took my sons bike back to him today..

[ogri48]

in time for spring..its gloss instead of matt, racks gone, twin headlights back onnit, black silver plate..he loves it, went straight out onnit for an hour despite the cold and hail (in a piss pot..hes a better man than me..)and i feel great for him, nuffin better than having your bike how you want it.. 

[slimwilly]

What a good Daddy,,well done

[ChristoT]

Even if it is a Harley... 

[mr self destruct]

That's beautiful! 




yeah I like cruisers and don't care who knows it! 

[kitcrazy]

nice bike i think the fat bob is a great bike.

[hightower]

Was wondering whether to install single or twin lamps on my KZ - you've just helped me decide. Single it is.

[fazersharp]

Now then --- black number plate, I may be wrong but I thought that you could only have one on a classic vehicle of a certain age.
Cause I think one would look good on my black fazer

[mr self destruct]

Now then --- black number plate, I may be wrong but I thought that you could only have one on a classic vehicle of a certain age.
Cause I think one would look good on my black fazer

Pre 1973 only, but it's one of those where you'd have to be very unlucky to get pulled.

[ogri48]

Yup, it's illegal, but I've done it on several bikes including the Bonnie I run now, coppers are ok about it so far, though I have the normal plate underneath and carry the tools to change it under the seat. Even if they did prosecute, it's not points. Depends whether it's worth the risk or not.
Fatbob looks good, but trust me there not all that. Five years old and every time you try to disconnect an electrical connection it crumbles. Mudguards were already bubbling with rust. Frame was rusty under the seat. Fork stanchions been changed once under warranty, paint has now come off again. And it is a pig to work on, and then some. Not only is everything imperial, but there's no captive nuts like on a jap bike.so even taking the front mudguard meant trying to get a spanner on the bolts behind whilst you undo the imperial Allen key bolt on the outside....all the way through the thread length as the nuts are all locking so they don't vibrate loose...undo all 4 and you've lost half an hour just taking a mudguard of and skinned at least two  knuckles...
They hold there value...if your a typical harley owner and do a thousand miles every five years with dealer history servicing...get one like my boys that I've done 12000 miles on and serviced myself and it's worth bugger all in real terms..
 good job my son will never sell it and then pass it on to his boy, my grandson josh.

[ogri48]

As for the silver black plate..You gotta admit it looks far more in character on a retro, especially one I treat like Steve mcqueens bike by riding it around in the dirt round the farm across the fields and down to the river wensum with me dog running alongside..

[ogri48]

Yup, Triumph whups the fatbob..And it's a damn handy bike for taking a short cut to norwich ...try doing that on a harley and it will just dig a hole and bury itself..