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Well since my son (QuantumSchema) has been postign pics of his America I figured i should post some of my Speedy that got him started. She is a '06 that I found a couple of years ago.   Had Bubs and AI removed from the previous owner. I took out the snorkle and added a Polaris bellmouth and K&N filter, rejetted. I liked the solo seat look so I went with the seat and rail, and fender rack. The bags are Viking bolt-on that are just big enough to fit my lunch.  The windscreen is a Mephis Shades Shooter that I use in the winter or when the lovebugs are swarming. I put on the Rivco risers and they helped a lot with shoulder aches. Also, added Rivco light bar and dual horns under the bike to help get attention on the road. And of course Kury Iso's and mirrors. Now that my son has his looking so good I am going to have to step up my game!
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Lookin' good there, Lou!  (...I can see why your son was impressed enough to get his own)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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that's a fine looking motorsickle! 
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Welcome Lou. Nice lookin ride you got. It must be a great feeling going for a ride with your son. Very cool. 
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 Black and Red oh YEA 
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
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Thanks everyone. Yes the black and red ones look great! But then they all do don't they. I wish my son and I could ride together but he is in Tampa and I am 6 to 7 hours away up in the panhandle. But sometime soon we will do it. He has been able to ride mine when he and his family came up to visit.
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I'd love to see how you mounted the horns if possible.
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Welcome Lou, and nice looking ride! I think it's pretty darn cool that you and you son are both into this thing. I hope you both stick around a long, long time!
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That is a mighty fine bike ya got there! Here soon it'll look as good as mine.  But yeah, that's the bike that started my madness. Hopefully we'll be able to go out riding soon. I've got more scenery and destinations down here but I got a feeling I'll be the first to take the 7 hour trip by bike to the other's place.  Probably like Thanksgiving... He's right about me ridin' his bike while I was up there last. I practically commandeered it! It was early and I wanted to go ride a Triumph! Plus I wanted to feel the difference between an '06 Speedy and an '03 America.
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Hopefully this works to show how it mounted. I got the horns and relay for free as a package with Rivco for the light bar. I think they are like 118dB. I have it wired so they and the OEM horn works together. Sounds lound to me. 
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It looks better to me... but then again it's red and black..  It would be cool to ride with you.. I just don't want to join the iron butt association to get down there to ride with you and then back to get to work. 
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Hopefully this works to show how it mounted. I got the horns and relay for free as a package with Rivco for the light bar. I think they are like 118dB. I have it wired so they and the OEM horn works together. Sounds lound to me.
Ah yes... the RIVCO Magnum Horn set. Yup, those ARE loud!!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Don't you know those frame holes are meant for a centerstand?
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Yup... but since I didn't have one I figured I would put them to use.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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(That was from another thread)
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Don't you know those frame holes are meant for a centerstand?
That's where RIVCO suggest you place them. Personally, I put them up front in the stock horn location... either way they're still loud!!!
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I found these Mutazu MU hard bags online and thought they would look great on my bike. Got those and some EZ Brackets at the same time. My first reaction is WOW those are huge.  I am slowly getting used to them. I like the shape and they seem to go well with the back of the bike.   They are very handy and bigger than my old small leather bags. I like the lights too. I have them set up to be run/brake lights. They have made a change and the older bags used LEDs that were said to fail quickly. These had a regular bulb in them.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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They look good, though they're not as wide as my old Harley Sport Glide bags.
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Lou, you take good pictures and your bike is really nice. You should consider submitting it for a feature.
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Thanks! I'll try to get some good pics with a more interesting background when I get back in town. My plan is to paint the bags to match the tank. At this point I am thinking of painting the doors sunset red and doing a gold pinstripe around the edge. Debating whether to try it myself or hire it out.
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Thanks! Being retired military, it was really neat being the featured bike on Veterans Day. As luck would have it I was visiting my son (Quantum Schema) so I got to show off a little, although he had the featured bike a few months ago. Now we are even, although I think my bike looks better 
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Well, that was a happy accident then. 
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Thanks! I'll try to get some good pics with a more interesting background when I get back in town. My plan is to paint the bags to match the tank. At this point I am thinking of painting the doors sunset red and doing a gold pinstripe around the edge. Debating whether to try it myself or hire it out.
Hi Lou, I'm liking your bike! Ive got the same bags with easybrackets on my America, theyre not available in the UK so I had em shipped from the States, I too thought they were a bit wide, but I've got used to them now and the wife now fills em up where ever we go! I'm hoping Santa might leave me some money so I can get them sprayed up to match my bike in the new year. Safe riding.
I'd rather ride it than clean it!!!!
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Thanks. I am getting used to them. Its nice to be able to carry stuff I need to work like lunch, shoes, and sport coat. And also I can put my half helmet and reflective vest in there no problem.
The pics of your bike look great too.. I liek the one in front of the diner. Great retro look.
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I finally got sick of having the stock rear turn signals clutter up the view so I took them off and rewired the lights in the bags to be run/turn lights instead of run/stop.   I think it cleans it up a bit.
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looks great!
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God Dang! Thems be some good looking white walls!
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Thanks! I'm waiting to see what my son (QuantumSchema) thinks about it. He and his family are coming to visit and it will the first time we get to ride together. Unfortunately he isn't bringing his bike up so I rented a HD. We'll have to flip a coin. The winner gets to ride my bike.
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Unfortunately he isn't bringing his bike up so I rented a HD. We'll have to flip a coin. The winner gets to ride my bike.
it kind of goes without saying that the loser will be on the Harley, they usually go hand in hand
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Unfortunately he isn't bringing his bike up so I rented a HD. We'll have to flip a coin. The winner gets to ride my bike.
it kind of goes without saying that the loser will be on the Harley, they usually go hand in hand
Looks good Lou, like the whitewalls.
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nice looking lou, ya went with the gators, why not put the tank pads on :-)
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Nice bike! I personally don't like whitewalls though. What make are the floating rotors.
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Those are EBC rotors. Got them from FastEddy.
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nice looking lou, ya went with the gators, why not put the tank pads on :-)
I thought about doing the pads. But I kind of like the gloss black against the red on the tank.
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 Well right now my Speedy isn't looking as good as she was. A couple of weeks ago we got into a minor wreck. An SUV in front of me started to accelerate in a merge lane. No traffic in the roadway. I started to go and looked back over my looked back over my shoulder to make sure I was clear. As I looked front I saw the SUV had come to a stop at the end of the merge lane. I grabbed too much brake and tried to dodge the SUV. I missed him but dumped my bike. An ambulance for me and tow truck for her. I'm doing fine. Nothing broken just bruised. Now I have a motorcycle to rebuild. Already working on some custom work and the house is filling up with boxes of parts.
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Good that you are ok. Now you can go radical on the custom work and really make this bike a one of a kind.
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