| Author | Message | ||
     Essmjay |
not mine, but I like it. http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/mcy/2221276059.h tml | ||
| Foximus |
i was under the impression all white lightnings came with pm wheels...? | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
one in houston too... http://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/2192353041.html is it weird that the beautiful example parked in my garage isn't enough? i want ALL the Ice Pearl White Lightnings, i have a weakness for them... they look at me like lost puppy dogs needing a new home  | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
PM wheels were optional, IMO the white cast wheels look 'right' on the Liberace bikes.. guess i'm a lil biased | ||
| Court |
>>>i was under the impression all white lightnings came with pm wheels...?  | ||
| Court |
By the way . . that one is Seattle looks like a really good deal. I'd sell the race can for $750, the rest of the spares and have myself a whooping $3,000 bike. | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
i'm not positive but i think the correct Pro series seat is not what i got.. (Message edited by whitetrashxb on February 18, 2011) | ||
| Kalali |
I know it is only a matter of time before I cave in and get myself an S1. Just need to plan ahead a little bit so I can pull the "beg for forgiveness" stunt when time comes... | ||
| Zaphof |
Practice by acting subservient. | ||
| Eshardball |
If she complains about it just offer to buy another bike that you can both ride on. When I was still with her, mine tried to go for a ride on my S1 the day I brought it home with clip ons. It only took her about 6 miles to realize that it was a bad idea. 7 weeks and 2 days later I went shopping for my Road King at her request. It was a sacrifice but I rose the the occasion | ||
| Ratbuell |
Whitetrash - this is the correct Pro Series (a.k.a. "Euro") seat:  | ||
| Foximus |
huh.... really? thats the pro seat? Thats what I have.... | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
thanks for posting the pic, it looks like mine, i just wasn't the clearest on the variety of S1 seats | ||
| Ratbuell |
Yep. That's the pro series. Take it off, there should be a sticker underneath that says "euro seat". The accessory seat with the pegasus logo was the SELECT seat in tuber days. And the standard solo tail seat for an S1/S1W had a passenger grab strap. Why...I have no idea...but it was there. | ||
| Court |
>>>>Why...I have no idea. I **thought** the strap was required but I just thumbed through the FMVSS and can't find it anywhere. | ||
| 1313 |
The seat strap is not a FMVSS required item. There is a requirement that if there is one that it must be able to support the weight of the entire vehicle, meaning you can pick up the whole bike by the seat strap. I can't remember is if was a FMVSS requirement or a H-D GES requirement. Some memories are a little less vibrant, 1313 | ||
| Court |
Excellent . . I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. Thanks! | ||
| Ratbuell |
All I know is, for Maryland state inspection if a bike has passenger footpegs and a passeng er seat, it must have either a grab strap OR a backrest for the passenger - so they don't have to grab the driver to hold on. I can only suspect that is an outgrowth of the FMVSS rules. Hence my confusion. A solo S1 seat barely has room for ONE person...where's the second supposed to go?  | ||
| Kalali |
"it must be able to support the weight of the entire vehicle" I've never tried it but I'd be pleasantly surprised if the strap on an X1 seat and/or the seat lock mechanism could handle ~440 lbs. That would be a great way to hang the rear of the bike from a rafter. | ||
| Court |
>>>>...where's the second supposed to go? On a pillow duct taped to the tail section. . . . remind me to tell you, whence next we meet . . about the young lady and her marginally qualified rider boyfriend who parted company with the paved road, at considerable speed, went airborne . . through a quaint white picket fence and came to rest on the front porch of a bungalow. That was at the 2nd 1st Annual Buell Owners gathering in Arkansas. I'm not sure I'd suspend my S1 from the strap . . . but then, trust me on this one . . you don't want to subject your bike to many of the things we used to do to them in testing. Sometime, if you cross paths with Tom Anglim at the factory, he can tell you some of the wonderful things he used to get to do to bikes. It's the reason it's easy to say, with confidence, you'll NEVER subject your bike to anything approaching what it saw in testing. On the other hand . . sometimes we missed the obvious. Remind me to tell you the story of the Blast pulley . . . You can thank Engineers like 1313 for some of the bizarre test protocols the tubers were put through. We miss our mini-van with the door removed. | ||
| Charlies_s1 |
I love the pillow idea, I remember the wife asking to take her out on the S1 Ha Ha It was hard to keep the front tire on the ground with just me on it. Never again!!!! I just roll on and the front tire leaves the ground no kidding. And no shes not fat LOL. |
