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From Bandera, Texas - 2019 HD Freewheeler - 2006 Vulcan 900
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Pretty simple, the Vulcan is called "Vulcan". Yea, super original, but works.

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The trike my wife named "Pumpkin". Not to crazy about that. But this is the first bike in years that she finds excuses for us to go out on.
 

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Mine changes names on a regular basis. When out cruising around on a beautiful day and the bike's doing what it does best, which is eat up highway miles, it's "Sweetie Pie" or something similar. On those days I have to remove large chunks of fairings and other body parts to do basic maintenance items, or even hassle with the oddball oil change procedures, it is often referred to "Son of a Bit(coin)" and other names far worse not suitable for a family publication. The wife has learned its all just noise and tension relief so she stays in the house and turns up the stereo. She will occasionally poke her head out the door for her own amusement and ask if she can help, knowing full well I'll launch into a vivid description of the useless and masochistic engineers that went out of their way to intentionally design things just to make me mad. Cheap entertaiment for her.....LOL.
 

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Mine changes names on a regular basis. When out cruising around on a beautiful day and the bike's doing what it does best, which is eat up highway miles, it's "Sweetie Pie" or something similar. On those days I have to remove large chunks of fairings and other body parts to do basic maintenance items, or even hassle with the oddball oil change procedures, it is often referred to "Son of a Bit(coin)" and other names far worse not suitable for a family publication. The wife has learned its all just noise and tension relief so she stays in the house and turns up the stereo. She will occasionally poke her head out the door for her own amusement and ask if she can help, knowing full well I'll launch into a vivid description of the useless and masochistic engineers that went out of their way to intentionally design things just to make me mad. Cheap entertaiment for her.....LOL.
I totally get it I have to remove the seat & prop the tank, pull the battery, undo the starter solenoid, undo ignition box, pull battery box, undo the main harness, shove the ignition box to the side,pull the harness and fuse box aside, undo one screw on the inner fender & shove it down, THEN I can change the air filter... It is a goodthing it is fast when it is on pavement cause it is brutally slow when it is on stands.
 

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I mentioned in my Intro that the Road King is Rex, The Rocket III is Brahma and the XS650 is Buzzy. I recently sold my Stratoliner which was named Yamato.
Going back to the previous rides there was Blue, the FZ1 I got to meet Bambi on in a wooded curve here in Virginia:
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RIP Blue

And Max, my first new purchased machine:
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RIP Max, you are truly missed. And as a public service announcement, beware mountains in Colorado. They will reach out and slap you off a VMAX...
 

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V-Max was a great bike.
Still is. I saw one when I dropped off a donor bike at a local shop this Saturday. Pretty Pillion looked at me and NO! YOU HAVE ENOUGH NOW!

I said what if I traded Buzzy for it? She simply walked away. I take that as a green light, right?
 
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