Krx go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

O crap another bible thumper. I'm skipping the video.

Hey brother! I'm a Christian biker in Australia who rides a 97 Sportster that was an 883, but which I've turned into a 1275 and done a few mods too. I've owned for 15 years and ridden it on a heap of long rides from Melbourne up to the Gold Coast (1100 miles away) and back, with side trips on the way and so forth. As an 883, the bike was okay, better than the old Triumphs I started out on back in the early 70's, but okay. I wanted the 1275 kit just to give me a bit more power and that has worked out very well. I had already setup the bike for long distance touring and the tank being a third bigger than the one you have, meant that every 160 miles I'd stop and fill up and stretch my legs. I managed to cover 500 miles in a day like that, if and when I wanted to get somewhere in a hurry, but these days I don't care about that so much. I always enjoy the ride, taking in the beauty of God's creation around me and that's WHY I ride. Not to set some kind of record. I've met and known plenty of people who ride big tourers and they all take a stop every couple of hours anyway, so I'm not sure why people make such a big deal about small tanks. If I was heading across the Outback, I'd fit a larger tank and have a Jerry can or two of course, because it's literally a matter of life and death out there. No kidding! Look it up online. People who head across the wide open places of Australia without adequate preparation often feature in tragic stories. The Australian Outback is a vast wilderness and you can drive for hours on a major highway (when there is one) and not see another vehicle. There are pictures of big warning signs placed on the side of highways and roads that head off into that wilderness, that list all kinds of things you should take serious note of. One is to take as much clean water as you can carry. AND spare fuel. ALWAYS let people know where you're going and when. If you breakdown, NEVER leave the vehicle (they're easier to spot from the air, should there be a search) OH! ALWAYS carry TWO spare wheels. There's more, but I can't remember them all. Obviously, on a bike, these things have to be adjusted a bit, but then, so is the route you're gonna take. I have a mate who's done what we call the big loop; all the way ROUND Australia, which is like going around the edge of the USA, staying as close to the borders of Canada and Mexico, plus the East and West coasts, as possible. That's less dangerous because that outer edge of Australia is where over 90% of the population lives, but mostly in the major cities, fo which there aren't many. Davey had some pretty hairy tales to tell when he got home, but he says that the Lord was with him all the way. Love my Lord, love my Sporty and love being out on the road with them.

Watching from Los Angeles. About to pick up my 1st Harley on Sunday. Getting a 07 sportster 1200L with 17k miles from the only owner who is now pushing 70. Its in absolutely great condition and I’m only paying $2800. I feel like a kid on Christmas Day! Can’t wait to ride it daily!

Loved your video. Very inspiring, and hope you post more like it. Get a helmet mounted go pro, so we can see some of the riding as well.

Stupid superstitious idiocy

Found this searching for people touring on sportys. I have a 2008 with 11k miles I just picked up and I love riding it. I’m in CO and can’t wait to take up the mountains next spring/summer. Pikes Peak here we come! God Bless my friend.

What trail is this?

13:30 sounds like front rocker. How is oil pressure. Or enough oil. These sportsters dont have much pressure. Is it running a bit hot?

Man that’s real cool!! Now show us how to downshift. Maybe with a 45 foot 5th wheel coming down a pass.

As a CDL driver, that floats. I would not recommend doing this on medium/light duty trucks (unless your synchro's are just shot already). This will just put excess pressure, and wear on your synchro's and cause premature wear/failure. Just use the clutch, saves a lot of stress and money.

That's a normal sound of a sportster up on the top end

Taking a shot for every spacer and double shot for any torque spec 🥴 triple shot for every lock tight

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Nice! 9'ner?

Glenwood Springs!

Or you could not burn out your synchros and just use the clutch 👍

I had a 68 vw beetle back in the 80’s I had to speed shift for a couple weeks until I could afford to fix the clutch.

I would assume that the previous owner of my 7.3 ZF6 did this "floating gears thing" because the syncros are gone at 300k i feel that its just fine to use the clutch if you know how to drive a manual you wont burn out your clutch shifting through the gears. if you supposedly float gears i just think you are burning out the syncros

i am of the opinion it should be possible to not harm the synchros if your shifts are good. thing is if they are not good itd be possible to burn the synchros without knowing it. you should be also able to do a rev match downshift with neutral and no clutch, (if you are good, synchro or no synchro), applying tension like that till it goes into gear? eh, prob not optimal

My nissan does this and it nice

Why every 5.9 needs a new tranny

As a professional driver don't do this if you're not driving a semi truck transmission it is synchronized which means you're going to fuck up the dog gear you're going to fuck up the synchros You're going to have a really fun time with that The other thing you could fuck up is the transmission forks which you're going to be really pissed off cuz that's very expensive especially in downtime The other thing is yes you can get transmissions that were made for semis that are smaller for pickup trucks if you want to float just get yourself an eaton Fuller transmission that only has one counter shaft instead of two 10 or 13 speed they do make it if you want to do this if not please don't do this you'll regret doing this after a while You're basically missing shifts causing damage semi truck transmissions on the other hand can do it real easy especially if the RPM is just right hell I can shift it smoother than double clutching it the whole way especially in a truck stop so smooth in fact that I had a team driver in the back didn't even realize that we stopped when you team drive in a truck stops you know about it but when you get so smooth between your breaking your acceleration and you're stopping that they don't know that's when you damn good but that was years ago for me

Has nobody noticed the gas light on?

Do not do this on a synchro transmission. If you have a synchro transmission you use the clutch every shift. Only on NON-synchro transmissions should you float gears. Only transmissions I know of that aren’t synchro are on semi’s. This is coming from a diesel mechanic that works mainly on semis.

Great now do it on a downshift.

Half you guys commenting about burning out syncros probably have never seen or know what one looks like 😂

Some kid on tiktok said it best "burning the synchros out of your nv4500 is not floating gears"

Yeah and completely burn your synchros….. I’ll stick to using the clutch like I got some sense.

People in the comments must have had terrible child hoods

Those synchro's tho.

Don’t force it. Light pressure, it will go into the next gear when your engine and transmission speeds match.

Im not familiar with doing that on newer vehicles, but holding pressure on an older vehicle will definitely make it grind. You have to get it to the right rpm then change gears on the old ones if you want to shift without the clutch. You'll hear, and sometimes feel a rubbing noise not quite as loud as a hardcore grind of you try to hold against it before you slip it in, and its definitely not good on em.

If you can't find it grind it brother

Do it in a semi my guy

Hold pressure on the accelerator to slow the rpm drop. No need to hold pressure on the stick. Just gently ease off the pedal and it'll slide in

Doesn't have to be a diesel. Did this on my 4 cylinder ranger

How to cook syncho’s in 3..2….1

Show us how to put fuel in it next

You used the clutch

300 rims between gears

easy peasy

Congrats on your soon to be worn out syncros.... There is a real difference between a box you should shift without a clutch and one you should shift using the clutch, and that difference is if it has syncros in it. When you are holding tension like that the syncro is working hard until the speed matches...

Hell yeah, that was smooth👌🏼

Remember, brother, that bike is carbureted. So the higher up you go the more power it’s going to lose unless you change out the jets.

amen brother

Awesome 🔥

Siiick!!!! Let me know next time!!!!!

You've done a lot of thing no one else seems to ever do, check and threadlock them. the thing I would say, is if you move the nut, you need to reapply the threadlock. so basically if you have any cause to put a socket on the nut, reapply threadlock. They also do put extra pressure on the wheel bearings and that is because the wheel is further out, it's not like having a deeper wheel, it's like having a longer hub. Some countries it is illegal to run spacers, others jsut discouraged, personally I am in the school or get the correct wheel rather than the spacer, as have seen the results of a wheel falling off and injuring people a few times. I won't run them, but then I run a stock, very capable Land Rovers so no need. as turning circle is adequate and another degree really isn't going to make a whole lot of differnce.

Most worthless POS box ever 😂😂😂😂 they don’t do credit checks they make sure you do a IQ test and if you’re dumb enough you get approved to buy one