1rooster
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My 2nd gen with sidecar gets better mpg than my 1st gen and thats a fact.Have to stop every 100 miles and refill on the 1st gen and get 150-170 miles on the 2nd gen with sidecar before refueling.
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I was in Asheville today.and yesterday and wednesday and maybe tomorrow.
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I just use a regular floor jack under the bike.Lift up the bike,remove the rear tire and get down to business.I have left the bike on the floor jack for 3 or 4 days with no problems.
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\ Here is my take on this.Both bikes will run 70 on interstate,55 on rural roads,35 on Blue Ridge Parkway,and as low as 10 on the Rooster Tail.You will have to ride the rooster tail to know what I mean about as slow as 10 mph.So, with all this taken into consideration....NEITHER IS FASTER..but for comfort the 2nd Gen wins hands down, or would that be thumbs up?
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Hey warrior.Was good to meet you at Mr Motorcycle friday night event.Glad you joined and you will not regret it.I thought my 20 mile drive to the KOA was a short one but you are like,3 to 4 miles from there.See you Wednesday afternoon around 4:30.
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How many 1st genners out there that think their bike is faster than a 2nd gen has actually ridden a 2nd gen?I would be willing to bet 90% has not.I have both so I can talk the talk and walk the walk.
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And I am just the opposite.I hate my feet under me.I love the floor boards.I have floor boards on my 1984 bike,and thinking of putting them on my 1986 for more comfort.
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I have a 1st and a 2nd gen.I know which one will get me there and comfortable doing it.My 1st gen is for local riding and my 2nd gen is my highway bike.
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You can have the speed and I will settle for the comfort and reliability.
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I use the same headsets and cables on my 86 and my 99.
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Asheville Rally ICE list, getting that time again
1rooster replied to Venturous Randy's topic in Watering Hole
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60 if I remember correctly.
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So hot here a bird was pulling a worm out of the ground with a potholder.
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And just exactly what does a Harley look like? Indian could have built a V twin in 1903.I have a 1st gen that looks like a Goldwing and a 2nd gen that looks just like a motorcycle
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Do I get the long distance award if I show up?
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I'll be staying in the cave this year.
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Shipped mine to Germany and back for FREE:dancefool:..courtesy of Uncle Sam.
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I am sorry that I never had a chance to meet this HERO Pamela Murphy, widow of WWII hero and actor, Audie Murphy, died peacefully at her home on April 8, 2010. She was the widow of the most decorated WWII hero and actor, Audie Murphy, and established her own distinctive 35 year career working as a patient liaison at the Sepulveda Veterans Administration hospital, treating every veteran who visited the facility as if they were a VIP. Any soldier or Marine who came into the hospital got the same special treatment from her. She would walk the hallways with her clipboard in hand making sure her boys got to see the specialist they needed. If they didn't, watch out. Her boys weren't Medal of Honor recipients or movie stars like Audie, but that didn't matter to Pam. They had served their country. That was good enough for her. She never called a veteran by his first name. It was always "Mister." Respect came with the job. "Nobody could cut through VA red tape faster than Mrs. Murphy," said veteran Stephen Sherman, speaking for thousands of veterans she befriended over the years. "Many times I watched her march a veteran who had been waiting more than an hour right into the doctor's office. She was even reprimanded a few times, but it didn't matter to Mrs. Murphy. "Only her boys mattered. She was our angel." Audie Murphy died broke in a plane crash in 1971, squandering millions of dollars on gambling, bad investments, and yes, other women. "Even with the adultery and desertion at the end, he always remained my hero," Pam told me. She went from a comfortable ranch-style home in Van Nuys where she raised two sons to a small apartment - taking a clerk's job at the nearby VA to support herself and start paying off her faded movie star husband's debts. At first, no one knew who she was. Soon, though, word spread throughthe VA that the nice woman with the clipboard was Audie Murphy's widow. It was like saying General Patton had just walked in the front door. Men with tears in their eyes walked up to her and gave her a hug. "Thank you," they said, over and over. The first couple of years, I think the hugs were more for Audie's memory as a war hero. The last 30 years, they were for Pam. One year I asked her to be the focus of a Veteran's Day column for all the work she had done. Pam just shook her head no. "Honor them, not me," she said, pointing to a group of veterans down the hallway. "They're the ones who deserve it." The vets disagreed. Mrs. Murphy deserved the accolades, they said. Incredibly, in 2002, Pam's job was going to be eliminated in budget cuts. She was considered "excess staff." "I don't think helping cut down on veterans' complaints and showing them the respect they deserve, should be considered excess staff," she told me. Neither did the veterans. They went ballistic, holding a rally for her outside the VA gates. Pretty soon, word came down from the top of the VA. Pam Murphy was no longer considered "excess staff." She remained working full time at the VA until 2007 when she was 87. "The last time she was here was a couple of years ago for the conference we had for homeless veterans," said Becky James, coordinator of the VA's Veterans History Project. Pam wanted to see if there was anything she could do to help some more of her boys. Pam Murphy was 90 when she died last week. What a lady. l
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I too enjoy the ride up but everytime I ride up the mountain I have to ride back down it,or one of the others to get back home.
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Keep me posted as to when you are coming back up here and we sure will ride The Rooster Tail.Sorry Cliff had to sell the wing,it sure was a nice one
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They stole" The Rooster Tail",At least half of it.It was announced today that The Rooster Tail Has been renamed The Diamondback.Story here. http://diamondbacknc.com/. The good part is that highway 80 is still the best road to ride and it still belongs to THE ROOSTER.Here is a couple videos of The Rooster Tail. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoUYJ6CAcNA&feature=related]YouTube- Hwy 80 toward Marion NC[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk8w0XjUbl0&feature=related]YouTube- Hwy 80 to Marion part 2[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nUpdWV_m3k&feature=related]YouTube- Hwy 80 to Marion part 3[/ame]
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83 must be the top speed for a 1st gen.Thats as fast as my 86 will go.Now the 2nd gen has been up to 110 with the sidecar.
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Just get on the bike and come back in 6 weeks when she gets over it.
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Put her in a recliner with a couple drinks and a few snacks and head out to MD.She'll be OK for a few days and she might even thank you for that.
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Nope,just gotta make sure there is a tree close by or a fire hydrant.