Sometimes I wonder Why We Do This
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,542
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From: Cocoa Beach, Florida
Well, I'm 63 years old. I hurried home from work this afternoon to rip open a new set of Bub 7s and proceeded with great enthusiasm to pull the old mufflers on my 09 Ultra and install the new system. After 3 hours of rolling around on the garage floor having trouble getting things off the bike and all the new hardware to line up and fit properly, I break for dinner. After dinner, I go back to the garage to check my work. I am now sore and stiff as hell. I feel the arthritis in my hands. I back the bike out of the garage and fire it up. Down the driveway and down the road I go. That wonderful full Harley sound reaches my ears. It's like music and its addictive. Now I know why I do this. There is nothing like the wind and the sound of a great Harley exhaust. Man, I glad I bought these Bub 7s and am fortunate enough to be able to own and ride such a great machine. Don't you all agree?
. Sometimes I think we need an "oldpharts" forum so we can discuss some of the things we're interested in. You know... stuff like "the best" roll-around stools, knee pads, back braces, pain medications, chosen beverage upon job completion (oops, all these immature adolescents would invade our domain then - scratch that "beverage" one).
Last edited by RangeRat; Sep 10, 2009 at 02:08 AM.
Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 161
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From: Sweden
Well, I'm 63 years old. I hurried home from work this afternoon to rip open a new set of Bub 7s and proceeded with great enthusiasm to pull the old mufflers on my 09 Ultra and install the new system. After 3 hours of rolling around on the garage floor having trouble getting things off the bike and all the new hardware to line up and fit properly, I break for dinner. After dinner, I go back to the garage to check my work. I am now sore and stiff as hell. I feel the arthritis in my hands. I back the bike out of the garage and fire it up. Down the driveway and down the road I go. That wonderful full Harley sound reaches my ears. It's like music and its addictive. Now I know why I do this. There is nothing like the wind and the sound of a great Harley exhaust. Man, I glad I bought these Bub 7s and am fortunate enough to be able to own and ride such a great machine. Don't you all agree?
But there always have been a Harley in my garage for the last 35 years. And I hope there will be for many more years to come.....with or without BUB's...
Road Captain
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 659
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From: Michigan
Thats how i felt the first time i heard my rinehart TD start up! music to my ears, i love my bike, i wish i lived in an area i could ride year round, but we we cant in michigan.
I have never heard the bub 7 before, but everyone says good things, i will have to check those out!
I have never heard the bub 7 before, but everyone says good things, i will have to check those out!
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2005
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It's the "63 yr old man" part that everyone missed.
In other words....who would've thought that a 63 yr old guy would run home like a little boy, roll on the floor in his garage, and suffer the agony tomorrow
If you think about it....some things really haven't changed, have they?
I remember running home from school and working on my Honda 80
In other words....who would've thought that a 63 yr old guy would run home like a little boy, roll on the floor in his garage, and suffer the agony tomorrow
If you think about it....some things really haven't changed, have they?
I remember running home from school and working on my Honda 80
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,034
Likes: 45
From: Michigan
Well im gonna be 58 tomorrow 9/11 .. Not as old as you but I spent yesterday rolling around under my 54 f 100 project . All I did to my bike this week was put it on the red sears jack and wash it. Im gonna go get bugs all over it today . My buddy called yesterday and says hey wanna go ride tomorrow.. I checked my schedule (hell im unemployed) and decided I had time to go .... Ill have a smile all afternoon with out any new parts . Just a good wash job making it pretty again makes me smile...
and wash it. Im gonna go get bugs all over it today . My buddy called yesterday and says hey wanna go ride tomorrow.. I checked my schedule (hell im unemployed) and decided I had time to go .... Ill have a smile all afternoon with out any new parts . Just a good wash job making it pretty again makes me smile...
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Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,542
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From: Cocoa Beach, Florida
It's the "63 yr old man" part that everyone missed.
In other words....who would've thought that a 63 yr old guy would run home like a little boy, roll on the floor in his garage, and suffer the agony tomorrow
If you think about it....some things really haven't changed, have they?
I remember running home from school and working on my Honda 80
In other words....who would've thought that a 63 yr old guy would run home like a little boy, roll on the floor in his garage, and suffer the agony tomorrow
If you think about it....some things really haven't changed, have they?
I remember running home from school and working on my Honda 80
