http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum Vintage Section Side-Valves, Knuckles, Pans Ironhead Sportsters, Shovels en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:35 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77552-45-gas-valve-alignment-tool.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:54 GMT I'm new to the forums and a friend of Kiz who pointed me here. I've recently bought a 1943 WLC that was kitted out as a bobber. I'm putting it back to a standard bike and one of the things I need to do is check the alignment of the gas valve holes before I line and paint the tank.
Kiz suggested I ask here if anyone has the correct tool for this that they would be willing to let me borrow as buying a new one for a one off job seems a bit extravagant. I will of course, pay all postage and give a donation to the owners project fund or a charity of their choice.
Thanks in advance, Joe. ]]> Joecr http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77552-45-gas-valve-alignment-tool.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77474-ironhead-sportster-drum-brake-rear-axle.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:23:11 GMT Hi I'm building an ironhead chop (with alot of help from my mates), it started life as a 75 ironhead and at some point somebody put it in a very ugly plunger frame. I got an original 70's weld on hardtail from the states and have now chopped the frame and welded on the hardtail. At the weekend when we were looking at the drum brake we realised that the brake plate was non standard and someone had fabricated it from brass plates and over the years it has worn and run out of true. The brake drum is original but now has got us wondering what the set up should be as we aren't sure what else has been fabricated to suit the plunger frame. Can anybody tell me what the axle diameter should be as looking at some other website some people say it should be 5/8" and some say 7/8". Also if anybody has any more tech info on a rear brake brake wheel for ironheads (explode diagrams, part no. etc) it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Hammy ]]> hammysdyna http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77474-ironhead-sportster-drum-brake-rear-axle.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77465-ironhead-big-bore.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:07 GMT Hello All, You may have caught my previous posts about building a road race Sportster outfit, the project is going reasonably well despite spearing my Triumph outfit into the Cadwell tyre wall bending both the bike and myself. The capacity limit for my class is 1300cc and luckily for me a fellow member of the vintage club has been making encouraging noises about casting some big bore barrels for me. Obtaining pistons might be more difficult, what I would like to know is will 1200cc evo Sportster pistons fit. I am aware that the evo con rod is a half inch shorter but have HD kept the pin to crown distance the same and shortened the barrels at the bottom - dropping the barrels closer to the crank or taken the half inch from the top of the barrel meaning a piston redesign. Your thoughts please. Regards, David Hello All, You may have caught my previous posts about building a road race Sportster outfit, the project is going reasonably well despite spearing my Triumph outfit into the Cadwell tyre wall bending both the bike and myself. The capacity limit for my class is 1300cc and luckily for me a fellow member of the vintage club has been making encouraging noises about casting some big bore barrels for me. Obtaining pistons might be more difficult, what I would like to know is will 1200cc evo Sportster pistons fit. I am aware that the evo con rod is a half inch shorter but have HD kept the pin to crown distance the same and shortened the barrels at the bottom - dropping the barrels closer to the crank or taken the half inch from the top of the barrel meaning a piston redesign. Your thoughts please.

Regards, David ]]> davidsykes650 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77465-ironhead-big-bore.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77380-wide-glide-back-black.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:05:25 GMT Greetings from Down Under!

Hell of a good time to have the 1980 FXWG painted, pimped, pampered and back on the road, seeing as it has been the hottest spring in Melbourne for, oh, 100 years . Been 29-35degrees all week here.....anyways....to backtrack...

Got here 18 months ago. Needed a bike, bought this in July last year looking like this:


As you can see, when I bought it, it had high apes, solid rear wheel off some Softail, wrong front end (FL style wide glide trees that in themselves were mismatched) and with Evo-era FLHT fork tubes), and a paint job I thought was OK at best. So it looked OK on the surface....

On closer inspection there was a lot of mismatched and worn out shit i.e. S&S carb bracket was to fit a late Evo….wrong starter motor for year….horrible chrome oil bag, shrouded rear shocks that I didn’t like either….. some dodgy wiring, rear brake reservoir located high up just below the steering neck (!!), mismatched and crappy switchgear, chrome rear with tired and tatty button sides,. rear brake poorly mounted with no freeplay so it seized a lot….comp sprocket assembly and primary chain were at the limit of their wear….the Big Fix 52 roller bearing kit which made the clutch work OK but fell out all over the garage floor with every disassembly (catching them on the roadside? No thanks) .

Also, I was a bit over apes by the time I got it, having ridden with 18in ones for about ten years in the UK…and whitewall tyres are just a pain in the ass on a old non-bagger ….they look shoddy when you get the inevitable oil on them. etc etc

What I did like about it was , uh, the fairly original lines and frame, sealed H-D battery, generator Shovel style dash console, fairly clean motor, easy kickstart action, stainless brake line….er…..that’s about it! Oh yeah, and the main attraction was that it was a great price for a registered bike…. $11,500 or about 5000 quid off eBay with known state roads history. (Harleys and parts are VERY DEAR here, most reasonable used Shovels are 7000 quid, any this price are usually fresh imports with no history and no registration, which is expensive first-time).

I smiled when I got home and found that the ‘’new top quality Accel ignition system’’ mentioned in the eBay listing was in fact just fresh points…..and probably not that fresh, given that a couple of months later the lobe on the points arm had worn down enough to screw up the ignition and leave me at the roadside, fitting new ones for the first time in my life.

But I rode it otherwise trouble-free for some 3000 miles while I thought about how it should look…..with just a few upgrades until the second week of January, when the most godawful crunching and clattering inside the camchest occurred.

And that was the worst news….some previous owner had fitted a non-stock cam but kept the shit quality cam bearing that H-D used here and there through the Shovel and Evo era......AARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!

(continues next post) ]]> kiwidave http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77380-wide-glide-back-black.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77326-6-volt-spark-coil.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:28:40 GMT Received some replacement parts today from the states for my WLA, the new 6 V Coil only has 2 terminals on it & my old one has 4 ! I know the r/h/s lower terminal is for the earth from the distributor and the l/h/s lower terminal is for the earth ground strap. Question is can I just earth these 2 wires to the coil where it is mounted on the frame ? ]]> Paul1 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77326-6-volt-spark-coil.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77312-would-you-let-your-kids-do-these-days.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:56:53 GMT If you did, you'll probably end up in jail!!!





Patrick ]]> the_french_owl http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77312-would-you-let-your-kids-do-these-days.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77300-12v-lectrics-wla.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:28 GMT Seems an obvious question but I've scoured the posts from top to bottom without finding the answer.

Can I upgrade a WLA to 12V lectrics. Preferably alternator based. W&W offer a product which they describe as a "bolt on 12V alternator for all generator models thru 1969". Comes with an integral solid state regulator/rectifier.

If this fitted a WLA and actually worked, this would be blummin brill. 12v battery and coil would not be a problem sourcing. Lights etc not an issue as this is a custom bike.

Please no death threats from the purists. We got the bike like that, we didn't chop it!

Tooty ]]> Tooty http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77300-12v-lectrics-wla.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77291-mint-bike.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:31:22 GMT eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-...0dbeb514#v4-37) nice...... 120489686292 (paste this number in ) eBay

nice......

120489686292 (paste this number in ) ]]> hogdiver http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77291-mint-bike.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77258-interesting-website.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:52 GMT Cast Iron Ride - Anitique, pre-Evo Bike Run - Photos (http://www.castironride.com/photos.html) Cast Iron Ride - Anitique, pre-Evo Bike Run - Photos ]]> BaZa® http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77258-interesting-website.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77224-oil-leak.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:53:12 GMT Filled my tank up with oil & it is leaking out from the oil pump. Question is if there is supposed to be a grub screw where it is leaking from ? Have attached a pic from another source & clearly looks to me as if there is no screw there, any ideas ?
http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/a...switchjpg3.jpg ]]> Paul1 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77224-oil-leak.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77209-anyone-read-what-fits-what.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:54 GMT What Fits What on Harley-Davidson 1936-1983 Models

by Mike Arman and Kurt Heinrichs
This manual is a guide to parts interchangeability and high performance engine modification for Harley-Davidson V-twins. It covers all models from the mid-1930s up to and including 1983. It tells you which square pegs fit into what round holes, or how to make them do so with minimum pain. This book will enable you to build a motorcycle from a stack of more-or-less unrelated parts. It will also assist you in building your motorcycle for the greatest amount of power, the most reliability, or somewhere in between. This book can save you a tremendous amount of time, complications, and money.
Sftbd., 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in., 80 pp., 50 illus

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Looking for info mainly on Ironheads,just a wondering if this book is any good.

What i really want is something that gives specs for all Ironheads ref -engine and Gearbox details ie- cams - valves -pistons - comp ratio's.

I've sent off for the two CDs that were mentioned in another post.(just realised that the postage is for Yankee land only so i'm not sure my $1-95 postage will see them flying here in a hurry :D )

Cheers
Chill ]]> chilly http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77209-anyone-read-what-fits-what.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77189-cv-89-diagram.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:24 GMT Hi all, I bought a Harley carb, guy said he took it off his 89 FXR. I have an 81 Ironhead. I have read the past threads on here about re-jetting, also looked at the Sportster Home Page. I had a look at the jets, is the main jet the one that screws into the tube the needle slides into and where is the slow jet? The jet (main jet?) that sits between the float has 175 stamped on it. My manules only go upto 85, does anyone have a pic of a CV carb for an 89 Harley. Thanking you all in advance. Andy. Hi all,

I bought a Harley carb, guy said he took it off his 89 FXR. I have an 81 Ironhead.

I have read the past threads on here about re-jetting, also looked at the Sportster Home Page. I had a look at the jets, is the main jet the one that screws into the tube the needle slides into and where is the slow jet? The jet (main jet?) that sits between the float has 175 stamped on it.

My manules only go upto 85, does anyone have a pic of a CV carb for an 89 Harley.

Thanking you all in advance.

Andy. ]]> Iron Andy http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77189-cv-89-diagram.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77171-help-wiring-please.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:38:55 GMT WLA almost finished now but having probs with the wiring of the headlight and horn, not sure if it is something to do with the fact that I am not putting the blackout light back, I seem to have 3 spare wires that were originally fitted to the bakerlite terminal block, but I have replaced original headlight/horn mounting bracket with a civvy one ! Any advice would be greatly appreciated ! I have tried doing it from the wiring diagrams in th TM manual but no luck !!! WLA almost finished now but having probs with the wiring of the headlight and horn, not sure if it is something to do with the fact that I am not putting the blackout light back, I seem to have 3 spare wires that were originally fitted to the bakerlite terminal block, but I have replaced original headlight/horn mounting bracket with a civvy one !

Any advice would be greatly appreciated ! I have tried doing it from the wiring diagrams in th TM manual but no luck !!! ]]> Paul1 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77171-help-wiring-please.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77148-non-hd-help.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:24:50 GMT Anyone help out some friends of mine?

A mate's just built a Vincent from a basket case of new bits........

Hi There can anyone advise me with a bike registration problem. Peters Egli Vincent has passed its ministry test and now has to be registered with the DVLA at Northampton so that he can get a number plate. I have the forms to do this but am not sure what section his bike comes under as its been built from new parts.Has anyone out there heard of anyone with this prob.Can you put me in touch with anyone who has had to register a bike built from new parts.
Thanks
Love Chrisxx

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers, Kev ]]> BigKev http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77148-non-hd-help.html http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77146-1964-sportster.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:04:01 GMT Hi guys. Wonder if anyone can help. I will be starting a rebuild/restore project on an XLCH '64 sportster soon and will require a factory workshop manual.Does anyone have one for sale in paper or cd form.The bike has a later frame and some of the cycle parts are later too. I need to identify in detail what I have and find my Clymer manual somewhat lacking. Thanks in anticipation. ]]> jules45 http://www.harley-davidson-hangout.com/forum/hdrcgb-vintage-classic-era/77146-1964-sportster.html