A sportster has a different cable setup as the clutch is on the left side, not the right.

 

Damn, thanks for the info.

I think what I'm going to do is order the build your own set from magnum. So far that seems to be the easiest solution to my problem.

 

Well its the new year. Sorry for the lack of updates/photos, busy with family stuff etc. Plus I had an amazing opportunity that I couldnt pass up.....



My wonderful fiance bought me a set of apes for Xmas, so naturally christmas day I set off to order the rest of my parts to finish off the bike. Just waiting on the post man now and I can start putting her back together.

On order is:
-16x3.5 40 spoke red powdercoated wheels
-shinko 777 wide whites
-Wilwood 4 pot caliper
-Full set of Magnum BYO brake line/clutch/throttle/idle cables fittings and other goodies
-Blacked out grips
-NAMZ wire extension kit

My tentative plan is to drop my tins at the painter next week, and have him finish off my nightmare of paint job. He quoted me about a week to get it shot the way I want. For $600 bucks cant complain to much. By the time I get those back all the parts should be here and assembly can start.

 

Bars went on over my weekend. That kit from NAMZ was amazing. I think I had the wires apart, shrink wrapped and back in the bars in about half an hour. Completely worth the money. Went to install the clutch cable from magnum, ended up being too long, so I called them up and they are sending me out a new ferrule so I can recut and shorten the cable some.

Paint should be back this week some time and wheels too. Getting close!!!

 

Been a big couple of weeks around here. Most of the bike is back together but have run into a couple of snags. First the goodies.









Paint came back and am super happy with it. Started wiring up my new tails/brake light too and it's all coming together really good.

Went to put my exhaust on, and I guess I read the spec wrong and proceeded to torq the flange blot to 120 foot pounds, which promptly snapped my bolt off in the head. So now I have to figure out a way to extract this bolt.....

Also I'm having an issue routing my clutch cable that gives it enough slack but also gives me the nice bends I'm after.

 

See how those tapered gaskets flatten and sqeeze into the port and mess up the exhaust flow, might want to try these instead,
I had to use 2 in each port with the D&D exhaust on one of my bikes, most other brands work well with one.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

This worked real well with the V&H exhaust pipes on my softail.
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/214-231

This tool is for drilling broken studs on center, I would probably not use it cuz I'm cheap and have drilled and tapped many broken bolts over the years on outboard motors, but be carefull, it's real easy to get off center and screw things up, especially in aluminum.
You can try an easy-out, but can get you in trouble too, they only work if the broken stud is not stuck, because if you break it in the bolt, it's to hard to drill out.
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/440-266

 

Thanks for the info man, ill try out those gaskets.

Well after talking to a bunch of guys around work that have worked on many a harley the general consensus is that none of them would touch it.

With so little bolt remaining and the risk of getting into the aluminum, they all said take it to a pro. So I'm going to button the rest of the bike up, load it on a trailer and ship her off to a local shop. Hoping it won't come to replacing the head but I guess that's a possibility.

 

Sorry for the long delay between posts/updates, but a lot had gone on with only intermittent work on the scoot.

So, late Jan most of my parts came in, and I started to put her back together. Took my wheels/tires to a shop to have them set up. Turns out the ebay vendor I bought the wheels off didnt send me right right ones, and the shop had to convert them to a 3/4" axel. Also the hubs wern't the correct width, so they had to give me a two spacers to center up the rear wheel.

Put those puppies on, and started to button up the engine stuff too. Ended up over torquing an exhaust stud, and well you can read what follows here:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/gener...ewed-am-i.html

They ended up pulling the head, drilling out my screw up, welding it up, and redrilling the hole. Also while it was off they rebuilt the head as it was leaking a buncha oil.

That brings us up to today. Got my front 6 piston caliper in the mail this morning, slapped that baby on, and off I went for the maiden ride.









First impressions;

The freedom exhaust is awesome. Sounds amazing and loud without being annoying, at least not yet. Love the apes. The 2.5" drop in the rear raked the bike out nice and even though I only took it out for about 30min today I can already tell it rides a lot nicer. The single 6 piston stops as good, or better than the dual singles I had before and am glad I went this way.

Cons;

Not sure I like the seat. I had a guy in the area re-work the stock seat and I think it still looks too big/bulky. Might look for a solo/convertible seat as the fiance wants to ride every now and then. Also I need some flat side covers. The stock ones look out of place now. I might take them down to my paint/body dude and see if he can cut and re work them so they are lower profile.

I think down the road I'm going to look for some different forward controls, the floorboards just dont seem to fit anymore. Also I need to swap out my front forks to get rid of the fender/caliper mounting brackets.

Thanks all for the advice/comments over the last few months. I definitely learned more about the scoot.

 

Really looks personalized, nothing wrong with being yourself and going to agree with you on screaming for a solo seat, big seat is pulling attention away from other neat areas of the bike. Keep the energy level up, got a nice ride going on.

 

New seat is in order. Maybe something along these lines?http://www.jpcycles.com/product/800-564
Looking good!
Ride Safe,
Harold