Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

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It's just what I said above, Steve. Kurt said "I thought he looked like a biker", so I posted that pic to show that I can look even more like a biker... That is me and my wife getting ready to head to Daytona during Bikeweek a few years ago. The picture was taken by a friend of ours who was going with us... Through the week I am just a mild-mannered school teacher. On weekends I am either a "hotrod hoodlum" or "scooter trash", depending on what I'm doing or where we're going. Fortunately, my wife is a good sport who likes hotrods and motorcycles and likes to play along.

Jim I must be losing it! I read your thread late last night and missed the entire first paragraph! Your wife is indead a good sport, mine won't even wear the leather halter top I got her!
I actually tried to fire up the softail Sunday, only to find the new battery on 10 months, connected to the battery tender, dead!
Thats what I get for neglecting it for the last 10 months!

Originally Posted by stovens

... I actually tried to fire up the softail Sunday, only to find the new battery on 10 months, connected to the battery tender, dead!
Thats what I get for neglecting it for the last 10 months!

Steve - I bought a new battery for my bike back in October just in time for Biketoberfest and got a new battery tender from Sears. In February, just before the beginning of Bikeweek, my battery tender malfunctioned and ruined my 4-month-old battery! I got rid of the battery tender; my last battery without the tender lasted 3 years, my first battery with the tender lasted 4 months!

Bat - I'm stretched out more in this car than I was in the orange one, but they are about equal in driver comfort. The main problem with the orange car was that there was a vertical frame member right at my elbows. Because of my physical size, those uprights would beat and bruise my elbows and upper forearms pretty badly over the course of a race. This car doesn't do that. Also, although twin-lever steering is used successfully in a lot of Electrathon cars, I really prefer the steering wheel arrangement like this car has. If I were to change anything at all, I might raise the roll cage an inch just to make getting in and out with my helmet on easier.