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Started by "Bill Ferguson"
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55
this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Bill Ferguson"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55
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grab something to drink, this could take awhile http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new motorcycle! ******************************************** whats in that link here's example name: xxxxxxxxx email: xxxxxxxxx harley: Several & 3 Wheelers valkyrie: 98 Tourer comments I bough my first Harley in 1971 and sold my last one in 1997. I almost always had more than one bike and some times as many as 10 at one time. I had a Harley 1200 Hot rod Sporster with a chunk in the engine plus every thing I could get on it and my touring bike was a 1500 Honda Gold Wing. I got to where I hated to start the Harley because it was so loud that it hurt my ears and my wife's. I felt burnt out on Bikes in general so I put the Wing up for sale and The Harley. Sold the wing almost the same day but took 5 weeks to get rid of the Harley. I told my wife I was through with bikes only put 10,000 miles on the Harley and 8,000 on the Wing in 6 years, so who needed a Motorcycle anyway. The first nice Day in 1998 I went down to my friend (The Local Harley Dealer) and he had a 98 Fat boy all set up for me and said here you go Adrian I knew you'd be back. I went home and told my wife that I was going to spend 18 grand for a new bike and she said that's fine its your money from your toy sale but I want you to know I'm not going to ride with you anymore. Of course I said why? Then she let me know that she was tired of the crowd, Tired of noise and didn't like her Knees in he chest all the time. She had an add in Hot Rod Magazine about the Valkyrie and said I thought you liked this bike. I said it looked OK in the add but I didn't know. Hadn't seen one up close so how could an old Harley nut even admit he had looked at anything other than an Hog. She says lets go and look at one and see what you think. When I looked at my bike setting there She said that things is nice and what do you think? I said I really like it so the next words out of her mouth was Then you buy that one and I will buy this 750 ACE Deluxe Shadow. Of course the rest is history and I put over 15,000 miles on my bike the first year. I am so glad she went with me. ******************************************** -- BF 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Phyloe"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:02
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:02
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Incredible story. Three suggestions. Spell check and grammar check and capitol letters go only on names and the first word of a sentence. sheesh! Phyloe If You cain't beet Um, arAinge tOo have um bEetin! "Bill Ferguson" <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote in message news:ix9g7.164554$Cy.22599330@news1.rdc1.az.home.com... > grab something to drink, this could take awhile > > http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm > > lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... > I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new > motorcycle! > > ******************************************** > whats in that link here's example > name: xxxxxxxxx > email: xxxxxxxxx > harley: Several & 3 Wheelers > valkyrie: 98 Tourer > > > comments > I bough my first Harley in 1971 and sold my last one in 1997. I almost > always had more than one bike and some times as many as 10 at one time. I > had a Harley 1200 Hot rod Sporster with a chunk in the engine plus every > thing I could get on it and my touring bike was a 1500 Honda Gold Wing. > > I got to where I hated to start the Harley because it was so loud that it > hurt my ears and my wife's. I felt burnt out on Bikes in general so I put > the Wing up for sale and The Harley. Sold the wing almost the same day but > took 5 weeks to get rid of the Harley. I told my wife I was through with > bikes only put 10,000 miles on the Harley and 8,000 on the Wing in 6 years, > so who needed a Motorcycle anyway. > > The first nice Day in 1998 I went down to my friend (The Local Harley > Dealer) and he had a 98 Fat boy all set up for me and said here you go > Adrian I knew you'd be back. I went home and told my wife that I was going > to spend 18 grand for a new bike and she said that's fine its your money > from your toy sale but I want you to know I'm not going to ride with you > anymore. Of course I said why? Then she let me know that she was tired of > the crowd, Tired of noise and didn't like her Knees in he chest all the > time. > > She had an add in Hot Rod Magazine about the Valkyrie and said I thought you > liked this bike. I said it looked OK in the add but I didn't know. Hadn't > seen one up close so how could an old Harley nut even admit he had looked at > anything other than an Hog. > > She says lets go and look at one and see what you think. When I looked at my > bike setting there She said that things is nice and what do you think? I > said I really like it so the next words out of her mouth was Then you buy > that one and I will buy this 750 ACE Deluxe Shadow. Of course the rest is > history and I put over 15,000 miles on my bike the first year. > > I am so glad she went with me. > > ******************************************** > -- > BF > > 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT > 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles > 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles > 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles > > >
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: langkd_...@home.
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:35
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:35
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55:10 GMT, "Bill Ferguson" <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote: >grab something to drink, this could take awhile > >http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm > >lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... >I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new >motorcycle! Desperation. Are you trying to boost sales so that they can move the 99's they still have in crates, in an attempt to prevent Honda from abandoning the model? ;) -- Work to ride. Ride to work. (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply) 98 FLTRI 83 Nighthawk Home page: http://members.home.net/langkd Alaska trip: http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Bill Ferguson"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:11
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:11
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nope and i have not thought about that... anyway i just got new valkyrie three weeks ago. -- BF 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles "Road Glidin' Don" <langkd_...@home.com> wrote in message news:3b815922.1533785@news... > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55:10 GMT, "Bill Ferguson" > <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote: > > >grab something to drink, this could take awhile > > > >http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm > > > >lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... > >I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new > >motorcycle! > > Desperation. Are you trying to boost sales so that they can move the > 99's they still have in crates, in an attempt to prevent Honda from > abandoning the model? ;) > > -- > Work to ride. Ride to work. > (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply) > > 98 FLTRI > 83 Nighthawk > > Home page: http://members.home.net/langkd > Alaska trip: http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: langkd_...@home.
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:32
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:32
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:11:52 GMT, "Bill Ferguson" <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote: >nope and i have not thought about that... anyway i just got new valkyrie >three weeks ago. Well, far be it from me to spread ugly rumours that Honda will drop the Valkyrie line! <g> -- Work to ride. Ride to work. (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply) 98 FLTRI 83 Nighthawk Home page: http://members.home.net/langkd Alaska trip: http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Bill Ferguson"
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:38
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:38
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------=_NextPart_000_02B8_01C12984.8E54D270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable rumor??? hmmm i have not heard like that but i heard they will be AWESOME valkyrie styles (i think 4 styles)and honda kick at 1800cc with EFI. but im waiting for honda to release 2002 valkyrie.... heard lot of people putting thier $$$$ on depsoit for 2002 Valkyrie. anyway i even think about buying that awesome VTX (while my brother & i looked at VTX and i saw valkyrie and it was too big i ingored valkyrie my brother said yeah too big and we stay with VTX bikes) & i feel nothing for VTX.. i look at Road King, i feel nothing for road king. i looked at V-Star 1100cc i feel nothing for V-Star (my brother has V-Star 650cc but sold). i looked at Royal Star and feel nothing for Royal Star. i thought about stay with my 1986 Shadow VT1100 then finally i decided to looked at valkyrie closer and sit on and i feel #$%#@$^& (i can't find word for it). so i bought valkyrie and ride it & love it. well if honda discontinued on valkyrie, that's fine with me because i got my valkyrie and im happy with it.i do not give damn if they stopped making it... i have NO regret to have valkyrie. -- BF 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles "Road Glidin' Don" <langkd_...@home.com> wrote in message news:3b836717.5107143@news... > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:11:52 GMT, "Bill Ferguson" > <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote: > > >nope and i have not thought about that... anyway i just got new valkyrie > >three weeks ago. > > Well, far be it from me to spread ugly rumours that Honda will drop > the Valkyrie line! <g> > > -- > Work to ride. Ride to work. > (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply) > > 98 FLTRI > 83 Nighthawk > > Home page: http://members.home.net/langkd > Alaska trip: http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/ ------=_NextPart_000_02B8_01C12984.8E54D270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3103.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>rumor??? hmmm i have not heard like that but i heard they will be AWESOME valkyrie styles (i think 4 styles)and honda kick at 1800cc with EFI. but im waiting for honda to release 2002 valkyrie.... heard lot of people putting thier $$$$ on depsoit for 2002 Valkyrie.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>anyway i even think about buying that awesome VTX (while my brother & i looked at VTX and i saw valkyrie and it was too big i ingored valkyrie my brother said yeah too big and we stay with VTX bikes) & i feel nothing for VTX... i look at Road King, i feel nothing for road king. i looked at V-Star 1100cc i feel nothing for V-Star (my brother has V-Star 650cc but sold). i looked at Royal Star and feel nothing for Royal Star. i thought about stay with my 1986 Shadow VT1100 then finally i decided to looked at valkyrie closer and sit on and i feel  #$%#@$^& (i can't find word for it). so i bought valkyrie and ride it & love it. well if honda discontinued on valkyrie, that's fine with me because i got my valkyrie and im happy with it.i do not give damn if they stopped making it... i have NO regret to have valkyrie.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- <BR>BF</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT<BR>1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles<BR>1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles<BR>1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Road Glidin' Don" <</FONT><A href="mailto:langkd_...@home.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>langkd_...@home.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote in message </FONT><A href="news:3b836717.5107143@news"><FONT face=Arial size=2>news:3b836717.5107143@news</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:11:52 GMT, "Bill Ferguson"<BR>> <</FONT><A href="mailto:98valkyr...@home.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>98valkyr...@home.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> >nope and i have not thought about that... anyway i just got new valkyrie<BR>> >three weeks ago.<BR>> <BR>> Well, far be it from me to spread ugly rumours that Honda will drop<BR>> the Valkyrie line! <g><BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> Work to ride. Ride to work.<BR>> (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply)<BR>> <BR>> 98 FLTRI<BR>> 83 Nighthawk<BR>> <BR>> Home page:  </FONT><A href="http://members.home.net/langkd"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://members.home.net/langkd</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Alaska trip: </FONT><A href="http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/</FONT></A></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_02B8_01C12984.8E54D270--
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: Tex
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:10
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:10
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:55:10 GMT, "Bill Ferguson" <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote: >grab something to drink, this could take awhile > >http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm > >lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... >I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new >motorcycle! > >******************************************** >whats in that link here's example >name: xxxxxxxxx >email: xxxxxxxxx >harley: Several & 3 Wheelers >valkyrie: 98 Tourer > > >comments >I bough my first Harley in 1971 and sold my last one in 1997. I almost >always had more than one bike and some times as many as 10 at one time. I >had a Harley 1200 Hot rod Sporster with a chunk in the engine plus every >thing I could get on it and my touring bike was a 1500 Honda Gold Wing. > >I got to where I hated to start the Harley because it was so loud that it >hurt my ears and my wife's. Why didnt ya just remove the drag pipes and put some mufflers on the darn thing? Kinda woulda solved your noise problem huh?
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Margaret Modise
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:18
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:18
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"Phyloe" <phy...@hit.net> wrote in message news:eBgg7.97$UM.92839@nntp1.onemain.com... > Incredible story. Three suggestions. Spell check and grammar check and > capitol letters go only on names and the first word of a sentence. sheesh! > Phyloe One suggestion Phyloe, it's CAPITAL as in not lowercase,not CAPITOL, unless you are talking about the state capitol.
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: langkd_...@home.
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:39
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:39
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:10:14 GMT, Tex <Te...@texas.com> wrote: >>I bough my first Harley in 1971 and sold my last one in 1997. I almost >>always had more than one bike and some times as many as 10 at one time. I >>had a Harley 1200 Hot rod Sporster with a chunk in the engine plus every >>thing I could get on it and my touring bike was a 1500 Honda Gold Wing. >> >>I got to where I hated to start the Harley because it was so loud that it >>hurt my ears and my wife's. > >Why didnt ya just remove the drag pipes and put some mufflers >on the darn thing? Kinda woulda solved your noise problem huh? True, but the guy just wants to make friends among his fellow Valkyrie riders! Obviously, there's nothing they more like to hear than this, as it even gets copied and pasted to numerous forums like a precious, religious text. <g> -- Work to ride. Ride to work. (remove _NO_SPAM_ to reply) 98 FLTRI 83 Nighthawk Home page: http://members.home.net/langkd Alaska trip: http://members.home.net/langkd/Alaska/
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: "Bill Ferguson"
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:26
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:26
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Phyloe that story is from url, i copied and paste it here to give you idea... i put xxxxxxx to keep thier name and email out only way for you to find it in that url... must you be picky about cap, spelling, and grammar.. Sheesh! -- BF 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles "Phyloe" <phy...@hit.net> wrote in message news:eBgg7.97$UM.92839@nntp1.onemain.com... > Incredible story. Three suggestions. Spell check and grammar check and > capitol letters go only on names and the first word of a sentence. sheesh! > Phyloe > If You cain't beet Um, arAinge tOo have um bEetin! > > > "Bill Ferguson" <98valkyr...@home.com> wrote in message > news:ix9g7.164554$Cy.22599330@news1.rdc1.az.home.com... > > grab something to drink, this could take awhile > > > > http://www.f6rider.com/HD2Valk.htm > > > > lot of harley switch to valkyrie.... > > I thought maybe some of you should check it out before you buy new > > motorcycle! > > > > ******************************************** > > whats in that link here's example > > name: xxxxxxxxx > > email: xxxxxxxxx > > harley: Several & 3 Wheelers > > valkyrie: 98 Tourer > > > > > > comments > > I bough my first Harley in 1971 and sold my last one in 1997. I almost > > always had more than one bike and some times as many as 10 at one time. I > > had a Harley 1200 Hot rod Sporster with a chunk in the engine plus every > > thing I could get on it and my touring bike was a 1500 Honda Gold Wing. > > > > I got to where I hated to start the Harley because it was so loud that it > > hurt my ears and my wife's. I felt burnt out on Bikes in general so I put > > the Wing up for sale and The Harley. Sold the wing almost the same day but > > took 5 weeks to get rid of the Harley. I told my wife I was through with > > bikes only put 10,000 miles on the Harley and 8,000 on the Wing in 6 > years, > > so who needed a Motorcycle anyway. > > > > The first nice Day in 1998 I went down to my friend (The Local Harley > > Dealer) and he had a 98 Fat boy all set up for me and said here you go > > Adrian I knew you'd be back. I went home and told my wife that I was going > > to spend 18 grand for a new bike and she said that's fine its your money > > from your toy sale but I want you to know I'm not going to ride with you > > anymore. Of course I said why? Then she let me know that she was tired of > > the crowd, Tired of noise and didn't like her Knees in he chest all the > > time. > > > > She had an add in Hot Rod Magazine about the Valkyrie and said I thought > you > > liked this bike. I said it looked OK in the add but I didn't know. Hadn't > > seen one up close so how could an old Harley nut even admit he had looked > at > > anything other than an Hog. > > > > She says lets go and look at one and see what you think. When I looked at > my > > bike setting there She said that things is nice and what do you think? I > > said I really like it so the next words out of her mouth was Then you buy > > that one and I will buy this 750 ACE Deluxe Shadow. Of course the rest is > > history and I put over 15,000 miles on my bike the first year. > > > > I am so glad she went with me. > > > > ******************************************** > > -- > > BF > > > > 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer GL1500CT > > 1986 Honda Shadow VT1100 SOLD 72k miles > > 1983 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 28k miles > > 1981 Yamaha Virago XV750 Sold 16k miles > > > > > > > >
Re: this is interesting story alot of harley to valkyrie
Author: la...@qwest.net
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 05:04
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 05:04
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Yaa but what about all the other problems. On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:10:14 GMT, Tex <Te...@texas.com> wrote: >Why didnt ya just remove the drag pipes and put some mufflers >on the darn thing? Kinda woulda solved your noise problem huh?
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