Hey everyone!
I'm Montikore. I picked up my first bikes last year, a pair of matching 97 XVZ1300s. One is my daily, bobbed out (work in progress. my rear fender looks like crap, but i'm not a pro fabricator so it is what it is ahahah) and robin's egg blue and my project bike is still undetermined on styling. I'm in love with these bikes! I've always loved shaft driven cruisers. I wanted to know from other RS owners what to expect in the coming years. My ride currently has 27,xxx miles on the odometer for my daily, and the other is around 24,xxx as I recall. Any known issues you've ran into, any maintenance tips, or any pointers for where get some performance parts?
Each spring there are many riders trying to wake their bike up from a winter nap or new to them rides and are having issues. There's a many here who will share their experience in an attempt to get you safely on the road. A few things that really help us is your location and some bike details...
This is an idea I have seen on another forum, and it seemed like a lot of fun if enough people participate. This forum has more than enough activity that it should take off. The basic idea is this; while riding find certain objects or signs or whatever to take a pic of your bike in front of...
welcome to the forum from New York. I'm sure other 1300 owners will give you feedback. You can find many manuals on line for free download for maintenance help. Ride safe...
Welcome from Columbus, OH! There are more than a few who are either in process of bobbing their bikes or have already done it. Good luck on your project and post pics along the way.
Welcome from Pensacola Florida, I am a Missouri transplant to Florida. I learned while in the Navy that there is a life without snow , so I never went back ( that was 40 years ago this year)
Okay you have to stop weather shaming those of us who still live where there is the "S" word....??We have other challenges also....Like trying to pack a years worth of riding into 5 or 6 months...HAHA...post some pics of the rides you are taking around FLA so us snowbound people can sit in front of a fan and get some virtual wind therapy...
We have challenges too, we have sand between are toes, we get sunburnt, we have to buy more tires,We have trouble with wrinkles from a constant smile on our faces riding in January...it's rough living here , can't you tell.
Welcome form Wisconsin.There are a lot of nice people here. I am not a bobber guy bit i am kinda digging yours. Love the white wall and the color. Stop by often
My wife and I are really amazed, we figured we would get comments back from you snow birds.
We both got a really good laugh from Redbirds comment , so the 2 of us fired back at him expecting it to get real funny. And what happened , nothing , we even waited a couple days....
maybe their keyboards froze under all that snow , I don't know, maybe their shoes froze to the ground coming up the sidewalk and they are stuck in the front yard....you just don't know, as I walk out to the bike to go for a ride.....
We have salt between our toes. Keyboard isn't frozen we go thru the day like when you have an icecream brain freeze. We know how to get our frozen shoes off of the sidewalk, it is just like getting the dogs paws off. And you feel the same when it is 900* out with 2000% humidity. We are opening our frozen garage doors and it is "our time to smile"
@Jspree I was stuck on intermittent snow and ice hahaha
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