What did you do to Your Sportster Today?
#6971
12-16-2017 | 01:53 PM
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Solid mount vs. rubber may be the biggest difference in the ride...plus since you're keeping it stock, the suspension is going to feel much different.
Ironheads generally need more TLC to keep them happy....and of course carb instead of EFI.
Seeing how you took care of your current Bagster, I expect this one will be a beauty!
Solid mount vs. rubber may be the biggest difference in the ride...plus since you're keeping it stock, the suspension is going to feel much different.
Ironheads generally need more TLC to keep them happy....and of course carb instead of EFI.
Seeing how you took care of your current Bagster, I expect this one will be a beauty!
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#6972
12-16-2017 | 01:58 PM
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I just hate not having a kickstart on a carb bike, more dependable than batteries, especially with the less dependable batteries we have today. I never had a battery die in less than 2 years before the 90's, sure have since. Kick would just be extra weight on an fi bike, unless someone just wanted the exercise.
Far as carbs and dependability, I'll take carbs, fi works fine till it just quits, carbs give you warning and almost always will at least get you home, even if they start running like crap. I've done my own carb work for over 50 years, so I'm comfortable with them, but can understand if someone without carb experience wonders what kind of voodoo makes them work.
Far as carbs and dependability, I'll take carbs, fi works fine till it just quits, carbs give you warning and almost always will at least get you home, even if they start running like crap. I've done my own carb work for over 50 years, so I'm comfortable with them, but can understand if someone without carb experience wonders what kind of voodoo makes them work.
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#6973
12-16-2017 | 03:13 PM
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#6974
12-16-2017 | 03:35 PM
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Both-
Solid mount vs. rubber may be the biggest difference in the ride...plus since you're keeping it stock, the suspension is going to feel much different.
Ironheads generally need more TLC to keep them happy....and of course carb instead of EFI.
Seeing how you took care of your current Bagster, I expect this one will be a beauty!
Solid mount vs. rubber may be the biggest difference in the ride...plus since you're keeping it stock, the suspension is going to feel much different.
Ironheads generally need more TLC to keep them happy....and of course carb instead of EFI.
Seeing how you took care of your current Bagster, I expect this one will be a beauty!
Yup can't wait to use a lot of elbow grease to get those dull areas to shine.....not...lol.
I guess this is the last year I enter your contest lol as the saying goes...."stock bikes suck"..
It's been pleasure working with all the folks at DK and awesome using DK products for many of my modifications.
#6975
12-16-2017 | 03:49 PM
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Even then they have a minimum voltage requirement for the fuel pump, can't even push start an efi bike with a low battery. But Harley dropped the kickstarter long before efi, none of my carbed Harleys have kicks. Only bike I know of that still has both kick and electric is Ural, and since they went efi a few years ago, the kick wouldn't do much good with a dead battery, either.
#6976
12-16-2017 | 03:51 PM
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Installed DK Custom's 425 Outlaw filter. Looks sharp. Going to install one of their external breather systems but the hose I got in the kit seems way too big to fit the stock breather bolts well. I mean they fit onto the stock breather bolts but even when I tighten the hose clamps WAY down, they are not secured well. I'm going to run by the auto parts store tomorrow to get some smaller tubing and a smaller t-fitting to work with it and use that instead of the tubing that came with the breather kit. Here's what I mean. This is a small piece of the end of the hose I cut off to show how much bigger it is than the fitting on the stock breather bolt:
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#6977
12-16-2017 | 04:40 PM
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First good ride since I mounted the Shinko 705's, and the bung-king rear shock lift blocks. Like the tires and the extra clearance, bike seems less stable above 70mph though, due to the lift, not the tires. Took some well known dirt roads, the tires perform well. Replaced the hand grips, went back to the stock ones. Changed oil, adjusted clutch.
#6978
12-16-2017 | 04:54 PM
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