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Picked this up for a short term romance. The brakes tho all disc and double in the front aren't so hot, the power is ok, the noise and thump thump is cool, it's really cool actually. My knees, always the bane of my existence long for less acute angles. It's at the long beach swap meet today searching for a new owner.

"Once you go crap, you never go back"

Congrats, does look like fun

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steve

That's a good year to make into one of these:

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Well, one bike that the stock H1 drum brake would work well on!.........

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

I actually quite like some of the Harleys..its the "baggage" that comes along with owning one that i could not get along with.This was mine. within its capabilities it was a fun bike.

You guys have some cool pics! I would love to try a decent carb on it. It has a vacuum leak around the butterfly shaft. This may contribute to the waaaaaah at wide open throttle. The blue pipes tell me it's likely lean. I about pooped my pants when I priced one of those s&s carbs. Oh well, I can't afford to keep/ repair them all but its sure fun to try.

Talking Sportsters, here is the one that I'd like to own -



Or something like this -





The XR1200 was close.....

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steve

Is an xr considered a sportster? Love those carbs sticking out.

Thats an AMF thing....no telling what might fall off... !!!

But then, the 1975 AMF 250 was huh.....someone in the company with a passion ?

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Busy doing more riding than wrenching.......

Sportsters are cool - especially the old iron heads. I rode a stock 883 once and it was a hoot

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...