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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 08:52 PM
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lol, take a run at them. offer some ridiculous lowball with a serious face and let them counter.
Its where I found my Risers. $200 risers for $72
 
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Old Mar 23, 2017 | 11:49 PM
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since all seems to have gone well with the engine, i moved on to the clutch.

purposely glossing over the install because it has been covered so many times and there is a sticky for it as well....
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...t-writeup.html



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That was all that came out!!!! a tablespoon of fluid! wtf!



cause... braided line was sliced open by debris... i think.. can't prove it may just go back to stock clutch cables if the new braided one fails as spectacularly as the one that's being removed.



blah... blue bag of plates trick shift is blue like koolaid and stinks like diff fluid.



had to stop and ponder switching the clutch spring. looking at the one i had in the bike already, i remembered that i already had a SE heavy duty clutch spring. it was part of the SE 1200 stage 1 conversion kit. i eventually swapped it out anyway because i could always just change it back. moving on



rivet plate had not grenaded and was in perfect shape.



finished up....



ported over the chain tensioner from the old primary cover to the chrome one yes, there are three primary covers



the gardener wescott kit failed..... had to reuse the lower screws (2 3 4 5)... the kit had a bunch of long screws instead of what was needed... regretting not going alloy boltz for the replacements.. milk spilled



new clutch cable



blah, new chrome primary and gloss black inspection cover



routed clutch cable.



clutch cable guide from a 2016 sportster custom



cable being guided



chrome levers... drag specialties sucks... had to adjust the bore on the brake lever... fat drill bit and the power drill fixed the manufacturing errors that made the lever hard to move.



done....



rear of the bike is next.
 

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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 06:36 AM
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Hmm...that cable guide adds a consideration in "the making of the cover"...have to thik about that






Maybe you can use this to refill the "primary"

 
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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 08:41 AM
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Hmm...that cable guide adds a consideration in "the making of the cover"...have to thik about that






Maybe you can use this to refill the "primary"

since i bought the sport wind deflecter, the cover may not be necessary. I'll fit it and see if it is still as horrid. And theres a good chance i will not like the deflecter.



any ideas on why all the primary fluid was gone?
 
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...any ideas on why all the primary fluid was gone?
I guess you would have noticed a "Leak" ?

...maybe an Alternative Vampire
 
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Old Mar 24, 2017 | 09:17 AM
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I guess you would have noticed a "Leak" ?

...maybe an Alternative Vampire
strange. I am still wanting to blame the cable but, really have no idea. No leaks that ive seen
 
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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 11:15 AM
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soo done any miles yet on the little beast, need updates before i go on holliday sunday, ill be off line for 2 weeks.
suspens is killing me

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soo done any miles yet on the little beast, need updates before i go on holliday sunday, ill be off line for 2 weeks.
suspens is killing me

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Was out on it yesterday chasing down the heat demon that lives in the rear cylinder. Bike is fast AF.

The guy that was upset about his stage 4 48 must have been looking for torque and speed in the normal 2-4 rev range. The torque feels about the same as before but, constant and near immediate bike will snaych you and then just keep pulling to 7k. The higher the revs, the faster it goes ( and, currently, hotter it gets). Kinda scary.

see at ~4:30:in the vid in the link.

see update here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...l#post16058712

the heat is a problem. a lower rocker gasket leak has developed on the rear cylinder. .... gotta catch that heat demon pokemon.

i think it's a poorly adjusted rear exhaust push rod. Could be 100% wrong and probably am.
See here: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...l#post16074441

will try the adustments then will get some perfect fit -.050s iif that dosent work. I have no idea what i'm doing. Just crossing off ideas on a sheet of paper till i figure it out. Burning money
 

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Old Mar 27, 2017 | 11:57 AM
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7000 already??? done with breaking in??
well you have 585 cams??? is the stage 4 not 575???
how much for the 536 cams that work from 2000 til 6000.
the one with the stage 4 had crap exhaust V&H short schocks and no Thunder Torque Inserts so abselutly no low end
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Originally Posted by Søren Rix Petersen
7000 already??? done with breaking in??
well you have 585 cams??? is the stage not 575???
how much for the 536 cams that work from 2000 til 6000.
the one with the stage 4 had crap exhaust V&H short schocks and no Thunder Torque Inserts so abselutly no low end
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The bike is irradic at low revs. Jerky and sputtery grenades dont like low revs. I babied it for th first 50 or so miles. Normal running range for my bike has been ~4 - 6.5 and that was before the work. That kinda why i went after high lift cams to move the power out there.

I have the 575 not the 585. The 585s are in the kit. The 536s and 575 behave almost the same from my understanding of all this... http://www.nrhsperformance.com/tech_...s536cams.shtml
 

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