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  obisteve

  1 month

  Quoting Ratbob on 02 Nov 2024 11:33 AM

  It’s been sitting for a few months so thought I’d fire up the old sporty.  Bugger, the battery was dead flat.

  While it was out I checked the oil and yikes, the tank was empty.  I guess the oil has drained into the crank case.  Good thing it didn’t fire up.  More work to do 🤷🏼‍♂️

  

  Lovely looking early 70s Sporty Ratbob. 1000?

   The right side shifter brings back some memories 

  The answer is easy, ride it a bit more, 

  Sometimes putting a thin brass drift in and gently hitting the check valve ball onto its seat is enough to reseat it enough to slow down the drain down a lot.

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  Ratbob

  1 month

  Quoting Ratbob on 02 Nov 2024 11:33 AM

  It’s been sitting for a few months so thought I’d fire up the old sporty.  Bugger, the battery was dead flat.

  While it was out I checked the oil and yikes, the tank was empty.  I guess the oil has drained into the crank case.  Good thing it didn’t fire up.  More work to do 🤷🏼‍♂️

  

  Quoting obisteve on 03 Nov 2024 10:18 AMedited: 03 Nov 2024 10:28 AM

  Lovely looking early 70s Sporty Ratbob. 1000?

   The right side shifter brings back some memories 

  The answer is easy, ride it a bit more, 

  Sometimes putting a thin brass drift in and gently hitting the check valve ball onto its seat is enough to reseat it enough to slow down the drain down a lot.

  Yeah Steve, 1974 XLH.

  Thanks for the tip. 

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  WideglidingNZ

  1 month

  Just ordered a LRST type fairing through Advanblack- https://www.advanblack.com/advanblack-color-matched-st-style-front-fairings-for-harley-low-rider-s-street-bob-fat-bob-dyna.html

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  paulybronco

  1 month

  They make really good quality bits.

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  WideglidingNZ

  1 month

  Quoting paulybronco on 10 Nov 2024 09:09 PM

  They make really good quality bits.

  yeah they get good reviews, i will look into some hard bags latter also

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  paulybronco

  1 month

  I bought some lowers from them.

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  tussuck

  1 month

  Now to paint the sucker!

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  paulybronco

  1 month

  That was the issue i had as the bike was not black....the prefered painter for local HD  did a pretty good attempt but it just wasn't quiet right. Anyway the bike was bought to tour on  and not polish to death so that's how it stayed. 

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  tussuck

  1 month

  the one major drawback with Harley colors is the matching!  if only they used a local or popular paint brand instead.

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  paulybronco

  1 month

  Yes and were talking 2012 when i had it sprayed , paint tech has moved forward from those days with colour matching.

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  WideglidingNZ

  12 days ago

  Quoting WideglidingNZ on 10 Nov 2024 07:41 PM

  Just ordered a LRST type fairing through Advanblack- https://www.advanblack.com/advanblack-color-matched-st-style-front-fairings-for-harley-low-rider-s-street-bob-fat-bob-dyna.html

  just fitted the Advanblack ST fairing, thank God for YouTube as there were no instructions and heaps of parts, but in the end not too bad with the headlight adjustment being a pain due to having to remove the outer fairing to make adjustments- 

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  WideglidingNZ

  12 days ago

  I'm happy with the paint and finish, here's a couple of pic's-

  

  

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  paulybronco

  12 days ago

  Looks good.

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  John.R

  4 days ago

  Chucked the FXR up on the dyno during the Canberra harley open day. Ran 91hp/110tq, which I was very happy with for an untuned setup, and carb vs EFI.

  

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  408

  4 days ago

  Wouldn't put my bike on a dyno for WOT without it being tuned first.
  

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  crowster69

  3 days ago

  Installed the leatherpros saddlebags for a summer of touring the south west wa

  

  

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  Hilly

  3 days ago

  Looks the goods, crowsters rapid tours WA up an running 😁

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  perthhog

  3 days ago

  Quoting 408 on 17 Dec 2024 02:25 AM

  Wouldn't put my bike on a dyno for WOT without it being tuned first.
  

  And how else would  you  get a base line for future tuning   I’m sure John would 

  Have given it a squirt on the road at some stage  there’s a lot less load on a dyno than the road 

  Which his been Building for few years now and knows this thing inside out 

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  408

  3 days ago

  WOT run for a baseline ? 

  You are joking ? Better than nothing l guess. 

  A baseline run is generally made on the same dyno on the same day previous to the tuning to compare before and after tuning under similar conditions.

  John says the bike is untuned;  most factory engines are lean to satusfy EPA. Some afr s are around 16, 17.

  Afr for a power run should be 12.5 to 13 at most.

  Running the HPI pipe will bump the VEs and a lot more fuel should be thrown at it. 

  Anyone who has done a bit of DIY tuning would know that a dyno can load up an engine more than running on the road.

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  John.R

  3 days ago

  Quoting crowster69 on 18 Dec 2024 02:39 AMedited: 19 Dec 2024 05:50 AM

  Installed the leatherpros saddlebags for a summer of touring the south west wa

  

  

  Weapon bike and those leatherpros are nice products. They expand so much.

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