In general picture browsing i have seen that a few members have nightsters with cam covers that have been chopped. i think it looks bad a$$ and i would like to know how tough it is to do... any insight would be great thanks...

 

I think someone (maybe goingsideways), did a thread that documented this. I would try a quick search because I know it's on here somewhere. The hardest part is getting the cover off and back on.

 

ha.... what a coincidence!.. I just did it on my Iron!.. I will eventually post a tutorial on it... but here is a link to somebody who also chopped the cam cover:

http://www.streetchopperweb.com/tech.../photo_10.html

what I did differently was to use a sliding chop rotating saw... it allows you to cut a much more straight and cleaner cut.. if I have the time I will post the tutorial over the weekend... I can tell you that is not that difficult, but it is laborious, and you can not rush any step of the process or you will damage the cover.. is a cheaper mod for nighsters and Irons since you only have to rattle can paint it with the original paint you can buy at the Harley dealer.. but for chromed cam covers you will have to re-chrome the piece.... anyway.. it looks really cool.. the reason I did it is that since I removed the sprocket cover, the cam cover rear part looked way too squarish, it does not seem to flow with the engine curves and round pieces .. I will try to take a pic of the installed cover tonight and post it here...

 

thanks joebotics look forward to seeing it... i think it looks wicked, and cant wait to see yours

 

man that looks freakin sick.

Definitely gonna do this, but I'll wait until i've got the cam cover off anyway putting in some cams.

 

Hey fellas, sorry, no tutorial yet... too busy riding!.. :-) but here are a couple pics with the cover installed (damn... my engine is dirty)

 

That looks way better than I thought it would. I'm not gonna do mine, but that looks awesome.

 

Not a nightster but they do look bad A$$... Here's my '94 with a trimmed cover and new sprocket cover. I let Crossroads Preformance cut mine just beacuse it was cheap / easy and I was buying their sprocket cover. It would be easy to cut yourself too but to my door I'm into this set up for $240 (sent them my cam cover)...

 

hey fellas.. I finally got some time to post the Cam Cover Trimming Tutorial.. since I have been having issues with the links to the pictures on the hdforum... I decided to post the tutorial on my personal page... here is the link... enjoy it... :-)

http://sites.google.com/site/joeboti...cover-trimming

 

looks good. i like the one with the home made guard on it.