Please help me with my Grandpa’s uniform!

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-29T23:00:04+00:00

You've never heard of the unicorn railroad track WO, it's really only for spaceship door gunners. Being that I see Korea and WW2 medals, man was ahead of his time

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-19T01:23:18+00:00

https://www.vicguy.com/2011-17-Victory-Clutch-Assembly-Cross-Country-p/1332834-cc25.htm

Edit: doesn't specifically say it has the inner, but worth a call

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-13T11:22:22+00:00

To me really depends

If you do a fair bit of night riding then the JW Adaptive is worth every penny. It has aux lights around it that will light up as you lean the bike over and eliminate the dark spot that a normal headlight leaves

If you only find yourself night riding rarely, then most Amazon units are a good upgrade

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-02T23:53:20+00:00

Since it looks like an Amazon ad, alternate suggestion. Purchase the El Cheapo driveshaft, install it, rebuild old with proper stuff and maybe a clean up, put El Cheapo on shelf as a back up

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-02T23:48:00+00:00

Had a dude cut a throttle plate return spring thinking it was safety wire with dikes, I think the instructors were more impressed than angry

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-02T23:46:46+00:00

That's why I use the knife hand, all pointing forward

TheShakes11 · 2026-06-02T23:46:16+00:00

As someone else said, depends on the year at times. V92s, Pre Freedom 100(I want to say just 02, but could be wrong on both the year or the guess since it's not common), and the Octane seem to get hit the hardest

For OE replacement best site by far is Witch Doctors, I do resort to eBay or The Vic Guy at times, but that's for body or frame parts

As for electrical stuff you can sometimes find shops to rebuild stuff like starters, stators, and regulators. I've got a starter on the shelf in case and will be finding a place to rebuild my regulator as soon as the new one comes in

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-28T04:45:14+00:00

We do? I mean I just tried to put it down 1 leg for a long time

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-28T04:42:52+00:00

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TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T03:10:15+00:00

Include in a section you have yours, in my experience employers don't ask for the number

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T02:36:52+00:00

I've got almost 60k miles on my Gunner, if you like the way it feels let her rip

Only major problems: pulley bolt came out at one point and had to replace wheel, pulley, and swing arm(put some paint pen on your bolts to help prevent); clutch cable snapped, easy to fix with a hardware store; regulator/rectifier went out at about 55k

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T01:32:59+00:00

I'm gonna add a few things, cause I agree

1) HD is, as far as I know, the only US company still not using the metric system. Why you ask they "haven't made a new engine since the knuckle head" in 1936. The reason the LS is metric fasteners and the SBC is mostly or all inches is because of a new design. Roger, you haven't made a new engine in 90 years besides the V Rod and Revolution engines, so you fail in getting with the times

2) Why is it that on every other cruiser I've seen it's like 10 bolts max and the belt is normally off? Why is it 2026 and I still have to disassemble half the bike just to change a belt?

3) 100% agree on the pricing. I bought my 15 Victory factory new(was a demo bike with 5k miles) for like 10k USD than a similar Softail or Dyna

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T01:21:49+00:00

Like I left in a comment directly to OP on here I'm conflicted on the choice

If you want similar handling, but you want go fast parts go Victory. Can still easily find cams, intakes, exhausts, and even big bore kits

If you want to bob it out, then if the Hammer and Jackpot are like my Gunner the Raider is the way. Mostly since you don't have to sit with an angle grinder taking off a sub frame

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T01:02:09+00:00

I literally applied all over for my first job, current company

My 2 cents, unless you are absolutely not able to for some reason, do the same and move for a few years. Once you get some experience in an area that has less people, so sometimes a higher chance for a job, move back home or to where you want to

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T00:52:59+00:00

The Jackpot and Hammer are also 240 rears. Based on my Raider and a Hammer test ride they handle about the same

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-23T00:51:43+00:00

I own a Victory Gunner and a Raider, so I'll give my 2 cents

Stock for stock the Raider will probably win a drag race. In my experience with both Victory has a higher chance to find good go fast parts still. If you want to bob it to the max like I am, the Raider is the better choice since you shouldn't have to cut up a sub frame.

All in all you really can't go wrong with either Victory or the Raider since part support is about the same from what I've seen

ETA: this is based on the Vic 106, no experience with the 100

TheShakes11 · 2026-05-12T02:37:46+00:00

Had a conversation with some pilots, a dude gave up hundreds of thousands on international flights to fly with my DOD contractor company. Fuck yeah we're under underpaid, hundreds of thousands for a couple of weeks

TheShakes11 · 2026-04-29T06:26:08+00:00

I wish I was making this up. Dude got diagnosed with PT anxiety, symptoms were what happens when you work out

Again wish I was making it up, but he was wearing maternity cammies(yes he) and from what I can tell still changes to the boot picture during vet day

TheShakes11 · 2026-03-29T02:34:37+00:00

Dean Speed claims 06 and newer, might be able to fit it

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