Forum: The Board
01-25-2010, 10:10 AM
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Re: Funny things you find when rebuilding...
About 1969 we had a customer with an A-10 BSA.He brought it in with a stuck piston.we rebuilt the top end(all he wanted) had good oil pressure,ran good.Two days later he was back-stuck piston.at the...
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Forum: The Board
12-07-2009, 02:54 PM
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Re: vtwin sporty kick conversion kit
The V-twin kit(or other brand names of exactly the same thing) are what is available.Its all import junk. That being said it can be made to work,expect any (or none) of the following problems...
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Forum: The Board
11-25-2009, 10:03 AM
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Forum: The Board
11-02-2009, 02:56 PM
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Re: what fits what...
Dragon we ARE old and cranky-first printing was 1978 and that was 31 years ago.Last printing had some info thru 1983.
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Forum: The Board
11-02-2009, 02:49 PM
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Forum: The Board
10-23-2009, 08:57 AM
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Re: Safe to shorten springer front-ends???
To shorten your 11\4" solid springer either sleeve the two pieces back together and weld the sleeve_easy,strong,ugly-or bore the pieces for a 3\4" internal pin about 4" long,V the edges of the...
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Forum: The Board
10-22-2009, 02:54 PM
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Forum: The Board
10-09-2009, 09:05 AM
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Re: Wet Clutch on a early Sporty?
You could do it,but its sort of like jerking off with a handfull of steel wool-you gotta ask why? The dry clutch works WAY better than the 71-E84 wet clutch.If you are determined you will need the...
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Forum: New? Introduce yourself here!
10-09-2009, 08:54 AM
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Forum: The Board
09-24-2009, 10:05 AM
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Forum: The Board
09-21-2009, 01:59 PM
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Re: Round oil tank history?
I remember they became common in the mid60s as aftermarket items.webco may have had one of the first ones out?
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Forum: The Board
09-18-2009, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 14
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Re: early pan oil pump question
I recall those were impressively expensive.Ray Cason had one on his Shovelhead fuel bike and it was around 500.00 then!Worked great.
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Forum: The Board
09-17-2009, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 14
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Re: early pan oil pump question
First ran onto the 2 to one oil pump gears about 15 years ago .We fixed a 103" Shovel that I could not stop from pissing oil out the vent when you ran it hard.Youre right they work great.XLs have...
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Forum: The Board
09-17-2009, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: knuck top on pan bottom
You can put the knuck top end on the pan bottom but it will require making up a set of pushrods and tubes and running external top end oil drainbacks.As the other gentelman said if you dont have the...
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Forum: The Board
09-17-2009, 12:23 PM
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Re: early pan oil pump question
The piston oilers are found in twinkies that use a big,effective trochoidal pump with about 300% more scavenge capacity than feed.Our old gear pumps (cast or aluminum) only have about 20% more...
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Forum: The Board
09-17-2009, 09:33 AM
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Re: early pan oil pump question
Be careful with the adjustable oil pressure doodads.The shovel pump(68A or 68B type) oils the top end THEN the lower end.It does this by the action of the oil pressure relief piston rising far enough...
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Forum: The Board
09-17-2009, 09:25 AM
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Re: Knuckle bottom with early shovel top end?
Hank its been about that long since I did the last one of those.We used the whole shovel top end and trimmed the base flanges for cosmetic reasons not because it was really necessary.
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Forum: The Board
09-15-2009, 12:26 PM
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Re: Knuckle bottom with early shovel top end?
Actually you can do this without changing the lifter blocks,you just have to make up a set of pushrods and tubes.The shovel cylinder bases can be trimmed to line up with the knuck cases and if you...
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Forum: The Board
08-18-2009, 10:07 AM
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Re: Almost hate to ask, Taiwan Ted
Like all the other gook stuff your primary may work perfectly or it may require considerable unfucking before you can use it.IME it runs about 50-50. My experience with Teds stuff goes back to the...
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Forum: The Board
08-17-2009, 12:50 PM
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08-17-2009, 12:45 PM
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Forum: The Board
08-10-2009, 02:59 PM
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Re: Help with VIN
The engine # is 10 digits of the 17 digit VIN. .HD went to that system in 1981,4th letter is the year.1981 was B and so on.If the # you quote is part of the 17 digit VIN the engine is original to the...
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Forum: The Board
08-10-2009, 02:52 PM
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Re: throttle on super B
You need to replace the throttle shaft and put bushings in it.Adding a second spring will close it but will accelerate wear on the bushings and shaft.Also when it gets loose enough it will make for...
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Forum: The Board
08-07-2009, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 5
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Re: Shovelhead head bolt insert pulling out?
If you look at a fresh set if shovel castings the inserts are flush with the gasket surface but the insert threads are counterbored about 2 threads deep.If you allow any room for the insert to pull...
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Forum: The Board
08-06-2009, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 73
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Re: Kickstart Ritual
Flathead-push down enrichment lever on mikuni,kick twice very small throttle opening, engine starts. Panhead-close choke,kick 3 times,take choke off,turn ignition on, no throttle,kick two or three...
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