You might think about stiffening the bags instead of replacing them, unless they are all torn up.

There's a company that sells panels you insert into the bags to bring them back to life.

http://www.leatherlidinserts.com/pro...ftail-classic/

 

Congrats, always loved the springers, almost bought one in 05, last year they sold them in standard models..and to say dual exhaust looked killer on the softail models.......They should bring that back.....Good find, D.

 

On the rack, getting ready for disassembly. The fuel tank is full. I'm not sure why the mechanics at Harley, didn't drain it first, but, I'm getting ready to. Any time I've had to work on a bike, that requires tank removal, it's is stressed, to remove seat, unhook battery, and drain tank. It seems as though, there are other issues, as well. I'll document them in another post, soon. For now, I'm taking bags and windshield off, while the tank drains.

 

I'm going to make your day.

Take two needle nose vice grips and pinch the crossover line about 1" from each end. Then cut the line in the center.

Take tank off and drain each side separately into a can. No muss, no fuss, no spills.

 

How did the cam chain tensioners look? Can you post pics?

 

No bags, windshield, and the tank is drained. Now, going to remove the tank, then it's on to the motor.

 

They look good.

 

Somebody must have changed them when they put in the Andrews 26A cams. I like those cams, 226/230 duration. With that 2 into 1 I bet the bike ran well with a carb.

 

 

It has screamin eagle pistons .10.