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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
Looks like saddlebags drooped down on them OR some passenger rested their heels on them and that was the end result...
I had a set of Jardine 180 degree tuned back in the early 80s on my 79 SF with the turn-out muffs that sure sounded sweeeet..
The kinda sound you could listen to all day and half the night...
Everytime I got on the bike and started it, it was like music to my ears... NOTHING in the world compares to a finely tuned in-line four winding-out thru all the gears....
Back then I drove a crude oil transport outta Sterling City Tejas and I rode my 79 SF practically everyday thru-out the year for about 4 years. Talk about a rush...getting out of a Mack truck after 12 hours of hauling crude and being able to climb on that sweet sounding, fine running machine was like NIRVANA...Kept me grinning until 85 when I bought the 2nd V Max to hit Midland/Odessa and like they say...the rest is history...
Addenum to the previous post, ran outta time to get this pic posted.
It is a pic of a 11X14 I have matted and framed of my then new 85 V Max
taken in APR 85 My then GF's Father owned an upholstery shop and she went down
and cut out a sheepskin pad for the driver's seat (she even finished it with edgeing
and grommet holes to secure it to the bike) AND I still have for sentimental reasons???
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