I’m still trying to wake up. For the past two days the Bikernet crew had the austere opportunity to blaze to Buelton California and ride a selection of new 2004 Harleys that will be released to the public in Milwaukee at the 100th celebration. Harley’s new moto relvolves around the next 100 years and from the looks of the line-up, they’ll continue to rock. Rubbermounted Sportsters with 150 tires and major performance upgrade are high on the list for 2004.
Of course I wore my Diamond Gusset jeans and road tested them on the back roads of the California wine country. Not a bad jig. Let’s get to the news. I’ll touch more on the model launch later.
Here’s the famous Buzz Buzzelli, the editor of American Rider, standing beside a 2004 883. The factory did an admirable job of maintaining the classic look of the Sportster while making significant changes. Note his comfortable stance. Both Buzz and I were sporting our Gusset jeans while on the road. Oh, by the way, we’ll run down the entire new line of Harleys in the next week or so:
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She finally decided there was no way he could damage the word “fascinate”, so she called on him. Johnny said, “My cousin’s wife has a sweater with ten buttons, but hertits are so big, she can only fasten eight.” The teacher cried. –from Rev CarlR FLATHEAD POWER KNUCKLEHEAD– H?r kommer bild 1 och en liten grej jag har skrivit om cykeln.Fredrik. This is a genuine “Lightning” Knucklehead with a factory hot cam and factory ported heads “Y”-heads, only available to people with factory conections in -36 and -37. The motor is marked as a low compression engine, and oddly they did that on sport jobs in the late thirties, so of the initial 151 E-models built, probably not more than 30 of these was of the “Lightning” variety. On the pictures the side stand is wrong (leg is too long) – I have found a correct one and will install that as well as the super rare early “squarish” crash bars. 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