Your other "non-Harley" Bike?

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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 04 Nov 2024 09:18 AM

    Can't think what I got but 40,000 kms of good traction wet and dry from a total of 5 of them.

    Never got the life out of them that the yanks seem to, but Oz roads a different.
    Oh yeah, the fun of taking the piss out of amateur tyre engineers, who would tell you that it wouldn't go round corners, while we were standing on top of Mt Mee, or after outrunning them up the Perserverence dam road.
    Don't run them now.

    I only tried the two and the downside was the chewing out of the fronts due to the constant countersteering required. Dont think i could push as hard on the car tyre than you did on one chase up the obi when you had yours on.....its not a good place to park it in the crash barrier heading up.  
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Well no crash barrier is a good place to park,  fortunately never done it.
    I stopped using them after deciding that the need for constant countersteering was giving me microslides in the front on the days when the council topdressed the Obi down road or the Suicide with greased bat shit, ran the water truck over it and knocked off for the day.
    And Politics and Religion? One of the Vic forums has that topic, looking in it's like lifting the lid on a septic tank, particularly at the moment. I reckon they'd be shooting each other if they lived closer. For all the posturing about freedom, they seem mighty upset when someone feels free to disagree with them.
    And given that Victories apparently sold best in the south and mid west, you can imagine which way the tide is running.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 year ago
    They do seem a tad divided.......
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Out on a back road somewhere.
    Sounds like a Lucinda Williams song.
    We've had a few violent electrical storms through in the evenings, dumping short bursts of heavy rain.
    A couple of blokes in my brigade got called out to a lighting strike started grassfire  only to watch it hammered out 10 minutes after they got there by hail, then torrential rain.
    Country is a lot greener, particularly along the Maronghi Creek flats, bit the creek is not really flowing yet.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    10 months
    Been a bit of mention on another thread of combined bike and rider age totals. A mate down south just let me know of his new bike that takes this to next level, as if his 1917 Excelsior wasn't enough.
    1912 Humber, with 2 speed planetary gears in the rear hub, for a total of 183 years.


  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    10 months
    Quoting obisteve on 02 Feb 2025 01:41 AM

    Been a bit of mention on another thread of combined bike and rider age totals. A mate down south just let me know of his new bike that takes this to next level, as if his 1917 Excelsior wasn't enough.

    1912 Humber, with 2 speed planetary gears in the rear hub, for a total of 183 years.


    God i am but a spring chicken....2012 Street Glide and 64 in a few weeks gives me a total of 77yrs
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    10 months
    Lucky bastard!
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    10 months
    For all those who never wondered, this is a pic of the underneath of a Victory throttle body showing the adaptor that goes straight onto the down draught intakes on the heads. Very much like standard V8 practice. Twin 45mm bores in the throttle body.  The alloy adaptor is an aftermarket part, stock is a moulded silicone rubber. This is from a mates bike, he's had a bit of trouble with the stock rubber parts tearing, but he has Lloydz torque tubes fitted instead of the normal airbox, long tapered tubes that mount big K&N filters below the steering neck that curve over the engine and down through the throttle body. With appropriate tuning (Maximus or PC6) and dyno work, they bump up torque and power quite a bit. 
    My mate likes power. The other pic is of him driving his el Camino.


  • obisteve
    obisteve
    5 months
    "Off overseas for 5 weeks riding in the sunshine"
    Lucky bugger PB.
    I've been enjoying a few rides in the sunshine, but have been waiting for the frost to melt, and mostly waiting for the temp to climb over 10°
    My torn triceps has healed and stretched enough to reach the Vic bars without too much pain so I've been out on it today. First gallop it's had since November last year.
    This is a stretch of the D'aguilar highway that was bypassed when an old wooden bridge was replaced, leaving a kilometre of 60s highway as a local road.

  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    5 months
    Me too.... Was in Laos for 4 weeks in April and did a fair bit of riding. Back there again in 15 days :)
  • Neale
    Neale
    2 months
    Picked this up the other day, brand new ie: unmolested by anyone.
    It was 1984 when I last owned a Japanese bike. 
    This thing, awesome brakes, slick gearbox, comfortable on the highway. Very impressed. Unlike the first generation GSX 1100 death trap that put me off jappas.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    2 months
    If it's the 1050, they are a sweet little V-twin ( as you would know, based on the TL1000S ).
    Good balance of torque and power .
    Never ridden the new generation, but it would be very capable .
  • Neale
    Neale
    2 months
    Quoting speedzter on 04 Oct 2025 11:08 PM

    If it's the 1050, they are a sweet little V-twin ( as you would know, based on the TL1000S ).
    Good balance of torque and power .
    Never ridden the new generation, but it would be very capable .

    Yes mate, latest generation 1050.
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    2 months
    Don't ask me why I bought that yesterday. 
    Seemed like a good idea at the time. 
  • 408
    408
    2 months
    Colours are ok
    At least its not kermit green
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Beages! Track days or run up the point 😜
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    2 months
    Nice. I've got a soft spot for big Kwackas. Be like a rocket-ship compared to the Harley - though I'm probably telling you something you already know :-). How's the riding position?
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    2 months
    Quoting Stuart on 08 Oct 2025 07:24 PMedited: 08 Oct 2025 07:31 PM

    Nice. I've got a soft spot for big Kwackas. Be like a rocket-ship compared to the Harley - though I'm probably telling you something you already know :-). How's the riding position?

    The riding position is the only complaint I have with the bike.
    Because you're leaning forward there is a bit of weight on your hands and wrists. It was never a problem with the ZZR1100 but I might have put on a couple kilos since then !
    I'm thinking 2 inch risers would help but I will leave it the way it is for a while and see if I get used to it.

  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 08 Oct 2025 11:28 AM

    Beages! Track days or run up the point 😜

    Too old for track days Hilly.
    Just bought it for when I'm in the mood for a blast.
    It's great to have the choice. 
    I forgot how quick the fuckers go !
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 08 Oct 2025 11:28 AM

    Beages! Track days or run up the point 😜

    Quoting beaglebasher on 09 Oct 2025 09:40 AM

    Too old for track days Hilly.

    Just bought it for when I'm in the mood for a blast.
    It's great to have the choice. 
    I forgot how quick the fuckers go !

    It's a fair old rush as the revs come up, I still remember 😁
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