My "new" Evo
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My "new" Evo
Hi, my name is Chris and I am a wrenchaholic.
After I chopped my Dyna last year my wife asked me to buy another bike so that she could continue to ride (after a few long rides my back asked for it too). I really wanted a Street Glide but I was not willing to part with my Dyna and did not like the price tag that went along with one so I decided to build something similar.
I purchased a 1998 Road King Classic last May (bone stock) with 32,000 original miles and rode it for the rest of the year while i was collecting parts. Now that I have made the cosmetic changes that I wanted to change (see before and after pics) I am wanting to "freshen it up" enough to be confindent to ride it from Nashville to Sturgis and Austin, Texas this year.
She rides great but I don't know it's service history and just did not feel confident enough to put those type of miles on it so in the last month I have started to treat it like it has never been serviced - what else would you knowledgable Evo guys do to her?
So far I have:
changed air filter, spark plugs, both tires, front rotors (they were warped), fork oil, brake pads, wheel bearings, cam sensor and I plan on replacing the cam bearing and lifters next week. Since I had it torn down for paint I have put locktite on every piece that came off and checked all other nuts and bolts on the bike.
Any other suggestions to make it as bulletproof as possible?
After I chopped my Dyna last year my wife asked me to buy another bike so that she could continue to ride (after a few long rides my back asked for it too). I really wanted a Street Glide but I was not willing to part with my Dyna and did not like the price tag that went along with one so I decided to build something similar.
I purchased a 1998 Road King Classic last May (bone stock) with 32,000 original miles and rode it for the rest of the year while i was collecting parts. Now that I have made the cosmetic changes that I wanted to change (see before and after pics) I am wanting to "freshen it up" enough to be confindent to ride it from Nashville to Sturgis and Austin, Texas this year.
She rides great but I don't know it's service history and just did not feel confident enough to put those type of miles on it so in the last month I have started to treat it like it has never been serviced - what else would you knowledgable Evo guys do to her?
So far I have:
changed air filter, spark plugs, both tires, front rotors (they were warped), fork oil, brake pads, wheel bearings, cam sensor and I plan on replacing the cam bearing and lifters next week. Since I had it torn down for paint I have put locktite on every piece that came off and checked all other nuts and bolts on the bike.
Any other suggestions to make it as bulletproof as possible?
Last edited by CM22; Apr 29, 2013 at 01:38 PM.
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Thanks GRBrown, you seem to know the "ins and outs" of these Evos so if you think I have it covered then that makes me feel better.
I think that my problem is that I keep reading the threads on here about every problem that can go wrong with an Evo (and I get bored at night when I have nothing to wrench on after the kids go to bed)
I was going to be done for now until I read the threads about the shitty cam bearings in later Evo motors and I figure that while I have it open I might as well change out the lifters ...
From what I have researched the only other "knock" on this bike is the MM fuel injection but I just wanted to run it past those who have been around Evos for a while for any other suggestions.
I think that my problem is that I keep reading the threads on here about every problem that can go wrong with an Evo (and I get bored at night when I have nothing to wrench on after the kids go to bed)
I was going to be done for now until I read the threads about the shitty cam bearings in later Evo motors and I figure that while I have it open I might as well change out the lifters ...
From what I have researched the only other "knock" on this bike is the MM fuel injection but I just wanted to run it past those who have been around Evos for a while for any other suggestions.
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Honestly, I think that if I spend that much more $ right now that I might as well move a couch into the garage ...
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Don't read too much into the things that can go wrong! The vast majority of bikes are out there riding around not knowing they should be having problems! As for the couch, some of us assumed you already had one out there, along with a coffee machine..... 
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If you go with a real radical cam you have to do other things but with a simple EV27 or 13 they are just bolt in.