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Your going to need a garbage can somewhere in this build if your married.
Before you get too big I was checking on building a 89" upgraded to Axtell cylinder 106" the guru that does my head work said it takes way too much work for a stock Harley Evo head to flow the air needed. He said it is better and more economical to buy a set of aftermarket heads after the labor involved to to make the Evo's work. Not going to doubt this guys wisdom, I did what anyone would do is bought a set of big flowing heads bolted to a engine block.
Make sure you have the whole engine package figured out, this stuff is touchy and expensive
Last edited by 1997bagger; Oct 17, 2017 at 09:31 PM.
Ya know, I'm well aware that I can buy a V111 (for $5800, because I have to go to Phoenix to pick it up, and pay the tax), but I really like to build something instead for ~$4000. Part of this experience for me isn't just the outcome of riding a ripping good motorcycle, it's the build. All the hours of elbow grease and skinned knuckles that went into your creation, that's more of the satisfaction for me than actually rolling down the road on it.
Maybe I'm weird, I dunno, but I get more satisfaction out of resurrecting a dead motorcycle than actually riding it. Back a few years ago I got a free CB200T with a stuck valve that I brought back to life that hadn't run since the Reagan administration. That was very rewarding, then I sold it for $50.
Last edited by Mattbastard; Oct 17, 2017 at 09:03 PM.
I was thinking of starting a new thread for the actual build but **** it, I'll just keep updating this one for those of you who bookmarked/subscribed to this thread.
Today was another blast in the garage, so to speak:
Harbor Freight sand blast cabinet and 25 lbs of black aluminum stuff to blast with. I screwed it to the wall.
Fixed a certain swingarm weakness. I'm NOT changing all the damn bearings in the wheel to 1" just for a swingarm. This was like $2 in steel:
Made a special tool for drawing the crank back into the case:
That's a 7/8" X 14 nut, screws right onto the left side shaft on the crank. I also bought a bunch of huge washers and one 1.5" nut for spacing. I'll set everything upright, then rest the nut down on the case and a few washers until I can only get about two turns on this special tool, then when it bottoms out take it off and add washers until it's all the way pulled in. Then check clearance, change shim if needed. I've got a 20 ton press for getting it back out.
Also painted the footrest mounts. They were in **** shape. I blasted/sanded them down, then hit them with some jet black urethane paint with a dash of hardener mixed in:
That orange peel is really gonna make them look OG.
Tomorrow I'll get that swingarm all cleaned up for a layer of paint too.
Last edited by Mattbastard; Oct 21, 2017 at 07:28 PM.
Keepin' it real on a weeknight, pressing in the new swingarm bearings on the newly painted swingarm, and checking spacing. I also sandblasted the inner primary but that's nothing special to see.
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