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tubeperson · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2011, 07:31:43 AM »

Thanks Sonicus, as always great and useful information provided!

terryc · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:32:41 AM »

This is my tool for two wheel fun

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2011, 11:31:49 AM »

Nice wheel-to-wheel machine, there, Terry! Unfortunately, due to a serious back injury, merely looking at the ergos on that makes me have back spasms. I have to have a bike that has handlebars significantly higher than the seat!

terryc · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2011, 11:44:54 AM »

benson..yep I am that age where I have to get off it after about an hour as my hips, back and knees seize up like an old lock!

sonicus · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:06:42 PM »

I have a long torso and not such long legs so I like low drag bars with short 4 pull back risers on my 81 HD FXS . It helps me stretch my back with mid-shift foot controls. I like the balance that I get for cornering that way.

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #20 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:36:19 PM »

One of my bikes is a Buell S3T Thunderbolt TOURING. What a joke to call it a Touring bike! The handlebars are about 1 inch higher than the regular S3, and it came with hard bags, so I guess that's the rationalization. I can't ride it for more than an hour, tops. But it sure is fun! I rode it 450 miles in one day - once. It was a Flexiril night, for sure. Never again. Does this look like a touring bike to you?

sonicus · « **Reply #21 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:59:50 PM »

I agree with you! Sport Bike features for sure.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 23, 2011, 02:46:50 PM »

I can't tell for sure from the picture, but if the pegs on that Buell are where I think they are, it's on the verge of leaving sport bike and entering repli-racer territory. Very nice, but not the ergonomics I prefer, and certainly not my idea of a touring stance!

Peter

terryc · « **Reply #23 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:18:24 PM »

Looks like a sports/flat tracker to me, certainly not the relaxing tourer!

sonicus · « **Reply #24 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:39:00 PM »

My 81 HD FXS

sonicus · « **Reply #25 on:** August 23, 2011, 05:03:48 PM »

More wheels

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #26 on:** August 24, 2011, 09:23:27 AM »

An impressive collection of wheels, of one type or another.
Sonicus, your Shovel is too clean! (Nice bike!)
The Buell does have high footpegs, and in fact, my legs are the first thing to suffer from longer rides. But I am going to put up with it because the bike is ultra-responsive and satisfying to ride (on shorter rides, that is). It goes, stops and turns RIGHT NOW! Plus it sounds really fine. The original muffler bit the dust; and rather than source an original, which would cost many dollars, I just put on a Cherry Bomb (remember those?). It is obno loud... but what a sound it is!

sonicus · « **Reply #27 on:** August 24, 2011, 10:22:46 AM »

Ben , Thanks , the 81 Shovel went through its current state of existence in 1996 as a custom project for me . I decided to keep the foot controls mid-shift rather then forward controls when I realized that I liked the mid-shift. I had had forward controls on my previous Shovel ,a 72 FLH . This one as you can see has the FLH front end with an old Hydra-Glide headlight. The exhaust system in a Thunderheader which has a slight performance gain and a nice sound as well. For a cam I used a Sifton 468s with solid lifters and roller rocker arms. Displacement remains stock @1340CC / 80 . The heads have been ported and polished by Hannans Machine shop. The solid mount gas tanks were converted to rubber mount flat side. It has a spin off oil filter a primary chain tensioner a high output alternator a DYNA S ignition and a few other improvements over stock. A a slightly refined Shovel !

As far as the tape machines , these 2 represent 2 of a few more that I use to do analogue to digital transfers . I could write pages and pages about many of my tape machines _______________ LIke the AMPEX AG440C half inch with DC servo capstan and VS-10 speed control ___YUMMY !!!!!!!!!! LOL !

Wolf

dfung60 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 24, 2011, 10:53:35 AM »

This is one fun hijack thread...

Sonicus, what an awesome collection of gear! I love the smell of a Studer recorder. It must be the oil they used. And Ampex 456 has a very memorable smell when you shuttle it around, too. Pro Tools just smells like a dumb computer!

David Fung

sonicus · « **Reply #29 on:** August 24, 2011, 11:50:02 AM »

HI, David, yes hijacked , I now am guilty as well.I followed and then temptation took it's course and this time the results have turned from frowns to smiles which in my estimation in not such a bad thing. Studer Capstan oil PDP65 is what you might be referring to; http://freeloverecords.co.uk/pdp65.htm

Most of the old AMPEX 456 now suffers from deterioration such as Sticky Shed Syndrome sometimes requiring it to be be baked before it can be transferred . The smells of things like an Alembic Bass that has had the finger board freshly renewed with lemon oil will always be part of a visceral enjoyment of my attention to detail for things that are of great importance to me. Smells are so much part of our cognitional mechanisms ,thanks for reminding me of such aspects of daily life, it's nice to stop for a moment and realize it.

Wolf