Valkyrie questions

[Bedifferent]

Hi all ! I know some of you fellows have or had Valkyries. I'm thinking of buying one as an interim bike until I get Rocket hammered back together. Anything I should be wary of ? I took one for a test ride this morning. Never ridden before but it felt just like imagined it would. Had Cobra pipes on it. Really liked the sound. Didn't buy it though, it was pretty rough. Looked like it had sat out in the weather some. Aluminum was corroding under the clear coat. What really concerned me was that the oil filter was rusty

Never had any problems with mine in 10 years. Then again, I didn't have that many miles on it. I had a service manual for it, but I'm not sure what I did with it. The only thing I did to it was pull the manifolds as there is an O ring between the manifold and the head that sometimes will leak with age sucking a little air. I just did mine as a precaution since I was replacing my manifolds anyway. My old set had a little pitting from collecting moisture in the winter. I bought a used set off eBay. If I ever run across the manual I'll send it to you.

 

[cusso ken]

A friend of mine has a BMW 1600 GTL ,he gets board with things pretty quick and i'm hoping he'll sell it to me at a reasonable price. He let me use it for a weekend i have to say i was impressed even if it took me an hour to figure out all the gadgets...

I am still working out/finding the gadgets my Kawasaki 1400 GTR has I must read the manual one day ,

 

[TRIIICK]

I am still working out/finding the gadgets my Kawasaki 1400 GTR has I must read the manual one day ,

 

[TRIIICK]

Hi all ! I know some of you fellows have or had Valkyries. I'm thinking of buying one as an interim bike until I get Rocket hammered back together. Anything I should be wary of ? I took one for a test ride this morning. Never ridden before but it felt just like imagined it would. Had Cobra pipes on it. Really liked the sound. Didn't buy it though, it was pretty rough. Looked like it had sat out in the weather some. Aluminum was corroding under the clear coat. What really concerned me was that the oil filter was rusty

There is a guy down by me that lives on the ocean that owns a Valkyrie. It really didn't click until i saw the picture C Ken posted. For the past 8 years he's kept it outside a stones through from the ocean never covers it. It's been poured on by rain and exposed to the elements every year, he only stores it for three months out of the year during winter. Every year it runs like a top. I'll post a picture of it next time i ride by his house...Here it stands three days of rain and the Valk weathers each and every storm.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

This is unfortunate. But.... His eyes light up !

OMG thats wonderful

 

[Steel]

This is unfortunate. But.... His eyes light up !

I'd have to replace that with a skull.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I'd have to replace that with a skull.

I listened, I can't hear him screaming

 

[Steel]

I listened, I can't hear him screaming

Good! If it's not a screaming eagle, it should be reliable.

 

[Wrecka]

Thats a lot of bike for 4k well done m8

 

[kipper]

Nice one Fred .Owned one for 3 years before the Rocket ,I put 35k miles on it with no issues .