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Quote from: RoadstergalThis picture is a horrible pic of me, but it gives you the scale.

Your bike looks HUUUUUUUUGE!!!   :lol:

And it has been lowered!  She might be able to drive over a deck of cards (if you  take the Jokers out).

Is it me, or does the old tube-style frame of the early SV look better than the new flat-slab frame? The older one just really does it for me...the new one looks too much like, oh I dunno, like something from a kid's toy box. Love the little twin, South Atlantic (never seems as stormy as the North), and this forum.

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Quote from: Jake DShe might be able to drive over a deck of cards (if you  take the Jokers out).

Looks cool lowered...  As long as you're ok with doing a wheelie over speed bumps  :lol:

how could you wear a shirt that has different numbers than your bike?

That's the length of her bike in inches. Love the Baby GS, Wisconsin (the dairy cattle are not a myth), and this forum.

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Quote from: Jake DShe might be able to drive over a deck of cards (if you  take the Jokers out).

Looks cool lowered...  As long as you're ok with doing a wheelie over speed bumps  :lol:

You ain't kiddin'!  Although that might be part of why I get such puzzlingly high mileage... less drag...

Quote from: davipuhow could you wear a shirt that has different numbers than your bike?

It's the shirt I've got.  But if someone has a shirt that fits me with the same number as my bike that they want to donate, I won't complain.   :lol:

ok, then. you are offically banned from wearing shirts till you get one with the right number on it.  :mrgreen:

When Bebe got me the White Owl we had looked at an '01 SV650 that had been lowered one inch. That wasn't too bad, kinda like a cruiser and the ergos felt great. Alas, my Bebe just didn't have the cabbage put back to buy into that machine (I named her Psyche) so she got me Nicci instead. Now everytime I talk about wanting another type of bike she says "you wish you had Psyche don't you", with a hurt look on her face. But I love the little 500 (pathetically wrong for my type of riding it may be), Missouri (the sad state of), and this forum.

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Davipu. . .Brilliant!

Quote from: cernunos. . .Missouri (the sad state of), and this forum.

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Sad state?  Why, I'll show you.  

Nope.  Can't think of a reason to be sad.  But I get my happiness from within.

Quote from: RoadstergalBut if someone has a shirt that fits me with the same number as my bike that they want to donate, I won't complain.   :lol:

I have a shirt with that number...  But, it also has a '69 Super Nova on it...

It's a shirt to me, it would be a dress for you.   :lol:

Quote from: Jake DSad state?  Why, I'll show you.

:lol:

Hmm, there's a guy at work I've had my eyes on - maybe that will help.  "It's the dress code, sir!"


The SV650 non-S is a nice bike.  But for an upright seating position, my F650 is the best bike I've been on.  It's not a cheapie, though (this one is coming out of the insurance settlement).  But maybe consider a V-Strom 650?

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Hmm, there's a guy at work I've had my eyes on - maybe that will help.  "It's the dress code, sir!"

Shirtless will help.  Or go sans bra, turn the AC d - o - w - n. . .  

But like the attorney I clerked for my first year of law school used to say:
"Rule number one, Jake. . . Don't bang the help!"  

I live by that rule.  It is my mantra.

Quote from: Jake DI live by that rule.  It is my mantra.

I hope he doesn't...

No, V-Strom too top-heavy, too tall...I like my ass close to the ground. Lowered SV is close to what I want but...ahhh, the Harley Gods would doom me. Besides, V-Strom sounds like something you order in an Italian restaurant and I don't like Italian food. And remember, it has to be CHEAP...as in "basket case" or trade for Nicci. Love the White Owl, Missouri (they got a river flows right into the Mississippi don't they...that's happy), and this forum.

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Quote from: cernunosLove the Baby GS, Michigan (UP the place to be), and this forum..

Say "Ya" to da U.P., eh?!

So... Eino and Toivo come to a set of railroad tracks... (typical beginning of a Yooper joke...)

Quote from: cernunosBesides, V-Strom sounds like something you order in an Italian restaurant and I don't like Italian food.

Pronounce it "vaay strum" with a roll to the "r".  The "o" vowel is funny: try saying "errr", but pull your chin back (in).  It could mean "V-twin power", depending on how you translate it.

S&S...V-Twin power. If I were to build me a bike from scratch and had the cabbage I'd use one of their new motors. You can get motor kits from them starting around two grand or so from about 90 hp up to over 150 hp. If I had twelve grand to blow then I'd just build it all new from scratch...but I don't, so I keep looking for a CHEAP Savage or Blast or Royal Enfield. Something along those lines. I don't care if every single piece of it is apart and in boxes...the cheaper the better. Love the little GS, Iowa (never been there), and this forum.

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well almost every guy knows better than tt shaZam! whare he sleeps so to speak....

Iowa, your not missing anything.

C... you work for frommer's?  by the way, are you going to swing by and check out that savage in seattle?  You're pretty close by right?  

Now now   ... no prying into C's whereabouts.  :lol:

Believe I found it. An old buddy of mine, one I haven't seen in YEARS, called last nite and we were shootin' the shaZam! about old times and days gone by. He's been touring the states on his Indian Scout ('42 model I think) and is back in town for awhile and wanted to know if I could go for a ride. I told him I don't get to do much riding these days and I don't have my Glide anymore or even a Sportster...but I do have a little GS500. So he was like, "whatever...it's got two wheels, let's go ride". Man, that dude can ride a hand-shift bike like you've never seen! At his place he has a bunch of old Indians and HDs that he's in the process of restoring and one of them is a 1934 VL model that I absolutely fell in love with. It's all there, just needs restored. He told me I need another project to keep me feelin' alive and would I like to take on the VL?   Do I need to say what I had to reply with? So it looks like I'll be restoring an old VL to ride...the only caveat he had was that I have to keep it suicide clutch. He doesn't care if I bob it as long as I don't cut the frame (as if!) but I have to keep it hand-shift. He said it was high time I learned to ride a cycle the proper way  :lol: . No problem here. The nice thing is that I asked him what he wanted for the bike and he just looked at me and said "I owe you one". It brought tears to my eyes. I hope to be picking her up sometime next week so I can spend some time getting to know her and start tearing into the old gal so I can see what she needs. Oh, happy joy! Life is good. I love the Baby GS, USA (right or wrong), and this forum.

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