Hey, you lot...

[learningtofly]

What's been going on? I've been AWAOL for ages.

 

Anyway, I seem to have bought a Harley. A 2020 Stage 2 Sport Glide, to be more accurate, with a load of useful extras/mods and following a good few hours out on a demo to make sure I really like it.

The stock engine - a Milwaukee Eight 107 - is 1750cc, producing 92.5 HP and torque of around 150NM. The Stage 2 (which costs about £2.5k as an option) adds between 25-30% HP and boosts torque by some 10-15%. In other words, the bike is an absolute beast.

 

In terms of mods/upgrades it's got:

• stage 2 conversion with S&S 2 into 1 exhaust
• heated grips
• engine guards
• Kuryakn footboard conversion
• sissy bar
• luggage rack
• smoked indicators
• axle covers
• premium mirrors

It should be with me in a week or so, after the PDI. However, its just been serviced, had two new tyres fitted and been to Freddy Trott for a full valet, ceramic coating and ACF-50 treatment.

 

So excited!

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2022 by learningtofly

[Ian Frog]

Hi

Long time no see. 

Hope you're well I hope you are keeping the Thruxton  ?

I have bought a bigger Harley also with a stage 2 and it's hilarious lol.

The previous owner clearly had deep pockets. 

Cheers 

Ian

[Bender]

Welcome back, at this rate we will need a HD section. 

 

Nice looking bike.... 

[Stu]

Good to see you around again

 

This is becoming harley owners club

[bud]

Nice purchase.

With the ceramic coating and ACF50, will be no excuse not to keep it pristine.

[learningtofly]

13 hours ago, Ian Frog said:

Hi

Long time no see. 

Hope you're well I hope you are keeping the Thruxton  ?

I have bought a bigger Harley also with a stage 2 and it's hilarious lol.

The previous owner clearly had deep pockets. 

Cheers 

Ian

Hi Ian - all good thanks, and hope it's the same in your world.

 

Re the Thruxton, I actually chopped it in a year ago for a Tiger 900 GT Pro. There's no question that the Tiger is a brilliant bike - it just didn't make me go weak at the knees, though.

 

You're bike looks fantastic. Hilarious is about right, isn't it? 

[learningtofly]

13 hours ago, Bender said:

Welcome back, at this rate we will need a HD section. 

 

Nice looking bike.... 

Thanks on both counts

[learningtofly]

8 hours ago, Stu said:

Good to see you around again

 

This is becoming harley owners club

Thanks Stu. Yes, the jokes are just going to have to stop, or there'll be a mass walkout 

[Ian Frog]

Ah yes Tiggers!

Agreed fantastic thing, this is the one we are going away on next month. 

Cheers 

Ian

[learningtofly]

6 hours ago, bud said:

Nice purchase.

With the ceramic coating and ACF50, will be no excuse not to keep it pristine.

Thanks! I'm not actually a fastidious cleaner, and I'm already thinking that the remaining chrome (mostly casings, as the exhaust has already been switched to black) may have to be swapped out for black.

 

I've spoken to the dealership about it (and a friend with the same bike has just had them do similarly for him) but given that the lead time for the parts is about a month and I wasn't offered any discount, I thought I'd see how I get on as-is first. It's not a cheap conversion, and if I can keep the chrome looking nice I may just forget about it.

[Stu]

1 hour ago, learningtofly said:

Thanks Stu. Yes, the jokes are just going to have to stop, or there'll be a mass walkout 

 

You're starting to sound like a rail worker

 

[Ian Frog]

Coming from a bus worker that`s a bit rich lol.

Cheers

Ian

[Stu]

3 hours ago, Ian Frog said:

Coming from a bus worker that`s a bit rich lol.

Cheers

Ian

 

I'm not a bus worker

[Ian Frog]

Go on then ! What are you?

Cheers

Ian

[Stu]

19 minutes ago, Ian Frog said:

Go on then ! What are you?

Cheers

Ian

 

That could have a lot of answers

[Ian Frog]

 

Probably all incorrect, potentially libelous and misleading.

Cheers

Ian

[learningtofly]

Two more sleeps!

 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

My shares in Autosol just went up. 

[MikeHorton]

37 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

My shares in Autosol just went up. 

Autosol or anusol

[billy sugger]

I wouldn't want to put autosol on my arse

[learningtofly]

1 hour ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

My shares in Autosol just went up. 

Actually, mine has an S&S exhaust system in black, so don't go retiring just yet 

[MikeHorton]

1 hour ago, billy sugger said:

I wouldn't want to put autosol on my arse

Shiny ring? 

[Ian Frog]

1 hour ago, MikeHorton said:

Shiny ring? 

That`s a point @learningtofly will have to polish the little shiny ring at the end of his new black exhaust pipes !

Wonder who he is collecting it from?

Cheers

Ian

[Old-codger]

Many years ago I was on an enduro weekend in the peak district and on the first day it bucketed down all day. That night I  ached all over and had a very sore arse from all the mud that had found its way into my kit. So Off I went for a shower to get all the grime off and warm up. Drying myself off I still had a red raw arse to went searching the bathroom cabinet in the holiday cottage for something to sooth my arse. The only thing I could find was OIl of Olay so I thought what harm can it do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well others in the cottage heard this blood curdling scream coming from the bathroom and I didnt realise my voice could go that high, some thought I had stuck a hot poker up my arse. Luckily the rain had stopped the next day but everyone kept asking why I walked like I had just got off a horse.  

[MikeHorton]

5 hours ago, Old-codger said:

Many years ago I was on an enduro weekend in the peak district and on the first day it bucketed down all day. That night I  ached all over and had a very sore arse from all the mud that had found its way into my kit. So Off I went for a shower to get all the grime off and warm up. Drying myself off I still had a red raw arse to went searching the bathroom cabinet in the holiday cottage for something to sooth my arse. The only thing I could find was OIl of Olay so I thought what harm can it do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well others in the cottage heard this blood curdling scream coming from the bathroom and I didnt realise my voice could go that high, some thought I had stuck a hot poker up my arse. Luckily the rain had stopped the next day but everyone kept asking why I walked like I had just got off a horse.  

Mother in law used to work at Cadbury for many years.  It's a huge factory, in the hot weather some of the workers would suffer a phenomenon known as trolleymans arse not pleasant