Best on the road repairs
#22
07-17-2017, 09:17 AM
That's for all the trouble tales. This probable doesn't even count because my guess everybody has done this on the road at one time or another. Lifters. I don't remember what town we were stay at but I contacted Gillette H-D and had them overnight me a set and replaced them in the morning. Fortunately I had the adjustable push rods so that made it much easier.
#23
07-18-2017, 10:31 AM
Road Master
#24
07-19-2017, 04:39 AM
Elite HDF Member
I really loved the bike (wish I still had it), but it was finicky with regards to getting carb's sync'd. Dark burgundy tank color. It was a nice ride, but the previous owner had put a set of TT pipes on it, that I immediately swapped out for a Hooker header set up. Sounded great. Had all the famous English bike leaks... Actually was bought for my first wife to ride, I had a 71 BMW R75/5 at the time. She had no problems kicking it over, and she was average size.
#25
07-19-2017, 08:43 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
Well ... way back when several of were headed for Indy ( the 500 ... we use to go every year ) my brother was riding a 500 Honda 4 cyl. It was raining hard and it picked up a miss. We pulled into a Quarter Car Wash to hide out and see if we could figure out why it was missing. After some probing we realized that one cylinder was dead. The pipe was ice cold. Pulled the plug and it looked okay. Spun it over and something didn't sound right. Pulled the rocker arm box plugs for that cylinder and saw that one of the rocker arm adjusting lock nuts had backed off and was missing. After some head scratching we removed the seat and gas tank. 4 of us turned the bike upside down and shook it as best we could. Yep, the rocker arm nut fell out. Whodathunkit? We were back on the road in an hour and it never missed another beat.
#26
07-20-2017, 09:50 AM
A few years back I was in Covington, LA. at a group gathering and broke the rear belt on my 94 Ultra.
One of the guys had one of those spare belts you assemble and it got me over to my friends house who had a lift.
I called back to an Indie I know in Houston and had one of the club brothers overnight me the parts and I converted it to chain drive the next day after it arrived.
Wasn't exactly on the side of the road though. Would have passed on that.
Griz
One of the guys had one of those spare belts you assemble and it got me over to my friends house who had a lift.
I called back to an Indie I know in Houston and had one of the club brothers overnight me the parts and I converted it to chain drive the next day after it arrived.
Wasn't exactly on the side of the road though. Would have passed on that.
Griz
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