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Two that I see here mentioned are 1) Branch and 2) contact Scott at Hillside Cycle (NY state) - if Scott can't help, he's helpful in providing a source who can. Hope this helps.
Who are the reputable guys doing head work on these bikes? Small town Alaska offers nothing like that, so I have to send them off somewhere.
Put me in the camp of "don't waste your money on headwork". I've had a couple Harley engine builds where I regret the logic of doing it just because I'm in there and only ended up with a lighter wallet and harder to sell motorcycle when I got bored with it.
Just do a solid 97" and get the S&S taller springs if you get a cam that needs them. Unless there's something broke in the heads leave them alone.
Not sure where you are looking for parts, but I use Ronnies to find parts numbers for OEM parts, then just search from there. V-Twin Manufacturing is a good source for reproduction replacement stuff.
Put me in the camp of "don't waste your money on headwork". I've had a couple Harley engine builds where I regret the logic of doing it just because I'm in there and only ended up with a lighter wallet and harder to sell motorcycle when I got bored with it.
Just do a solid 97" and get the S&S taller springs if you get a cam that needs them. Unless there's something broke in the heads leave them alone.
Thanks for chiming in, I'm glad to hear from someone who isn't in the "spend all the money on all the upgrades" camp. If I can run a big bore kit and cams and not totally choke them off with the stock heads, I'm willing to give it a try. I expect to shell out a couple grand for this thing, but I'm not made of money so the line needs to be drawn somewhere.
Not much to update at the moment, I got the frame and swingarm pretty much ready for powder coating, the only thing left is to remove the bearing races and degrease everything. Got a shipping update on my carb kit, and probably going to buy the eBay tank that someone posted up thread.
Got the top end opened up today. Some cross hatching is still visible on the cylinder walls, which was a welcome sight. Quite a bit of soot caked up on the pistons. It's unfortunate that I don't know the mileage of the machine, but so far everything inside is looking really good.
Thanks for chiming in, I'm glad to hear from someone who isn't in the "spend all the money on all the upgrades" camp. If I can run a big bore kit and cams and not totally choke them off with the stock heads, I'm willing to give it a try. I expect to shell out a couple grand for this thing, but I'm not made of money so the line needs to be drawn somewhere.
Not much to update at the moment, I got the frame and swingarm pretty much ready for powder coating, the only thing left is to remove the bearing races and degrease everything. Got a shipping update on my carb kit, and probably going to buy the eBay tank that someone posted up thread.
If you really wanna get DIY while still keeping the heads relatively stock, bust out your Dremel and a few of them rough grit barrel sanders and go to town on the valve seat transition. You'll need to pull the valves to do this but at the transition of the valve seat and cylinder head casting there's often a lip of steel that creates turbulence. Just sand it down smooth. It's sometimes called a "competition valve job" by the vendors and runs a few hundred. Just make sure you don't nick the valve seat area where the valve actually seats. Once you get the valve off it's easy.
And I made my valve compressor out of a large C-clamp and a piece of 3/4" pipe I cut a large window out the side of so I could get at the keepers. Works great!
Well, summer has arrived in Alaska and as such, progress has slowed. Priorities have shifted to fishing and camping, while the weather is conducive. Still gathering parts. My carb rebuild kit has been on backorder with Summit Racing for over a month now and the arrival date keeps getting pushed back, so I'll likely cancel that order and source it elsewhere, though I had hoped to give Summit my business.
The frame is nearly paint ready, with the exception of bearing races in the neck and swingarm that still need to be removed. I haven't yet decided on a tool to purchase to accomplish this, and also to remove the wheel bearings so the wheels can get painted. Does anyone have a suggestion?
Finally, I ended up purchasing the eBay tank that someone linked to previously, and it arrived today. It looks good! Once I settle on a color scheme, the tank and fender will go to a local body shop for paint.
Alright y'all, as I'm sure you all know, life gets busy. But, I need to get this baby ready to ride this spring. So, I'm compiling my parts list and I'm seeking input from those more knowledgeable.
Currently, I'm leaning toward an S&S 97CI bolt in kit, Andrews 26 chain cams, keeping the Mikuni 42 carb it currently has (with a fresh rebuild) leaving the bottom end and heads alone, and some kind of two into one exhaust. Hopefully TBR if I can swing it.
Other than that, my plan is to replace missing or broken parts as necessary, and reuse that which can be reused. I had wanted to upgrade to 49mm forks, but that's looking like a bit more money and effort than I want to expend.
What am I missing? Wheel bearings will be replaced, new pads and rotors, new belt, cam tensioner shoes... What else?
Alright y'all, as I'm sure you all know, life gets busy. But, I need to get this baby ready to ride this spring. So, I'm compiling my parts list and I'm seeking input from those more knowledgeable.
Currently, I'm leaning toward an S&S 97CI bolt in kit, Andrews 26 chain cams, keeping the Mikuni 42 carb it currently has (with a fresh rebuild) leaving the bottom end and heads alone, and some kind of two into one exhaust. Hopefully TBR if I can swing it.
Other than that, my plan is to replace missing or broken parts as necessary, and reuse that which can be reused. I had wanted to upgrade to 49mm forks, but that's looking like a bit more money and effort than I want to expend.
What am I missing? Wheel bearings will be replaced, new pads and rotors, new belt, cam tensioner shoes... What else?
I'd also check the primary tension shoe, replace if necessary. I would anyways. But actually, it just occurred to me you may not have this on your primary, depending on the year.
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