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08-04-2016, 05:36 PM | #1 |
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V-Rod - A Few Pics Of The Love Of My Life
I first was smitten by the V-Rod on the Discovery channel documentary "Making of the V-Rod" or something like that (on VHS lol). From there, I was sold. They came out in 2002, but my first one was a 2003 Harley anniversary edition in anodized aluminum.
I loved that bike, but it had a 3.5ga(?) fuel tank under the seat, narrow tires, a habit of keys falling out at inopportune times (While you were riding it), and a few other "quirks." I had yet to fall in love with the gloss black/matte black style yet. Believe it or not, despite dire warnings from my original motorcycle safety instructors and intermediate class instructors, I had already bought it and was in love with it. They seemed to think it was a very bad choice as a first road bike, being such a powerful, big, long bike that the V-Rod was. I even had an instructor talk to me for an hour after certificates were handed out, trying to convince me to save that for when I had more experience. It was excellent advice, and although I didn't take it per se, they made me realize just how dangerous of a machine it was, how easy it would be to get into trouble, so at the very beginning I drove it much more conservatively than I would have a smaller bike. So, in a way it kind of worked. Last edited by FNCrazy; 08-04-2016 at 06:35 PM. |
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Before Way1 comes and post this... I'll be the first
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Second one, I learned to tear the thing almost to the ground with just the help of good tools (that the forum recommended), and people on the forum 24/7 to help me when I couldn't figure out if it was leftie loosie or what
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My first thought was, Dominic Purcell have a frs!!
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Most of my threads when I was customizing it at first, typically consisted of a picture like this, and "Now WHAT am I supposed to do here???"
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It's becoming more clear that these will NOT be in chronological order. But, with that color scheme, after I destroyed my first Shoei (snowmobile accident, Bend winter snow/woods rescue, ambulance, etc.), I bought a new one in a horrible, horrible color that they had decided to put on closeout to put out of it's misery. GREAT helmet, top of the line, can't remember what it was called. Anyway, had a buddy that did custom paint work and we decided to paint the helmet to match, he's the painter, but I think he just sanded it down, smoothed it, and repainted. (not a great job, it was one of those, few beers, not enough time, types of things). It looked good from 5-10 feet probably, and I got a ton of compliments on it.
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Off topic on my own thread...But...automotive go kart fun!!!
The Lotus reminds me in almost every way of the FR-S, except better in almost every way. Before you get the pitchforks, even though on paper the Lotus is better in almost every way, if I could pick one and not have it cost a dime, I'd still pick the FR-S. SOON MORE V-ROD PICS! Last edited by FNCrazy; 08-04-2016 at 07:40 PM. |
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