Gregw

Hi Everyone,
Well, after about ten years, I have a bike again. I’ve been saying to myself for a long time if I ever got another one, it would be a Superhawk. I went to look at one at a dealership that wasn’t much of a deal, and I didn't care for the salesman, so I walked. Took a look on Craig’s list and found a much nicer one that was also cheaper and closer to where I live. Kind of fell in my lap, as it were. I’ve been slowly going through it; there were a couple issues. The bike was running quite lean so I raised the needles and opened up the pilots a tad. There’s a Micron exhaust installed that was too loud for my ears. The packing had burned through in a couple spots so I repacked the cans with SS and added a baffle I welded up (I know, sacrilege ). Now the exhaust only sets off 5 car alarms on the commute instead of the dozen or so previously.
Next item on the list will be the forks. I’ve been reading a lot of the great posts here about re-springing and think I’ll go with Race Tech. Just the springs for now, valves later if needed. I wouldn’t consider myself a hard rider, I like the canyons well enough, but a putt along Pacific Coast Highway works too.
From what I’ve read, this looks like a nice place to exchange knowledge. I hope I’ll fit in.

P.S. I uploaded a photo in the gallery. I know it’s not the fastest color, but you take what you can get.

Duck007