right, that's why i'm against tubeless on spokes.

http://www.hdwheels.com/product.htm

 

Friday when I drove Dirty Girl to work, I noticed a horrendous rattling sound that seemed like a loose heatshield or something like that. Only I don't have any heatshields on her. It would happen at certain rpms only and I seemed to notice that a couple itmes it occured when I hit some bumps.

I recalled reading another post somewhere in which the guy mentioned his exhaust gaskets were shot and his pipes were rattling.

Thinking that might be the issue, I stopped by the HD dealership on Saturday, picked up a couple new gaskets and escaped before I could look at all the other things I'd like to have.

I also picked up this lift cheap at the local flea market. Best $60 expenditure ever. Once I modified the base a little to avoid hitting the jiffy stand, it lifted and held just fine. I threw a strap over the frame and it was pretty stable. No problems.


Worth every penny of $60.

So a good bit of Saturday was running around but I did clean my rear wheel, replace the rear wheel bearings, ditch the crappy chrome sprocket trim cover, and put a brushed finish on my battery cover and i-module cover.


Ditched the ugly chrome cover.


Low budget redo of the battery and i-module covers.


Today, I took the rear wheel off again because I had left out a shim. =P

I have to say, I was a bit puzzled trying to align the wheel. HD doesn't put index marks on the swing arm like Jap bikes. It took awhile to figure out how to align the wheel, but once I did (and didn't spend money on an alignment tool), it was a breeze.

Then finally I got around to replacing the exhaust gaskets this afternoon after Easter get together with family. Finished up just in time to watch the rain start falling.



Definitely shot.


I'll have to wait until tommorrow to see if that was the rattling noise.

 

Installed some momentary switches for the turn signals.

 

Too much to list. It's got a custom rear seat frame, tank lift at the rear, custom suspension mounting points, rear-sets, battery and wiring located to under frame hidden in metal frame guard/cover, aftermarket oil tank, chopped cam cover, etc. I got lazy after lugging my photography equipment into the garage so I only took a few shots. This is the other angle:

 

Put the drag bars back on, changed all the oils and adjusted the clutch.

 

Rode her to work today......the annoying rattling sound was NOT the exhaust.

 

I had off last Friday. I changed the spark plugs, added some Ride-On goop to my rear tire, and washed it with a nice warm bucket of soapy water. My friend Josh arrived for the day on his new (to him) Roadster. We did an hour of maintenance on his bike, then went out for a nice 50 mile ride, before meeting up with my wife for dinner. What a GREAT DAY!

 

rare roadster!

 

He's had it for about 10 days, it's an XL1200R. It's his first Harley, he's still pinching himself. I like that it's kind of unique. As soon as he saw it he knew it was "the one", lol.

 

That IS a great day!! Looking good.