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Trailoring a bike

The above pic is the new and cool Canyon Dancers... here's my old FZ6 and my wife's old VStar with the older model CDs...

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Depends on 'intent'. If you want to trailer your bike to the point where you can get in some good riding that's fine. But I see way too many cruiser riders, H-D in particular, who trailer to the edge of town, roll off their bike with terrible ergonomics, put on their leather chaps (with fringe), leather jacket, and an appropriate doo rag and then ride the last 3 mi into town and then park in front of the local watering place to the cheers and huzzahs of like minded souls. That's lamo and they are just poseurs.
 
Evitzee said:
Depends on 'intent'. If you want to trailer your bike to the point where you can get in some good riding that's fine. But I see way too many cruiser riders, H-D in particular, who trailer to the edge of town, roll off their bike with terrible ergonomics, put on their leather chaps (with fringe), leather jacket, and an appropriate doo rag and then ride the last 3 mi into town and then park in front of the local watering place to the cheers and huzzahs of like minded souls. That's lamo and they are just poseurs.
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On the other hand, 80% of the bikes I see on the road are cruisers once you're 25 miles outside of the city. It's highly polarised in that sense
 
Lonney said:
They look sweet Cobalt I would guess they don't mess with throttle(flooding)?
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Nope. We cannot flood a shut down Gen II FZ1... Once the bike is powered off, the only way the injectors can open is with the bike on. I do always make sure the throttle is at the zero position though.... old habit of carb days. ;)

The trick is, do NOT over tighten the straps because you can easily bend your handlebars. It doesn't take much pressure to hold a bike in a chock.
 
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