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Thanks!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
September 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I currently have all your books, signed too!
They are one of the reasons I keep going.
Not being able to ride my ancient 1981 Goldwing
((which still fits my large body)
Your Valkyrie is waaay too small!
Was wondering if the Valkyrie is still functioning
well without
mechanical problems.
If you had to replace same, in what direction would you turn?
My own Goldwing is old, specific small engine repair parts
are often difficult to source and as such have been an
ongoing issue.
Cheers
September 12th, 2008 at 7:46 am
@Bryce
Actually there’s a 1981 Goldwing in my garage as we speak…the Valk is quite a bit larger than it is.
The Valk is running fine. 120,000+ miles now. No major issues at all.
If I were in the market today…I’d get another Valk…I’ve eyeballed the Truimph Rocket III as well…and if money was no object, I’d strip down an 1800 wing.
As far as parts for the ‘wing go…
For OEM parts:
http://www.hdlparts.com/
For used parts
whiteys-classic-wings.com
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
September 24th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Actually the 1981 Goldwing probably sits higher than your Valk.
Which is why with my 6 foot 8 inch height (in barefeet)
and my 350 pounds plus that nothing
made today will really fit me.
The 1981 Goldwing has a custom solo seat and the shocks at
the rear are Koni oil-filled shocks. I gave up on the air shocks all
too many years prior. And the handle bars have been spread
much much wider on a tube bending device.
Suspect if I did go elsewhere for a motorcycle, similar
modifications would have to be made.
My big problem aside from the physical issues is
my height is in my torso and too my legs from the
knee down are long, the handlebars on my 1981 Goldwing
couldn’t be turned easily without hitting my the top of my knees.
That was the first modification.
I could send you a jpeg attachement of me with a
group of my fellow riding friends, and you’d see that
guys standing at six foot tall
are shrimps!
Thanks for the parts suggestion, problem you’re
in the USA, and parts from there to here
in Canada get taxed high rates.
Hence I tend to be wary of ordering from foreign sources.
Still looking for something to fit me. Somebody suggested
I have a custom bike built for me; problem
is builders only seem to understand the ergonomics
of a V-twin engine; the flat Goldwing engine is still the best IMO