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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:25 PM
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Hello all, Im new here. Signed up here after I inherited my fathers bike a few weeks ago.

I dont have a lot of experience working on HD and the bike has a no crank issue so I figured I'd sign up in case i have any issues or questions. Was hoping to get some time to dig into it this weekend but looks like it'll have to wait until next, Ill get in there and see if I can figure it out.

I'll leave a picture of the bike. I dont know what it is except that it has an Evo motor. If anyway can tell me more would be great. Needs some TLC as he wasnt able to take care of it towards the end.

thats about it for now, See ya

 
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:27 PM
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Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan!
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:28 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:36 PM
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Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan!
I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
thanks for the advice

I will be doing that but I wouldnt know what manual to get yet as I dont know anything about the bike. I also do notebooks for service and repairs. My 04 4runner was a total POS when I got it. Well, after a few pages full of repairs, shes pretty nice. I had a book for the Honda 4 wheeler in the background but I think it may have got thrown away somehow, that one was a full rebuild so that hurt losing all that info.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:40 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 07:54 PM
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Welcome to the forums from Ontario, Canada
 
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 09:18 PM
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Welcome to the forum, glad to have you here.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2023 | 11:28 PM
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Welcome to the community.
Firstly condolences on your loss, I count my lucky stars that my father is still with me.

Your father has left you arguably one of Harley's best handling motorcycles, the mighty FXR. I'm not a intimate with all the variations but if you head over to the Dyna section you will find a subsection specific to these models.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/fxr-models-219/

Since your bike is powered by an Evolution motor, the Evo subsection will be another likely location for most power plant questions. Evo's are a sub forum in the Classic section.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/evo-84/

I look forward to following your journey resurrecting your fathers FXR.



 

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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 12:30 AM
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Welcome to the H-D Forums from Idaho , Great to have you here ! ENJOY !
 
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Old Apr 10, 2023 | 01:56 AM
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Welcome from Sydney Australia
 
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