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On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:01:52 -0400, DSK wrote:

Frank, I dunno why you're talking about buying a motorcycle
instead of a boat.

Mutually exclusive projects not restricted from concurrent activity.

Here's a thought, why not bicycle to your
running trail? Then you can get more exercise coming & going.

Would like to, but way too dangerous because of the road I have to
take. It's bad enough that, when running, I have to come off the
trail onto the Natchez Trace to cross one street on an overpass.
Unbelievable how many people will not give way even when not faced
with any oncoming traffic.

And I wouldn't worry about a "girl's bike." One of the best
welders I ever worked with was a lady biker.

Not worried. Haven't seen any girls riding them down here. And when
I was welding women were not. That came later.

Scotty wrote:
Is there an H-D dealer near you,
No, although maybe in Memphis or Birmingham. If I go through with it
I anticipate buying private party used.

do they also sell Buell?
Buell makes a 500cc 'Blast' that is a decent mid size bike.

Don't know, might check, haven't seen any in the area.

Frank


A neighbor down in New Bern has a Buell. Seems to be a great
ride.

DSK

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Frank Boettcher wrote:


Not worried. Haven't seen any girls riding them down here. And when
I was welding women were not. That came later.

Oh come on now, many many of the welders building liberty ships in WWII
were ladies.
Sounds like you have an excellent background in welding. I'm thinking
on going to a night school in Texas City to get up to speed on modern
methods. Seems no one uses rods anymore.

Uhhh...and Frank, Scotty's right, the sportster is indeed a girley
bike, many girls ride them here.
Get a fatboy, or go with the Buell.

Joe

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"DSK" wrote
Scotty wrote:
Is there an H-D dealer near you, do they also sell
Buell?
Buell makes a 500cc 'Blast' that is a decent mid size
bike.


A neighbor down in New Bern has a Buell. Seems to be a
great
ride.


My buddy has one of the early Buells, with the 1000cc
Sportster engine. That sucker flies!

Scotty

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Frank Boettcher wrote:
...snip... Thought after HD
came back from their spiral down in the seventies, all the bikes were
good. Maybe not?
....snip...

Hi, Frank, This is Frank. grin My $.02...

I had a Sportster in the 60s. At the time, it was pretty much as
dependable as any other bike available. By the 70s, that was far from
true. However, like you said, by the 80s they talked about how they'd
bought themselves back and were producing bikes as good as anything
from Japan. So in 88, I bought a new H-D. This one had electric start.
Whoo-hoo!

Hah! What a POS. Couldn't go a thousand miles without needing a major
visit to the shop. I sold it in 90 and bought a nice Yamaha for about
1/3 the price. Faster, can actually corner without scraping anything,
infinitely more dependable, blah, blah. H-D will never get any of my
money again.

YMMV,

Frank

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On 4 Aug 2006 08:41:37 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Frank Boettcher wrote:


Not worried. Haven't seen any girls riding them down here. And when
I was welding women were not. That came later.

Oh come on now, many many of the welders building liberty ships in WWII
were ladies.

Yeah, but they quit after the war and went to having babies. I went
back to work for the Company for which I was a welder after I finished
school. Was there in the mid seventies when we hired our first female
welder. What a disaster. She was a very good welder but also good
looking. Productivity went to hell in a hand basket. And cost the
company a bundle to provide "facilities" for what was a previously all
male shop floor workforce. After spending all that money we never
attracted more than a handful of female welders and pipefitters for
shop floor work.

Sounds like you have an excellent background in welding. I'm thinking
on going to a night school in Texas City to get up to speed on modern
methods. Seems no one uses rods anymore.

And when I was welding, all the major oil companies, our customers,
wrote the "modern" processes out of the specs. They didn't want and
GMAW (Mig) or FCAW (flux core) used on their platforms, particularly
on pressure components.

I still think SMAW (rods) is the most versatile and reliable because
you can change characteristics with a rod change and you don't have to
worry about the wind blowing your shield gas away. Plus it is simple.
You don't have to worry about "bird nesting" your wire feeder.

Uhhh...and Frank, Scotty's right, the sportster is indeed a girley
bike, many girls ride them here.
Get a fatboy, or go with the Buell.


Joe

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On 4 Aug 2006 09:37:33 -0700, "Frank" wrote:

Frank Boettcher wrote:
...snip... Thought after HD
came back from their spiral down in the seventies, all the bikes were
good. Maybe not?
...snip...

Hi, Frank, This is Frank. grin My $.02...

I had a Sportster in the 60s. At the time, it was pretty much as
dependable as any other bike available. By the 70s, that was far from
true. However, like you said, by the 80s they talked about how they'd
bought themselves back and were producing bikes as good as anything
from Japan. So in 88, I bought a new H-D. This one had electric start.
Whoo-hoo!

Hah! What a POS. Couldn't go a thousand miles without needing a major
visit to the shop. I sold it in 90 and bought a nice Yamaha for about
1/3 the price. Faster, can actually corner without scraping anything,
infinitely more dependable, blah, blah. H-D will never get any of my
money again.

YMMV,

Frank


Thanks for the info and opinion Frank. You're the hurricane magnet are
you not? Were are you? I need to stay away. And can we chip in and
pay your way for an extended stay on City Island, NYC, during
hurricane season?

Frank