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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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I ordered 1250 kit and ignition from nrhs. Dan said they should ship tomorrow. I know there are a lot of conversion threads but I like them and I will probly need help.

I ordered the cylinders in black and plan to paint the heads to match. I also want to paint all the covers gloss black with a chrome stripe around the rocker box covers. any idea how much a chrome job like that cost? I may just end up painting the stripe grey.

This post is mostly just to see if I can figure out how to post pictures from my tablet. Here is the before picture (hopefully).
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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I plan on doing mine in a few weeks, what type of ignition did you get? I plan on using the Ultima Programmable (which is a dyna 2Ki relabled). Are you planning on doing cams or anything? I am putting some Andrews N4's.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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I'm doing the dyna ignition. no cams or head work. Hopefully I will have it torn down saturday and can start posting some pictures.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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I decided to get started on the disassembly even though I didn't have a lot of time tonight. here are a couple of pictures. I disconnected the battery, drain the primary oil, disconnected the clutch cable, and then pulled some pork for dinner.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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if I knew there was gonna be pulled pork I would've come over to help with dissambly...lol
 
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Originally Posted by SpicOfTheDevil
if I knew there was gonna be pulled pork I would've come over to help with dissambly...lol
there's leftovers, stop by.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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I got a little farther last night. remove the air filter, drained the oil, and pulled the pipies off. I also got the primary cover off. so far this job is not too hard.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 10:22 AM
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ignition, coil, gas tank, carburetor.

okay now I am to the point where I have to tear parts off I've never done before.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Nice, What year is your bike?
its a 2004
 
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