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#14
12-01-2013 | 03:18 PM
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
Just got my first bike since my divorce 3 years ago. Lost it all in the divorce. Besides that "LITTLE" hick up in my book of life Ive been riding for more than 20 years in at least 7 different countries
Soooooo.....now here i are about to ask lots of questions for insight and suggestion on my 1988 HD Electra Glide with the whopping 80 inches lol.
It wasn't my first choice but I'm back on the road and "THAT IS" what counts.
I apologize and say thanks ahead of time
Soooooo.....now here i are about to ask lots of questions for insight and suggestion on my 1988 HD Electra Glide with the whopping 80 inches lol.
It wasn't my first choice but I'm back on the road and "THAT IS" what counts.
I apologize and say thanks ahead of time
First thing I'd check on an older used bike is tire dates, some of these bikes got less than 5000 miles on them in the last 10 years, all on the same tires still on the bike. I've seen a 20 year old tire still on the road. Traction... what traction? They're rock hard.
That whopping 80 incher.... if you ever run across a reasonably priced 96" S&S, I guarantee you won't laugh at it, but you will pull away from stock 103s on the hills. If that front brake isn't smooth, I'd really recommend Lyndall or EBC pads, big improvement on my bikes anyway. I'm planning on rebuilding the forks on my '89 this winter, hope to get intiminators and single rate springs (Traxxion maybe) and ditch the air system; still gives a smooth ride, but could be better - and one seal is leaking, so it needs to come apart anyway. And replace the rear swingarm pivot with an improved aftermarket, new wheel bearings, pull the primary cover and check in there... lots of stuff you can do if you really want to get involved.
Back on the road is #1 anyway.
