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How To Sell A Motorcycle On Craigslist

2010-03-12T18:15:58Z

Here are some great tips on selling your motorcycle on Craigslist. Some people are in such a hurry to sell their motorcycle they don’t think about taking the time to write their ad and it either gets flagged off or gets little to no response. Then I’ve seen some people have no clue what their [...]

Sixty Degrees and Ice On Lake Loveland

2010-03-05T23:51:06Z

Only in Colorado can you have a sixty degree day and enough ice on a lake to do some ice fishing. You can see out on the ice a couple of fisherman trying their luck. About five years ago in February I can remember a speed boat pulling a couple of skiers on a sixty [...]

It’s a Boy

2010-03-01T00:21:13Z

I have noticed a new trend in motorcycle blogging, baby pictures! So seeing how I can be a little trendy, I thought I’d throw in this post before this boy gets any older, and posting baby pictures are a thing of the past. It’s been two months since the world has been blessed with another [...]

A Little Iron Head Sportster History 1972 early 73

2010-02-26T07:19:34Z

In 1972 Harley introduced the 1000cc Iron Head Sportster, replacing the 900cc. To accomplish this, for some reason they cast the cylinders using a wall thickness of 3/32. This is why the 1972, E73’s can’t be bored more than .030 over. The bolt hole patterns are also unique for 1972 and early 73 cylinders. For [...]

Sexy Naked Rolling Hard Tail

2010-02-11T03:24:06Z

Spring is in the air. I passed a semi load of miracle grow garden soil heading in to Lowes for delivery on the way home tonight. And we all know, thanks to Tennyson, in the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Not that I’m a young man, but I stumbled upon [...]

Annual Colorado Motorcycle Show and Swap

2010-02-07T03:43:52Z

Last Sunday I did my annual visit to the 32nd Annual Colorado Motorcycle Show and Swap. This year’s event, as far as finding older parts, was prime for anyone with the money to grab up almost what ever one was looking for. I think the economy had everyone pulling out the old stuff and putting [...]

Iron Man Stan Dishong

2010-01-29T02:45:36Z

Stan the Iron Man Dishong was a true motorcycle legend here on the West coast. He bought his first Harley in 1944 at age 16. He first raced on the salt flats of Bonneville in 1951 setting a short lived land speed record of 156 mph. This was the first year the Southern California Timing [...]

Hard Bags on a 1948 Panhead

2010-01-16T17:40:05Z

There were two brothers way ahead of the curve in the late 40’s. Harley Davidson didn’t offer hard bags for their motorcycles until 1952. “Royalite Plastic” bags first appeared on the 1952 “K” model Harleys and then on Big Twin models in 1954. Back to the two brothers, Resto’s dad and brother came up with this [...]

Scraping the Sportster Project

2010-01-12T05:24:21Z

Last year I did a post about picking up a Sportster project off of Craigslist. The package deal I scored was great. A 1998 1200c engine with title, a 1967 Sportster frame, and a 1973 set of motor cases with the top-end and title along with about a half a truck load of misc Sporty [...]