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Posted by dakuhosu
 - July 26, 2013, 20:58:00 PM

I see now, the brackets are so rusty they just gave out. I do love that guy's paint scheme. Super different and it works. Too bad about the brackets.

Posted by dakuhosu
 - July 26, 2013, 20:02:37 PM

Glad he didn't buy the bike with a flat tire. I was embarrassed to ride mine home with the stock paint scheme. I felt like an Indian fraud. Plus I'm about to tump the thing over at every stop. I guess I was a fraud ;D

Posted by Troll
 - July 26, 2013, 19:42:08 PM

     Yeah, it's bent. The owner said it was that way when he bought the bike. That would have made me CRAZY 'till I straightened it. The bags wobble terribly when you are riding. He wasn't the only one with the Osprey bags, and they all flapped in the breeze like a pair of flags. They need some kind of stabilizing bridge between them. The bags, themselves are very nice, but the mounting needs a complete re-engineering.  I'm thinking the stock aluminum mounts would accept the Osprey bags with minimal modification.

Posted by dakuhosu
 - July 26, 2013, 19:18:19 PM
Quote from: Troll on July 26, 2013, 09:17:36 AM

I had a chance, and I took advantage of it, to look closely at 25 other Drifters this past weekend. Just in the category of windshield mounts, no two were the same. Most of the owners said they were fire and steel mounts, but some were under the top tree, some were above it, some under the headlight...I never saw one like what was on my bike when I bought it. I didn't expect to see any like I have now, since mine are adapted from a Nomad...and then there is the variety of saddlebags...and speaking of that... the Osprey bags are very nice, but the mounts are junk. Crooked, wobbly and FUGLY!

Did somebody lay it over? Why is the one all bent up like that? Looks like some of my botched work.

Posted by DC
 - July 26, 2013, 15:03:55 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on July 26, 2013, 12:43:53 PM

DC still waiting for your contribution to my Driftin 14 trip and if I do not get it soon a picture of me in my speedo will be forwarded to you quickly......and think of mind searing and mind burning images.......

YIKES!    The check is being over-nighted as we speak!   ;)    ;D
Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 26, 2013, 12:43:53 PM

   DC still waiting for your contribution to my Driftin 14 trip and if I do not get it soon a picture of me in my speedo will be forwarded to you quickly......and think of mind searing and mind burning images.......

Posted by DC
 - July 26, 2013, 11:46:42 AM
Quote from: Troll on July 26, 2013, 09:24:54 AM

Elephant ears....I had a different part of the anatomy in mind. They look good from the side, though.

NOOOOOO!    Don't even plant that thought in his head or we'll see a certain pic again that will leave a lasting effect.  I'm still in therapy.   ;)
Posted by DC
 - July 26, 2013, 11:44:19 AM
Quote from: dakuhosu on July 26, 2013, 08:38:31 AM

I'm still working on the look, I've pitched the Arlen Ness loud cowboy boots and ordered the Doc Martin 8761. All this work is killing me.

Those are pretty cool.  You can't go wrong with those.  I just wear generic SWAT team boots.

Saw Manson and Zombie last year.  Great show!!!!

Posted by Troll
 - July 26, 2013, 11:14:06 AM

I saw that. One of the guys at Drift in has 3, a j and 2 Rs...he's from Oz...

Posted by Washbrook
 - July 26, 2013, 10:23:08 AM

Troll, not sure about the Aussie's bikes owned, refer my post on how many drifters by Chief, I got a response from Kawa Aus re how many were sold in Aus, basically all 1999's and 1 2000. Only about 50 sold all up.

Posted by Troll
 - July 26, 2013, 09:24:54 AM

Elephant ears....I had a different part of the anatomy in mind. They look good from the side, though.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - July 26, 2013, 09:21:38 AM

  sadly those bags stick out like an elephants ears......from this view.

Posted by Troll
 - July 26, 2013, 09:17:36 AM

I had a chance, and I took advantage of it, to look closely at 25 other Drifters this past weekend. Just in the category of windshield mounts, no two were the same. Most of the owners said they were fire and steel mounts, but some were under the top tree, some were above it, some under the headlight...I never saw one like what was on my bike when I bought it. I didn't expect to see any like I have now, since mine are adapted from a Nomad...and then there is the variety of saddlebags...and speaking of that... the Osprey bags are very nice, but the mounts are junk. Crooked, wobbly and FUGLY!

Posted by pcarrell
 - July 26, 2013, 08:50:48 AM

Great lookin ride!

Posted by dakuhosu
 - July 26, 2013, 08:38:31 AM
Quote from: DC on July 26, 2013, 07:19:05 AM

Great looking ride, and it goes well with the Rob Zombie look.   8)

I'm still working on the look, I've pitched the Arlen Ness loud cowboy boots and ordered the Doc Martin 8761. All this work is killing me.

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