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Im with you,
had new touring bike with big motor, vrods, newer softails,
nothing makes me smile more than riding my evo softail.
Good honest bike with no clock, tach, fuel guage or cruise.
Enjoy!
So I think I have all the cables found now, stock bar height it 8" and I went to 12's so I found all cables +4" or as close to i as I could find. Will measure when i get home again to see if there is much difference in the width of the bars as well and add whatever I need to add to length if needed.
Then when I pull the tank next week and take measurements I can look back and see how close I am and adjust as needed. Got to get something to drain my transmission fluid in, didn't even think about having to pull clutch cover when I changed it out the other day.
Figure I would keep all the part numbers I found here for an easy way to look back at them. Found these all on Dennis Kirk
Clutch: 0652-1409 = 66 -11/16" - Stock = 62.8"
Brake: LA-8100B08B = 49.5" - Stock = Dont know its hard an soft line
Throttle: 06-0268 = 35.5" - Stock = 29.5"
Idle: 06-06269 = 35.5" - Stock = 29.5"
Wiring extensions: probably order the Namz 6" with ends or 12" and I just solder them on so I have plenty of slack
Good luck with it, beautiful bike. I bought mine on January 8th 29,000 miles for $4500 I started putting my add ons right away but unfortunately on February 10th my house burned down and it beat the bike bad, wasnt even registered in my name yet. Going to rebuild.
Good luck with it, beautiful bike. I bought mine on January 8th 29,000 miles for $4500 I started putting my add ons right away but unfortunately on February 10th my house burned down and it beat the bike bad, wasnt even registered in my name yet. Going to rebuild.
I got my new tires on today at a shop I have used in the past for tires and my cam install on my RG. He commented the stator plug going into primary was leaking a little.
Found a member here (Uncle G), who used some permatex flowable silicon. Put it on today to hopefully keep it from seeping anymore.
The rear brake is squelling a little under light pedal pressure and dragging some after releasing.
I am going to pull the brake caliper tomorrow and make sure the slide pins move smoothly.
Tech didnt say anything about it being an issue when changing tires but I didnt think to have him check or ask about it afterwards.
May go ahead and flush/bleed rear brakes and check caliper pistons.
I am doing the fronts when I install my bars next week anyway. Probably hasnt been done in many years.
Cam sensor beige stucky goo is leaking pretty good, so I might put in the dynatek 2000i this fall.
My little scissor jack I have used for the last 5 years finally bit the dust today, unfortunately. Got a good bit of use out of it for a $40 jack though.
Didnt think to grease the bearing on it.....ever. Finally bound up and broke the rod, luckily it was already down enough to get it out from under bike.
Found a decent bottle jack type lift on FB for cheap and picked it up today. Looks to be in good shape, missing the rubber pads so I cut the one up on my other jack to fit.
The Evo is a different animal than my twin cam or M8 with how it feels when riding. Used to my cammed M8 RG, you get more of a feel for this bike. It will need a cam job before long as well I think.
I would change the Cam Sensor now or keep a spare. Mine is fine (19,000 miles 1985) but I keep a spare with me in the bag.
Originally Posted by Justin Young
I got my new tires on today at a shop I have used in the past for tires and my cam install on my RG. He commented the stator plug going into primary was leaking a little.
Found a member here (Uncle G), who used some permatex flowable silicon. Put it on today to hopefully keep it from seeping anymore.
The rear brake is squelling a little under light pedal pressure and dragging some after releasing.
I am going to pull the brake caliper tomorrow and make sure the slide pins move smoothly.
Tech didnt say anything about it being an issue when changing tires but I didnt think to have him check or ask about it afterwards.
May go ahead and flush/bleed rear brakes and check caliper pistons.
I am doing the fronts when I install my bars next week anyway. Probably hasnt been done in many years.
Cam sensor beige stucky goo is leaking pretty good, so I might put in the dynatek 2000i this fall.
My little scissor jack I have used for the last 5 years finally bit the dust today, unfortunately. Got a good bit of use out of it for a $40 jack though.
Didnt think to grease the bearing on it.....ever. Finally bound up and broke the rod, luckily it was already down enough to get it out from under bike.
Found a decent bottle jack type lift on FB for cheap and picked it up today. Looks to be in good shape, missing the rubber pads so I cut the one up on my other jack to fit.
The Evo is a different animal than my twin cam or M8 with how it feels when riding. Used to my cammed M8 RG, you get more of a feel for this bike. It will need a cam job before long as well I think.
Went ahead and flushed rear brake found the pins were sticking too.
Cleaned the pins and lubed with some extra pouch from a brake job awhile back. Then bled about 4 full reservoirs worth of new fluid through the line and took it down the road.
And the old fluid was brownish instead of blue/purple. I am wondering if it was really just that old or someone had used dot4 in the past. Either way its flushed out and looking good now. Wish the dot5 wasnt so expensive, its 3x the price of dot3/4 and couldnt find a bottle larger than 12oz. Took over half the bottle flushing rear brake so need another now.
No more squealing or dragging, didnt really change how it brakes so pin cleaning was probably enough. But its done now, so wont need to do that tomorrow. Pads were in great shape as well so no need for new ones.
Last edited by Justin Young; Aug 6, 2024 at 07:42 PM.
I almost got my bars all the way put on yesterday. Everything but bleeding the brakes and installing clutch cable. Going to bleed brakes after work today and do the clutch cable after work tomorrow.
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