Total Motorcycle Community Forums

I am still here, the VN has been off the road for 6 plus years and plan to rebuild soon. Now 62 but in better shape only 4 lb heavier than when I was 19. Diabetes focuses the mind if you want to live longer. Hopefully start posting the strip down soon and rebuild thereafter. Stay safe and avoid the ...

UK weather can be pretty dire. Although since the VN has been off the road it has been drier.

I have one prerequisite - AIR COOLED.

Ade

Good luck in choosing a new motorcycle in 2015. My VN has become a long term project and likewise 2015 will be a search for something newer to ride.
Ade

"shorter of breath and one day closer to death". Pink Floyd. Sorry been absent for 2 yrs..... Have ridden the VN less - operation on shoulder put me out of action for 2 months and then have shared transport so only using the VN once a week but the miles still creep up. Nov 14 2011 travelli...

if i were with you I'd be home and dry If - Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother As usual time marches on - The VN is off the road at the moment but have enjoyed the ride through winter. Speedo doesn't work but have been calculating speed by counting one one thousand between known points. Riding near Carm...

Hi, I have no ignition lights, no electrics at all . All fuses ok, just bought a new battery as the old one was prone to failure in cold weather. Checked all my connections on the fuse box. Running fine after having new stainless exhausts made. Removed the speedo to check the cable connection as no ...

"there's a killer on the road" - Riders on the Storm - the doors Been having problems with the connection to TM. Vn taken into the local dealer for assessment. Loaned a CBF 600 by the insurance company- awful bike - not a patch on the bandit I had in 2008 - that was sex on wheels. CBF is m...

Sorry PJ spoke to John Hopkins and he only knows what your brother told him. But his cremation was the day after your posting. Stars shine like eyes - Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan. - Album Paranoid I have an original LP (my first). The RAC subbie broke the clutch lever when loading the VN on the t...

Time flies when your having fun. August and I broke down at South Hook. VN wiring harness giving problems under the seat.. RAC salvaged the day and 2 hrs later I'm on my way home.. September and the rain has passed and Summer begins - well it s sunny, coldish and dry, the journey home also begins to...

"thou shalt not bonk your neighbours wife"

Stump - Charlton Heston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXB16Xllx18

Will write soon....