pace....for a little while.....So I guess I'm a hypocrite to my own opinion/theory!

So let me get this straight.....The little cancer stick doesn't act as a personal campfire & keep you warm?!? "Pain don't hurt"

Just called again.......Down to -14 now That's actual air temp.....NOT windchill

http://www.ohio-riders.net/showthread.php?t=18121

-12 here right now.....Windchill's -30. Tomorrow's high is predicted to be 0. They canceled school for the kids tomorrow @ about 7:00 tonight already

You lookin' for a 3rd bike now???

I just read the NAACP article with all their lawsuits, + the other link. Can someone explain to me why there needed to be a second, segregated bike week anyways? Isn't one week enough for everyone to attend?

Over 24 hours now since 7 day old chili ingestion, with no ill side effects to report. I'll even tell you now, that it sat out for the first night....UNrefrigerated, and for an entire afternoon a few days later!!

I think he'd said earlier that they were actually pretty good Sooo......If this place is a bar, you think they'd accept a reservation from us?

Even after 30 years.....That car STILL looks dead sexy & more sporty than most "sport" cars on the road today!! Heck.....I wanted to grow up & be Magnum Quarterback for Navy....Check Cool job....Check Mansion estate in tropical paradise.....Check Hot babes......Check Unlimited tab at the King Kamehameha Club.....Check Friend w/ a helicopter....Check Little British manservant....Check Bitchin' car......HELL YEAH!!! And best of all.....NO PAYMENTS!!!! Ferrari's should only be red, yellow, black, or white. Amen brutha.....AMEN!!! Any other color is sacrilege! HAAA!! Weren't they just recently Fords within the last few years?!? Doesn't anyone else look at the tattoo pix?!? BTW.....That Reventon remind anyone else of a Stealth bomber???

I've read about Myrtle Beach wanting to shut this down for at least a year now. I also remember reading an article in a fairly mainstream bike mag (SR, 2WT, or Motorcyclist probably???) a year or 2 ago about BBW & how it needed to be better organized & less rowdy Kind of how Ft. Lauderdale got tired of their "party" reputation & the crowd it was attracting, and put the clamps on Spring Break.....Even though they were kinda the "original" spring break capital

As far as I know......Until Justin crushes our hope & belief in the goodness & innocence of the world by proving it wrong!

I forget......Was this before or after the board crash wiped everything out?!? If memory serves me correctly, it was rigghhttt after

So it only took what......almost 80 years to match what Chester Gould came up with in his imagination back in the 30's?!? Pretty neat that they were finally able to do it, but that screen looks awful small, especially to type on. Plus.....unlike Bry....I've never had much luck with LG stuff. On the other hand, I've been extremely impressed w/ my Samsung I got 2 years ago.....Never had a phone last this long. Damn thing's like a Timex. I'm gonna check out their Delve as my next one.....Looks like their version of the iPhone

I've been on a recruiting drive. Gotta get the dues paying membership up......So I can retire! BTW.......Don't be afraid to post stuff up people. Let's see some pix of those Hondas besides mine & Gruff's

Ahhhhh......The thread that just KEEPS giving!!!

Is this the twin to the American Chopper Apache bike?!?

First 'ya gotta find a boat with a trailer hitch

Adding it to my collection

I have a plethora of sources Justin! Actually.....I'm still lookin' for an Elvis one though! I had about 4 different jokes for them being meat'ed...but decided it was just easier to watch porn.So you're just gonna leave us "hangin'" with the good "meat" jokes?!?

Maybe they'll let us go in back & do it in the stunt bike area!!