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Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2019
Posts: 3,621
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From: Mostly Florida, some Michigan
Good to hear, hope it works well for you!
Club Member
Joined: May 2024
Posts: 130
Likes: 50
From: Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Vietnam (North and South)Kuwait and the USA (Boston born and bread)
It is just a matter of time for everyone. Everyone at some point in their lives has dumped. Those that say that they never have I hold suspect. If you want to say well When I was a kid I ate mud, dirt and gravel daily. As an adult never spilled on a street bike of any kind I hope your luck holds out.
Tourer
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 337
Likes: 56
From: Joshua Tree, CA
i'm 77 . i've dropped both my baggers and needed help to stand em up. out here in the desert with most of the roads unpaved it happens.
i just wait for someone to drive by and help. cheaper than $228 !
i just bought a new 2024 breakout. it's so much lighter, it's easy to pick up.
i don't want to give up riding yet. always figured that i would be dead by this age.
i just wait for someone to drive by and help. cheaper than $228 !
i just bought a new 2024 breakout. it's so much lighter, it's easy to pick up.
i don't want to give up riding yet. always figured that i would be dead by this age.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1,957
From: Somewhere on the Bourbon trail
Originally Posted by MURPHCC1
Pipes are thick, base is 5"x5" 3/16 steel, considering it has to fit somewhere on a bike, cant be too big!
Feels easily strong enough when together.
Feels easily strong enough when together.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 21,131
Likes: 12,691
From: South Carolina
Because he can`t lift a motorcycle upright that weighs 800 pounds?
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; Aug 20, 2024 at 06:42 AM.
HDF Community Team
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 6,189
Likes: 2,419
From: USA
It's your call OP. I've been with folk using a jack or lift, it's not exactly quickly done, nor especially easy.
Myself, I found myself struggling with my RK that I'd had for 10 years. Age is taking its toll on me.
I switched to a Heritage softail, and that fits this older me much better. Expensive, to be sure! But I'm much happier with this bike than I had become with the Road King.
Myself, I found myself struggling with my RK that I'd had for 10 years. Age is taking its toll on me.
I switched to a Heritage softail, and that fits this older me much better. Expensive, to be sure! But I'm much happier with this bike than I had become with the Road King.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,783
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From: Ohio
Not on the side of a road, not on gravel, not on sand, not on a hill etc.
Once again YMMV.
Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,844
Likes: 938
From: Lincolnshire, IL
At age 73 and 5'9"/175lbs I actually "rehearse" righting my Ultra Limited. I lay it down gently (on padded floor mats) and along with a buddy to oversee the practice. It helps to practice the procedure and see which one works best......BUT I do realize that I'm practicing on a dry, fairly level and clean section of driveway asphalt....sand and gravel is another matter and much tougher.
Last edited by Rob175; Aug 20, 2024 at 09:47 AM.
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