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A former student in building trades called me the other day and just insisted that I see a 1984 1200 Aspencade. The bike is as nice as I have seen for its age and 90xxx on the clock. The only thing we could find wrong was the air compressor was not running.

This week is busy with medical appointments,but you guys need to see this motorcycle. A lovely example of a well loved bike. I will take some pictures once I get it
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Isn't it great when that happens?
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

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Yes it is. Especially at $1.04 a CC. :orange
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Driving me nuts a little. Paid for the bike and seller put the date of sale on the title one day later by mistake. When i went to the DMV to get it recorded, i saw that and just went home instead.
The buddy who was gonna take me to the bike to ride it home will not be available due to the delay in getting license plates. I just might trailer it home. That is,after I get back home from family business.
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These are lousy pictures but hopefully they show how good the paint and chrome are
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Nice bike, looks well kept.
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Right about the pics tho' ....

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I finally took it for a serious ride today. I went to the Cushman show in Portland IN, and it is indeed a superior road bike.

Once i got there, the show is spread out over a large area and I got tired of walking.Bikes are allowed everywhere at the show. which is pretty surprising, but welcome in my mind. Everyone else is on 100 cc or less or in 4 wheel carts, but the big Aspy was able to crawl along at a very slow walking pace once I got in the zone. Actually easier than some of my smaller bikes.
I made some nice executions in some of the curves, but really need to relax in some of the others. It's all about trusting the motorcycle. Rolled 150 miles at exactly 40 MPG.
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raiddrten wrote:I finally took it for a serious ride today. I went to the Cushman show in Portland IN, and it is indeed a superior road bike.

Once i got there, the show is spread out over a large area and I got tired of walking.Bikes are allowed everywhere at the show. which is pretty surprising, but welcome in my mind. Everyone else is on 100 cc or less or in 4 wheel carts, but the big Aspy was able to crawl along at a very slow walking pace once I got in the zone. Actually easier than some of my smaller bikes.
I made some nice executions in some of the curves, but really need to relax in some of the others. It's all about trusting the motorcycle. Rolled 150 miles at exactly 40 MPG.
Grand daughter and I were there yesterday. Saw a guy on an 1100 cruising the area. We were on our minute miser. It is a lot of walking. Nice to have something to ride around on. Gott say though the swap meet was a bit down on people, vendors and buyers, when we were there compared to other years.

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I did not see nearly as many Cushmans. So many of the displays old bicycles and junk ones at that. Maybe the Hipster craze is driving that? Some of the old Cushman guys are not so happy about the way things are going, but when you look at the cost of a Cushman, the price of the hobby being a mini bike that exceeds the price of many GoldWings might be the cause of that problem.

I would have liked to meet you, Robin. Just to say hi.

I saw Tim Gross out on the street with his sons. One son was on a tiny Italian Harley -- a nice restomod. Tim is "Taryl" of Taryl fixes all on YouTube. I really enjoy his stuff as it is the best detailed lawn mower repair site I have seen, but be warned that it is an acquired taste.
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sweet looking 1200
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Naked or not that’s a lot of motorcycle. Congratulations...glad it found you
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1200's are sweet... please do not let my 78 know I said that
-Rodger-
all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
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