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Long story short, my iron cross A/C flew off on the highway and I had a spare Stage 1 A/C with missing parts. Took the stealership a week and a half to get the parts so figured, I'd use the waiting time to paint the ugly gray off my Nightster.
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I need to get used to this bigger A/C as the iron cross was a bit smaller but it'll do for now. On a positive note, it seemed like my bike wasn't revving as much at higher speeds and I'm wondering if the previous owner remapped the ECM for this particular A/C and not the iron cross. Or it could be that I'm just making that up in my head after not being able to ride for almost 2 weeks.
Finally, a shout out to midnight2005 and DocHoliday06 for helping me out and answering questions I had for them. Definitely nice to know there are good folks on this forum that are willing to help anyone out whenever asked.
I need to get used to this bigger A/C as the iron cross was a bit smaller but it'll do for now. On a positive note, it seemed like my bike wasn't revving as much at higher speeds and I'm wondering if the previous owner remapped the ECM for this particular A/C and not the iron cross. Or it could be that I'm just making that up in my head after not being able to ride for almost 2 weeks.
Finally, a shout out to midnight2005 and DocHoliday06 for helping me out and answering questions I had for them. Definitely nice to know there are good folks on this forum that are willing to help anyone out whenever asked.
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First of all, bet masking job EVER on the frame
Secondly, I totally agree about the grey. That was one factor that steered me from a nightster to a 48 (there were others) but I didn't like the chrome rocker cover to black cylinder fin top to grey cylinder fin lower to grey cases. Yuck. It's all a matter of personal preference and I did NOT prefer that grey.
Your's looks as it should. Nice job!
Secondly, I totally agree about the grey. That was one factor that steered me from a nightster to a 48 (there were others) but I didn't like the chrome rocker cover to black cylinder fin top to grey cylinder fin lower to grey cases. Yuck. It's all a matter of personal preference and I did NOT prefer that grey.
Your's looks as it should. Nice job!
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First of all, bet masking job EVER on the frame
Secondly, I totally agree about the grey. That was one factor that steered me from a nightster to a 48 (there were others) but I didn't like the chrome rocker cover to black cylinder fin top to grey cylinder fin lower to grey cases. Yuck. It's all a matter of personal preference and I did NOT prefer that grey.
Your's looks as it should. Nice job!
Secondly, I totally agree about the grey. That was one factor that steered me from a nightster to a 48 (there were others) but I didn't like the chrome rocker cover to black cylinder fin top to grey cylinder fin lower to grey cases. Yuck. It's all a matter of personal preference and I did NOT prefer that grey.
Your's looks as it should. Nice job!
I was thinking about doing the heat shields and the muffler as well but the lazy factor kicked in and also i hear that with it dulled out there's more chance of rust setting in. I figured I'd run over the rocker covers with some good ol' Rem Oil once in a while.
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what did you do to get into all the fins in the front and back of the engine....and do you have any suggestion (like what to take off of the bike) to make this project easier....and yes, what type paint did you use?
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Nice job. Looks good.
They're called "push-rod tubes". There's rods inside them that go from your cams via the lifters to the rockers above. Hence, the term "rocker box covers", which are made out of aluminum and won't rust. Rockers activate your valves.
That black finned thing on top is the "head" and that's where the valves are. They made 'em black to make it look like a hot rodded motor from yesteryear. I couldn't understand why they didn't make the motor all black, until the Iron came out.
They're called "push-rod tubes". There's rods inside them that go from your cams via the lifters to the rockers above. Hence, the term "rocker box covers", which are made out of aluminum and won't rust. Rockers activate your valves.
That black finned thing on top is the "head" and that's where the valves are. They made 'em black to make it look like a hot rodded motor from yesteryear. I couldn't understand why they didn't make the motor all black, until the Iron came out.
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