Nightster Winter Makeover
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Road Master
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Repainted the coil bracket using the Harley "Texture Black" engine paint, and while I was at it I redid the AC with the same paint. Matches the cylinders much better than the "Wrinkle Black". Also installed the new plug wires from DK Custom.
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Too damn hot down here!
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Road Master
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Wow. Too hot to ride. I didn't realize that was possible. Too cold to ride...now that's always a problem for me, especially around here. I'm a warm weather rider by preference. Call me a wimp, but when the temps drop below 50 I take the car. The hotter it gets the more I want to ride the bike. 
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Wow. Too hot to ride. I didn't realize that was possible. Too cold to ride...now that's always a problem for me, especially around here. I'm a warm weather rider by preference. Call me a wimp, but when the temps drop below 50 I take the car. The hotter it gets the more I want to ride the bike.
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I moved to Phoenix in September 73, 115 the day I got there. Bought a used Honda 750 right away since only went there with one car & wife needed it. Took the frame mount fairing/shield off right away, rode to work, got home & put the fairing back on, & wore leather gloves to protect from the heat. If it's really humid and 100+, speed cools; really dry and 100+, it acts more like a convection oven, speed just increases the pain. I'd rather dress for it and ride at 32 than 102 - you can't ride naked, and that wouldn't really help anyway.
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Road Master
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How are the temps in the evening? Any better?
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I moved to Phoenix in September 73, 115 the day I got there. Bought a used Honda 750 right away since only went there with one car & wife needed it. Took the frame mount fairing/shield off right away, rode to work, got home & put the fairing back on, & wore leather gloves to protect from the heat. If it's really humid and 100+, speed cools; really dry and 100+, it acts more like a convection oven, speed just increases the pain. I'd rather dress for it and ride at 32 than 102 - you can't ride naked, and that wouldn't really help anyway.