wish me luck...
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just came in from the garage. chrome forks and flamed cowbells are done and on the bike... forks weren't bad to do at all, just a little messy. thats the only part I was dreading and now that's behind me.
I am still waiting on some other parts before I can finish it all up and go for a ride... I am anxious to see how the new progressive fork springs and heavier fork oil will feel. Hopefully the brown truck will bring me the rest of my pieces on Tuesday.
not urgent, but I also need to find somone to paint a fender for me. I got a guy in Thurmont that usually does it but not sure he is painting right now due to some health issues. I have a used fatboy fender that I am planning to run to change up the front end a little more.
I am still waiting on some other parts before I can finish it all up and go for a ride... I am anxious to see how the new progressive fork springs and heavier fork oil will feel. Hopefully the brown truck will bring me the rest of my pieces on Tuesday.
not urgent, but I also need to find somone to paint a fender for me. I got a guy in Thurmont that usually does it but not sure he is painting right now due to some health issues. I have a used fatboy fender that I am planning to run to change up the front end a little more.
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here is one link.
http://groups.msn.com/ToddsHarleyPix...eforkswap.msnw
another writeup is also attached here. The manual was very helpful too, cause it has the exploded pics.
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good deal glad it worked out!!! it should be a riding day tommorow we will lickley be at lu&joes for lunch around 12-1 I heard about a guy that does painting right here in mt airy merel off woodville I have seen his work on a race car and it is very good. the guy in thurmont did keep a guy I know waiting a long time for his bags due to his health.but he does do nice work also
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good deal glad it worked out!!! it should be a riding day tommorow we will lickley be at lu&joes for lunch around 12-1 I heard about a guy that does painting right here in mt airy merel off woodville I have seen his work on a race car and it is very good. the guy in thurmont did keep a guy I know waiting a long time for his bags due to his health.but he does do nice work also
Now that I understand how the ignition switch works, and found the right screwdriver, even that was a piece of cake to get back together... the dovetails need to be aligned at 2:00 and the the **** slides right in when its pointing to the LOCK position.
bike is filthy, and my matching rotor won't be here till Tuesday, but I didn't want to wait so I mounted up the old stock rotor till then.
So far, so good... no leaks yet, and the forks seem to rebound fine... although stiffer than they were cause of the progressive springs and 20w fork oil, will take some getting used to.
quick pic attached. Hopefully I can give it a bath in the morning, ran out of daylight today.
edit: you would not happen to have that Merel's last name (or #) would you? I am on Old Annapolis right near Woodville... I'd like to talk to him about painting the fender since he is so close.
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finished it all up around 4 today. woulda been earlier, but a former riding buddy (who now lives in Conn) stopped by for a while so I had to take a break.
Now that I understand how the ignition switch works, and found the right screwdriver, even that was a piece of cake to get back together... the dovetails need to be aligned at 2:00 and the the **** slides right in when its pointing to the LOCK position.
bike is filthy, and my matching rotor won't be here till Tuesday, but I didn't want to wait so I mounted up the old stock rotor till then.
So far, so good... no leaks yet, and the forks seem to rebound fine... although stiffer than they were cause of the progressive springs and 20w fork oil, will take some getting used to.
quick pic attached. Hopefully I can give it a bath in the morning, ran out of daylight today.
edit: you would not happen to have that Merel's last name (or #) would you? I am on Old Annapolis right near Woodville... I'd like to talk to him about painting the fender since he is so close.
Now that I understand how the ignition switch works, and found the right screwdriver, even that was a piece of cake to get back together... the dovetails need to be aligned at 2:00 and the the **** slides right in when its pointing to the LOCK position.
bike is filthy, and my matching rotor won't be here till Tuesday, but I didn't want to wait so I mounted up the old stock rotor till then.
So far, so good... no leaks yet, and the forks seem to rebound fine... although stiffer than they were cause of the progressive springs and 20w fork oil, will take some getting used to.
quick pic attached. Hopefully I can give it a bath in the morning, ran out of daylight today.
edit: you would not happen to have that Merel's last name (or #) would you? I am on Old Annapolis right near Woodville... I'd like to talk to him about painting the fender since he is so close.
the front end looks good one brake rotor does it stop ok? i always woundered
we got out for a good ride today stoped by the harley shop for a free hotdog than down to dickerson and poolsville home by 109-75-144-home good ride. hope to get out tommorow as well
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No i sorta think he is on the rt coming up from144 about the 4th house up on the hill across from the junk yard I can't remember his last name it might be Jackson
the front end looks good one brake rotor does it stop ok? i always woundered
we got out for a good ride today stoped by the harley shop for a free hotdog than down to dickerson and poolsville home by 109-75-144-home good ride. hope to get out tommorow as well
the front end looks good one brake rotor does it stop ok? i always woundered
we got out for a good ride today stoped by the harley shop for a free hotdog than down to dickerson and poolsville home by 109-75-144-home good ride. hope to get out tommorow as well
cool sounds like you had a good day. I ran out of daylight today, I am hoping to wash the bike in the am and ride in the afternoon tomorrow to put some miles on this setup. thanks for the info on Jackson I'll start paying attention as I ride up thru there to see if I can tell if anyone has what looks like it could be a paint shop at their house.
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