Is the Valk really 8' long ??

Rudy · Fri 10, Aug 2012, 22:34:43

I came across this old 1997 promotional add for the Valk that I thought was pretty neat. Claims the bike is 8' long, kinda caught me by surprise. I think I'll have to run a tape on it tomorrow just for the heck of it. Wow, go big or go home, I guess.

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fordmano · Fri 10, Aug 2012, 22:46:50

Pretty sure thats a very close dimension, Mine might a bit longer

,,,, I moved the trunk on my I/S back about 1.125" & I have the rail around the front end also.

wdvalk · Fri 10, Aug 2012, 22:52:59

exactly 8 ft.

olddog1946 · Fri 10, Aug 2012, 23:09:42

It's only eight feet long if you measure it..if you don't it might be 9 ft long. Depends on how long you tell the story.

BF · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 07:43:20

Yep, the Valk is 8 feet long...untill you go and try to put one in an 8 foot trailer...then it's longer.

Hoser · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 07:45:56

Mines 6 inches longer with my truck stacks. Hoser

signart · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 08:11:39

My truck will haul 8' plywood w/tailgate up. Can't shut tailgate with stock Valkyrie standard. More than 8'.

Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005 · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 08:13:06

Quote from: Hoser on Sat 11, Aug 2012, 07:45:56
Mines 6 inches longer with my truck stacks. Hoser

Nice picture

RudyF6 · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 08:49:46

When I first got mine, I winter stored it in a 5'x10' rental unit. It just fit.

Gryphon Rider · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 10:44:22

Quote from: signart on Sat 11, Aug 2012, 08:11:39
My truck will haul 8' plywood w/tailgate up. Can't shut tailgate with stock Valkyrie standard. More than 8'.

Me too. I think it's 97 or 98 inches.

wdvalk · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 10:49:34

you can close the gate on the truck if you cinch the bike down first,in my f25 anyways

Joevalk · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 15:25:38

Mines 12' Bigger in Texas

HayHauler · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 15:27:21

My Interstate is exactly 104.75" from the front of the front tire to the tail lights on the trunk.

Hay

Jimmyt

Joevalk · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 15:43:27

When was the last time you calibrated that plumb bob?

Jess from VA · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 15:51:53

Quote from: Hoser on Sat 11, Aug 2012, 07:45:56
Mines 6 inches longer with my truck stacks. Hoser

Pretty cool pic. If that canal on the roadside goes for some distance, you could pull a water skier.

Hoser · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 16:16:56

That was the Missouri River on it's annual rampage closing KS highway 8. I turned around there, no skier available that day.

Hoser

iliveforcurves · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 18:10:28

That add really made me want to rush out and buy one. Oh wait, I already have one. Never mind.

HayHauler · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 19:14:04

At ther is a redneck plum bob, joe.

Hay

Jimmyt

jer0177 · Sat 11, Aug 2012, 22:42:02

Quote from: HayHauler on Sat 11, Aug 2012, 19:14:04
At ther is a redneck plum bob, joe.

Hay
Jimmyt

Hay, that bolt thar is too shiny to be a redneck plumb bob!

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