Scott in Ok
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« on: June 10, 2011, 06:48:43 AM » |
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RainMaker
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« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2011, 06:54:55 AM » |
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That is pretty nicely customized - looks like they put a Valk engine and drive train in a Nighthawk. The front brake and clutch reservoirs are different. No crash bars. Looks nice but not too much Valkyrie.
That reverse gear is definitely different. Enjoyed seeing how that works.
What's that hole at the rear of the tank for?
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« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2011, 06:57:16 AM » |
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Valkyrie love you long time?
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« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2011, 07:01:22 AM » |
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I've always found it kind of funny (And to be honest, surprised no one leveled charges of racism against Honda) for the fact that the Valkyries sent to Japan had a reverse gear put on them, but none of the others did...
Interesting to see what it looks like though!
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« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2011, 08:01:33 AM » |
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That speedo cable wouldn't last pissing time around my way, and what was that I saw outside of the intakes on the right hand side?
Also, didn't the engine seem to be 'hunting' a little? Not a smooth tickover from where I was sitting.
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« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2011, 08:08:46 AM » |
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looked to me the reverse was just a wing engine,,like my 94 wing had,,,
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Disco
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« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2011, 10:39:22 AM » |
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Can anyone identify those front rotors?
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« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2011, 10:48:07 AM » |
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yea,whats with the hole in the tank
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« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 12:15:41 PM » |
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yea,whats with the hole in the tank
i think it's for his wiener. |
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bigguy
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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2011, 12:42:25 PM » |
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yea,whats with the hole in the tank
i think it's for his wiener.  I wondered how long it wold take for somebody to come up with that. |
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Super Santa
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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2011, 01:16:54 PM » |
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Concerning the hole in the rear area of the tank:
Not a standard tank we are accustomed to seeing. In the past, some tanks had a hole (sometimes with a plug covering it) which was for the rear mounting bolt for the tank.
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Whistler
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2011, 01:59:55 PM » |
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No air box, individual air filters for each carb! I wonder what that would do for mileage and power? Anyone tried that?
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« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2011, 09:19:16 PM » |
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That speedo cable wouldn't last pissing time around my way, and what was that I saw outside of the intakes on the right hand side?
Also, didn't the engine seem to be 'hunting' a little? Not a smooth tickover from where I was sitting.
I didn't get a good look at the exhaust headers, wonder if they went to a sequential order on the pipes? (3 cyls. in a row fire to one muffler, then 3 in a row to the other?) |
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Tropic traveler
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« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2011, 09:33:53 PM » |
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Cool! The lopey idle is most likely from a hotter cam profile. I wish they would have filmed a ride on it. |
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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2011, 12:57:13 AM » |
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Beautiful Valk! Clean lines and very well presented! Great music too You must be very Proud! |
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BnB Tom
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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2011, 05:29:33 AM » |
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FYI:
Honda shipped valkyrie's with reverse in 1999 to Japan ONLY.
The GL1500SE Goldwing has reverse also with a reverse selector.
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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2011, 07:55:27 AM » |
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Hmmm . . . Didn't care for it at first glance. . . then watched the video and started digging it. I wished they would have rapped on the throttle a few times though. I don’t think it hold up on the way many of us ride (IMO.) I like the ‘looks’ of the separate air filters, but wouldn’t sucking in water be an issue? Someone else mentioned the hanging cables. You can see where the braided radiator hose already looks chaffed and I’d catch my size 16W on it for certain when I was stretching out. As much detail as there is on this bike, I don’t know how they missed that? That hole in the tank is a mystery to me also. It doesn’t look like a mounting bolt hole to me like someone suggested, but it could be a guess. Weird.
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houstone
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« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2011, 08:59:55 PM » |
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Now that Fat Lady has some curves! Nicest custom Valk I think I've seen.
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« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2011, 12:05:33 PM » |
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Somebody turned the fat lady into a slender little gal! I like it. Hoser |
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« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2011, 02:46:22 PM » |
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My curiousity is in the sensor on the end of the card bank. It looks like a TPS, but i doesn't seem to be injected?
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