..hope you had a nice weekend..the rest of us however are waiting for your Monday report...!

Bob

 

Monday Reprot...
The air cleaner did not arrive before I left thus I left the bike as it was for the trip. I did about 1000 miles in two days and came back a bit earlier than anticipated so I could get my errands done before the week started.

I had a great time and the bike carried all I needed in the bags and radio box. The bike ran flawlessly and I had a chance to open it up nicely but did get stuck behind a truck/trailer for construction on one of my favorite roads for the best portion of the road. there was a CHP in front of the truck and construction trailer, one behind it as well as it was a wide load and it averaged about 20 mph for probably 35 miles. There are some new "solar farms" out in the middle of nowhere and the truck and CHP's were there for that. This is on hwy 58 where you rarely even see another vehicle, much less a chp. Regardless, I took it all in stride. Once I got past that hassle I was almsot to Santa Margarita where I grabbed the 101 south for a few miles to get to the best part of PCH in my opinion. I rolled PCH up and back several times and there was not much traffic as it is off season now. Temps were nice and cool and I actually needed the leather jacket.

This is the most scenic part of the coast wehre Big Sur is located and is very desolate, at least compared to the big city where I live. Rolling the coast hwy at 630 am is fabulous. No cars, no hassles. Drive as fast or slow as you want. The curves are perfect and the view is better than any I know. I did wind up paying $5.99 for gas but who cares. Here are a few pics for everyone. This road is a must ride for all. I could ride this road all day everyday and never get bored.

Anyway I just discovered that my new a/c came in on Friday but it does not seem to come with breather bolts and the bolts I want to use are at home so this won't go on until tonight. Next up has to be some improved lighting as it is always dark when I leave for work now and I can't see anything on the road. I am trying to decide between the LED headlight ($399) or some Kuryakyn lamps that I can mount (that only come in chrome, D'oh!). It seems that the LED is going to be my choice.

Here are a few quick pics.
Gas prices. LOL

HWY 1 Big Creek bridge

HWY 58

Morning Coffee in Gorda

Misty Mountain Hop

Waiting for the Monster of Piedras Blancas (check your horror movie section)

The road looks like this all the way through for about 100 miles.

Average sunset in San Simeon


Now back to business. I am waiting on LeatherPros for a set of proper looking bags. The bags I have worked great and I could get all I needed in them, but I need my stuff to be as near perfect as it can be.

 

Go with a HID conversion with a diamond reflector. I have a few saved in my ebay and will drop a link for you.

What air cleaner DID NOT include breather bolts??

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290772354753...84.m1438.l2649

I am not the seller, I found this in my search for headlight options.

 

Don't know how good the HID works but I can tell you how the LED works and there is only one word...FABULOUS....worth every dime...

Great pics....you really do put on some miles!!!

Bob

 

I was thinking about the broken air cleaners I have and have decided I am going to try and move my intake manifold up a little bit and see if that helps with the stress that is being put on the portion of the a/c that the breather bolts go through. I am also going to take the breather bolts off and leave it attached to the carb and see where the backplate sits naturally as that has to be wehre my problem is coming from.

 

I'd love to get some wheels with this finish (Harley black ice) but no one knows exactly what it is and Harley is notoriously tight lipped about it.



I was talking to Paul at Lyndall the other day and he is coming with a darker or blacker friction ring for the carbon composite rotors which I am going to grab a few of when they are ready. I am not sure on delivery time but it should be within a month or so. I am still super impressed with these rotors especially in conjunction with the Brembo's on my ride. I spent plenty of time testing them out on the trip last weekend.

I have not ridden the Dyna since I put the new a/c on as I have serious fears about the back plate cracking so i am awaiting the arrival of my intake manifold wrench so i can see if adjusting the angle of the manifold will make a difference in the stress on the breather bolts. that is the only other thing I can think of aside from swapping the manifold to carb gasket which I already did (and looked and seemed to be sized exactly the same and shimming the breather bolts out a little which I did with the last a/c which still broke ont eh front cylinder.

It has to be something extremely simple that is causing this to happen and my complex brain will figure it out one of these days. Maybe I just have the carb pushed into the gasket too far or not far enough or as I already said the angle on the carb is wrong due to the manifold. This seems so elementary and must be fixed. Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Well the word on the stock gasket vs the James gasket was that the James gasket fit tighter to prevent intake leaks which was common on the CV carb. Most guys said that was the very reason it did not work well with the Mikuni HSR.

Which intake wrench did you buy???? I need one.

 

Thanks parts eeter. Maybe I should just take it for a spin b ut i am deathly afraid of having the a/c back plate break on me.

 

Don't mean to hijack Hogpro's thread, but maybe the info is in common

I need more light on the FXDX also. Had a HD 5 3/4 LED on my Springer - hated the pattern and sold it. Besides its $399 ugh!


So do you know if this fits inside the bucket of the light or where you put this ? - got the same bike as you

Also recommendations on a diamond cut reflector, saw this one:

Some of the ebay ones look pretty cheap...