Rand's thread on his Honda S2000 got me to thinking. How many have fulfilled a longtime dream for a particular vehicle?
For me it was a Harley-Davidson Dresser.
I grew up around my uncles' Harleys and can only remember 2 pictures of my Grandfather. One was taken in our den and the other was astride his old DuoGlide. The first bike I rode was a Harley 175 dirt bike with a 250 motor swapped into it.
I have owned a number of rice burners over the years but always wanted to buy a 'Glide. A couple of years ago, after 8 years off of motorcycles, I bought an 800 cc Suzuki Boulevard. Nice little bike for around town but soon proved to be too little. I sold it in April last year and picked up my Harley 3 days later.
It is an '02 Electraglide Classic that I got for about $4,000 under book. I knew it would need a bit of work and have spent about $1,000 beyond normal maintenance (Tires, brakes, oil changes, etc). The latest was to replace the stock cams with a set of slightly more agressive ones from S&S Cycles. It now has a lot more torque over stock, especially in the lower ranges up to around 3,000 RPM.
For me it was a Harley-Davidson Dresser.
I grew up around my uncles' Harleys and can only remember 2 pictures of my Grandfather. One was taken in our den and the other was astride his old DuoGlide. The first bike I rode was a Harley 175 dirt bike with a 250 motor swapped into it.
I have owned a number of rice burners over the years but always wanted to buy a 'Glide. A couple of years ago, after 8 years off of motorcycles, I bought an 800 cc Suzuki Boulevard. Nice little bike for around town but soon proved to be too little. I sold it in April last year and picked up my Harley 3 days later.
It is an '02 Electraglide Classic that I got for about $4,000 under book. I knew it would need a bit of work and have spent about $1,000 beyond normal maintenance (Tires, brakes, oil changes, etc). The latest was to replace the stock cams with a set of slightly more agressive ones from S&S Cycles. It now has a lot more torque over stock, especially in the lower ranges up to around 3,000 RPM.
we finally got a hold of him and he said he was going to take it to the junk yard. I bought it, put a junk yard motor in it that I went over (timing belt, water pump, gaskets, etc), that had 40K on it (rear ended Ranger), then did brakes, clutch, shocks, general once over everything else, and put it back together. That had been the closest to a dream for me of building a car. Of course that dream tended to die when your working on fixing other peoples problems (and learning what and how expensive some stuff is)
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Perhaps when my midlife crisis hits, like one of our friends I will end up with a shiny blue corvette, lol.
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