Kees and Spanners do Custom
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Its more like "Invercargill Speed Week" happens every year and it would be a good choice of Kiwi trip
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There were a couple of shovels in the show that I built the gearboxes on....it was amazing how many people were there that I have either sold or bought parts from, or fixed their bikes
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spanners, those ratchet tops can accept the 5 speed guts, right? That would be a worthy upgrade as a lot of buddies with 74" and even the 80" just are uncomfortable on the highways at sustained speeds because of the 4 speeds being at 4000 rpm at 70 mph.
hey John, misspent youth? never heard of it. lol!
hey John, misspent youth? never heard of it. lol!
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spanners, those ratchet tops can accept the 5 speed guts, right? That would be a worthy upgrade as a lot of buddies with 74" and even the 80" just are uncomfortable on the highways at sustained speeds because of the 4 speeds being at 4000 rpm at 70 mph.
hey John, misspent youth? never heard of it. lol!
hey John, misspent youth? never heard of it. lol!
Not sure about that to be honest but I doubt it because of the way the layshaft is assembled.
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wrong, completely different boxes
5 speed completely different box and a lot easier to work on
fitting a 5 speed box into a 4 speed frame can be done, have this set up on one of my bikes with 86 softail box bolted into a 4 speed shovel frame
it all bolts in with standard parts (not necessarily from the same year) except the inner primary needs to be machined out to take a larger bearing as 5 speed output shaft is 30mm rather than 1"
5 speed completely different box and a lot easier to work on
fitting a 5 speed box into a 4 speed frame can be done, have this set up on one of my bikes with 86 softail box bolted into a 4 speed shovel frame
it all bolts in with standard parts (not necessarily from the same year) except the inner primary needs to be machined out to take a larger bearing as 5 speed output shaft is 30mm rather than 1"