Got the Softail done last night.

Will be getting the Sporty on the lift today and pull apart as much as I can in the little time I will have later today.

Yesterday Devin took a ride on it...





...just to see what it was like before pulling it apart.

First time it's ever been ridden in the rain!




It has been garaged kept, never ridden in the rain, and averaged 600 miles a year of riding.


Click HERE for a quick walk around video of it...sounds really good.

 

I'd love those risers for Kristy's bike, but would have to come up with a set of top tree in order to make

 

Yeah, it was raining...but he was a bit under the weather yesterday...some sort of flu.

We're selling the trees too. Give Dwayne and email if you want...otherwise they're going on ebay.

Dwayne@DKCustomProducts.com

 

Wanted more time today, but only had 2 hours, but I got a start...






Speedo, AC cover, tank & seat gone!





Coil, fender & headlight gone!




Different angle-






Crazy amount of wires and connectors inside the Riser...






...all this will be gone on the chop.






Battery cover and battery, gone!






Risers gone!





Hope to get a lot more done tomorrow.

 

too slow on the uptake.

 

update update please it´s a long wait til 19/12 where mine get´s your a/c and the intake manifold on.

regards
Sören

 

I did not have anytime on Wed. or Thurs. to work on the bike.

Today I carved out 3 hours and got a few things done.

First was removing the air cleaner. Ran into my first little problem. Someone had either used some red threadlocker, or cross-threaded one of the backplate fasteners into the carb.....AND they know they did it too! The fastener was a full 1/4" from being bottomed out against the backplate.

I drilled it and used and easy-out, but it broke the bolt flush at the carb face. I will deal with getting that out another day.






Next was removing all the handlebar controls. After that I wanted to save the fancy HD grip off the left side. Some goo gone and a few minutes waiting, off it came!






Next I put painters tape over all the chrome & then removed the heat shields.






More tape, and removed the horn.







Next to go were the foot-pegs, brake pedal, slip-ons & headers.






So nice to have plenty of room to put everything as it comes off.







Belt guards were easy. Then the next little challenge, the wheel axle had no anti-seize or grease on it at all...it had a bit of rust and corrosion, which made it extremely difficult to remove. A rubber mallet, punch, silicone spray, and a bunch of back and forth to get that spray in there, and tire....Gone!







Fender....Gone!







Swingarm removed (it had some grease on it).






Rear master cylinder and chrome oil tank cover...gone!




That is where I had to knock off for today.

I'm hoping to get a few hours this weekend and get everything else, except for the engine, off the frame!

 

keep up the good work Kevin.
You're motivation is humbling.

 

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Had a bit of time today....


Oil tank and battery box gone...







...wiring harness gone.








For a carbed bike, this sure is a lot of wiring! And this is not all of it!







Belt and back brake lines gone...







Had to remove some of my tape job to get the derby cover off, so I could remove the clutch cable.






Derby cover back on, footpeg, shift linkage and clutch cable gone.







How I had to leave it today...





...I wanted to get the front end off and get the frame down on the blanket, even had hopes that I might be pulling the engine today. But it was not to be.

I should get it down to the frame the next couple of hours that I have. Then will take the frame to the shop and cut it, and weld the TC Bros. hardtail on.

Then we get to sit and look at it for a long while, deciding what tabs to cut, what areas we need to fill in and smooth out, fenders, tanks, etc., etc.