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My 1978 lowrider was the easiest to repair and I did that a lot. my 2001 fatboy was the all around nicest fit and finish on any harley I have ever owned and it never had a problem in the ten years I owned it. My 2009 flhx finish work is not what is was 1 st year I owned it 5 seats and five back fenders from Harley and a year of fighting them over a poor design all is repaired your welcome h-d. The bike now is very nice and the best to ride of all I have ever owned in my opinion.
Pretty new to the touring side of things. I guess blind luck steered me towards an 02 Ultra.....it was the last year for the good crank and the Timken bearings. Where are these bearings located? Are they the inner-cam bearings, or somewhere else?
their in the left side of the engine case, where the crank shaft comes out through the case on the left side if your sitting on the bike.
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Had a lot of fun on my 1988 FXR-SP. Great bike once it had progressive suspension springs and a fork brace on the front and dirty great big Progressive suspension shocks on the rear. The Evo motors were great and did big miles with little maintainance. If you looked after them they just ripped up the road for miles. Best 50K miles ever had, but I suspect the girls on the back helped with that eh?
You know, I would like to say the lastest HD to roll off the assemble line. But reading issues that have come up, has me rethinking that stance.
Love em or hate em, the secret society of Sharkers know what the best model is, so it will come down to the year. Since my current bike has been trouble free for 4 yrs, it gets my vote.
But I sure loved my first brand new Harley, a 1980 FXB
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