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  Grease Monkey

  1 year ago

  Interesting......guess we will see soon enough 

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  T4

  1 year ago

  Quoting obisteve on 01 Dec 2023 11:45 PMedited: 01 Dec 2023 11:51 PM

  I know that they can be installed in a 98 model.

  No way you gonna be able to fit them to a fuel injected model, so no later than 2006.

  They probably took advantage of the major crankcase changes when Sporties when to rubbermounted engines to make provision for case mounted crank angle sensors, so I suspect but don't know for sure only up to 2003.

  Have you had a look to see if this is mentioned in the Sportsterpedia?

  Thanks for that Steve. Yes, I also have a 2004 and there is no way that any points are going in there without some serious re-engineering:
  

  

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  T4

  1 year ago

  . . . continuing: as for the 1995 it looks like that is possible. I will have to look up the parts sites and see what fits.

  
  

  Cheers, Will
  

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  obisteve

  1 year ago

  Quoting obisteve on 01 Dec 2023 11:45 PMedited: 01 Dec 2023 11:51 PM

  I know that they can be installed in a 98 model.

  No way you gonna be able to fit them to a fuel injected model, so no later than 2006.

  They probably took advantage of the major crankcase changes when Sporties when to rubbermounted engines to make provision for case mounted crank angle sensors, so I suspect but don't know for sure only up to 2003.

  Have you had a look to see if this is mentioned in the Sportsterpedia?

  Quoting T4 on 03 Dec 2023 08:53 AM

  Thanks for that Steve. Yes, I also have a 2004 and there is no way that any points are going in there without some serious re-engineering:
  

  

  Dunno, a 3" holesaw? :-)

  The Sportsterpedia confirmed that it is up to 03.

  Make sure you get a quality centrifugal advance. I got a Vulcan Engineering one which they said was a "lifetime" unit, but apparently they don't make them now.

  How long did you have the 350 Trump for?

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  obisteve

  1 year ago

  After Fridays fun, I retarded the ignition by about 5°, lubed the chain after the 70 km in pissing down rain, and blew compressed air up through the reserve position on the Golan fuel tap, flowing again now, and put the battery back on its charger.

  

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  T4

  1 year ago

  About a year, Steve, but being a young fella and apprentice mechanic I wanted to go faster so I swapped it for a (non running) 5TA and learnt a lot about rebuilding a Triumph.

  Wish now that I had kept both of them, but you don't think when you are young . . .

  
  

  Cheers, Will
  

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  speedzter

  1 year ago

  This leak has been pissing me off for too long !

  I put it off as it's a time consuming job.

  Went for a nice ride before putting it on the stand to cool down.
  A lot of worse ways to spend a day off !
  
  
  

  
  

  

  

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  Grease Monkey

  1 year ago

  Dinosaur surgery 😁

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  beaglebasher

  1 year ago

  Quoting speedzter on 06 Dec 2023 07:52 AM

  This leak has been pissing me off for too long !

  I put it off as it's a time consuming job.

  Went for a nice ride before putting it on the stand to cool down.
  A lot of worse ways to spend a day off !
  
  
  

  
  

  

  

  OK i will bite.  What was actually leaking?  From the pics it look's like Redline oil was leaking from the tranny seal ?

  I am still traumatised from my three primary case leaks. The first one was a legitimate leak from the case because  some of the bolts came loose.  The next two leaks came from the drain plug but its a long fuckin story.

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  speedzter

  1 year ago

  You got it .

  One good thing about Redline shockproof, you can't mistake what is leaking .

  Not sure if it the quad ring seal or the main shaft seal, but will change both.

  I expected shifter shaft seal.

  Too many seals !!
  

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  paulybronco

  1 year ago

  Gotta love that strawberry jam!

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  tussuck

  1 year ago

  After 5 years of putting up with the squealing clutch on the sporty I finally swapped it out for a Barnett extra plate kit....  nice piece of gear too!  Had to fab a spring compressor thingy to release the clutch pack, but that was easy with some old plumbers pipe.

  
  

  sounds most odd taking off at the lights and not hearing the squeal....lol

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  Neale

  1 year ago

  Rode down to Beechworth via the Hume to see a mate who isn’t in a good place at the moment.

  Took my M8 Heritage instead of my old EG. Wasn’t as comfortable but pretty good nonetheless.

  620 odd kms each way.

  

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  Neale

  11 months

  I spent 2 hrs cleaning the front spoked rim on my sporty. Can’t complain, it’s been 36,000 kms since it’s been done.

  It’s good to be retired.

  

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  Pedro123

  11 months

  If it's anything like my front wheel you'll only have to clean half of it.

  The rest is rust.
  

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  obisteve

  11 months

  Hit it with a brass wire brush, that does a pretty good job on rusty rims. Then lanolin spray or wipe over.

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  blueystar

  11 months

  was looking for something today to do so bored 9 holes in each floorboard on the springer 

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  Grease Monkey

  11 months

  Quoting blueystar on 27 Jan 2024 12:46 PM

  was looking for something today to do so bored 9 holes in each floorboard on the springer 

  With a drill or SG's lol

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  blueystar

  11 months

  Quoting blueystar on 27 Jan 2024 12:46 PM

  was looking for something today to do so bored 9 holes in each floorboard on the springer 

  Quoting Grease Monkey on 27 Jan 2024 10:37 PM

  With a drill or SG's lol

  6mm drill bit

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  blueystar

  11 months

  Well today I thought I would fill in the holes I drilled in the floorboards 

  

  

  

  

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