Forum: The Board
08-20-2014, 11:39 AM
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Forum: The Board
08-18-2014, 03:31 PM
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Re: My taillight build thread.
If you haven't seen the build thread on his turbo shovelhead you will feel like a hack squared or a hack cubed when you do.It is one of the cleanest,most well thought out custom builds you will ever...
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Forum: The Board
08-03-2014, 09:21 PM
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07-29-2014, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 985
Re: Is this the battery or the ignition switch?
Thanks for the input guys. I will check all the grounds and connections first. The headlight gets brighter when I rev the motor so I assume I can rule out the generator. It does seem strange that the...
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Forum: The Board
07-29-2014, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 985
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Forum: The Board
07-29-2014, 12:35 PM
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Is this the battery or the ignition switch?
I am getting conflicting opinions on this issue and wanted to get a little input. I rode my 47 EL about 75 miles this past Saturday to the end point of the kickstart classic,Cyclemos in Red Boiling...
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Forum: The Board
06-16-2014, 12:52 PM
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Views: 32,342
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Forum: The Board
05-02-2014, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,864
Re: I adopted a 47 Knuck today
Thanks for the kind words guys. I have no intentions of changing anything except the modern rear tire and possibly switching the chrome wheel for black. I have plans to make this one the daily rider...
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Forum: The Board
05-02-2014, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 13
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I adopted a 47 Knuck today
I have been away for a while except for a couple of random posts here and there so here is what I have been up to. I took the UL flathead chop apart and have been slowly collecting a things to make...
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Forum: The Board
04-22-2014, 05:12 PM
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Forum: The Board
04-20-2014, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 521
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Re: The coolest (Bigtwin) Flatheads ever!
You are absolutely spot on about Paul. We spoke for at least a half hour on the phone and I was listening most of the time. He said I could spend half the money on a pan or a third on a shovel and...
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Forum: The Board
04-19-2014, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 521
Views: 203,772
Re: The coolest (Bigtwin) Flatheads ever!
Speed costs,how fast do you want to go?
Seriously,Paul Friebus at American Cycle Fab in PA builds hot rod BT flat heads. He has several land speed records with his turbo flatty. I spoke with him...
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Forum: The Board
08-27-2013, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 24
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Re: Inheritted a shop
I know exactly how you feel as I ended up with 99% of my late uncle's tools and also his bike. Knowing that they would have wanted their stuff to be taken care of and appreciated will help with the...
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Forum: The Board
08-10-2013, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 174
Views: 34,820
Re: ironhead WL-look
The 21s give it a race bike feel,not exactly a board track look but definitely looks like it would be fast if you keep the weight down.
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Forum: The Board
08-09-2013, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Big Twin Flathead chop
I put a piece of 3/8 flat stock(not a factory style spacer) in between the front mounts and the frame before making the shims. The rear mounts were not torqued at the time and the feeler gauge test...
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Forum: The Board
08-09-2013, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,623
Re: Big Twin Flathead chop
I have made a little more progress on the BTSV chop but not quite finished. Here are a few with the tank back from my painter. I remounted the seat to remove the gap between it and the rear fender....
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Forum: The Board
08-08-2013, 01:43 PM
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Forum: The Board
08-04-2013, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 1,105
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Re: The best knuckleheads
While we are on the subject of drag race knuckleheads can anyone tell me if this is a drake engine in the bike in this pic? It was posted on another site but I never got a response.
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Forum: The Board
08-04-2013, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 1,105
Views: 441,483
Re: The best knuckleheads
I found an old thread here called "impressive knuckle" and also a website about the bike. http://www.evilmother.com/
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Forum: The Board
08-03-2013, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 1,105
Views: 441,483
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Forum: The Board
08-03-2013, 11:00 AM
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Replies: 332
Views: 57,581
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Forum: The Board
08-02-2013, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 6,227
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Forum: The Board
07-28-2013, 02:48 PM
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Views: 2,733
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Forum: The Board
07-26-2013, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 332
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Re: 1935 RL 40s bobjob build.
Greasy,
Your bondo removal protocol include a OA rosebud or other heat application? I have a '54 pan frame with a lot of bondo smoothing done to it and it was suggested that would help in the...
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Forum: The Board
06-21-2013, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Big Twin Flathead chop
I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction on getting my BTSV set up properly in this frame. I made two shims for the front motor mounts a couple weeks ago out of 16 gauge sheet metal....
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