Adding entertainment and comfort to this long serving Road King ...
In a perfect world, sitting in my garage would be a CVO Road Glide, a Road King Special, a Fat Bob, an FXDR, a Forty-Eight Special, a Ducati Diavel and the new Triumph Rocket 3. But, being far from a perfect world, what we find is a couple of Shovelheads and a 10-year-old Road King.
To be fair it is not just any old Road King, but the one you see on these pages, the Speed King, which editor Brumby owned for about eight of those years until I bought it from him. And in that time it has been thrashed to the max and upgraded with all sorts of external and internal components, most of which have been featured in these pages.
SOUND SYSTEM
I have owned various baggers that came equipped with great sound systems and that is one aspect that I miss somewhat when doing long trips. So when I stumbled onto the Kuryakyn Road Thunder Sound Bar in Sturgis, and experienced the incredible sound blasting from it, I knew I had to have one.
With a peak music power of 150 watts, this MTX product features an internal amp powering two, 2 x 3 full range speakers with a single voice coil and four high-frequency silk dome tweeters with N35 grade magnets. It includes power, ground and ignition wire for easy disconnect, as well as auxiliary input and output for connecting devices via a 3½mm cable. Plus the internal Bluetooth receiver allows wireless connectivity to any Bluetooth-enabled smart phone or music device. If the foregoing techno jargon didn’t mean much to you, just take it from me that the output is pretty mind blowing.
LUGGAGE RACK
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March/April 2019 من HEAVY DUTY Magazine.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March/April 2019 من HEAVY DUTY Magazine.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Polishing The Facets
Finessing the sharp edges and making that 124 sing and dance
The Fabulous Flexi Flyer
A genuine time capsule with history oozing from every single unique pore.
Road Raves Living The Life With Doc Robinson
WORDS OF WISDOM “When I was old enough to ride a motorcycle and got my license, I bought a ’69 Sportster.” – Chuck Zito
The End Of The Line
Writing a road test about a bike that is due to disappear from dealers’ floors any minute is a bit weird. Should this be more of a eulogy?
Now It's Time To Head Down Track
What happens when I’m ready to race at an IHRA-sanctioned dragstrip?
RAUCOUS ROCKY
With our own area called the Motorcycle Precinct, bikers were well catered for at this year’s RockyNats
S&S SUPERSTREET
With a Softail Deluxe already dripping in chrome, of course Paul was easily swayed by the offer of a shiny, new S&S SuperStreet two-into-one.
SPORTS STILL ROARING
Blues skies greeted the National Roaring Sporties racers for Round Two at the challenging Morgan Park Raceway near Warwick, Qld.
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
Even some of the locals are over the yodelling and pedal steel guitars. HOG member and history nerd, Roderick Eime explores another side of Tamworth and the surrounding region.
HAPPY HOGGIES
The drought was well and truly broken with HOG members from all over Australia making it to Rockhampton.
