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Posted by ChilliDrift
- January 04, 2013, 21:44:21 PMWIBD. Thanks PC.. interesting stuff for sure. How long have you owned your Drifter?
Posted by pcarrell
- January 04, 2013, 18:12:42 PMQuote from: ChilliDrift on January 04, 2013, 05:27:56 AMHey PC,,you stated very few have relocated the radiator.. where in the heck do they put them?
I've heard of 2 guys that relocated them to the area between the transmission and the rear tire after the goats bladder has been removed. Neither one of them was able to completely solve cooling problems though.
Posted by made2care
- January 04, 2013, 18:02:38 PMI travelled 16 hrs to pick up my drifter(sleeping beauty) and prior too that had never seen one, and still have not seen one other than mine.
Had her parked the other day at the local store in town. Older gentleman pulls up, gets out and circles my bike several times. asked if she was an indian and the conversation started.
These are pretty rare where I live . I frequently get long looks when I am riding around town and elsewhere. great feeling!!
Posted by ChilliDrift
- January 04, 2013, 13:07:24 PMIts my damn literal logic,,, I'm a natural born straight man. Easy to get one over on me.
now then... where did I put my meds 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 04, 2013, 10:01:52 AMChilli I think that was one of them retorical statments not for real.
perhaps they put the rad between the forks......
but do the indians not have the lifter arms on the side of the ciylinders like an H-D, or am I wrong? Now I'll have to go and look after make that statment.....
Posted by ChilliDrift
- January 04, 2013, 05:27:56 AMQuote from: pcarrell on October 16, 2012, 19:43:03 PMHey PC,,you stated very few have relocated the radiator.. where in the heck do they put them?Easiest way I've found to tell "on the fly", is look for a radiator. Indian's don't have them, and VERY few drifters have moved them to hide it. The cover over the brake caliper on the front fender is another good one. Indian's have that caliper hangin' out in the wind.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 03, 2013, 20:17:26 PMQuotesentiments of a lot of us for sure......I love the look and sound of mine it will probably be the last bike I ever buy..
seems not many were sold in NA, and Canada for example is so large and the majority of people live down south so there is more down there in the north country....
Posted by Troll
- January 03, 2013, 16:28:31 PMI have a tendency to hang onto things for long periods. I ran my '78 ElectraGlide for 32 years, 250,000 miles, and my '80 TourGlide for 15 years and 200,000 miles. During that time I saw some Drifters, but didn't think much about them, other than they looked nice...I had a rider ed student tell me his brother in law had a 1500 Drifter for sale, quite by accident. I was looking for something a little easier to ride after surgery, but I didn't mention it to him. I had carpal tunnel surgery in 2007, and it made things worse. I sold my E-Glide and replaced it with a 2000 W-650 Feb. of '09, and then the Drifter came along in Aug. of '09....I've put 32,800 miles on the Drifter since I bought it, and 11,000 on the W since I bought it....If they hold up as well as the H-Ds, then they are going to be my last motorcycles....unless I buy a third one....
Posted by chief
- January 03, 2013, 16:03:50 PMThe big fenders aren't for everyone. I try to stay aware of new models of various bikes, but I didn't know Drifter existed until late 2001! I searched the State of TN, every Kaw dealer, and only found TWO in stock. If they don't show them, they don't sell them. The shadow is cheaper, smaller and looks more contemporary. I think all of that had something to do with it.
Posted by John Hopkins
- January 03, 2013, 15:35:44 PMThat sounds strange to me, the fact seems to be that Drifters are a very rare breed in America, I would have thought that because they are cheaper new than a lot of other bikes and because there are so many bikers in America and that they have a classic look that there would be more of them sold than Honda Shadows..I love the look and sound of mine it will probably be the last bike I ever buy..
John.
Posted by pcarrell
- October 17, 2012, 10:56:45 AMThat's true!
Posted by 49Reo
- October 17, 2012, 10:50:43 AMFunny; with a lot of bikes,(and vehicles) if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. Not so with the Drifter; it's like every one you see, it's "WOW! what a gorgeous bike!
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by pcarrell
- October 17, 2012, 09:42:25 AMI've only seen 5 or 6, besides my own.
Brillo lives near by me and we both have ours wrenched on by the same shop (when we aren't twisting our own wrenches Fattys Cycle is the BOMB!). I saw his there one time. Somehow, even though we only live 15 or 20 miles apart, we never seem to catch up to each other.
Sandy (AnnieOakley) and I put together a small Indiana drift In a few years ago down in Nashville, Indiana (GREAT riding country!). Saw her ride and a couple others there.
Then I saw a red 800 peeking out of some guys garage a few miles from here a while back. Turns out it was the guys brothers bike or something. I guess the guy came and got it, because I never saw it again.
I also saw a champagne colored 2000 1500 on the hiway once, but he was headed the other way so there was no chance of catching up to him.
That's about it........we are a rare breed!
Posted by jmbo
- October 17, 2012, 08:51:45 AMI live in "Harley Country" near Milwaukee. We are on one of the main routes to the back roads area in SE Wisconsin. Every summer weekend I will see hundreds of bike ride by. As you would expect ninety percent of these are Ha-Ha-Harleys. To date I have seen exactly two Drifters. That's it! Two. Well now three including mine.
Even though this is the home of HD we have a huge non-Harley bike show called Rockerbox. Every year they block off several blocks in mid Milwaukee and fill it with classic, vintage, and modern Euro/Asian bikes. Quite a thing to see especially in HD country. Seven city blocks with three rows of bikes handle bar to handle bar and that only the show. Even more bike line the surrounding streets and parking lots. But to the point last year I saw my first and only Drifter at the show. I expect there will be at least one more next year.
Posted by 45 Bravo
- October 16, 2012, 20:27:12 PMMy quickest way to tell depending on the angle I see the bike from is the radiator first, or the silver soccer ball behind the drivers right foot..
Or from the left side from the rear of the bike I look at what would be the "primary" drive cover.
It is a lot smaller on vulcans since the gearbox is inside the engine, not behind it..
Just my .0012cents worth..(2 cents after taxes =.0012cents....)
45 Bravo