05-04-2018, 10:57 AM
A friend in MI just upgraded his 2006 Sporterster to a Daymaker.
There are many, many knock-offs, which may be as good or close-there-to, but I have seen no reviews for any better.
Check out the price and realize that the replacement part from Honda likely included the bucket.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/store/da...7700145--1
I seldom ride at night, so an LED for me would be only for longivity and maybe for reduced stator load.
Friend (Vrod) and I stopped at the H-D dealer in Washington, UT, Monday morning. I do like Sportsters, or at least the last years of the rigid mount motors (2003), and H-D has better build quality than credit is generally given, but the CB1100 is a higher plateau.
Mine got its first car" wash today at 7,330 miles.
Parked under bush at son's new (to him) place and collected droppings off the bush.
I think that is aptly stated.
Although my 1976 CB750F was good for 122 MPH.
Note: Points are easy to maintain, easy to adjust on the road, but the dual points on my 76 would not stay adjusted; so I replaced them with a Martek 440 electronic unit. Durable even after we parted company at ~38,000 miles in 1981.
There are many, many knock-offs, which may be as good or close-there-to, but I have seen no reviews for any better.
Check out the price and realize that the replacement part from Honda likely included the bucket.
https://www.harley-davidson.com/store/da...7700145--1
I seldom ride at night, so an LED for me would be only for longivity and maybe for reduced stator load.
Friend (Vrod) and I stopped at the H-D dealer in Washington, UT, Monday morning. I do like Sportsters, or at least the last years of the rigid mount motors (2003), and H-D has better build quality than credit is generally given, but the CB1100 is a higher plateau.
Mine got its first car" wash today at 7,330 miles.
Parked under bush at son's new (to him) place and collected droppings off the bush.
(05-04-2018, 10:36 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: The thing is, despite your romanticized notions of days gone by, this new CB1100 will undoubtedly prove to be more durable and reliable than any of the bikes you remember so fondly from the halcyon '60s and '70s.
Simply put, the current bike is even better built now than it was then. It will do everything better, longer, and more reliably.
I think that is aptly stated.
Although my 1976 CB750F was good for 122 MPH.
Note: Points are easy to maintain, easy to adjust on the road, but the dual points on my 76 would not stay adjusted; so I replaced them with a Martek 440 electronic unit. Durable even after we parted company at ~38,000 miles in 1981.