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Your other "non-Harley" Bike?

boxa
5 years ago

Quoting LOFTYBOB on 12 Jul 2018 06:11 AM
The new Outback Tourer has arrived

Now to put all this one her

Day 1

Day 2

Heaps more to do, then wire up all those leads

Really like them Teneres , Just wish i was tall enough to own one , Lol

Baloffski
5 years ago

boxa, you and me both man. Had a few of them, kick start, lectric leg for us old cunts is better. New ones cannot afford. They a good bike.

LOFTYBOB
5 years ago

They are a striking color, I just added a Suzuki V-Strom 650 to the fleet. Work is moving further away so I have to commute through the city now.

So I added the V-Strom so I don't have to run the bigger bikes into the ground commuting.

Bloody good score, $10K Brand new ride away with 12 months rego.

LOFTYBOB
5 years ago

Quote source removed.
just acquired a 3,000 sq ft warehouse at Torrensville mate

FLHuTChU
5 years ago

The Trumpy ^^^ and the V Bomb, ah Strom vvv. The work hack.

boxa
5 years ago

The V STROM 650 ,, Best value bike money can buy , 2013 mine cost $10500 , Lofty said 10 grand for his now in 2018 , gone down in price but not in reliability , Put some peg lowerers on mine , givi screen , 2inch rox risers and a comfy seat from mjm , and its now my long distance bike , 1000 klm a day easy ,comfy has , the harley and the yammy get used but the big miles i do on the v strom , They actually go real good has well

Jo
5 years ago

I've owned this bike since new. It's a 1994 Honda VT1100C Shadow, with just over 133,000 K's on it. Luv it.

Kato
5 years ago

Quoting Jo on 07 Aug 2018 12:58 AM
I've owned this bike since new. It's a 1994 Honda VT1100C Shadow, with just over 133,000 K's on it. Luv it.

They’re a great bike
I really liked the ACE edition Honda did
Have you had to do anything major to the Shadow in the 133 Kms you’ve had it ?

Jo
5 years ago

Well............ back in 2005 I rode up to Airlie Beach for a friends wedding. On the way back, just outside Goondiwindi, I clipped a kangaroo! Broke my left big toe, tore off the gear lever and smashed the gear box. Soooo lucky not to have come off. Mileage was around 80,000K at the time.
Other than that the Shadow has been a dream to own. Rock solid.

Kato
5 years ago

Quoting Jo on 07 Aug 2018 06:25 AMedited: 07 Aug 2018 06:26 AM
Well............ back in 2005 I rode up to Airlie Beach for a friends wedding. On the way back, just outside Goondiwindi, I clipped a kangaroo! Broke my left big toe, tore off the gear lever and smashed the gear box. Soooo lucky not to have come off. Mileage was around 80,000K at the time.
Other than that the Shadow has been a dream to own. Rock solid.

That would a been a interesting Insurance Claim
If no insurance then an expensive one for you perhaps .
At least you don't have to replace chains / sprockets LOL

Jo
5 years ago

Kato,
No insurance claim, just paid for repairs. The repair cost (just checked the receipt) was $1,296.00. Joys of Jap bikes I guess.

Hilly,
The 1100 is quite spritely, strong acceleration and can be thrown into turns with ease. Being only 245 kg it's easy to handle. Only complaint I have about the Shadow is the brakes. The single disk (front) and drum(rear) really are not up to scratch; especially the drum, which has no feel.

liberator
5 years ago

I like all the Japanese Cruisers from the 80's and 90's, you get a lot of bike for the money, they were all beautifully engineered and put together, sometimes they didn't get the styling right, ie the Virago, but what the Virago lacks in the styling department it makes up for in useability, so I've got an Virago 1100, an Intruder 1400, and this Drop Dead Gorgeous Honda Shadow Aero 1100 in the shed, all up probably worth as much as a second hand Sportster,

I always liked the look of the Honda VT1100's, so after reseaching them to death as I do when I get hooked, I bought this '98 Aero, the Aero is just one of the models, I think there's an Ace (American Classic Edition) and a Classic,

Great styling, nice to look at, I love the 2 int 1 exhaust , the running boards and the speedo is in the headlight just like all the early Honda's were, and it's shaft drive, fuck I love shafts,

I think Honda did a pretty good job,

Jo
5 years ago

That is one smoking hot Shadow. If I had known that the Ace version was coming out in 1995, I would have held off buying the 1100C. C'est la vie.
Honda really nailed the design with the ACE.

Kato
5 years ago

Quoting Jo on 13 Aug 2018 11:11 PM
That is one smoking hot Shadow. If I had known that the Ace version was coming out in 1995, I would have held off buying the 1100C. C'est la vie.
Honda really nailed the design with the ACE.

i agree the ACE American Classic Edition was a GREAT bike ( and that's coming from a 100% HD background)
Buggered if i know why they ceased making them actually

LOFTYBOB
5 years ago

The Pig is finished, after 6 weeks and $6K, and a lot of swearing in the man cave, it lives.

Getting her run in now in preparation for a lap of Aus by dirt roads

FXDF08
5 years ago

Quoting LOFTYBOB on 19 Aug 2018 09:08 AM
The Pig is finished, after 6 weeks and $6K, and a lot of swearing in the man cave, it lives.

Getting her run in now in preparation for a lap of Aus by dirt roads

Please keep us posted once you head off on your lap. Keen to know what roads you take and what they’re like? Cheers

brucefxdl
5 years ago

Quoting LOFTYBOB on 19 Aug 2018 09:08 AM
The Pig is finished, after 6 weeks and $6K, and a lot of swearing in the man cave, it lives.

Getting her run in now in preparation for a lap of Aus by dirt roads

solo ?...mates/wife? would be a good change to all the "main road " attractions.cheers

LOFTYBOB
5 years ago

Quoting LOFTYBOB on 19 Aug 2018 09:08 AM
The Pig is finished, after 6 weeks and $6K, and a lot of swearing in the man cave, it lives.

Getting her run in now in preparation for a lap of Aus by dirt roads

Quoting brucefxdl on 19 Aug 2018 11:08 AM
solo ?...mates/wife? would be a good change to all the "main road " attractions.cheers

Solo

brucefxdl
5 years ago

ok,when does this happen ?enjoy.

LOFTYBOB
5 years ago

Quoting brucefxdl on 19 Aug 2018 11:46 PM
ok,when does this happen ?enjoy.

Mid to late April, at the start of next years dry season

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