It happens to all of us atomsplitter. With me it was about two years ago that my knees got so bad that my big bike riding days ended. I now have a BMW R1200C and recently acquired a nice 2002, low mileage, Harley Softail standard from good friend who bought it new. I dropped it within three weeks of getting it though when I leaned over a bit too far to the left while trying to get the kickstand to go all the way up. Thus, I'll be selling it soon. My old Triumph TR6C is lightweight and fun to ride but the last time I had it out, I couldn't kick start it because my beat up old right knee was hurting too much. My good friend, who was riding his 37 Flathead 45, had to start it for me in front of a bunch of people and that was embarrassing. GADS!
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I put the Heritage bags on it, getting them from a friend for $200. Fabricated the mounts from pieces of metal stock and then installed stiffeners I also installed the highway bars and the new black mirrors. Relocated the turn signals and several other upgrades; and now it's going. Dang. I'm looking to replace it with a good used Scrambler.
And most excellent bobber. I would have thought Triumph would be putting decent shocks on their bikes after all these years. The ones on my 07 Rocket were dangerous junk, which I replaced with Progressive 440s.
