A Warm "Hey Y'all" from South Carolina

[jwbrkr]

I put my bikes in mothballs while stationed overseas (US Navy x 30 yrs, this year) for six years and after getting back found my long time companion and much beloved 98 Valkyrie didn't fit any longer. Actually it was the same, I just got older and couldn't do more than a hundred miles or so without much discomfort. The pegs are behind the cyl heads and it puts one into something of a quasi-sportbike crouch that I could no longer tolerate. Sold it last week. I had been keenly interested in the Rocket since its inception and *bonus*, the engine is longitudinally mounted along the midline with regular floorboards along with bags, longer wheelbase, etc, on the Touring. Done. Just had to find the machine. Did that just before the new year and the rest is history. Glad to be here and happy to see such an active, well-informed and cosmopolitan band of moto-hooligans.

bill

 

[tdragger]

Welcome aboard, Captain Bill. And a big THANK YOU for your many years of service.

(no disrespect intended to a Navy man but all Rocket owners are referred to as Captains. I don't know why but we just are.)

 

[datona paul]

WELCOME BILL.... MAGGIE VALLEY, NC. RAA IS MAY 17-19TH...... LOOK UP ON FORUMS..

 

[DRMD421]

Welcome from Dallas! I also had an awesome 99 Valkyrie and sold it to my Father n law after purchasing the Rocket. I went to ride his bike the other day and fought with the valve covers too. Made me wonder how I put 40,000 miles on it in the first place. Glad to see you now pilot a Rocket. Hope to meet you in Maggie Valley!

 

[HansO]

I can't remember if I did already elsewhere but I will say it again officially
Welcome To The Forum

 

[R3Tex]

Welcome. Lots of good info on here and the folks don't seem bad either.

 

[jwbrkr]

Re Hey Y'all

Thanks so much. We Americans don't use it much but "captain" is used a lot in the English-speaking world (or English-mangling in the case of the US and Aus, according to some) and I am familiar, no sweat. With regard to my service, I came from a military family (4th gen that I know of) and it seems as natural as can be. No thanks needed. I thank you all for the opportunity to ply my craft without the worry of overhead, meeting payrolls, hiring, firing and the myriad things the poor beat upon souls in the private sector have to put up with. My hat is tipped in their direction.

This brings me to DRMD. My father retired and moved the family to, of all places, Duncanville TX. He did 20 more at AAFES Hq out on Loop 12. Lived there on Greenwood Place, about 100yds from Smith Elem off BSG, while pursuing a chem degree at UT Arlington. That was in the mid-late 70s. Where are you?

Funny you should have the same ergo probs with the Valk. You are likely no spring chicken, I'd wager. Great bike though. Didn't think I'd see those tq and hp nos in a cruiser again. Boy was I wrong. Less than a thousand Rocket miles to date and I'm so wrong.

Paul, thanks for the tip. NC? Just up the road a piece and looks do-able at this juncture.

R3Tex, I see we joined about the same time. Maybe you haven't had a chance to lurk around here as much as I have. If you had, I don't think you'd be making such a bold claim about this bunch of delinquents.

b

 

[HansO]

Thanks so much. We Americans don't use it much but "captain" is used a lot in the English-speaking world (or English-mangling in the case of the US and Aus, according to some) and I am familiar, no sweat. With regard to my service, I came from a military family (4th gen that I know of) and it seems as natural as can be. No thanks needed. I thank you all for the opportunity to ply my craft without the worry of overhead, meeting payrolls, hiring, firing and the myriad things the poor beat upon souls in the private sector have to put up with. My hat is tipped in their direction.

This brings me to DRMD. My father retired and moved the family to, of all places, Duncanville TX. He did 20 more at AAFES Hq out on Loop 12. Lived there on Greenwood Place, about 100yds from Smith Elem off BSG, while pursuing a chem degree at UT Arlington. That was in the mid-late 70s. Where are you?

Funny you should have the same ergo probs with the Valk. You are likely no spring chicken, I'd wager. Great bike though. Didn't think I'd see those tq and hp nos in a cruiser again. Boy was I wrong. Less than a thousand Rocket miles to date and I'm so wrong.

Paul, thanks for the tip. NC? Just up the road a piece and looks do-able at this juncture.

R3Tex, I see we joined about the same time. Maybe you haven't had a chance to lurk around here as much as I have. If you had, I don't think you'd be making such a bold claim about this bunch of delinquents.

b

Oi I resemble that

 

[sweettennbabe]

Welcome from Tennessee. Hope to see you at Maggie Valley.

 

[xhdskip]

Welcome from Oklahoma.
Glad to have ya with us.