Whoo hoo, I made my final payment on my Streetglide this week. When I sold my Softail I was going to put the money towards my 2006 Streetglide but since the interest rate was just 5.5 percent on the loan I decided to use the money to add to the down payment on my Minnesota House For Rent. This might not have been such a great idea as I hate making payments and it really makes owning my Streetglide less interesting. Now that my Harley is paid off it will be alot more fun owning and riding it without making a $380 a month payment each month. Now I just have to pay off my truck and mortgage on my primary and rental house to be payment free. A long goal I know but clearing the debt on the Streetglide really moves me closer to that goal.
A friend and I were in Edina killing time when we decided to get something to eat. We headed over to Southdale Mall which is a nice upscale mall in Edina Minnesota. I had never been to Southdale so I was amazed at the variety of shops and the upscale nature of the mall really fit with Edina's cakeeater image. One of my favorite aspects of Southdale mall is the restaurants. Big names like Cheesecake Factory and California Pizza Kitchen make sure that a day of shopping at Southdale Mall can end with a great meal, excellent drinks and desert. Depending on where you live in Minnesota Southdale Mall can be a hall but it is certainly a great alternative to other malls like the Mall of America in Bloomington.
With gas getting so expensive I decided to discover what the MPG is for a Streetglide. I'm pleased to report that driving conservatively and coasting at times I was able to get 48 MPG on an 83 mile trip. I'll be doing more testing and documenting the data at my motorcycle MPG blog. I'm hoping I can determine what the Streetglide MPG is based on various styles of driving.
Last winter I bought a rental property in Coon Rapids Minnesota. As a result, I now make alot of trips to Coon Rapids to visit the property and take care of business. I'm pleased to report that my drill and tools all fit within the hard bags on my Streetglide. Best yet I get to write off milage while riding my Streetglide to work on the Coon Rapids House that I rent out. Makes things that might normally be quite boring something I now look forward to.
In case you were wondering, the top speed of my 2006 Streeglide is 110mph headed into a steady wind no extra weight. Despite plenty of room it held the 110mph. The motor is 88 inches, SE-204 cam and a Mikuni HSR-42 carb with Hooker tuned flow pipes.
I found a guy who has a custom Sportster that he put wheels from a Streetglide on. It looks pretty cool the beefy Streetglide wheels inbetween the wide glide front end. Check it out.
