Traded the Ninja

[OC Maximus]

Lets face it, with a bad set of knees I got tired of riding the ole Kawi Ninja. I don't ride as hard as I did 10 years ago so all that rpm was going to waste.

So.......... traded her in for a cruiser. An HD 48.

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In the process of chopping it and making it my own. Now I'm happy and riding everyday again. :D

[Kal-EL]

WOW! swaggville.

[MaadDaawg]

Sweet ride there dude :thumbsup:

Personally, I'd rather ride an HD than a Japanese made bide. An HD is a machine and all business... Japanese bikes are plastic... IMO at least, don't own a bike myself :rofl:

[Splave]

Id love to see kal ride on it, would like a kid on a big wheel rofl!

Pretty sweet dude! Before you know it your future 18 year old son will be asking for the keys! ;)

[GFDuke]

Can ya ride it in the submarine? You need to get stationed on an aircraft carrier so you can ride it on the flight deck. lol

Nice bike dude.

[DOM]

nice bike but not my type i should be fixing my ninja some time this yr or next :)

[Mr.Scott]

nice bike but not my type i should be fixing my ninja some time this yr or next :)
Not my type either. At 50, I still ride a GSXR 1100. lol
Had it since new, 15 years now.

[DOM]

Not my type either. At 50, I still ride a GSXR 1100. lol
Had it since new, 15 years now.

I had nubs since 04 for it new also its like the one in my avatar XD-10R

My dad was like 60 some and was driving my brothers 08 busa :laughing:

[OC Maximus]

Sweet ride there dude :thumbsup:

Personally, I'd rather ride an HD than a Japanese made bide. An HD is a machine and all business... Japanese bikes are plastic... IMO at least, don't own a bike myself :rofl:
Hey, hey now, I love the Jap bikes. They are precision machines no doubt. No hate that way at all. I've ridden Jap rockets for the past 12 years or so without any quality complaints, so take that with a grain of salt my friend....

On another note. I did not pick up the 48 because it was HD or made in USA. It just fit my needs, ( bad knees, fwd controls please) and I'm a sucker for a fat front tire.

TBH, if you would have asked me a year ago if I'd ever get a cruiser I would have told you, "Hell No! Cruisers are for old people" lol.
Id love to see kal ride on it, would like a kid on a big wheel rofl!
Kal on this bike, lol. Like a Gorilla humping a football. Yeah, its not for big burly men you you an Kal, Sporsters are for Men with small woman like hands like me. hehehe ;)
Can ya ride it in the submarine? You need to get stationed on an aircraft carrier so you can ride it on the flight deck. lol

Nice bike dude.
Uhhh, lol.
nice bike but not my type i should be fixing my ninja some time this yr or next :)
Get-er-done

Not my type either. At 50, I still ride a GSXR 1100. lol
Had it since new, 15 years now.
Even the little ZX6-R Ninja was too much umph for this guy. I like'm low slow now-a-days. Not that the little 1200 Sporty is a slouch. She will get up and go on demand. Just no need for the excessive super bike these days.

[OC Maximus]

BTW, still have intake & exhaust to work on. At the moment they are still stock. I punched out the baffles in the exhaust today to get a bit more noise coming out of the pipes. She is just way to quiet as she sits.

Also removed the springs out of the springer seat and added rubber stoppers. Pulled the struts back off and installed the original coil springs today. Wow, what a better ride now. Yeah, I love the old school but do like the more comfortable ride now. ;)

[kikicoco1334]

Dude! nice bike!

[Bones]

That's similar to what my brother has, he got his about a month ago.
About a week after he got it, he was hit from behind by a guy in a truck not paying attention even though my brother was turning to the right into a driveway, had his signal on and everything. The guy simply ran up on him and clipped the handlebars with the truck's mirror when he finally realized what was up and tried to miss him by going right - The same place my brother was going and that's how he got clipped. Didn't do alot of damage to the bike and although my brother was bruised and scraped up somewhat, nothing was broken or really serious at least.

I'm currently riding a 03 Honda Shadow 750 ACE and it's actually been a very reliable ride. I haven't had to do much of anything to it since I got it about 4 yrs ago except for tires and oil changes but right now it's due for the valves to be adjusted and an overall check-it-over inspection. Still runs great and has plenty of power for cruising but obviously it's not a rice-rocket so no high revving here.

An older guy (Vietnam vet) I know that's rode bikes for years told me that the Hondas have the best ride overall, the HD's will by their nature "Beat you to death" in comparison.

He said he's owned a great many over the years and in his experience with most anything you can name related to cruisers the Hondas simply ride better.
I do want my next bike to be an HD but for now the Shadow will do and looks like with proper care it will be around for the next several years at least. I have seen where guys have rode these over 100,000 miles with no major problems and they say those bikes still run well but proper care is key to it all and that goes for anything you know. That's the plan here since anyhting you get isn't free and it just makes sense to take proper care of your ride anyway.

As for knee problems, in my case I wasn't sure how the knee problems I was having would affect my riding but after the operation was done and riding season came back around, I've noted no difference in my ability to ride at all when I took it out for a ride earlier.

[MaadDaawg]

Bones, he HD's beating you to death is what makes it a real bike :P Lifters need adjustment, no prob, just pull over to the side of the road and adjust em :laughing: At least, that's my thought... never owned a bike :rofl: I just prefer "street machines" over smooth riders in general :laughing:

[Bones]

Bones, he HD's beating you to death is what makes it a real bike :P Lifters need adjustment, no prob, just pull over to the side of the road and adjust em :laughing: At least, that's my thought... never owned a bike :rofl: I just prefer "street machines" over smooth riders in general :laughing:

Had enough of that driving the monster rock hauling trucks in a quarry. Those things define a ride beating you to death - I know a HD isn't as bad and the beating one gives is what makes it a HD BUT I still prefer something with a good ride to it.

I do want to get an HD one day but that's gonna have to wait, I'm just glad to even have a bike right now and enjoying the one I do have. :Hi:

[Neuromancer]

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