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Old Apr 7, 2026 | 08:48 AM
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Bill, my earlier advice on truing wheels was wrong, set the offset first then true the wheel. I did it correctly on my springer thread. It pays to read the manual, not go by memory. Good luck, it's not hard, just time consuming.
 
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The Panhead gods were good to me at Oley this year. Bought a ton of good OEM parts and left with money in my pocket for Fire House beer and racing at RMC.

Outer primary cover and derby, dash cover, battery top cover, license plate bracket, rear brake pedal assembly, complete headlight, rear chain guard and a new wiring harness. Prices were very reasonable with only a few people not looking to negotiate. But some guys giving stuff away, derby cover was $5!?!?!? Very happy with haul, could not get one guy to part with a front fender for the cash I had left.


 
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She has a face, now I need about a month off to finish all the work currently available to me!?!??!?!!? And I need more shop. I have become that shop that needs to roll bikes outside to work on anything.
 
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