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I'm curious. What are you using for wire? Standard insulated PVC or the new cloth covered stuff? I'm looking into rewiring some of the 65 pan and parts of it are original and parts have the PVC stuff..
For my 65 FLH build and my 49 EL build I used replica cloth wiring (because they are close to a stock refurbish). Since this build is a total custom it will be the plastic coated wiring sheathed in black heat shrink
A year ago hellonewman asked me for some seat pics. Thought I'd post up some before-n-after pics. My seat guy is a stickler for details. Takes a lot of pride in his work and I will state he is truly a craftsman. What's the quote????? The devil's in the details??????
Before...
...After
He's definitely not cheap, but quality never is, especially "Made in America".
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Damn, wish I'd seen this before and I agree but I'm not going back now. Gonna keep the info for the 49 Bobber build if I go away from the stock bars. Might be cool to do some different bars (bit taller) and use the internal throttle for both sides. Can it function as advance/retard as well?
I do not know if it could be used as a push, they do make an internal twist clutch version so anything is possible. I have called and talked to Russel direct about a couple of parts over the years, straight forward gentlemen easy to talk to, when you get to it give him a call. I sent him my headlight I bought from him several years later because I didn't like the lower mount. He re-machined and welded on a tab per my specifications and sent it back, only for a couple of bucks.
The Panhead I have been building in my head will have 12" apes. My plan was to get a set of swap meet bars setup for spirals on both sides, cut off the ends and weld them to a new set of Flanders apes. Then from there use stock spirals with longer cables. In my head it is a great plan and works great.
K...I'd like to keep the use of the single point distributor (and do the e-beyond electronic ignition). That said what was on there before to keep the manual advance from moving was as ugly as $hit
Someone has to have a better alternative so that the distributor doesn't move off full advance when going down the road.
K...I'd like to keep the use of the single point distributor (and do the e-beyond electronic ignition). That said what was on there before to keep the manual advance from moving was as ugly as $hit
Someone has to have a better alternative so that the distributor doesn't move off full advance when going down the road.
I'm running the e-beyond (Pertronix based) ignition and love it.
Hey, my timing cover was worse than yours by a long shot, serious gouges in the fins, deep scratches on the smooth front section from the worn-out brake lever bushing... I spent a Saturday with sandpaper, working up from 100 grit to around 2,000, then a piece of Sunday morning on the buffer, and voila. It's well worth it IMHO, especially on a chopper.
So.......going to go with the E-beyond ignition system.
1. Anyone have a suggestion on the best aftermarket 66-69 distributor?
2. With the e-beyond electronic ignition system (along with the CycleElectric voltage regulator), do I still need to "flash" the generator to ensure correct polarity? Sure as hell don't want to do something stupid and ruin the e-beyond system.
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