Loud pipes save lives. Seriously.
I decided to take advantage of some record-high temperatures today, finish up some maintenance on the bikes, and take a spin. Heading down the interstate out of town, I got into a little bumper-to-bumper traffic going about 60 (speed limit is 65), with me in the leftmost lane (of three). The left lane was going a mile or two faster than the middle
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At this point I just need to put in a fresh oil filter, rebuild my front master cylinder, and then go through all the legal rego stuff.
As for the earplugs, I started wearing those back in '89. The wind makes too much noise. :) Even under a full face helmet it's still too loud for my tastes for any sort of reasonable highway run.
I'm real tempted to try to score a Shovel from the states. I see 'em going cheap as chips on ebay, and down here they're pretty pricey (which is why I ended up with the Iron, simply couldn't afford the big twin, tho I do like the Iron quite a bit-just like the Shovel better). Also the US dollar has been in the dumps lately which makes a huge diff. Probably going to be back for hols in Dec but I doubt I'll have the scratch to pull it off yet. Apparently Shovels and Irons down here were going pretty cheap a few years back, but the Japanese were buying them up by the truckload, so they've gotten pretty scarce now and are climbing in price.
Ultimately I'm thinking of a Shovel for myself and converting the Iron into a trike for the wife. But that would be like the 10 year plan. :)
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