Todays Ride

You are a lucky man FLHTbiker. Our weather had gone back to winter, so I decided the time was right to make some long-thought-out changes in my baby's looks. Ie: taking some chrome pieces in to have them powdercoated in matching "black pearl" color.

Just after removing all the parts, the temp got up into the 50's and 60's, and I got to watch everyone out riding. What a bummer. Well, hope you had a good day anyway.

I grabbed the Fatboy this am and met some buds, then we rode along Ocean Parkway (here in NY we drive on Parkways and park on Driveways) The Atlantic was calm today due to a North Wind (the ocean is on the islands south shore). Went to Captree Boat Basin where there are many commercial boats and during the offseaason and impromtu car/bike show. Hundreds of gear heads, qawkers and lurkers hanging out showing off their hardware. Cold ride home since home was north and the wind was gusting to 30mph.
Can't wait for warmer weather.
http://nysparks.com/parks/65/details.aspx


Ps HotRoadKing tipped me off to FUELMOTO.com for pre-tuned Power Commanders from their Dyno experience. They have great pricing and I ordered one to replace a Vance & Hines unit. I can't believe the difference in the torque and power! My 95 cu in gave heartaches to 110's today during roll-ons in different gea rs. I definitely recommend FUELMOTO. They have their own maps for many configurations of pipes, cams filters. http://www.fuelmotousa.com/

That's happening because the fuel gets hot in the float bowl when sitting still. Sometimes the heat causes the float to stick open and allow too much gas into the bowl (kinda like flooding). That doesn't happen on fuel injected bikes cuz there is no fuel sitting in a bowl over the hot heads. Or, it could be the crappy E-10 gas.

Cameras on the boat are almost as bad as bananas on a boat!

I got to put on over 250 miles this weekend!!!
100 saturday+++160 yesterday === over 250
Spring has SPRUNG here!!!
Dogwoods in bloom, wisteria and several others have already done their thing...
Pics from the Train ride and of the ABATE meeting is all I got...
We took six nieces and nephews on a tran ride saturday, the wifes` van had all the seatbelts in use, SO I had to ride my Bike to the train depot ~ 50 miles one way...
Then we met, Kickstands up @ 12:15 fer our monthly trip to the meeting...
Rain sets in tonite!!!
While wiping down the bike, I fount a broke windshield bracket yesterday...
I had beena having a rattle that I couldn`t find, then it quit rattling...I reckon that was it???
TCLOCS pays off!!!, Crank

That is a nice looking Fat Boy!!

Chat with you all later, time to get the wife's bike to the shop!!

Thanks Johnny! :cheers:

It was yesterday that I was able to get out on the bike and go for a ride. It wasn't the harley but hey, I am not going to complain. HR and I had to take her bike into the shop so we can get some stuff done, new front pad, air cleaner, and go through the carbs to get rid of that nasty popping. When we took off, it was 40* out and winds gusting to 30mph. I had full leathers on so I wasn't that cold going south, but when I turned west it was a whole different story. That was cold, plus going 55 mph. BUURRRRR!!!

A lot of sand and salt on the road yet. I am not going to take that out for another couple of weeks yet. Not only that I have a flat front tire that I need to get fixed.

During the winter, when we see 40 on the thermometer, we get excited to go riding. But it's a shock riding into the wind when it's only 40. On the hwy. @ 60-70mph, it will make you want to cry--unless you have heated liners.