Hello from the other side
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:15 pm
Yank here,
I hail from Massachusetts. I'm a long time V owner and I post fairly regularly on Superhawkforum.
My V is a bit of a b8stard but a good one at that. I bought a used, abandoned 2005 Superhawk that I found on good ole craigslist one fine morning. After a bit of negotiating my wife would not accept the price of $500! I said to her, "What if I offer $250 and he says yes?" She agreed that in this implausible scenario I could indeed buy the bike. Her reluctance was well founded at this point in our life when I stop to consider that I then owned a Buell and an old KZ1100 and that in the prior year I had at least 2 other bikes to my name. Anyway, I apologized to the seller in an attempt to back out of the deal and he said, "Brian, please, come take this damned bike I just need it gone, I'll take 250." And so I became the proud new owner of a bike I'd never even heard of and I instantly fell in love. No keys, no title, no bill of sale, no nothing. Just a wad of cash and a beautiful Superhawk that hadn't ran in 5 years with no known history a spotty present and a somewhat (dodgy?) future.
Now normally I'd just slap a plate on and ride home but this time I actually paid for a tow truck (Lori?) to bring it home for me. Quite literally it took a jump start and about 2 minutes to get it running and man did it sound good. The Two Brothers low mounts roared to life and soon as I determined it wasn't leaking its fluids I had a Buell plate stuck on the back and off I went.
And I thought my Buell had nuts...Turns out a VTR with a 15t front and a 43t rear with pipes and a K&N is a thing to behold when the throttle is snapped open around 3k....WHOOOOOAAAAAA GIRL DOWN DOWN!! That's all I could think, instant grin from ear to ear and a woody hard enough to hunt with. I knew in that first mile that she was the one for me and so did my wife because shortly after I sold the KZ and the Buell. I had a brief interlude with a hot little Triumph but she got old quick...way too clingy but really hot...such is life, just me and the V.
We've been through a lot...broken CCT, frame swaps, big bore, cam swaps, you name it. If it can be done to a V, I've probably done it, and despite the scars I enjoy it all....and here she is:
I hail from Massachusetts. I'm a long time V owner and I post fairly regularly on Superhawkforum.
My V is a bit of a b8stard but a good one at that. I bought a used, abandoned 2005 Superhawk that I found on good ole craigslist one fine morning. After a bit of negotiating my wife would not accept the price of $500! I said to her, "What if I offer $250 and he says yes?" She agreed that in this implausible scenario I could indeed buy the bike. Her reluctance was well founded at this point in our life when I stop to consider that I then owned a Buell and an old KZ1100 and that in the prior year I had at least 2 other bikes to my name. Anyway, I apologized to the seller in an attempt to back out of the deal and he said, "Brian, please, come take this damned bike I just need it gone, I'll take 250." And so I became the proud new owner of a bike I'd never even heard of and I instantly fell in love. No keys, no title, no bill of sale, no nothing. Just a wad of cash and a beautiful Superhawk that hadn't ran in 5 years with no known history a spotty present and a somewhat (dodgy?) future.
Now normally I'd just slap a plate on and ride home but this time I actually paid for a tow truck (Lori?) to bring it home for me. Quite literally it took a jump start and about 2 minutes to get it running and man did it sound good. The Two Brothers low mounts roared to life and soon as I determined it wasn't leaking its fluids I had a Buell plate stuck on the back and off I went.
And I thought my Buell had nuts...Turns out a VTR with a 15t front and a 43t rear with pipes and a K&N is a thing to behold when the throttle is snapped open around 3k....WHOOOOOAAAAAA GIRL DOWN DOWN!! That's all I could think, instant grin from ear to ear and a woody hard enough to hunt with. I knew in that first mile that she was the one for me and so did my wife because shortly after I sold the KZ and the Buell. I had a brief interlude with a hot little Triumph but she got old quick...way too clingy but really hot...such is life, just me and the V.
We've been through a lot...broken CCT, frame swaps, big bore, cam swaps, you name it. If it can be done to a V, I've probably done it, and despite the scars I enjoy it all....and here she is:
