*with apologies to Erich West's excellent clinic
on "Dancing with the Fat Lady!"
Click here for appropriate music: "Glory Hallelujah!" - Zillertaler Schürzenjäger
Along about the time my trusty 20 year old KZ1300 started giving me electrical system headaches -- after some 80 thousand miles of smiles -- I started eyeballing this beastie. I was looking for the most power I could get without getting into car engines. At 750 or so pounds with six cylinders and six carbs pumping out 90+ horses, this baby handles like a dream and leaves most other two wheelers in the dust! |
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1999
Honda Valkyrie Tourer - 1520cc / 90+hp
Named after Freia, Queen of the
Valkyries
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Detail of Mountain
Man's work on the saddlebags
Dang! That's a big honkin' back tire!
Glory Hallelujah - Zillertaler
Schürzenjäger
Freia
der Ausfahrt nach Walhal nebenan.
Freia sitting at the exit to Walhalla.
South Carolina / Georgia border, on the way "to Helen Back,"
July 2002
| Honda
Valkyrie GL1500CT Basic Specifications | |
| Engine
type: |
4-stroke OHC - flat six cylinder (horizontally-opposed / "boxer" |
| Displacement:
| 1520 cc / 92.7 cu-in. |
| Bore
and stroke: | 71 x 64 mm |
| Carburetors
(six): | CV
semi-downdraft |
| Ignition:
| Full transistor |
| Transmission:
| Constant
mesh five speed drive shaft |
| Lubrication:
| Forced pressure, wet sump |
| Fuel
tank capacity: | 20
Liters / 5.3 US gal. |
| Wheel
base - A2: | 169 cm / 66.5 inches |
| Front
brake: | Dual disks |
| Rear
brake: | Single disk |
| Tire
sizes: | Front:
150/80R-17 72H Rear: 180/70R-16 77H |
|
Seat
height: | 74 cm / 29.1 inches |
| Dry
weight: | 324 kg / 714 lbs. |
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... aber der Wagen, der rollt ....