How Much Use do I Actually Get from my 1979 XLH Ironhead?

[@maryspeight2840]

You pretty much explained it to the core ! It's either in your blood or not !! Cheers my friend and I picked up another iron head (77) 1000 to go along with my 70 flh . Ride safe . Guy Speight

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Well here in Northern Indiana we probably got 4 months of winter but it hasn't been too bad the last 37 years.. Done enough electric myself you definitely have a different type system over there with the control box and all

[@ImminghamIronhead]

This isn't typical, most every house in the UK has a modern consumer unit full of circuit breakers; if I were ever to rent mine out, it's something I'd have to put in.

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

@@ImminghamIronhead well here in Indiana we have a usually 100 150 or even 200 amp service.. we used to have 60 amp service but that was years ago.. we have a main breaker and then we have two sides or two legs for the breakers left and right which gives you 220 volts for dryers and other power-hungry things like an oven electric oven.. we run everything off of 110 v

[@ImminghamIronhead]

@@MoeLarrycurly1 That makes sense; we run everything off 240 here and I did wonder how high load US appliances ran off 110. I now know they don't 🙂

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

@@ImminghamIronhead well that's when you combine both sides both legs which makes $220 or $240.. which is called the devil breaker.. I understand that you know having 240. He's actually more efficient than 110 commercial lighting is 220 or 240

[@FourIntoOne]

Bank Holiday tomorrow bud. Might be out of luck with your tyre shop - assuming this is recorded 5th May of course! Interesting tho - I get about the same miles per year on my Ironhead but it is a second/fun/hobby bike. I don't even own a car, but do own another full time bike (2016 Africa Twin) No matter how broken the iron head is (which is quite often as you will undoubtedly know) or how in the groove it is I still seem to rack up the same mileage (all weather, not precious about it) regardless, seems to self regulate somehow 🤪

[@ImminghamIronhead]

You're right! I'm off work this week so it didn't even occur to me; that's a day in lieu I'm owed 🙂

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

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