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Ratkity

@ScottG and @Capt_KLR - major dr00ls for all the bikes! Luv em.

Capt_KLR

Yup, shiny like a lure!

Capt_KLR

Here's my KLR in camping mode.

Capt_KLR

Fly fishing mode!

ScottG

Seriously though, this is how a REAL MAN tows his T@B...



(Artsy type will kindly note the excellent color coordination.)

Nomad

Ok, show us your thighs - Have to be the size of an elephant :-)

Capt_KLR

Hey Scott, take a picture with your six cylinder hooked up to that T@B of yours!

Ratkity

That six cylinder engine looks like a monster! Bet it doesn't sound like some of the sewing machines reving and racing recklessly down the highway close to where I live. Dunno who those people are, but I have a sneaking suspicion their life spans are shorter than the average person's.

ScottG

Captain, that was the original plan, but it quickly devolved into the bicycle. Towing with the Valkyrie was big topic of discussion on the tech forums I used to lurk on. I recall one photo--and I think it was for real--of a Valk pulling a canoe trailer. Nice KLR--however, it doesn't keep with the mandated T@B biker color code.  :-)

Ratkity, the bike was considered a monster when in debuted in 1996, but it's 1500cc's quickly got eclipsed in the displacement race of the early 2000's. Was and still is a great bike though, with no shortage of giddyup. Sound is more muscle car from the tail pipes, but with all the moving parts in the engine and tranny, the front end does kinda whine like a sewing machine (albeit a large industrial one).

PXL, I don't think I know you well enough for that kind of pillow talk!  :-0

Capt_KLR

I have to deal with the Vulcan whine and the KLR thump. Love the timing on the KLR though, one, one, one.

Ratkity

Geesh, my li'l ole Fatboy is jus' 1801cc.

ScottG

Ratkity said:

Geesh, my li'l ole Fatboy is jus' 1801cc.

Yep, but in 1996 that Fatboy offered 1338cc's cranking out 57hp--and that was heavy iron at the time!

Ratkity

1990 3m jump - Terminator 2 (Fatboy - yes, I know about the cables suspending it!) - still cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb4ybHmiuq0

ScottG

Yee-hah!

Cables? I didn't see no cables!  ;-)