Winter project 2015
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Good progress the past couple of days. Almost looks like a motorcycle again! It should run tomorrow.
Blasted the carb with baking soda and repainted. Worked great! I'm hoping it will spontaneously assemble itself overnight.
HD made another improvement. The replacement rocker bolt/studs are now one piece instead of that pressed on head business.
The Meguiar's stuff really made the paint pop. Hard to tell in this pic. Can't wait to see it in the sun tomorrow!
Blasted the carb with baking soda and repainted. Worked great! I'm hoping it will spontaneously assemble itself overnight.
HD made another improvement. The replacement rocker bolt/studs are now one piece instead of that pressed on head business.
The Meguiar's stuff really made the paint pop. Hard to tell in this pic. Can't wait to see it in the sun tomorrow!
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Well, shoot...not running today. Need to replace the oring seal for the carb float bowl. Another trip to the Harley store tomorrow where they call me by my first name.
Brakes bled and done. The Hawg Halter is a PITA to bleed. Two bleeder screws on the backside and smaller than usual. They apparently chose form over function.
I could use a day off anyway. Working on a little **** Creek instead.
http://www.knobcreek.com/****-creek
Brakes bled and done. The Hawg Halter is a PITA to bleed. Two bleeder screws on the backside and smaller than usual. They apparently chose form over function.
I could use a day off anyway. Working on a little **** Creek instead.
http://www.knobcreek.com/****-creek
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Done! Well, almost. Minor adjust on the clutch needed and replace a broken concho on a passenger floorboard.
Still looks pretty good for 92K miles.
http://s471.photobucket.com/user/gtm...project?sort=2
And a little better than this:
Still looks pretty good for 92K miles.
http://s471.photobucket.com/user/gtm...project?sort=2
And a little better than this:
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First ride today, about 50 miles. Nothing fell off as far as I know. Running great!
Ride is stiffer and better control with the new shocks but I expected that. The originals were just about gone so can't say the new ones are any better than stock. There is less dive on hard stops and the bouncy ride in the back is gone. Might have to back off on the preload a little but I'll put some more miles on first. The shocks will probably soften up a little after a few thousand miles. Good upgrades if your shocks are shot and they cost less than stock.
Hawg Halter front brake is better than stock but not a night/day difference.
Happy with the results!
Ride is stiffer and better control with the new shocks but I expected that. The originals were just about gone so can't say the new ones are any better than stock. There is less dive on hard stops and the bouncy ride in the back is gone. Might have to back off on the preload a little but I'll put some more miles on first. The shocks will probably soften up a little after a few thousand miles. Good upgrades if your shocks are shot and they cost less than stock.
Hawg Halter front brake is better than stock but not a night/day difference.
Happy with the results!