If you made those welds with a 6010/11 you're asking for a failure, but other than that... it appears to be coming along nicely.

 

no, it's a standard mig with 75/25. melted everything together just fine. just not the prettiest bead.

mike

 

I like yours a lot better than the '80 I did about 10 years ago. I've always liked that black tank with the Harley script. If I wasn't going to flip mine I would have gotten rid of the goofy looking gauge pod. Nice job.

 

is that the same bike, rizzo? Regardless, both pics look good. The PO of my 80 FLT changed the shark to an EVO batwing. I've since bought a complete shark fairing off Craigslist for $150; my plan is to return it to it's former shark glory. Love that front exhaust piping

 

those are some good looking bikes gentlemen.

scored a 96 road king transmission with 22k miles on it. going to open it up and inspect anyways and replace the shifter pawl to prevent future problems. hoping to get the frame painted this weekend after i weld on tabs for the 93-96 side covers i picked up.

here's what's left for final assembly:

polish fork legs and re-assemble the forks
space out the new front wheel
polish rocker boxes and install heads
drivetrain is a straight drop in
wire it up. have a thunder heart racing setup, so that'll be simple


doesn't seem like much, but it'll still take a lot of man hours. and my time is limited with hanging out with my 1 yr old son. hope to be riding by march

mike

 

That's going to be one sweet shovelhead when you get done with it. I'd be proud to be crusin' that bike around.

SeaZund - same scoot. Did like those true duals on the '80 model.

 

Little update. This afternoons problem. Rear master is in the way. Hmmm

Mike

 

Was able to correct the issue by just moving the mount forward. Was over thinking the problem. Good to go.

Thanks
Mike

 

My new Airway buffing wheels showed up today. Snuck out to the garage to test them out. Wow, made it too easy.

Mike

 

Felt like a very productive weekend. Got the frame coated, re-assembled the trans with new bearings, seals, and a baker shift pawl unit. Bolted it in and torqued down the swing arm.

The return line fitting for the engine oil on the trans lines up exactly with the crankcase vent fitting. So I had to move the return like. Found a nice spot in the oil fill/dipstick. Quick drill and tap and we're good to go.

Also had time to measure the end play for the rocker arms. While the specs are .004-.025, I'm going to tighten them up a bit. So a quick counterbore on the spcacers and we'll be good to to. Then I can polish then up and plug this motor in the frame for the last time.

Mike