New from AZ 2

[tikiharl]

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: New from AZ

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My name is Harley and I live in Tempe, Arizona. I am 50 years old and am still playing with bikes.
I have been told I march to a different drum :shock:
I like a variety of music, Blues, 80s Punk , Alt. country and Rockabilly
I like tacky things,(kitsch) Have three pink flamingo lawn ornaments, Aluminum Christmas tree w/ color wheel and turning musical base and a good collection of Tiki including a Tiki bar I built a few years back. I also have a great hot sauce collection, now at about 100 bottles.
I like classic offbeat movies like Pink Flamingos, Freaks and 50s teen hotrod movies.
I proud Army veteran, was in the 82nd Airbone 1/504 co. C 76-79
OH and I LOVE BIKES!!!!!!!

 

[user 135]

Welcome to Ratdom.

What did you use for the fender skirt?

 

[tikiharl]

I used sheet metal from home depot. It is riveted to the fenders. All trial and error,probably more money spent on the metal than any other single part. plus lots of cursing,lol

 

[Anonymous]

nice apes on the last one what are they like 4 foot tall???


nice bikes welcome

 

[tikiharl]

They are a little over 2' from bottom horizontol to top bend. actually a very comfotable ride

 

[Tempe-Terror]

Hey Harley, welcome to the site. I bought a bunch of stuff from you one time off craigslist. I was the guy with the old station wagon.

 

[tikiharl]

Hi terror, i was wonderin if you might be on this site.Are there any others from the Tempe area on here? I am going to try and be down @ beach park for the FAT TIRE TOUR this sat, hope to see you there.

 

[Tempe-Terror]

I there are a couple others form Tempe on here and a few more from other parts of the valley. I will keep an eye out for you on Saturday.

 

[xddorox]

Welcome to the board. That is a cool rad fender

 

[rollacostaryder]

Tikiharl is the man!

Liked your bikes and mind set.

I have a 3 G Newport with big BOA tires.

What I know for sure is that, although 3G calls this kind of bike a cruiser, using it for a 4 mile per hour 6 mile ride daily
over bike paths have resulted in a crushed seat, broken rear spokes and blown rear inner tubes.

3G was kind enuf to send me a new seat which is starting to deform too.

Anyway I noticed you have the same style seat on all your bikes. Could you tell me what you bought?

Also, my rear 3 G BOA tire 26 x 3.45 is going thru many Sunlite 26 x 2.35-2.75 inner tubes.

Any advice on what inner tubes to run, size and manufacture? It appears that the BOA tire size is odd ball.