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Posted by 45 Bravo
- September 15, 2012, 22:29:13 PMThere ya go, Keep them guessing...
45 Bravo
Posted by Troll
- September 15, 2012, 18:56:13 PMIt was the fall "flood run" today. Literally thousands of motorcyclists and Bikers descend on the Great River Road from Illinois and Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It starts at 7 am and runs until 10 pm. They are everywhere, in small groups and packs of 50 or more....It took me 10 minutes to get through the town of Nelson, which is about 1/4 mile long....I road about 250 miles today, and saw 4 bottle cap 'Indians", one blockhead scout, and just about anything else you could possibly imagine, including a guy riding a restored WL 45, but NO DRIFTERS except my own. I saw a guy on a black bottle cap riding through a town, I pointed at him, he waved back...and then the look on his face changed to a huge question mark....I'm sure he had no idea what he was looking at....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- August 27, 2012, 23:34:13 PMMy dad lived on University Ave in Windsor years back.....
Some place I read or saw something to the effect that there were only 900 Drifters in Canada, now not sure if that was all drifters or just the 800's.
I stopped at Kawasaki dealer in Napanee area and they heard of them but never seen one, and at the dealer in Kingsotn the really cute and really young redhead behind the counter would not believe me I was riding a Kawasaki till she went out to look at it.
During my ride down to Kingston I saw lots of bikes and a veriety of makes but not one drifter.....
Posted by aralph
- August 27, 2012, 21:43:14 PMFrom Windsor, ON.
Had to go to Cleveland, Ohio to get mine back in April
Seen a few at Port Dover in July.
Yet to see another in Essex County....
Posted by 49Reo
- August 24, 2012, 09:51:08 AMQuote from: 45 Bravo on August 24, 2012, 00:16:52 AMI have been there, and i still enjoy the speed,and the rush of acceleration, but highways is just not were you act that much of a fool.Someday he might figure it out.
45 Bravo
Hopefully in a painless manner.....
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by drifter-paul
- August 24, 2012, 05:09:56 AMI think there were 14 '99 Drifters sold in NSW (one state in 9 states/territories) , Australia. I've met or know of 6 of the owners. Saves buying theft insurance 
Less face it - we have discerning taste 
(downside well - we aren't going to run into each other that much).
Posted by 45 Bravo
- August 24, 2012, 00:16:52 AMI was coming back from doing some computer work this evening, stopped at a red light, and a guy pulled up next to me, driving a gsxr 750, He was wearing a full face helmet and a neon green mohawk hot glued to the helmet.
He popped his face shield, and said nice "Drifter", i said thanks, and complimented him on his suzuki, we talked for a minute, he said his dad had a 800 drifter, but it was not his style (obviously) you don't see many green mohawks riding drifters.
the light turned green, I said see ya, and accelerated smoothly to 55, and stuck it there, he followed along for about a mile and apparently got bored (we were on a stretch of 2 lane highway between 2 towns about 10 miles apart.)
I heard him drop 3 gears and grab a fist full of gas, he passed me on 1 wheel, waving, and in a few seconds he was out of sight.
About 5 miles down the road he was sitting on the side of the road having a talk with a state boy..
I waved as i went past, cruising at 55..
I have been there, and i still enjoy the speed,and the rush of acceleration, but highways is just not were you act that much of a fool.
Someday he might figure it out.
45 Bravo
Posted by KEN.
- August 23, 2012, 11:21:58 AMGod Morning All.....There are a least 2 drifters here in Sidney BC...1500 & ...800 (mine)
see a few as they head to the BC Ferry in Swartz Bay.....KEN.
Posted by chief
- August 16, 2012, 12:24:25 PMI used to live in Walnut, Ms. no, Kawasaki won't tell us how many drifters they sold... don't know why.
Posted by 45 Bravo
- August 16, 2012, 01:10:45 AMWell, I took off a little early tuesday to burn some vacation time, and go for a ride.
About 15 miles north of New Albany, In a town called Blue Mountain (there are no mountains in Mississippi).
There is a small shop there that sells classic vw Bugs, he started carrying bikes last year, I just never had a chance to stop in.
I pulled up a couple was looking at a vulcan 1500, the owner of the place said "look another drifter" as i pulled up.
He introduced himself (Sherman Smith) and come to find out he owns a 99 1500, he just doesn't ride it much.
He showed me photos of his drifter, and photos of 3 others he has sold to people in the area.
(He is a buy here pay here place, you put a down payment on a bike (from 100 - 500 depending on the price), he parks it in the show room, you pay as you can, and he rides it about 3 miles a month, to make keep it fresh until you pay it off, and take delivery.
So within 30 miles of me i can directly account for 6 drifters, mine, his, 1 he sold to a person in Blue Mountain, another in Ripley (5 miles from him), another in Myrtle (5 miles from me), and the last one is in Walnut MS. (He is in our Gallery here on the drifter website.)
So with all these Drifters, why is no one riding them but me?
The one i saw a few months ago at the red-light is the VDR member in Walnut (he posted photos in the gallery)
Does anyone have an idea of how many 99 1500's were sold in America?
or How many Total US sales of all drifters??
thanks.
45 Bravo
Posted by DKtime
- August 12, 2012, 02:31:05 AMsorry I screwed up the link... here's a good one...
Mount Cheaha State Park
Posted by DKtime
- August 12, 2012, 02:23:54 AMWell there were at least 2 drifters at Mount Cheaha State Park here in Alabama Saturday.
my wife was on the 800 and I was on the 1500.
Posted by 45 Bravo
- August 11, 2012, 21:23:32 PMBy "parking up front" I mean with the rest of th bikes in line.
I never park near the entrance of an establishment if I can avoid it.
When riding alone and parking in a auto space, I try to Park diagonally to take up as much of the spaces width as possible to approximate the width of a car. But also leave enough room that if another bike wants to park there there is enough room.
Well the weather was nice today. Rode about 200 miles, saw many hogs, several wings, a few yamahas, and 1 Suzuki intruder.The only Kawasaki was the Drifter we went to see about in Florence al.
It's a 99 with 30,000 it does have custom paint. But only a solo seat and windshield.
He's asking $4,500. A little steep I think for the mileage.
And a reconstructed title.
Once we found out about the title the offer price stopped at 3,200.
Ride safe.
45 Bravo
While stopping for a water stop a guy on a road king (he even had "road king" on his helmet) in stick on letters.
Pulled up next to me said nice bike. He got something to drink the came out and asked what was i riding. I i told him a Drfter and explained the Kawasaki/Indian chief thing.
He liked it in general and the we parted.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- August 11, 2012, 13:03:13 PMlol at all this....you need to know that there is no cure for stupid....some people are born that way and others work hard to get to that level........
Posted by 49Reo
- August 10, 2012, 23:46:55 PMI hear ya.... seems like the only reason some people open their mouths is to change feet... I had the very same thing said to me one time; I pulled up on my Drifter, my son-in-law on his VFR 800, 2 Harley riders standing there: one would not even acknowledge us, (no great loss there) the older guy says "how do you like your Indian?" I looked at him and said" great," or some such, he said "you know its not a real Indian, don't you?" not much to say to that; some things aren't worth responding to.
As to parking around the corner from the Harleys, where they parked at that particular coffee shop, the parking lot is quite narrow there, they were all parked in front of the door, (I NEVER park near the door; too many people afraid to take more than 5 steps at a time).
My cousin parked his vintage Beemer out front at that coffee shop when he first restored it; was across the lot from the door, (keep in mind the "5 step rule" mentioned above) some lady thought she could squeeze in beside him, knocked his bike over, cost him one new (and hard to find) taillight, had to repair part of the fairing, and of course some paint.
Some peoples comments (and actions) are hard to comprehend; as one of our Forum members put it, when asked when he was going to "move up to a Harley", responded; " I owned a Harley once, been moving up ever since!"
Regards and such,
49Reo