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My first was a striped Indian in 55 followed by a Royal Enfield and my last a Triumph Daytona.
Couldn't afford one for me and one for my wife so i quit cold turkey. (Still have the craving)
Tutt, are you fitting an oiling nipple for the 5th gear/ output shaft bearings on your supped up bob?CowboyTutt wrote:Wow, glad I checked in here. Been busy hot-rodding and breaking in my new 103 build on my 09 Harley Street Bob. It seems the exhaust is holding me back as its only making 105 HP and 110 TQ and is should be doing more so next month it gets a new Fat Cat exhaust and tune to go with. It should fix the problem. This pic was taken prior to the engine build. The other bikes are a 2009 Buell 1125 CR and 2001 ATK 605 dual sport. All nice bikes but the Harley is my favorite.
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-Tutt
Alot of folk think when a sportster box gets more power through it trouble can arise from the poor lubed needle rollers in the output shaft. This in conjunction with the lack of the trap door for the gearbox makes repair a costly job. Your bike may not be a sportster lower end, I don't know to be honest. The mod allows you to manually administer a few drops of oil when ever you wish.CowboyTutt wrote:Nath, I'm not familiar with that. I actually had the crank trued and welded, Timken bearing conversion and added a direct drive (no compensator) primary roller chain set with 30 tooth engine sprocket that changes the overall ratio to 3.15 instead of the too tall 2.80. IIRC Harley changed to a helical cut 5th gear in 09. I've never had any trouble with the transmission. I run Amsoil 20-50 MC oil in the primary and Amsoil heavy duty something-or-another in the gear box.
I've not read about any oiling nipple on the Harley forums where I have been lurking. Whats that? -Tutt
I could see that, had them hatch on two stock sportys, thank goodness for the trap door. If there`s a issue and a fix sounds like a good idea.Alot of folk think when a sportster box gets more power through it trouble can arise from the poor lubed needle rollers in the output shaft
I wasn`t saying your bike has the shoes, posted that info as general info for others. As far as gear drive cams on those motors i agree that it`s not the answer in all cases but as far as the chain shoe tensioner set up it leaves a lot to be disired and if i was running another twin cam i`d be checking them if they had never been replaced.CowboyTutt wrote:Mines an 09, remember?There has been literally tons of discussion on the chain driven cam system Harley is using vs gear driven cams. The current common consensus is that the current chain set-up (and shoes) is very reliable and there is really no advantage (other than theoretical) to gear driven cams. In fact, with factory crank run-out specifications being as loose as they are, you simply can't run gear driven cams without truing your crank because of the misalignment causing failure. As to the primary drive chain, thats a system that has been used for many years too, even on the original CB750 Honda's. I should know, I had one! Sure was a great, easy to maintain motorcycle.
-Tutt
Sounds good, no biggie bro just passing on some stuff i learned myself and others already know.CowboyTutt wrote:There is some new metal screen/filter for the cam chest that just came out from Harley. Its supposed to catch the particles if something happens. My dealer printed out a sheet with the part number but I don't have it with me while on vacation here in SoCal. Sorry!
Nath, no worries Buddy!
-Tutt
Old Savage wrote:Bunch a hippies I have fallen in with here![]()
Tutt will you just ride the darn bike and stop messing with it like you do with everything. Sell those other two funny looking ones and buy an 870 20 Ga. Express and darn it - get a 30-30, we can talk about which one if you ever get back here and take me out for beer and pizza like you were going to do.Bud Light will be OK we don't have to drink that fancy stuff you like. Maybe you should just get a little Smart Car.
Dang red necks, always causing trouble.Old Savage wrote:Bunch a hippies I have fallen in with here![]()
Tutt will you just ride the darn bike and stop messing with it like you do with everything. Sell those other two funny looking ones and buy an 870 20 Ga. Express and darn it - get a 30-30, we can talk about which one if you ever get back here and take me out for beer and pizza like you were going to do.Bud Light will be OK we don't have to drink that fancy stuff you like. Maybe you should just get a little Smart Car.
OS, I've been riding it as much as I could between rainstorms to get the 900 break-in miles I needed! And since I got it tuned after that, its been raining so constantly that there has been no opportunities to ride at all except for two short spins where I still got rained on! Thankfully, the weather seems to be changing finally and hope to put some s'miles on her on Sunday. As to the new pipe and tune, still looking forward to that. The HD project will be done by mid May at the latest.Tutt will you just ride the darn bike and stop messing with it like you do with everything.
Just last year I had to replace my tensioners, had just over 60K on them, me and the previous owner always use/used synthetic oil, the mechanic said that probably helped them last as long as they did, I had them replaced with the new hyrolic tensioners, he told me the problem with the old type is they had a lot of tensions on them all the time, the hydrolic type get pressure as they need it from the oil pressure.Pitchy wrote:I wasn`t saying your bike has the shoes, posted that info as general info for others. As far as gear drive cams on those motors i agree that it`s not the answer in all cases but as far as the chain shoe tensioner set up it leaves a lot to be disired and if i was running another twin cam i`d be checking them if they had never been replaced.CowboyTutt wrote:Mines an 09, remember?There has been literally tons of discussion on the chain driven cam system Harley is using vs gear driven cams. The current common consensus is that the current chain set-up (and shoes) is very reliable and there is really no advantage (other than theoretical) to gear driven cams. In fact, with factory crank run-out specifications being as loose as they are, you simply can't run gear driven cams without truing your crank because of the misalignment causing failure. As to the primary drive chain, thats a system that has been used for many years too, even on the original CB750 Honda's. I should know, I had one! Sure was a great, easy to maintain motorcycle.
-Tutt
The bad thing is if they wear through the pieces go through the oil pump and raise havoc then get into main bearings and ruin the engine.
And the oil filter will not catch the particles either, oil filters have a cold temp by pass valve built into them and will allow them to get by.
Speaking of filters it`s a good idea to cut them apart once in a while and see what is being caught in them.
Ask most Harley dealers anything and they will tell you everything is normalthose shoes are junk and Harley should of recalled all of them and fixed the problem, instead they say it`s a normal wear item .
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Malamute wrote:Aw shoot. I reckon I'll throw in on this gig.
Built this '47 Knuckle from a basket case. At first used a Panhead swingarm frame, 5 gallon tanks, 4" over stripped drum brake wide glide front end. Did it up as an 80 CI motor, balanced, ported, with close ratio Andrews gears, S grind Andrews cam, S&S super carb, had a belt primary drive on it for a while, did a hand shift for a year or two, and ran it in a hardtail frame part of the time when I got tired of replacing swingarm bearings every year(cracked the frame in 3 or 4 places instead of replacing swingarm bearings). I was sort of hard on it the places I went. Would go exploring the two track dirt roads around northern Az, going places it would take 4WD to get in a regular vehicle. Spent a lot of time nomading, living off the bike, roaming before getting sort of civilized and moving to a 4wd truck. The bike is a little rough looking in this shot.
Made a good hunting rig also. Shot the deer with the Smith 44 while still in my sleeping bag bedded down next to the bike. That was back in the 80's. My hair's shorter now. Sold the bike in the late 80's. Knew too many that should have quit before disaster struck. I averaged about 20-25K miles a year on the bike.
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Saw some Urals at a dealer around Torrance, CA. I would agree, the side-car one was actually impressive! If I remember right, both back wheels were powered? Somebody help me out here!OI< I have a URAL dealer just a few miles from my house. very neat bikes.
Yep. They come in 2wd. If you follow the link I gave to the Ural site there's some really neat videos.CowboyTutt wrote:That glacier pic is awesome!
Saw some Urals at a dealer around Torrance, CA. I would agree, the side-car one was actually impressive! If I remember right, both back wheels were powered? Somebody help me out here!OI< I have a URAL dealer just a few miles from my house. very neat bikes.
-Tutt