So I haven't been adding much here as of late. Sorry about that all ya all. But I have been keeping busy in the Red Jeep side of life. I went Jeeping and camping two weekends in a row. I have almost finished up my 4x4 off road jeeping trailer and I am getting over a terrible cold and flu. I know spring colds are the worst, I want to be outside playing and I am stuck in bed with a fever and the chills.
This is a picture of my Red Jeep all loaded with my new Trailer in tow.
I bought a new used 2006 Road King a few weeks ago. I have now dodged the weather enough days in the past 2 weeks to ride it 300 full miles. It's raining again today in case anyone is wondering. So back to the first tank of gas in the 2006 Harley Davidson Road King. I filled it up on Wednesday morning 4-23-2008 when it was cool, and like I said Wednesday. The reason I mention this is I read these tips on any one of the 100 how to save gas articles floating around right now. When it's cold out you get more gas than when it is warm and mid week gas is cheaper as gas prices tend to rise in cost over the weekend. Well anyway the gas was $3.29 a gallon in Draper Utah, and I needed 4.3 gallons to top of "The King". The trip odometer read 161 miles and the fuel gauge was just entering the red marks near E. These miles were a combination of one long freeway trip of 60 miles and the rest around town stop and go and my 3 mile freeway sprint down the on ramp each morning. Do the math 161/4.3 = 37.44 MPGs. This is not too bad, I was hoping or expecting it to be about 45-50 miles per gallon but this was the first tank and my first 300 miles to really test out the bike so I was riding it hard most of the time. When you have a new bike you have to goose it at most all stops signs. Well more to come on this great gas debate.
MILWAUKEE WI Harley town USA. Harley-Davidson says it paid, gave cash and food stamps to its CEO of about $4 million last year. Chump change for a big guy.
A government mandatory regulatory filing shows that's a four percent decline from the previous year. a 4 percent decline, sorry pal I lost 70 percent on the Harley Stock I bought.
James Ziemer's compensation included a salary of more than $875,000, Plus a free lunch once a week plus stock and options awards.
The Harley Davidson Motorcycle maker's proxy statement filed with the SEC the Stock Police or Securities and Exchange Commission shows that's an increase from the base salary of nearly $825,000 he received in 2006, when his total compensation was valued at about $4.25 million. But wait the guy did get a 50,000 dollar raise, WOW, I think I got a 50 cent per hour raise.
The company's filing says no executives received bonuses because they didn't meet performance incentive targets. NO BONUSES that's really kinda sad when you think about it.
The company's profit fell about 10% in 2007. Well maybe they can lower prices a bit to spur new sales.
Here is some information about Teraflex lifts for a Jeep Wrangler TJ. A 4 inch lift gets more complicated than a 3 inch lift but does allow 35 inch tires. A 3 inch lift will allow 33x12.5 tires if you get new rims with additional backspacing. For 33x10.5 tire you need to check into backspacing issues. With a 3 inch lift you can use the stock control arms but should get new shocks. The work involved installing the kit is basically replacing the track bar connection in the back with a new bracket and adding length to the rear sway bar linkage. Install new shocks and new springs. Up front you add the springs, relocate the position of the track bar, and install new shocks. Then you need to install a new pitman arm. If you are doing the work yourself, the things to watch out for are: The removal of the stock pitman arm requires a big strong pitman arm puller. This part is pressed on at the factory and can be very difficult to remove. I have heard of guys that have broken a rental pitman arm puller. It also require a transfer case lowering kit. This is pretty easy to install. When it's all said and done the ride and look is great. I have been very happy with mine, very low vibration until I bent the rear drive shaft, which force the purchase of new drive line and slip yoke eliminator. When I get my server backup check out more details.
Here is some serious Buggy Action from one of my friend on a recent trip to Johnson Valley California. It is amazing to watch the super buggies crawl over what is almost impossible terrain. I guess the obstacles are called Bender Alley and Chocolate Thunder. I will need to put these on my list of trails to run. They do seem way too serious for my modified Stock TJ. I may need to move up to the buggy for accomplish this level of trail.
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In his spare time, Al likes to learn more about one of the true American Automotive Legends, The Jeep. When he is working, Al is a marketing manager for one of the leading on-line retailers of aftermarket Jeep accessories and Jeep parts, Xtreme Terrain Concepts. They can be found at http://www.xtremeterrain.com
Here is a link to My Jeep site, I know it's a bit off topic if you are looking for hard core Harley Davidson Motorcycle custom building kinda stuff. But it's interesting all by it's self. You may get some ideas if you ever plan to build a small trailer to pull behind your Harley.
So check it out. I am basically fabricating for the ground up a small trailer with big wheels to pull behind my Jeep.
I build Jeeps into capable off road machines, and I am also building a Custom Chopper Motorcycle, and sharing the details with the Internet.
My Custom Chopper Build or Check out my Custom Jeep at the
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