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Morning everybody!
Bill from central NC here checking in with my first post. Been and checked out the FAQ's so with a little luck I won't shoot myself in the courting gear right off the bat.
Been riding since the early 1970's been on the road since 1975. Got my first HD in 1980, a beautiful blue 80" FXEF. Worst freaking piece of machinery that I have ever owned. Wound up trading it even up in 1982 for a 60 FL that I still own to this day.
Had 79 FLH for a while that was a 74 incher and that was a pretty good old Shovel. Switched up and put about 8 years in on a BMW R90s then picked up a 94 FLHTC in 97. That bike was the finest piece of machinery that I have ever owned.
Got stupid in 2008 and traded it in. It had almost 130K on it and the forks/neck bearings needed rebuilding and the whole wiring harness was going to need to be replaced, not to mention a new mill wasn't that far away.
So anyway, I picked up a low mileage 2007 FLHTCI. Wish I had that one to do over again. Apparently the bean counters are in charge of how bikes get built again. As a matter of fact, my search for a upgraded main drive gear bearing is what led me here.
Kinda chapped my cheeks to have to gut the transmission on a bike with 43K on it but on the bright side at least it wasn't the flywheels like on my buddy's bike of the same year. The only things that I reused on that build was the case halves and the cylinder heads........
Talk to y'all later.
Bill
Bill from central NC here checking in with my first post. Been and checked out the FAQ's so with a little luck I won't shoot myself in the courting gear right off the bat.
Been riding since the early 1970's been on the road since 1975. Got my first HD in 1980, a beautiful blue 80" FXEF. Worst freaking piece of machinery that I have ever owned. Wound up trading it even up in 1982 for a 60 FL that I still own to this day.
Had 79 FLH for a while that was a 74 incher and that was a pretty good old Shovel. Switched up and put about 8 years in on a BMW R90s then picked up a 94 FLHTC in 97. That bike was the finest piece of machinery that I have ever owned.
Got stupid in 2008 and traded it in. It had almost 130K on it and the forks/neck bearings needed rebuilding and the whole wiring harness was going to need to be replaced, not to mention a new mill wasn't that far away.
So anyway, I picked up a low mileage 2007 FLHTCI. Wish I had that one to do over again. Apparently the bean counters are in charge of how bikes get built again. As a matter of fact, my search for a upgraded main drive gear bearing is what led me here.
Kinda chapped my cheeks to have to gut the transmission on a bike with 43K on it but on the bright side at least it wasn't the flywheels like on my buddy's bike of the same year. The only things that I reused on that build was the case halves and the cylinder heads........
Talk to y'all later.
Bill
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