Posts by Goats_Hogs

  • New member meet and greet

    Quote from KYJoe57

    thanks, happy to be with those who enjoy 3 wheels and speed.

    I do believe we may have met. Not in person, but on the road. The last weekend in June, and the first two weekend in July, my wife and I took weekend runs to Kentucky. I met a red Slingshot on 460 between Georgetown and Paris. I was heading West. There aren't that many Slings out there, and in 8,000 miles, you are the only one I've actually met as oncoming traffic to date.... if in fact it was you.


    Welcome to the forum. Lots of good people here, willing to help and very knowledgeable! Just watch out for the @Tripod guy! Pretty sure he may be certifiable! (510 HP in his Sling... I rest my case!)

  • Anyone Have Trouble with Corbin Saddle Bags Leaking??

    Quote from rickgi

    I seriously don't want to hijack this thread with tangantal remarks. But for anyone reading this looking for an alternative to Corbin Bags, I have ordered from slingmods.com the Alpha Luggage Rack system that mount to the back of the rollbars, combined with the PRP soft luggage bags that fit the racks perfectly. They are huge, and hold a lot more than the Corbin Bags. In addition, I am going with the Welter Dual Exhaust that exits the rear of the SS that will tidy up the appearance of the rear end. Once again, sorry for the digression.

    I bought my Slingshot May 22 this year. I also got the Corbin bags, and while I normally research expensive purchases like this, they had a set mounted on a Sling in the back and I loved the look. If I could got back, I'd have went with the Alpha system, and a nice fender for the rear. Would have been cheaper and more functional, and while maybe not look as good, would be less hassle. When I left the dealer, I had both lids pop open on the trip home. After much adjustment, shimming, messing with the post (they had over 3/16" of washers stacked up to make it work, and the thread is only a tad over 1/4 inch... and yes, it ended up pulling the thread and popping out), I finally have them so they will shut and have stayed shut for the last 3k miles. I've spent 3 months (bags were 8 days old when issue appeared) trying to get Corbin to back the bags on another warranty issue thru their website, and finally just called them to give them an earful. They told me that I wasn't their customer, and I would need to go thru the place I purchased the bags at. Customer service there is a joke. I mean seriously, they couldn't take time to reply to me to tell me that after sending in a long description with pictures (twice) showing my issue? I do have a slight leak on the passenger side bag if out in heavy rain. I've had to shim the latches out, so that the lid will hold and not open up on it's own. Likely that has cause my small leak. More important to me that the lid stays shut. As for shimming the post, I don't recommend that. The thread is short enough as is, so I used locktite blue on mine and just used a large adjustable to tweak (bend) the "L" shaped latch to clear the post.


    Sorry for the rant and long post. This is something I'd been thinking about posting here but hadn't as of yet as my dealer is contacting them as of two days ago. Here is my issue currently. The bags are thermoformed. That is a heated injection process, and I think my drivers bag was one of the first runs and wasn't hot enough. I have "blistering", looks like the bags have hives. Here's two pics of the blisters, and the pic of the massive amount of washers my dealer thought would fix the post issue.

  • Another Slingshot Engulfed in Flames

  • Feel Good Moment! Best Reason to own a Slingshot

    Quote from JimsGirl

    Thanks!!!!


    The 1939 Knucklehead I inherited from my best friends Dad--my second family. When I told him I was taking the rider class/getting a bike, he told his wife (mom#2) I was now the son he never had. Every time I bought a bike he was like a little kid over it, bikes were something we shared.


    The 39 with sidecar is currently sitting on the bike lift waiting patiently to be restored. Extra parts & tins hang in the garage too. They say to paint the tins first, and go work on it an hour a day. We still go out and look at it and scratch our heads where to start.

    That chopped '39 would have me scratching my head also on a good start for restoration! If it were mine, I'd likely look to restoring it after the mods. Frame is altered, missing some hard to find and expensive parts to go back to stock. I do have a friend that's restoring a 52 Pan, and he has over $40k in it and it's not done yet. Good luck with whatever you do with it when you get started! (Loving that side hack!)


    In your signature, you have it listed as a 1932 Knucklehead. After seeing that.... 1932 was all I could see! I'm just OCD like that.... :thumbup:

  • And miles to go before I sleep,

    Quote from ConnMan

    GH brother,Lived that a few years back. Was my Dad's caregiver..... Those long rides, that is where you solve all the problems.

    Was the same for me @ConnMan. Dad passed away in Feb of 2011, and the last 3 years of his life got rather rough. He had Parkinson's, and was in late stage four when he passed away. We helped mom with him a good bit of that time. Spent most of that next summer fixing up things on their home that had been let go over time. Dad had told me he had all the things taken care of, but I should have known to check closely myself. The summer after that was playing catch up on my place, mostly things I'd let go to work on mom and dad's place. Then early summer of 2013, mom fell and cracked her pelvis. That was the beginning of a roller coaster ride over three years of failing health. Also, I was in a rather bad motorcycle wreck in August of 2013. We have not given them up, but have reduced to two Harleys, one for each of us. When you have responsibilities like being caregiver, still working full time, being active in my church, and having grand kids that we wanted to be active with also, something has to give. Most of our "fun" times were limited greatly, because the priorities were needed elsewhere. After mom passed my wife said she felt guilty just thinking about doing something fun, let alone doing it. I had been watching the SS long before they were being sold. What better way to learn how to have fun again? We bought ours the following weekend. It's had a few issues, but I still grin ear to ear every time I see it!

  • New member meet and greet

    Welcome all the new ones here! I just had this thread pop up in my "dashboard", and while I'm not really new here, I've not been posting much or signed up that long. I read about things over here for several weeks before I signed up, so I feel like I know many of you even if you don't know me. Anyway, just wanted to officially say hello and throw my hat into the meet and greet!

  • And miles to go before I sleep,

    I get it. We are all busy it seems. For my wife and I, we have grand kids that we try to see often and follow their sports. We have 2 properties to deal with for now, as mom passed away on May 1st. We had been her caregivers for the last 3 years of her life, and that kept us busy also. Now we are going through all the things in the house, getting it ready for eventual sale. I work 30 miles from home, and currently work 10 hours a day. Did I mention we gutted our kitchen and doing a complete remodel? =O


    But somehow, in the 72 days that I've owed my SS SL, I've found a way to put 7,100 miles on it! I need to step up my game a bit, another 100 miles and it would be an average of 100 miles a day since I've owned it! Goals..... ;)

  • Feel Good Moment! Best Reason to own a Slingshot

    I've found the SS to be a "bridge gapper" if you will. I've had Harley riders (which I've been and continue to be for 26 years now) wave, sportbike riders wave, old people and young alike. Matters not the color of your skin (and it shouldn't), everyone that has a pulse seems to at least be intrigued. I've been told I should charge $20 a ride to help pay for it. I love how it brings people together. Well, that is unless I'm in a hurry to get somewhere and need gas..... (can't even get the cap off until there's people circling the SS)


    @JimsGirl, I can't take it any longer and need to ask. What's with the "1932 Knucklehead - restoration project"? That has to be the rarest bike in the world, seeing how they were only made from 1936 through 1947! I was guessing yours is either an EL or a VL, unless you typed the year in wrong.

  • ANGLE DRIVE SURPRISE

    Porosity in the casting. Could be caused by dirt or gas. Likely dirt, as I'm nearly positive this is a sand cast part and not die cast. Can be caused by the sand rubbing when the mold closed, or it wasn't blown off well before closing. I'm lead tool designer at a prototype/limited production sand cast factory, I see this kind of thing all the time. When the metal is poured, it will wash any loose sand no longer held by the binding agent to a swirl area and settle. The area it settles will be the same place most times, rarely will the sand end up anywhere else. This is a process error from the foundry that made the pour.

  • State Farm in VA

    In Indiana is it licensed as a motorcycle, but designated as an autocycle. Must adhere to motorcycle laws, but motorcycle endorsement is not needed. only operators license. Also must wear seat belt. The only reason I answered you is that I have State farm also, and if it's changing for VA, likely would here too. That and I'll be following this as it may well affect me. Only trying to help.

  • Photos of Slingshots on Location

    Quote from Slunglow

    Nice pics @Goats_Hogs and welcome to the madness.
    BTW that last pic looks like it was taken in our driveway ...


    Oh shit... Honey go check the garage ! J/K ;):thumbsup:

    Could have been! It was someone's driveway... lol! We had planned to take the Sling south over the 4th week on vacation. Leave Indiana and hit Ohio, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, Tenn, and Kentucky on a big loop. Having ridding motorcycles since I was in single digits, we tend to travel on 2 wheels. Normally I will visit my wife's family in VA/NC area some, then head to Robbinsville, NC. We stay there for several nights, and just ride different roads then return for the evening (it's only 12-14 miles south of Deals Gap, Tail of the Dragon). We changed our plans, as they were to get rain (heavy) just about everywhere on our route. Instead, we just went for 2-3 day weekends in Kentucky for 3 weekends in a row. That pic was taken on the west side of 627, south of Paris and north of Winchester. My dad was from Trap area, we try to get down there at least 2-3 times a year.

  • Lets put faces to screen names

    Quote from ConnMan

    My thoughts exactly! Imagine if that bear had rolled up the hood and into the cockpit (shudders at the thought of saying cockpit with Tripod around) and that would not have been pretty! He guessed it at 200 pounds, and being an avid hunter, likely was pretty accurate. The bear damaged the lower on passenger side, grill, and some of the hood panels. He has the red panels off it reworking them now, and driving it with just the black hood skeleton frame. His is early '15, and he said he will drive it like that until fall. He can't believe how much cooler it is with the hood open like that. Looks pretty cool too...
    The Bear Hunter.... Might work for my friend too!

  • Lets put faces to screen names

    Quote from Bill Martin

    Wow "Goats_Hogs" my parents (dad from Kentucky) got married in 1955 and went to Natural Bridge on their honeymoon. That is where I was conceived. They are both passed now but I have a keychain fob with their names on it that my dad carried 49 years and now I do. Hope you guys had as much fun as my folks did :)

    My dad was from Kentucky too. Rumor has it, I was also conceived there, but I can't say I remember it! We had a really good time, but minus the conception part! I also posted a few other pics in the "Photos of Slingshot on Location" thread. They were taken in Kentucky also.