ryoder 1,406 #1001 July 7, 2010 Quote Its just like when you try to order something at McDonald's that doesn't correlate to one of the meal pictures... Don't you just hate it when you try to order something a bit different?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1002 July 7, 2010 Shifter installed, (Yes that wrench is my shifter) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/003-2.jpg Coils next..... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/008.jpg Inner Primarie.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/009-1.jpg Hook up the blow by hose that used to oil the primarie chain, to the tube a made to route that oil on to my Drive chain! (Belt drives don't like oil) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/010-1.jpg Then remember I have to pull off the back wheel to mount my back rest... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/012-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/013-1.jpg Rear pipe is held on by the back rest bracket, so it goes on now! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/016.jpg Wheel back on, and back in teh garage for the night , I may not be neat and organised, but I do have a Man Cave! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/020.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1003 July 8, 2010 Skykid tries on my bike for size, he is one of only 3 people that have sat there since I owned the bike, Him, my wife, (she rode it) and me! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/004-1.jpg Belt drive on...As mentioned before, I am not painting or cleaning anything up....I like her ratty! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/006-2.jpg Rocker clutch installed! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/022.jpg Any job worth doing, is worth bleeding for...Or at least it seems that way for me, so far I have 12 cuts on my hands and arms! Strange color blood f ya ask me! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/010-2.jpg The Cause of the bloody knuckles, damn half inch socket split! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/011-1.jpg The Old Original 1942 exhaust must finally be retired! It has taken a beating , and is full of holes.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/014-1.jpg worked the cover off, that has been on there since 42... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/019.jpg then slip it over the new replacement! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/021.jpg That was the only part that went right...from there on, I am still fighting to make it fit, plus had to do some welding on the S pipe! Ohhhh Yeaaa.....My ever present helper! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/frame/026.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1004 July 9, 2010 Hey Gypsy, I'm taking Nina out to Perris tomorrow, her first 200 mile ride (there and back) and I'll probably spend the night in the Ghetto. If there's anything in that garage of yours that runs, come on out! . . . If nothing else we can laugh at Moley! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1005 July 9, 2010 Quote Hey Gypsy, I'm taking Nina out to Perris tomorrow, her first 200 mile ride (there and back) and I'll probably spend the night in the Ghetto. If there's anything in that garage of yours that runs, come on out! . . . If nothing else we can laugh at Moley! NickD LOL, Moley got old...we didn't! I'll try to swing it...only thing out there not running right now is my own bike! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1006 July 9, 2010 Not only old! But fat as all get out too. Chantal must have finally learned how to cook! . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1007 July 10, 2010 So last night I'm out riding Nina and coming home I was about three blocks away when she started sputtering and running real bad. I shut her down and look everything over and couldn't find anything amiss. But she wouldn't start so I pushed her home and up that damn uphill driveway of mine. This morning I started checking things. The plugs looked all right, the fuel was clean and flowing, and it was getting spark. I checked the carb and that looked okay. Finally I took the timing cover off and sure enough it was the electronic programmable ignition. When I installed it, some weeks before I was ready to start Nina for the first time, I didn't tighten it down all the way, figuring I'd have to time her with a timing light. But I put the cover back on and when I did go to start her she fired right up and ran fine so I forgot all about not tightening the ignition plate. I'm amazed it stayed put so long before starting to wander. By the time I got that figured out it was too late to head out to Perris so I went down to Glendale Harley instead. They were having a barbecue and a meeting of the local HOG chapter. I wasn't sure we'd be welcomed as most of those guys run store bought Harleys but it turned out all right. I sat on a bench about ten feet from Nina and just listened to what people said when they stopped to look at her. Everyone liked her! One lady nudged her old man and said, "That's the kind of Harley you should have bought." LOL! I was dying! I guess one continuing refrain I'll have to get used to is people asking me, "Is that a real hardtail?" Well yeah, I'm thinking, if it ain't a real hardtail then it's something else. But I was polite, and just said, "why yes, it certainly is." And everyone thought that was pretty cool. I guess they are rarer than they used to be. I stayed long enough to get a killer Polish dog and a lemonade for free. And I think Nina did all right her first time out among other bikes. But I think she was surprised to find out she had so many other brothers and sisters. So I was heading for the freeway and home when a motorcycle cop pulled up behind me at a red light. And I think, okay, here we go. But when the light turned he passed me and smiled as he went by so that was very cool. Maybe I'll try for Perris next weekend . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1008 July 10, 2010 I should be able to swing Next weekend! I gonna just ride, or planning to jump too? I'm out-a date, but do have a good pen! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1009 July 10, 2010 Damn glad it was only a loose plate.....nutting better than free fuck ups....but...that push up your drive had to be a BITCH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1010 July 10, 2010 Yup, I can put you in date, and my parking lot specials are always free of charge . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1011 July 10, 2010 Sounds like a great goal! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 8 #1012 July 11, 2010 Did you check her over real good when you got home to make sure no one zapped her with a Harley sticker? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1013 July 11, 2010 Couple of updates. I hardwired a receptacle into Nina so I can plug in and charge a cell phone, and keep the GPS going, and it's funny how that's something we never worried about before. But since my old Motorola flip phone died I've really felt lost without it. But I'm waiting until after the 15th and getting a Droid X. Now that I've been on some longer rides the oil tank was getting hot enough that it was burning the underside of my thighs so I pulled it off and and added some leather around where it hit the frame and around the cap. Rode her this afty and she's better now. But these Evo motor do throw some heat, more than my older Shovelhead did. I can't imagine what those guys on the 1500 cc Twinkies are dealing with. Took Nina to the gas station for the first time after I hit reserve last night. She took 4 and a quarter gallons so I guess with her tanks sitting up so high I'm only losing 3/4 gallons of usable fuel. That's not bad, I really thought it would be more than that. Then I took her down La Tuna Canyon Road to visit a mechanic friend of mine at Bob Hope Airport, the first real twisty road we've done together. Nina likes going straight better, but she's not bad if you make her do it. We also got caught, not in a downpour, but a decent sized summer afternoon thunder storm. So I'm thinking here's where I find out what shorts out. But I wired Nina for the rain and she didn't miss a beat. A lot of guys today won't even ride in the rain nowadays, and I never understood that. I'm still having trouble with the cheap assed ignition switch. At first I thought I must have wired it wrong but it's really just a piece of junk from overseas and I'm going to have to replace it. I got it working all right by tightening it down so much but now I have to strain to turn the damn thing. I'm not sure what I'll replace it with. It seems like all of them, even the ones from the MOCO, are from someplace in Asia. I guess I'll have to run a MOPAR switch somewhere on Nina and just leave the one on the fatbob console a dummy. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #1014 July 11, 2010 QuoteA lot of guys today won't even ride in the rain nowadays, and I never understood that. Isn't that crap? Those same guys are typically the same ones who are wearing $500 worth of HD shirts, boots and gear!--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1015 July 11, 2010 QuoteQuoteA lot of guys today won't even ride in the rain nowadays, and I never understood that. Isn't that crap? Those same guys are typically the same ones who are wearing $500 worth of HD shirts, boots and gear! HD sells shirts and gear ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #1016 July 11, 2010 Sort of like this guy who was checking out my scoot at a local bar a few years ago. Mind you he had on a HD shirt, jeans, boots, belt, chained wallet and a HD bandanna tied around his head. him: "Nice bike, what is it?" me: "Kawasaki Vulcan" him: "Oh...if its not a Harley, it aint shit!" me: "Ok, what do you ride?" him: "Uhhh...I don't have a bike..." True story! Not exactly Nick or Skyrider's kind of rider. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1017 July 12, 2010 Quote Sort of like this guy who was checking out my scoot at a local bar a few years ago. Mind you he had on a HD shirt, jeans, boots, belt, chained wallet and a HD bandanna tied around his head. him: "Nice bike, what is it?" me: "Kawasaki Vulcan" him: "Oh...if its not a Harley, it aint shit!" me: "Ok, what do you ride?" him: "Uhhh...I don't have a bike..." True story! Not exactly Nick or Skyrider's kind of rider. ROFLMAO....Like the fact he had to ask, didn't already make him a poser! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #1018 July 12, 2010 I don't recall reading what you put in there as an ignition, Nick, but if it's a Crane Hi-4 race like mine you just have to rotate the plate until the red light comes back on (at TDC) for it to be in time. Easy Schmeezy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1019 July 12, 2010 Quote Sort of like this guy who was checking out my scoot at a local bar a few years ago. Mind you he had on a HD shirt, jeans, boots, belt, chained wallet and a HD bandanna tied around his head. him: "Nice bike, what is it?" me: "Kawasaki Vulcan" him: "Oh...if its not a Harley, it aint shit!" me: "Ok, what do you ride?" him: "Uhhh...I don't have a bike..." True story! Not exactly Nick or Skyrider's kind of rider. My old Honda, I actually convinced more than one person this was an Indian straight 4 turned sideways!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/myhonda.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/ironhorsemg.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1020 July 12, 2010 It's not a Crane it's an Ultima which is really a Dynatec (made by them) and just re-branded by Ultima. If you time it the way you mentioned that's just "static" timed. It doesn't take into consideration the differences in valve train lash (and a host of other differences) from engine to engine. It's what you do just to get the bike to start before you time it for real with an inductive timing light. I was having so much fun riding I forgot I never timed Nina with a light, but when I did it was indeed off a little bit. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1021 July 12, 2010 I keep waiting for the new Avatar....the real one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1022 July 13, 2010 Funny thread from one of the Harley forums: A guy asked what Harley threads would be like if the internet existed back in the 1970s. He thought it would be mostly like the following: - how much oil SHOULD my bike leak. - i don't think my bike leak's enough oil - how do i kick start my bike - when my bike finally starts how do i keep it running - my bike don't leak any oil and it;s full. - how many parts should fall off my bike when riding. But I wrote that bikers back then were too mechanically inclined (unlike today) to be asking stupid questions like that. So here's my top four sticky biker threads if the internet existed in 1975: 1. Where can I get a cheap Penicillin shot? 2. What's the best way to get rid of the Crabs? 3. Anybody seen my old lady, I forgot where I left her? 4. I'm in LA. Anybody got any pot for sale? (Not that 10 bucks a lid Mexican crap.) NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1023 July 13, 2010 Quote Funny thread from one of the Harley forums: A guy asked what Harley threads would be like if the internet existed back in the 1970s. He thought it would be mostly like the following: - how much oil SHOULD my bike leak. - i don't think my bike leak's enough oil - how do i kick start my bike - when my bike finally starts how do i keep it running - my bike don't leak any oil and it;s full. - how many parts should fall off my bike when riding. But I wrote that bikers back then were too mechanically inclined (unlike today) to be asking stupid questions like that. So here's my top four sticky biker threads if the internet existed in 1975: 1. Where can I get a cheap Penicillin shot? 2. What's the best way to get rid of the Crabs? 3. Anybody seen my old lady, I forgot where I left her? 4. I'm in LA. Anybody got any pot for sale? (Not that 10 bucks a lid Mexican crap.) NickD Which Meteric wrenches fit Std american bolts! Small turn signals and where to mount them! How to make DOT stickers for your german helmet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1024 July 14, 2010 Tanks on/..... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/002-2.jpg Then remember I haven't hooked up the throttle yet! So tank "back" off... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/004-3.jpg Then a run to the DMV to get everything up to date...SO...I took my wifes 47...gawd this bike is fun to ride.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/005-3.jpg[url] [url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/006-3.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1025 July 15, 2010 Love how the intakes mount to the cylinders. That hardware looks like something you'd find under a sink! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
