skyrider 0 #1201 October 15, 2010 BTW, is it just me or has your tailight went totally stealth? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1202 October 16, 2010 Wall of Death, with a twist thrown in.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31MMw3Eazqw&feature=player_embedded Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1203 October 25, 2010 Nina's rather flat spring seat was good on the bumps but I was hanging on for dear life when getting on the throttle. So I decided to buy another seat with some "kick up" in the back to hold me in place. Then I saw the prices which were between 200 and 300 dollars! So instead I took apart the 30 dollar seat I had and just bent up the back. I also moved the spring position a bit forward. I just tried it out (man, it's really windy in So Cal today) and now it's perfect! It doesn't look as good overall as the slammed seat I had on Nina, but it's not too bad, and it's quite comfortable. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1204 October 26, 2010 Kick up looks good.. I built the seat for my wifes bike,(and mine, different story) just usiing a grinder and my welder, ( didn't have a bender at the time) pan, cost...0 (scrap) upolstery, 45 bucks , and works damned fine, (The same saet was on my honda chop for many many years.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/DSCF2052.jpg No sliding up the fender, and that small amount of back rest, does wonders.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #1205 October 26, 2010 Got any 550 cord? Today the side stand spring broke (I'm kind of rough on it, turning too tight for the bike) and I always keep a small wade of 550 cord in the tbag on the sissy bar. Had to use 550 cord to tie the side stand up to the frame to get home. Why not bailing wire? It rusts in the bag, 550 doesn't.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 644 #1206 October 26, 2010 Me likey. My first "hand made custom seat" was a Corbin I bought at a swap meet for $20. I drilled all the rivets out, disassembled it, changed the layout of the base, cut the foam with an electric turkey knife, re-attached the leather cover, and re-riveted it. Nice damn seat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1207 October 26, 2010 QuoteGot any 550 cord? Today the side stand spring broke (I'm kind of rough on it, turning too tight for the bike) and I always keep a small wade of 550 cord in the tbag on the sissy bar. Had to use 550 cord to tie the side stand up to the frame to get home. Why not bailing wire? It rusts in the bag, 550 doesn't. switching all my bailing wire, (yes I actually carry a roll) For parachute cord..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1208 October 26, 2010 Gut that 550 cord and it'll take up even less room! Time for Nina's first clutch adjustment. It' something you usually need to do a few times during the first few thousand miles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxb7O5J3oN8 NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1209 October 27, 2010 Normiss, saw your comment over on YT, Locktite on what? While I do use it on some things on Nina (owning to the fact she's a rigid) I've never used it on the clutch pushrod locking nut or the derby cover. And I've never seen either come loose. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 644 #1210 October 27, 2010 Thought for sure you would need some on the derby cover. Being a rigid with belt drive, just seems the compensator can be rough on the primary drive train...but now having owned a rigid, WTF do I know? My old FXR required anti-seize or loc-tite on damn near everything the way she vibrated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1211 October 27, 2010 I've never used a drop of locktite on any of my knuckleheads! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 644 #1212 October 27, 2010 I have thought that the rubber mounts seem to carry more vibrations on some components than the hard tails I've seen. My FXR was always trying to come off the motor mounts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1213 October 27, 2010 Quote I have thought that the rubber mounts seem to carry more vibrations on some components than the hard tails I've seen. My FXR was always trying to come off the motor mounts. After 18 year of riding , my 42 did manage to loosen the mounts, (without me catching it) Lucky for me, I was out dirtbiking it, (yes) down the canal from the Perris DZ to Canyon lake , (should have seen the faces of other riders as I went by), I hit a rock breaking my frame....if those bolts had been tight, i'd have also broken my case's ..... what are the ods that loose bolts would happen at a good time? PS, I rode it back to San Diego, with a broken frame.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1214 October 27, 2010 after the frame broke, it snapped the top motor mount.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/004-2.jpg break caused by riding like a crazy person...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/005-2.jpg which also broke the trannie mounts... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/010-2.jpg Down to this, and back up in less than 3 days.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/Bikes/014-2.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1215 October 27, 2010 >>just seems the compensator can be rough on the primary drive trainDry and open belt drives (like Nina's) don't use a compensator on the front motor pulley like stock Harleys. You only need that if you're running a chain in the primary (instead of a belt) as the compensator smooths out the slack/no slack jerkiness in the chain. (And makes you feel like a better rider than you really are, LOL!) NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1216 November 4, 2010 Finally found the company that made my mirror, I would have guessed AEE, but nope.. Now if I can just find another for the other side...I'm figuring I'll have to make it! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wWzN1ezYrOk/SxQo4yr2TkI/AAAAAAAACCc/D4yNWvosatk/s400/mirrors.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/sturgis/134.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 644 #1217 November 4, 2010 I prefer THESE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1218 November 4, 2010 Quote I prefer THESE LOL, I can agree,(especially the sticker) but mine matches my exahust, and my air cleaner, Used to match my paint before my tanks cracked, so I switched out for a set I had laying around! The old paint: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/onekick/vacation.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1219 November 4, 2010 Square Glide forks anyone? some surviving, (kind of) AEE forks.. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wWzN1ezYrOk/SxBPvwcB2VI/AAAAAAAAB_k/2VXrxeOIhmk/s400/square+forks.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1220 November 4, 2010 Great Music, and Old choppers, (ignore their back patches if that bothers ya, just check out the bikes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP7Dp1gn6Ys&feature=player_embedded#! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1221 November 4, 2010 Battery Hell . . . One constant problem I've been having with Nina is starting up after she's sat overnight. She turns over okay but just won't fire. I spent hours looking over my wiring and everything there seems fine. I didn't suspect the battery, at first, because overnight I have it on a trickle charger, but eventually it dawned on me, it must be the battery. Once started it'll restart all day long, just never after sitting overnight. The problem stems from instead of doing a lot of extra fab work I went with a battery that would fit in the available space I had behind the transmission. And it turns out now it's just too small at 230 CCAs (Cold Cranking Amps.) This is the first Harley I've owned without a magneto and I didn't think that through enough. In Nina's case the battery not only has to turn over the motor it has to supply the initial punch to fire the coil (what a magneto used to do on it's own.) So I've ordered a new battery with 350 CCAs but it's a larger battery so it's going to take some hacking and welding to get it situated. I could build a tray and mount it under the transmission, but Nina sits really low already so things like speed bumps kinda rules that out. It's looks like I'll have to cut out Nina's lower fender support so I can mount the battery a bit deeper in the frame. But being the shin bone is connected to the thigh bone this begins a cascade of modifications to everything else in that area. Man, it never ends . . . LOL! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #1222 November 4, 2010 Or...buy a magneto... What wieght oil you running? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #1223 November 4, 2010 Not into Synthetics (whether it's oil or tits, LOL) so I'm running straight 50 weight Dino oil . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 644 #1224 November 4, 2010 I've been buying mine from Batteries Plus. Full AGM - glass mat, more CCA's than most others, less expensive than the bar and shield brand, smaller, and fully sealed - no vents, no leaks. Used them on a 110 stroker with compression relief valves and a 103 without. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,412 #1225 November 4, 2010 Durn kids and their new-fangled 'lectric starters... Back in the old days, we had kick starters... "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
