"WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR MOTORCYCLE TODAY"

[oldironnow]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_Sportster

That’s right - 2004.

[hacksaw]

Wow. That’s a damn shame .

2003 is the last year for solid mount motors.
50 lbs lighter than “04’s

Efi sportsters?
I had a 2010 and I belive it was carb?
No it must have been Efi .
Or maybe it was a 2005?
Boy my brain is shot. Wow

[oldironnow]

oldironnow wrote

hacksaw wrote

Great story .
However I have never seen a 2003 rubber mount XL.

Yeah, i’m not exact on that date, so likely off.
I tried to look into the 883R history, but I’m not getting good returns.
Maybe if I look into that XL website.

https://www.xr1200ownersgroup.com/threads/remaining-vance-hines-xr1200-race-parts.66703/

Suburban might have the more rigid mounts

[oldironnow]

hacksaw wrote

Wow. That’s a damn shame .

2003 is the last year for solid mount motors.
50 lbs lighter than “04’s

Efi sportsters?
I had a 2010 and I belive it was carb?

Multiple specs for different types of XL ?

Maybe EFI was a Cal-only thing.

[hacksaw]

No 2007 was Efi
But I can’t recall the year of the bike I had
Lol

[oldironnow]

Thanks for clarifying what year I had 👍👍

[oldironnow]

A few more vanity shots.












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[hacksaw]

oldironnow wrote

Thanks for clarifying what year I had 👍👍

Thanks. Too bad I can’t remember my own bikes. 😐

[hacksaw]

That’s you?
I thought it was Scott Zampac.
Looking good!

I will get another sportster . Just when idk!

[Fatfatboy]

hacksaw wrote

Yes that’s the one!
I think I passed bcz of the rubber mounted motor .
Although if it had efi I may have gone for it .
Very nice with a 1200 kit and a more standard looking ( but not sounding ) exhaust .

I agree straight pipes , but especially forward controls and apes are ruinous . But can easily be addressed .
I think now there are aftermarket items that could help with the rubber mounting crap .
Still the lack of a trans  trap door sucks.
You know how much these motors weigh?
To have to pull the motor to split cases to do tranny work is sick. Another drawback is the 883 cylinders can’t be bored on later models .
I imagine the graphics and orange paint is available some where .
I got too many projects as it is .
But I crave another sportster

 A 2003 883R would be perfect for you. I wouldn't mind having one myself. because I also crave another barebones sporty but not a flobber mounted one.
Like you, no place to park it. I need to sell off a springer. Prices have dropped. I may just eat it in spring and move on. Who needs two Heritage Springers? If I could get a trade on a 96 Bad Boy that would be a tickle. It's another bucket list bike.

Right now I park most of my bikes in a spot at work. It's only a 1-1/2 miles away but I'd rather have them at the house.
I've been trying to get an excavator over to the property next to the house to start the garage process but they are all so busy. Digging basements must be more profitable. Unfortunately my skid steer is not big enough to move that much dirt, limestone and a rock the size of a 55 Buick Roadmaster sedan.

[Fatfatboy]

oldironnow wrote

Sniff, sniff.

[hacksaw]

Fatfatboy wrote

oldironnow wrote

Sniff, sniff.

Try and find that broken wing patch  
The white ones are highly priced if yiu can find ones,
Black wings are easier to find but I want white.

How much material do you actually have to remove .
3 foot wide and maybe 3 deep? Idk your code. But u don’t have to did a big hole even renting a small back hoe for a day shoukd be relatively cheap . Forms can  be a bit of a pain but yiu can forgo them by filling your footing excavation with concrete and then using a couple of course of block .
Yiu only need you skid steer to take out say 6” of the inside and chair some rods then pour your floor.
It’s pretty simple.
I suppose u could  put a layer of moisture barrier in there some way . I wish mine had that.
Just don’t do a Joe Gresh and mix bag after bag of concrete and place by hand.

[Fatfatboy]

I have tons and tons to move. The side of my house garage faces west. 10-15' west is the property I want to build on which is about 7' higher than the ground my house is on. I'd like to level out about a 70' x 100' area of that property to the same level as my yard and build a 20' x 30' garage on it. Some of the dirt I can move to the far side but much would need to be hauled away. There is also some trees that need to come down. That's my A plan.

It all depends on how far I can dig before hitting solid rock and I won't know that until I start digging or use an auger that will reach that depth. I recently found a rental place that has an auger that goes 8' so that should do the trick and the least expensive way to see how deep I can go.

If I only get down a few feet before hitting rock then I need to change to plan B and only clear out a 40 x 50 area plus room for a driveway off my existing driveway to the garage. Code requires an outbuilding to be at least 20' away from another building.

Plan C is to just add on to the west side of the house. This would take the least amount of dirt & rock removal but I already have an extra wide two car garage and adding another two car garage with a man door to the house would look goofy. I'd have more garage than house.  

Yeah bagging a floor with foundation is out of the question and probably cost more.

[hacksaw]

Personally I would just add another bay to the existing garage. You could just make it look like the house . You wouldn’t need an overhead door since u have access from the original garage. Make a matching the house entry door.
It will actually be a cozier work space .
Waaay cheaper than an out building . And belive me, especially in shit weather it totally sucks to have to go out to a separate building just to check something for a minute.

Anywzy having a garage bigger than your house is super cool! And my dream .

[oldironnow]

hacksaw wrote

That’s you?
I thought it was Scott Zampac.
Looking good!

I will get another sportster . Just when idk!

The Z-Man !
He was a sight !
Those were the days.
Here’s to your future XL 👍👍

[oldironnow]

Add that extra bay, but put a lift in it to get to the full-width second floor you add on top of the garage.
Least change to footprint with max space and connected to the main house.
I’m no expert, but I suspect there would be red steel post in the space of the original garage to support the load above.

[hacksaw]

Thanks!
Zman was a great one!  

[hacksaw]

oldironnow wrote

Least change to footprint with max space and connected to the main house.

 
The way to go .