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in 1967 I bought my first bike, a used 1966 Honda 160 Scrambler. I rode it for 1 1/2 years to school everyday without incident. Then one day I let a "friend " drive it with me on the back. Long story short and 1 broken leg ,it was the last day that I was ever on a non Harley again! In 1968 I bought a 1941 Knuckel chopper in San Francisco.for $900 I rode it for five years while rebuilding and further customizing it. Then times got hard and had to sell it. Im still beatin myself up over that one.Should have sold my car instead! Then now ,a few bikes later, I have a 2014 FLHTK with only 15000 mi.I"ve ratchetedi the touring way down now. Getting too old now I pulled a Camp trailer for 5 years exploring the western half of US.Every trip was usually 1 to 2 months. My ity bitty wife has 2020 FXBB.that we bought in Rapid city,August 2022.I love that little bike with a big engine! I ride it more than mine now.Its so nimble and easy to split lanes with We live in Rosoarito and I can cross the border to San Diego in less than 30 min. 1971
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in 1967 I bought my first bike, a used 1966 Honda 160 Scrambler. I rode it for 1 1/2 years to school everyday without incident. Then one day I let a "friend " drive it with me on the back. Long story short and 1 broken leg ,it was the last day that I was ever on a non Harley again! In 1968 I bought a 1941 Knuckel chopper in San Francisco.for $900 I rode it for five years while rebuilding and further customizing it. Then times got hard and had to sell it. Im still beatin myself up over that one.Should have sold my car instead! Then now ,a few bikes later, I have a 2014 FLHTK with only 15000 mi.I"ve ratchetedi the touring way down now. Getting too old now I pulled a Camp trailer for 5 years exploring the western half of US.Every trip was usually 1 to 2 months. My ity bitty wife has 2020 FXBB.that we bought in Rapid city,August 2022.I love that little bike with a big engine! I ride it more than mine now.Its so nimble and easy to split lanes with We live in Rosoarito and I can cross the border to San Diego in less than 30 min. 1971
Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan! I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
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