Motorcycle Riders?

[Creedmoor]

The new GSA 1300 has that option:

I think it has a manual and automatic mode, with manual you just toe the shifter up/down with no clutch.
Automatic is just that, put it in D and go.
I don't think I could ever get used to it.

My GSA 1250 has the quick shifter option, no clutch pull required to bang through gears,
You don't get off the throttle when shifting, just grab the next one... it's REALLY quick.
I probably use it about 80% of the time while cruising around.
It works better upshifting than downshifting, matching engine speed is a must
when downshifting or it doesn't want to cooperate (probably a safety function).

My Rupp mini bike had an automatic torque converter in 1971.

 

[JCSR]

The new GSA 1300 has that option:

I think it has a manual and automatic mode, with manual you just toe the shifter up/down with no clutch.
Automatic is just that, put it in D and go.
I don't think I could ever get used to it.

My GSA 1250 has the quick shifter option, no clutch pull required to bang through gears,
You don't get off the throttle when shifting, just grab the next one... it's REALLY quick.
I probably use it about 80% of the time while cruising around.
It works better upshifting than downshifting, matching engine speed is a must
when downshifting or it doesn't want to cooperate (probably a safety function).

 

[printcraft]

My Rupp mini bike had an automatic torque converter in 1971.

Oh yeah, it’s not new , I just can’t figure it for that application.

 

[Creedmoor]

Oh yeah, it’s not new , I just can’t figure it for that application.

Here's a pic of one, with the belt torque converter it had a much better variable power ban than say a mercury centrifugal clutch with just a single speed.
Delortho, Kickstart and a drag pipe. It was a Rocket back then.

 

[Creedmoor]

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I bet he has a matching Power Ranger costume on when he rides it.

 

[tmschuller]

I bet he has a matching Power Ranger costume on when he rides it.

C'mon MAN.. you know he also has the rabbit head helmet w/the spikey mohawk too.. who does not have one??

 

[printcraft]

I bet he has a matching Power Ranger costume on when he rides it.

Do power rangers just wear a thong?

 

[Creedmoor]

Do power rangers just wear a thong?

I thought that is the New Generation, Harley Bagger guys.

 

[deo62]

Scoping out another kayak access point

 

[tmschuller]

Finally made the time to go pick up the Honda CB160 today. Ended up with another rolling chassis and engine plus boxes of parts… someday soon hope to get to see if it runs AND I just did some trading to get my 1975 XS650 back. Hopefully that happens soon! It’s all there and all so far looks great. Title key and extra parts. The motor turns over freely with good compression. Miles are low and
Jack approved!!

 

[tmschuller]

Here is the xs650…. It has been cleaned up since this picture. No windshield, backrest or bags. Should have it this weekend

 

[JCSR]

I got to BS with JD in Daytona this year. What a great guy and babysitter.

 

[k12lts]

Picked up another bike last week. 2009 BMW F650GS with low miles and nicely equipped. Still have the 2015 R1200RT for traveling but this will be a nice bike for short runs and about 200 lbs lighter.

 

[JCSR]

This is not a good look.....

 

[printcraft]

I knew it!!

 

[KG1]

Nice rebranding there H-D. Hey Anheuser Busch, Hold my beer. (Bud Light)

 

[JCSR]

I knew it!!

I hear a few are cross dressers

 

[KG1]

I'm an old school H-D enthusiast from way back. This ain't old school. It's not the H-D brand of my youth.

 

[04FXSTS]

I'm an old school H-D enthusiast from way back. This ain't old school. It's not the H-D brand of my youth.

I will go along with that! My first Harley was a 1973 Sportster back in the 1970's and my last was my 2004 FXSTS which I recently sold. Loved the 21" wheel on the front of the springer, elegant. So yes I also have always been "old school" when it comes to bikes.
I was in a good size Harley dealership and they had a ton of new bikes and I didn't see a single one I could say I liked. They all had fat tires front and rear and some even had radiators, radios and computer screens. Couldn't even get into the one that was marked down to $48,000 from $51,500.
These are all just my opinions and not meant to insult anyone's taste in Harleys if they are different than mine. I had two "Iron Head" Sportsters the 1973 and 1980 and I liked either better than my wife's 2005 883 Sportster. Jim.

 

[BigRed]

This is not a good look.....

I'll add this to my list of why I am glad I chose Indian.