Tropic traveler
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Livin' the Valk, er, F6B life in Central Florida.
Silver Springs, Florida
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Just finished adding the OEM Tourer bags to the '99 Standard. Also added a glasspack/truckstack exhaust to replace the too loud Cobras. Anyways, I bought this '99 Standard 3 years ago for $2000 in good mechanical condition but a bit neglected & under-appreciated.   46,000 miles and ran very well but totally filthy & full of "redneck engineering". Cleaned it, de-rednecked it, & gave it a thorough going over with intentions of flipping it for a nice little profit. Well, I had no takers on the flipping deal & after the clean up I starting riding it a bit to take a few miles off my '97 which was fast approaching 100K miles. After a bit I started appreciating how well it ran & how nice it was to have a 3rd bike in the stable. Since we didn't need the money  you know what happened. We grew attached to it.  Bought OEM w/s hardware and a new "glass" which I put on Kim's Valk & put the hand me down w/s on the '99.  Added the National Cycle hardbags & eventually put the hand me down seat from Kim's Valk when I scored a screaming deal on an Ultimate Low Rider for Kim's '98. Big improvement from the hideous gray inserted seat that was on it.  After piling a few more miles on our poor man's Tourer I wanted to take it all the way to full Tourer status. Mission accomplished     Traded the NC hardbags to Bert for this glasspack/truckstack exhaust which IMHO sounds WAAAAYYYY better than the Cobras.  Scored some black I/S bags from E-bay. They had some minor road rash & were missing some hardware but a guy down the street turned out to be an excellent painter.  Now I'm mostly satisfied and only need to add a car horn & some running lights to make it damn near perfect. No Valk is every really finished.   Kim & I are both happy Valkers today! |
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Gear Jammer
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Yeah,,,,,It's a HEMI
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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2012, 06:28:03 PM » |
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TJ
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2012, 06:30:10 PM » |
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Let me know what you will be doing with the Cobra's...
TJ
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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2012, 06:33:15 PM » |
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GREAT JOB TT.. LOVE THE PIPES
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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2012, 06:33:36 PM » |
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looks like you did a great job. it must feel great to have that 3rd great looking valk in the stable. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2012, 06:41:08 PM » |
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Mighty fine job, great looking.
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DavRed
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Phoenix AZ
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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2012, 06:42:11 PM » |
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Be carefull with those stacks turned down. They might drag in the twisties on you...
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Tropic traveler
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Livin' the Valk, er, F6B life in Central Florida.
Silver Springs, Florida
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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2012, 06:42:22 PM » |
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Let me know what you will be doing with the Cobra's...
TJ
$150 obo. They're not perfect & they have baffles of unknown origin in them. Completely different sound from Kim's Valk with the Cobra baffles. Let me know if you're interested & I'll hold 'em till whenever. BTW, I'm open to trades for other Valk parts. |
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'13 F6B black-the real new Valkyrie Tourer
'13 F6B red for Kim
'97 Valkyrie Tourer r&w, OLDFRT's ride now!
'98 Valkyrie Tourer burgundy & cream traded for Kim's F6B
'05 SS 750 traded for Kim's F6B
'99 Valkyrie black & silver Tourer, traded in on my F6B
'05 Triumph R3 gone but not forgotten!
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Black Dog
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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2012, 06:46:16 PM » |
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Beautiful, just beautiful... Black Dog |
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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2012, 06:55:31 PM » |
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Outstanding save Eddie that's one PinWall won't be taking apart Nice work bike look's great. |
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 I've seen alot of people that thought they were cool , but then again Lord I've seen alot of fools. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2012, 04:18:40 AM » |
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Nice job! I kinda liked the grey seat. Looked good with the silver paint.
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RTaz
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2012, 04:58:00 AM » |
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2012, 06:18:06 AM » |
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Well done, to say the least. |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2012, 06:39:50 AM » |
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Dang it Eddie, now you got me thinking! I mentioned to Rita about keeping the black/silver project bike, but that went over like a fart in church. If it doesn't sell...... |
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Tropic traveler
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Livin' the Valk, er, F6B life in Central Florida.
Silver Springs, Florida
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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2012, 06:33:36 PM » |
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Having options is a great thing John! I rode the Black 'n Silver to work today {44 miles one way} & I can't believe how much more enjoyable the ride is with quiet{er} pipes. Silk baby. Sooooo nice having the Tourer bags too! Gonna get Kim on the '99 for a ride & see how she likes the glasspacks. As of now she still likes her Cobras.   |
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'13 F6B black-the real new Valkyrie Tourer
'13 F6B red for Kim
'97 Valkyrie Tourer r&w, OLDFRT's ride now!
'98 Valkyrie Tourer burgundy & cream traded for Kim's F6B
'05 SS 750 traded for Kim's F6B
'99 Valkyrie black & silver Tourer, traded in on my F6B
'05 Triumph R3 gone but not forgotten!
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2012, 06:46:44 PM » |
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Love it!
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F6Mark
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« Reply #17 on: April 05, 2012, 05:22:27 PM » |
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Sooooo nice having the Tourer bags too! Yes, I think the consensus is that the Tourer is the best all around model, between the std, Tourer, and interstate. It looks great! |
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« Reply #18 on: April 05, 2012, 05:27:23 PM » |
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nice job |
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« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2012, 06:29:50 PM » |
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Looks great.
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« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2012, 08:12:36 PM » |
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Great looking bike there TT / Eddie I've always liked the '99 Black/Silver combo. Back in '99 when they came out, I tried to buy a new one. The Honda dealer salesman informed me that I didn't qualify for financing so, i had to go home with my head hung low. Fast forward 10 years, found a nice used Standard on craigslist for a good (affordable) price and made it into a Tourer-wannabe.  |
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« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2012, 06:40:16 AM » |
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Be carefull with those stacks turned down. They might drag in the twisties on you...
There are no twisties in Florida! |
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« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2012, 06:46:36 AM » |
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I like the "sleeper" look it has. Great colors, cool pipes. Reminds me of a nice resto-mod of a classic!
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