Well against my better judgement I took the bonneville out for a run, checked the weather cloudy but only a single figure chance of rain so off I go and it rained on and off the whole time I was out, not heavy rain but annoying all the same. Got home and went out with the wife in the car and the bloody sun came out.
This took me ages to work out but if you have cruise set and in use, you just roll the throttle forward (using pressure) and it switches it off. If you grab the throttle with it off, you can roll it forward and you'll see what I mean. I used to dab on the brake to cancel it until i RTFM'd......
@Ducatitotriumph Yes, thanks! The "throttle forward roll" (sounds like a tumbling or gymnastics move) is the way that I typically disengage the cruise control on my Speed Triple. But I do like that there are multiple ways to disengage it including the front or rear brake in addition to the throttle. It definitely seems safer to me than having only one way to do it. But, do you also mean that rolling the throttle forward switches off the indicator image that's displayed on the TFT screen when cruise is on? If so I've not noticed that but will give it a try.
It's a really easy bike to ride Steve, and it really can be a pussycat to ride and it only becomes a monster if you want it too! He was going to buy a smaller bike to start with but when he saw the Rocket he loved the look of it, he knew that if he bought a smaller bike he would be changing it for the Rocket pretty soon. He bought it as a cruiser and is quite happy sitting at 50-60 mph most of the time
Went a run up the east coast this afternoon, my mate bought an old Harley about a year ago and has transformed it into a new looking bike, this was his first ever ride out on it
Had a rumble round the North York Moors, scoffed ham n eggs for my tea at the Seaways Cafe and stopped to squeeze a kidney at the Hole of Horcum on the Levisham Moor. Bleak over there even in nice weather but the air smells wonderful with all the heather.
Your friends motto must be "Go big or go home." He chose quite the grand manner in which to return to riding, Dougie!
@Dougie D What year and model is your mate's old Harley, Dougie?? The bit I can see in the photo is sweet looking. Do you have another photo of it that shows the whole bike? I'm quite curious about it now.
Luckily i took a photo of it yesterday! it's one of the first Street Bobs, about 15 years old i think, but it had not been looked after very well, he didn't want to do a major custom job on it, as he already did that with a previous Harley, but he has changed the bars, pipe, seat, rear shocks, different springs in the front and one of our mates did a subtle paint job for him (that was a major hold up for him as the painter was really busy with other paint jobs) he has added some other bits to it but he didn't want to change it too much. i don't know what the mileage is but it runs and sounds great
Put what seems like 10ltr`s of clutch fluid through it, cussed it ,cursed it,questioned if it knew its father etc etc. The wife is giving me "i told you not to buy it" Just another day of bliss messing with an old motorbike in the man cave! Thing is if ive fixed it.....im gonna be bored tomorrow
Yep, you'll start spending money on pretty things next. Venhill brake lines, drilled brake discs, cafe seat, new tank, paint, ally wheels, stainless spokes....
Thanks for the great photo of your friends Harley, Dougie! I was pretty sure from your initial photo that it was a Street Bob. Based on the gray engine components, I suspect it's a 2009. I think that was the only year H-D did that on the Street Bob. I really like what he has done with this bike. It looks terrific--subtly different from stock but improved to my eye. My very first motorcycle was a 2010 Street Bob so that particular model holds a special place in my motorcycle heart. Here's mine on the day I was taking it to trade in. It would have been fun to be able to keep this one as it was a great bike. Plus it was my "gateway drug" into motorcycles. And now, sorry for my thread derailment, back to what we've been doing with our TRIUMPHS today.
