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« on: June 01, 2010, 04:53:51 PM » |
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Got a new to me VALK so I found this board searching around. May have plenty of questions later on. For now lots of reading has got alot of my questions answered already. Haven't had a bike in 9 years. The wife liked this one, so...........98 Standard, 41,000 miles and lots of aftermarket chrome. 
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Jabba
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2010, 04:59:17 PM » |
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Very nice. Congrats!!
We Love 'em Valks around here.
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RainMaker
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2010, 05:17:41 PM » |
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Oh-Ahh! Very nice!! The bike looks good, too.....  RainMaker
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 05:58:38 PM » |
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Nice Valk. Welcome to the Nut House...lol
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 06:39:17 PM » |
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welcome! 
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If you're lucky enough to ride a Valkyrie, you're lucky enough. 
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Big Rig
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 06:43:12 PM » |
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Welcome... 
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 06:46:46 PM » |
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Nice choice....you can't go wrong with a "fast black" Valkyrie! What part of the country are you from?
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wiggydotcom
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Do Your Best and Miss the Rest!
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 06:46:59 PM » |
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Very nice...welcome to the VRCC. And yes, that bike has a lot of "bling" factor. 
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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 06:48:11 PM » |
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Welcome aboard! Nice looking Valk.
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2010, 06:53:24 PM » |
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Welcome to the funny farm. You don't need a sense of humor to hang out here... but it helps.
sheets (stealthy black '99 tourer)
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VALKC
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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2010, 07:00:36 PM » |
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What part of the country are you from?
Mid North Carolina. Handles very nice on the road. Still having a little trouble with very low speed turns in parking lots. Heavest bike I have ever owned. I'll get use to it.
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2010, 07:56:45 PM » |
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What part of the country are you from?
Mid North Carolina. Handles very nice on the road. Still having a little trouble with very low speed turns in parking lots. Heavest bike I have ever owned. I'll get use to it. Welcome to the Valk World.....You wouldn't happen to be close to Lexington, NC would you?....I just saw a food channel special about their annual BBQ festival....looks like It's about 250ish miles from me...a good lunch run distance.... 
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bigguy
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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2010, 08:30:32 PM » |
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Welcome to the Valk world from another new F-6 rider. Got mine Last Friday. (4 days ago) I've been wanting one for years, but finally got the chance and jumped.
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KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2010, 01:15:59 AM » |
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Welcome from TN 
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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2010, 03:00:19 AM » |
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welcome and you'll find the best group of guys and gals around. it's worth every $ you pay for dues..........just kidding. born and raised in elkin, nc but now live in michigan.
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VALKC
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« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2010, 03:33:05 AM » |
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Welcome to the Valk World.....You wouldn't happen to be close to Lexington, NC would you?....I just saw a food channel special about their annual BBQ festival....looks like It's about 250ish miles from me...a good lunch run distance....  Yes, Just 20 miles south of Lexington. I've been to the festival several times. Always good BBQ.
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2010, 03:35:53 AM » |
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welcome and you'll find the best group of guys and gals around. it's worth every $ you pay for dues..........just kidding. born and raised in elkin, nc but now live in michigan.
My first ride was to Sparta and back on 21 over the weekend. Went through Elkin.
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« Reply #17 on: June 02, 2010, 04:16:17 AM » |
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Welcome aboard. Your first ride took ya just a few miles from my house. And oddly enough im working this week probably near you. Working for the town of Denton. If ya decide to come up toward the mountains again drop me a email or message on here and I will dust off my bike and we can put some miles under us 
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"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?" Gen. John W. Vessey, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Granada
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« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2010, 04:33:38 AM » |
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Welcome to ya! you will meet the nicest people riding VALKS... GG
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« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2010, 04:41:35 AM » |
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF INSANITY, you will meet some of the best people on the planet,and you will be able to work on your bike from these pages also......Bogator............Alabama............
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« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2010, 05:09:55 AM » |
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Congrats and welcome aboard. And very nice looking bike. Are you still grinning? Been riding one for almost 4 years and can't seem to wipe the grin off as if I'd want to anyway. 
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« Reply #21 on: June 02, 2010, 11:49:08 AM » |
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What kinda bike is that? Take offs and landings are kind of wierd at first but you'll get used to it. Pay particular attentention to the throttle stop. See when you find it. I took me a year.
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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VALKC
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« Reply #22 on: June 02, 2010, 06:23:35 PM » |
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Welcome aboard. Your first ride took ya just a few miles from my house. And oddly enough im working this week probably near you. Working for the town of Denton. If ya decide to come up toward the mountains again drop me a email or message on here and I will dust off my bike and we can put some miles under us  Not far from Denton. Next time I'm up that way, I'll drop you a line. I usually get to Sparta a few times a year for groundhog hunting. Now that I have this bike, I'll probably come more often.
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Sludge
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« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2010, 06:32:44 PM » |
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Ive got 400 acres here between Roaring River and Stone Mt State Park. There are a few of the devils crawling around here. Got some long shots possible too if your into that. 800yd stuff. Beyond in the right spots... Come up and kill the hell outta deer while your at it LOL They are worse than the ground hogs LOL
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"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?" Gen. John W. Vessey, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Granada
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« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2010, 06:57:27 PM » |
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Ive got 400 acres here between Roaring River and Stone Mt State Park. There are a few of the devils crawling around here. Got some long shots possible too if your into that. 800yd stuff. Beyond in the right spots... Come up and kill the hell outta deer while your at it LOL They are worse than the ground hogs LOL
Thanks for the offer.......PM sent.
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« Reply #25 on: June 03, 2010, 05:24:57 AM » |
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Welcome aboard Valkc and bigguy... If you haven't noticed we are all like family. We get along but we also poke fun at each other. It's all about the love my friend. Anyhow... Not sure if you seen it or not but this will be the tenth year that the VRCC has organized a "get together" it is located up in Michigan and well their will be more than 300 of us up there in July. Here are the details: http://www.valkyrieriders.com/inzane/I hope you guys can make it. Some have sold their bikes but still make it to these events just because of the people. I went to my first one last year and it had me thirsty for another just 2 miles on the bike leaving the event. Anyhow... Bike looks good second best part is doing your own maintenance on them. Take care and enjoy the weekend. C'ya around I hope. Joe "stude31" Studebaker
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« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2010, 06:39:31 AM » |
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40 THOUSAND MILES?... Isn't that a lot of Miles?
You're GONNA hear that. Not for this bike. The other day a Harley rider at work asked me how many miles I had on my Valk [97 red & white] 103,000 He looked at me and said: "And no rebuilds?" Not "rebuild" it was "rebuilds" I said: "Well I changed the air filter a couple times." In another 200,000 or so you might want to start planning for one.
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« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2010, 08:09:12 AM » |
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What part of the country are you from?
Mid North Carolina. Handles very nice on the road. Still having a little trouble with very low speed turns in parking lots. Heavest bike I have ever owned. I'll get use to it. Welcome, great looking Valkyrie. Try "feathering" your rear brake on your slow turns. Helped me, I gots short legs. 
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