It's a mini biker build-off between my buddies Harley and whatever I could conjure up. I chose a Drifter. That's his Harley all monkeyed and chromed up and painted from the factory. You get the picture? He goes chrome I go blacked out, he goes two toned I go single color, he goes bright I go crap brown. He goes touring and comfort I go bare knuckles, little tiny goggles, shirt on my back. Forget the difference in price. The competition can only be eyes on at the biker joint right? How can he step to this? I'm not quite done yet either.
Maybe I'm a little biased, but I think yours is GREAT...and his looks like every other bike on the road...or in front of a bar.
That's nice of you to say. But you know what they say anyways, it's not the bike, it's the rider!
It's nice to see members of the younger generation maintaining the Drifter blood line.
Got to agree with Troll about the looks of the bikes, post a pic of a group of Harleys and they look alike albeit post a picture from Driftin 13 and all the drifters look like Drifters and the same, but then post a mixed bag of bikes and you can pick out Harleys because they all look alike and sound alike and have the same chrome parts. How many members do we have here and no 2 rides are the same.
How can anybody own just one?
I met a guy at the Drift in from Australia who owns 3 1500s...2 Rs and a J....
Quote from: dakuhosu on July 25, 2013, 13:48:18 PM
That's nice of you to say. But you know what they say anyways, it's not the bike, it's the rider!
Great looking ride, and it goes well with the Rob Zombie look. 8)
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.
Great lookin ride!
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!
sadly those bags stick out like an elephants ears......from this view.
Elephant ears....I had a different part of the anatomy in mind. They look good from the side, though.
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.
I saw that. One of the guys at Drift in has 3, a j and 2 Rs...he's from Oz...
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!!!!
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. ;)
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.......
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
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.
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.
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
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.