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[Midnight Rider]

Rode today also (with NiteAl).  Nice day, partly cloudly 62 degree high.  Very nice, no close calls or worse.....hope your's was just as good.  har.  spyder

Wanted to ride today...nice, and in the low 60's as well.  But, I got new lenses in my glasses this morning and figured I'd better give my brain a day or two to adjust...they changed my script a bit, plus moved the progressive bifocal point a little lower.  Still can't see chit out of my right eye...20/60 is as good as it will get (f'd up retina), but 20/15 in the left.  It's hell gettin' old...

[spydglide]

Wanted to ride today...nice, and in the low 60's as well.  But, I got new lenses in my glasses this morning and figured I'd better give my brain a day or two to adjust...they changed my script a bit, plus moved the progressive bifocal point a little lower.  Still can't see chit out of my right eye...20/60 is as good as it will get (f'd up retina), but 20/15 in the left.  It's hell gettin' old...

Get out there and ride Terry... ....the worse that can happen is that you don't see it coming.  Ahhhh, the 'golden years'.....you'll soon need 'training wheels'.  har.  spyder

[Twolanerider]

Wanted to ride today...nice, and in the low 60's as well.  But, I got new lenses in my glasses this morning and figured I'd better give my brain a day or two to adjust...they changed my script a bit, plus moved the progressive bifocal point a little lower.  Still can't see chit out of my right eye...20/60 is as good as it will get (f'd up retina), but 20/15 in the left.  It's hell gettin' old...

Well..... truth be told I only wanted to ride today too.  I'm not even home.  Just thought that telling myself I was going to ride the bikes was almost as good as actually doing it... 

Y'know what?  It wasn't !

[Spiderman]

Was asked in a PM what size wheels were on the Road King and why.  Not wanting to miss a chance to talk about the bike will bring it to this thread.

18" on the front and 16" on the rear.  Wanted to see more wheel relative to the rotor on the front but don't care 21's on the front with a stock fender.  Just don't like the spatial composition with the pairing.

Rear was dictated more by tire options.  Just a lot more 16" tires with the proper load rating.  That applied specifically to the belted version of the Avon Venoms I was wanting to run.  Looking at it from this side what you're seeing on the rear actually isn't very much wheel.  It's a spoked pulley that matches the appearance of a wheel just a bit.  So if you're not looking close it appears you're seeing more wheel.

What size (width) rear tire where you able to fit into the stock 02 swingarm Don ? Is it a 130 or 140 ? Just curious if you went wider and if so how you managed to line everything up properly.

B B

[Twolanerider]

What size (width) rear tire where you able to fit into the stock 02 swingarm Don ? Is it a 130 or 140 ? Just curious if you went wider and if so how you managed to line everything up properly.

B B

It's a 130 Brian.  It's the Avon Venom AM42 in an MT90HB-16 which is their 130. 

This 130 is the fattest 130 of the tires on all three bikes.  The difference is minimal of course.

Had considered trying a 140 but still had the 1.5" wide pulley/belt combination from 02.  If I'd used a later model pulley and belt would likely have used the 140 tire.  But it wasn't something I was ever terribly concerned about.  The rear fat tire thing was never a fad nor fashion option that caught me attention.  Fortunately also very please so far with the these AM42.  It's a very nice handling tire.

[Twolanerider]

Road King went walkies this afternoon.  Was a beautiful clear day in the low 50s by mid afternoon so took advantage to run it out some more.  First stop was at the local bike shop as was coming back through from about 40 miles east.

[Twolanerider]

From the bike shop headed over in to Kansas to collect the old road for a bit.  On a now unused side spar of the old road is what is at least locally known as the Rainbow Bridge.

[Twolanerider]

So the bike had to climb on for a few more pics to take advantage of the great light and scenery.

[Twolanerider]

It's there.

[Twolanerider]

It really is.

[Twolanerider]

Looks right at home there.  This bike yells 1950s or 60s far more than it screams modernity from any outside look.

[Twolanerider]

The old bridge is a nice spot to stage.

[Twolanerider]

In a few spots along this old disused stretch of Road some old route signs are still cut in the road bed.  

[Twolanerider]

At this point the bike had been still long enough.  No longer interested in just setting there.  No matter how good "there" looked.

[Twolanerider]

Because just beyond the old bridge on the Old Road is; this .

And, vroom, vroom, off we went.