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I'm a fan of the Ryobi battery tools. I purchased one of the original 18v blue ones and used it for many years before I finally burned it up when the battery went dead and I was on the last screw for a deck. pulled the trigger and manually twisted it. Bought the Drill / impact combo ~20 years ago and they are still going strong. I have the 18V blower I use regularly and I had the weed eater too and used it for several more years after my son ran that over with the truck, I just bent the tube back as close as I could. Now I have a very small front yard compared to most as we only have 1/4 acre here in Texas compared to the 1/2 acre + we had in Ohio and nothing like Don's setup. I also don't use them professionally, but I do use them while making furniture, building items for us like our outdoor kitchen/gazebo area and any number of odd jobs for friends and family like sheds decks and even some remodeling.

I think you have to pull the motor to change out the u-joint. If i remember correctly, and its verrrrry possible I'm wrong. There's no grease fitting on the u-joint. The 83-85 have bad second gears. You'll find information on exactly what it is. You have to split the case to change it, but the part itself is a couple bucks lol. Another thing you'll find is the front forks will start to bottom out. Most guys upgrade with progressive springs. Get those things out of the way (and you can drive without 2d gear) and she'll run for 200,000 miles. Generally speaking they're pretty easy to work on. I really like fiddling with mine. These motors are pretty bulletproof. Most guys dont even do valve adjustments! Enjoy your beautiful bike!

I’ve had decent luck except with the drill which I use the most. I also have the portable band saw, circular saw, metal cutting circular saw, small side grinder, and Brad nailer. Steel cutting circular saw has done ok but I backed over it with my tractor and it’s kind of messed up now but actually still works.

In my opinion, it's just fake advertising. I just looked again and DR Powers website says 10.00 per hour operational saving vs. gas. It actually takes about 2 gallons of gas to mow my yard. It takes about 3 hours to mow my yard and about 2 gallons of gas so approximately 7:00 at current gas prides here. So that's about If I factor in a yearly oil change, that equals about 35 cents per hour for the annual oil change.and filter. So it cost me about 2.45 per hour to mow my yard. So how can they advertise that the electric mower saves 10.00 per hour over a gas mower when it only costs me 10.00 per hour to mow? If it didn't coast ANYTHING to charge the electric mower, it would save me about 2.45 per hour. Then figure new batteries at 4500.00 every five tears or so on top of that. Over 5 years, 4500 for new batteries minus 1200 for gas and oil means the electric would cost me 3300.00 more to operate over 5 years PLUS the cost of charging the batteries I'm not at all interested in an electric mower, just ran across these misleading ads while looking at various mowers. I can assure you that I will stick with gas or diesel. Most likely, gas.

This 86 is a real gem. All the known issues have been addressed. John is very fussy when it comes to machines. It's an awesome machine!!

Wow we had a great ride we rode about seventy five miles before stopping and the seat is good my butt got tired but I was not hurting like before and the in-laws bike did good since we tightened up the steering. We ended up with about 120 miles all together

J&P cycles to the rescue. I got my brothers H-D Road King last fall from my nephuw, my brother passed 3 yrs ago and the bike had set for 5 yrs. I was going over it and found that the tires were dater one in 08 the other in 14. the right front calliper is leaking also. The local HD can't get the calliper but wanted $89.95 for the rebuild kit.I got both tires and the rebuild kit for the brakes for under $300.00.

For the cheap fix, you can put a stainless steel hose clamp around it and it is not very noticable. RandyA