Greetings Everyone. New guy here and new guy to the Harley Davidson world. Long time rider of everything other than HD's. Tried to talk myself into it many times and just always shied away. Something stuck in my head some years back that was told to me by an older [ older than me ] gentleman. - He said everyone should own a Harley at least once in your life. I'm not getting any younger as they say so I'm now a Harley Davidson owner. I have followed HD's over the years and many friends have HD's. I always thought the FatBoy was a good looking bike when it came out in 1990. I love d the look of the Streetglide when it came out also. A pristine 2002 all original showed up for sale and at a price that I just could not pass up the opportunity to give it a go. Well I have to say after having it for the last month it's pretty dang fun. I have went over the bike nose to tail and have to save -- Some of my HD thoughts over the years may have been unfounded. The thing is built like a tank, or very much like my old Ford 8N tractor. It really is quite the machine ! It's got fun all over it and very impressed so far with it's construction.
I also have a Triumph Bonneville and a Yamaha Tracer 900GT and yes,,,,, a Yamaha Majesty 400 scooter. So I have the whole range covered now. All fun and all very different ! Most of my adult life I rode and raced sport bikes so this is quite a change. I bought my Triumph many years ago on kind of a whim. I have a Brit friend that is all Triumph and somehow I got sucked into the Triumph world. It was way out of my normal bike comfort zone but I found it to be a lot of fun and been a great bike. My Tracer still gives my the sport bike fun. The scooter --- that's just something that happened - but it's dang fun too!

So after reading many posts here and another HD site I chose to sign up here over the other site and be part of the group. This really seemed like a good fit. I also figured that way if something good comes up in the classifieds or I have questions I cannot find answers for I will be able to participate. I'm in the learning curve with this bike so I like to soak up all I can. As a retired aerospace engineer I love mechanical and love quality.
Anyone has a factory HD manual for the early Softails let me know. I have a Clymer I ordered and it will do but I would really like the factory version if I can find one.

Thanks for having me.
Neil

 

Welcome to the forums from Ontario, Canada

 

Hi Neiol, GREAT to have u here with us. FEELS great to beat out the other site. HAH!! HAPPY DANCE!!!


Be sure to come to the games section. We have a lot of fun there and get to know (and joke around) with each other.

Now, back to business.

There will be an initiation having to do with a greased pig, a rope, and some hot sauce a little later today.

We have a ton of stuff here, like an excellent mechanical and technical section, Harley-Davidson videos uploaded by our members, humor, gun enthusiast, road trips, a food section, dark side section, great vendors, classifieds, regional activity, and a lot, a lot more.

Now, for my regular welcome to you...

G'day mate,

welcome to HDF.

I will be your tour guide. Be sure to read the manual before posting ok mate?

Or we will have discipline you and if you don't "get it" we will need to discipline you biker style.

Here is a gift for you… LOL! “I so funi!”


Now let’s get serious for your orientation. Go down the hall on your left to the 1st room. No, wait. The 1st room on your right. That is where the commissary is.

Then you will see doors marked for the mortuary, skeet shooting, a room where we make fun of In-Jun bikes, and of course we have a ahh, umm, oh yeah a across the hall.

We had a BOMB MAKING room but, well, ahhhhh, 1 of the guys just didn't understand Blasting Caps very well so..... you know.

We have our own pub .

There are several places where you can familiarize your self with the .

So don't be a wall flower watching others . Get involved.

See you around mate. I am going to the commissary now.


You are in the “New Members Area” where you can introduce yourself and let us know what Harley Davidson bike(s) (if any) you ride/own.

If you have questions about engines, exhaust systems, audio issues, etc… then:

1) Please go to the upper corner and Roll Over “Forums”

2) Then come down to and Roll Over “Harley Davidson Tech & Mechanical Forum”

3) Then come down to the section that would be most appropriate for your question like Audio Systems, Engine Mechanical Topics, Exhaust System Topics, etc… and CLICK on the topic you have a question about.

You will find the knowledge here is EXCELLENT and these here mates are willing to help you in any way they can. ‘juss be careful. There are some “Trolls”, so I suggest just ignoring them ‘ole farts.

See you around HDF. Come often, we have a humor thread, game thread, and a LOT of other stuff.

Have A Great Day Mate,

BuzzCap7

 

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