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Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:41 pm

Beautiful machine, like your attention to detail. What kind of chambers are those?

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:29 pm

desmocat wrote:Beautiful machine, like your attention to detail. What kind of chambers are those?

Gudday,
They are swarbricks. Put together by a local motorcycle exhaust bloke. Because neither Dad nor I can weld...

FatBoy

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:34 pm

Ogri wrote:Outstanding! Great job!

Since it is so late in the riding season, I'd be tempted to put it in the living room until Spring. I would spend a whole lot of time looking it over with a glass of single malt in hand.

Here in Oz, we are spoilt. It's riding season everyday!!

But do I still get to have my Islay malt?? Lagavulin would be my choice......Mmmm

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:27 pm

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:13 pm

I'll take 2 of the xl's. 1 blue and 1 black

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:49 pm

He has it ass backward. What a POS. The HD engine is only good for that hot lawn mower you and Tim the Toolman have been halucinating about. Other than that, they just make alot (too much) of noise.
I can't believe he has bidders. That swingarm mas to be approaching some kind of record. It will probably handle as bad as it looks.
Need to go and hurry and bid. OOoooops. Two dollars has already been beaten.

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:12 pm

It may be a piece of junk, but that motor will bring quite a bit more than the current bidding. I'm going to watch it and might bid.

No, I'm not going Hardley on everyone. I may work at a HD dealership, but it's only a job and I still think that they are no more advanced than an air cooled VW. If I bid on this bike, it's simply to make a few bucks by stripping it and selling the parts.

My possession of a Hardley (my Sprint) is strictly to see the HD snobs have a cow. I originally bought it to make a few bucks, but the reactions I get when I ride it is worth the purchase price in entertainment value. Besides...my boss loves it and she sold it when it was new in 1973 (no crap...my HD Sprint was bought new at the dealership I work at)

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:49 pm

desmocat wrote:He's charging $95 for 72 hole drilling, not a bad price if you ask me. I drilled my own discs for my racer, 72 holes per disc.

Let's see, I probably spent $50 on drill bits, took 5 hours per disc to drill and countersink both sides...plus 4 trips to the chiropracter to get the kinks work out of my neck/back after all those repetative pulls on the drill press.

Yes $95 per disc is a bargain!!!

No argument there. Add to that the fact that he's charging $40 for a rotor resurfacing and he's cheap!.

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:01 pm

Jeff G wrote:No, I'm not going Hardley on everyone. I may work at a HD dealership, but it's only a job and I still think that they are no more advanced than an air cooled VW. If I bid on this bike, it's simply to make a few bucks by stripping it and selling the parts.

My possession of a Hardley (my Sprint) is strictly to see the HD snobs have a cow. I originally bought it to make a few bucks, but the reactions I get when I ride it is worth the purchase price in entertainment value. Besides...my boss loves it and she sold it when it was new in 1973 (no crap...my HD Sprint was bought new at the dealership I work at)

Hey Jeff!

I wondered where you went to after you left Stroud. You must already have some good tales to tell about life at an HD dealership....

As for going HD.... I dunno, you looked pretty comfy on that red, white, and blue HD you sat on at the NY Cycle show... I may have to dig that picture out now!

Jim

Post by **Admin** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:28 pm

Working for an HD dealership is certainly interesting. Especially considering that I didn't know squat about Harleys. Fortunately motorcycles are motorcycles and it's just a matter of construction details and figuring out that different makes call the same part by different names. Give me a set of parts diagrams and I'll get you the right part. Fortunately, I put myself through college as a VW mechanic, so Harley motors haven't caused a huge learning curve.

Oh yeah...just because I sat on a Hardley doesn't mean that I like them. I can deal with some of the models that don't have forward contols from a riding standpoint, but the motors are still anemic. Yeah...some of them are pretty and the Japanese still can't hold a candle to the fit an finish of HD, but even the new Hardleys are still based on 1940's tech.

Give me a 2 stroke any day

Post by **Admin** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:03 am

But JeffG a Sprint isn't a Harley anywya...it is an Aermacchi so you can relax at being streotyped mate...you aren't a Harley rider after all.....and anyway you have too much taste to be one.

How do you handle the Harley guys, do you pretend to be a believer!

Post by **Admin** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:46 am

That bike looks llike Dung he would have to pay me to take it
But hey did you see the BMW 2002 in the back now that would be worth having.

Post by **Admin** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:46 pm

http://www.coyoteridge.com/httpwwwcoyot ... cks_22.htm

Pretty cool shirt. It wouldn't surprise me if this has been posted before, but I thought that I would share anyway.

Post by **Admin** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:31 pm

I was riding my 550 last weekend and was slowing down for a 90 degree right turn. As I went through about 40 mph the front end started into a nasty wobble, not quite a tank slapper, but pretty wiggly.

this weekend I replaced the steering stem bearings with a tapered roller kit and the wobble is still there. The wheel doesn't seem to be out of balance, but I didn't really check it that scientifically, just kind of spun it to see if it always ended up in the same spot. The tire looks OK. What else should i check?

Does the '72 550 have a steering damper? I don't see one on mine, should it have one? If not, should I install an aftermarket one? Thanks!

Post by **Admin** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:32 pm

check tire pressures,also don't forget to check the rear wheel as problems in the rear can cause a "weave" rather than a wobble.

What handlebars are you running?Overly high or wide bars can cause too much rider input,initiating a wobble.I have trouble with the stock bars on sixties and seventies bikes,always went with "superbike" bars,drag bars or clubmans to settle the front end down

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