well a month or so ago I got my first shovel. A rusty 79 flh and Ive been riding around town local to get to know it and I love this bike.

I also got an almost complete 76 flh basket case basically for the cost of the one bike (i think)

i wanted to start a new thread because I want to start working on it and need some tips.

Anyway here are a few pics the day I rode it home.

 

There's a lot of "character" in that old girl ... Not much in the way of brakes though. :>)

 

 

yea agree hahahahahahha but the GMA are 5 times better then the banana

 

Me and the wife taking it out to diner after i gave it a bath, scrobed alittle rust and removed the blinkers and passing light bar. filled up the fluids and a few minor adjustments. the trans was dam near empty.

Heres what I know about the bike. It has rivera primo belt primary with a super smooth clutch, s&s super E, dyna s ignition, gma brakes, cycle shack exhaust, big super comfy corbin seat and the motor is actually from the 76.

 

Tonight I put It up on the lift to stay there awhile to give it alittle love.

Here is what i know it needs, besides cosmetic stuff.

completly flush brakes
clean carb
check intake
leaky exhaust gaskets

it has some wiring issues ( not sure where to start here. I want it to be simple and am thinking about eliminating a lot of it)

kick stand lube and spring
rear brake pedal is all loose and feals like something is missing

check and lube neck bearings
check and lube swingarm bearings

check shocks

adjust pushrods
check primary belt tension
adjust chain

scrub rust
and this thing is begging for some apes

I hope to start crossing things off the list pretty soon. And will be posting pics with a lot of questions.

Any other basic things I should be checking out. My goal is to get it in safe decent running condition then ladder rebuild the 79 motor while this motor is installed. But first basic maintnance.

 

Nice looking bike, congratulations!

 

Nice,
Lucky man in more ways than 1 I would say(Respectfully)

The 1 thing that comes to mind that I didn't see on the list is to check the rockers for the wavy washers that might be in there,
They'll crack&bust apart and the pieces will end up in places that u don't want them to be,
Namely the oil pump gears,
The breather,
It wont be pretty,

Congrats on the new bike,

 

Im not sure exactly what you mean by the wavy washers but I will look into it, thanks

 

so much "character" you need a wheel barrow to move it around.

These brakes are awsome, even with the old fluid and super low on fluid these brakes work pretty good. Theres pads in there that have plenty of meat, you just cant see them in the pics