How I fell in love

[ddragon63]

Hey! I have one of those whole cows I wear riding in the winter. I wear mesh in the summer. Living in Ca though I need to get some @ssless chaps to wear with the leather gear in the winter though and mesh pants for the summer (gotta have matching gear you know)

aren't all chaps @ssless Cy?!

Living up in the NW we have to have all sorts of gear. sometimes you could use 2 different set ups in the same day. I love my 3 piece S&S textile jacket. take the full size liner out of it and its a spring jacket. Unzip the outside and it breaks down to a full mess for hot summer and your armor stays with you. works great on the XS.

[motoman]

Unzip the outside and it breaks down to a full mess for hot summer and your armor stays with you. works great on the XS.

That's gotta be a bi#*h gettin' it over the clutch and brake levers........

[ddragon63]

That's gotta be a bi#*h gettin' it over the clutch and brake levers........

it's a jacket... not Mitten's!

[Squatch]

well, just so you guys know, I'm 6'6" and 240 lBs, also I'm 22, so I may be the youngest here, I would love to go on some rallies and rides this summer, after my deployment is finished up, I live in minneapolis, and because gas mileage is awesome, I may as well enjoy the road before the prices jack up again

[BA80]

Let me be the first to thank you for your service.

We would be proud to have you join us. There are a few other young-uns here. Hell, none of us ever really grew up anyway.

[Squatch]

now that is a good point

[trbig]

I tried BA
I like to eat

...so I got the 50 and smothered it in leather honey and stretched it..

Thought you were gonna say you smothered it in honey and ATE it. You ate all the insides of the cow, why stop at the outside? lol.


And you all hush. I realize I've got no room to talk here.. I only WISHED I weighed 218.

Nice bike, Squatch. Hopefully it treats you like a fine redheaded woman, and not like a redheaded step-child.

[Joab]

Hey Squash, you didn't happen to deploy with the 2-147 AHB, did you?

[Squatch]

I'm Minnesota buddy, I really don't know the answer to that, we flew oer as a whole unit, and landed here as the same... they may have been here while we were, or still might be... I really don't know

[Joab]

Yeah, 2-147 AHB is your Saint Paul based UH-60 BN. I was a crew chief up there for several years before I took a job down here at Fort Rucker, AL. They are deployed out in Kuwait right now, so I wasn't sure if you were part of the unit or not

[Squatch]

thank you, yeah, Im from Minneapolis, but my armory is up north, I'm part of the 1st BCT lol, I was really confused

[Joab]

Lol, gotcha. Well, you Red Bulls stay safe out there, I miss the 2-147, Alabama Guard is...well...different. Fans of yankees like us...they are not. Take care, I might have to look you up when I head up there to visit this summer. Not sure if I will take the 1100 with me or not.

[Squatch]

can't wait to ride man, how is the bike for long distances like that... it is at least 30 years old... I guess it's my perception of vehicles and products built today, cheap, inefficient, and all for show...
what can you guys tell me about the reliability of these XS's

[ddragon63]

can't wait to ride man, how is the bike for long distances like that... it is at least 30 years old... I guess it's my perception of vehicles and products built today, cheap, inefficient, and all for show...
what can you guys tell me about the reliability of these XS's

There's guys on here that have gone on 1000+ mile trips on their XS's.... I'm taking my first longish of a trip this summer. I'll have put about 1000 miles on it total for the 5 day trip. Next year we're riding to Yellowstone (about 950 miles each way) My Parents use to go to Yellowstone on this bike every summer when I was a kid. So now its my turn! I need to find a Buffalo to get a picture of me, the bike, and a Buffalo. Then my Mom can hang it next to the picture of my Dad, the bike, and a Buffalo

[BA80]

The longest trips I've made are from here in Tulsa to to Winona, Minnesota for the Lost Rally for the last 2 years and I' plan to go again.

My odometer one way......



The only problems I've experinced in 2 trips is 2 flat tires