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This is my 2nd motorcycle, first real project bike. Any comments, suggestions, tips or ideas would be appreciated. I'm not an experienced bike mechanic so I'm learning as I go.
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It ate the new starter, chewed its gears off just like the last one. Trying to figure out what the problem is before I put another starter in there...
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After almost 4 months of grinding, welding, sandblasting, cutting, fabricating, sanding, polishing, priming, painting and re-painting, rewiring, re-constructing the fuel lines, and rebuilding the entire brake systems, I finally got it all put back together, put in the oil and gas, and started it up last night.
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Once I got it running and got a chance to spend a little time riding, I realized that the engine didn't seem to be fully pulling the wheels like it should so I'm tearing apart the clutch to replace the springs, friction plates, and steel plates. I found a good deal on Barnett Kevlar friction plates and Barnett steels at Jireh. I decided to use Barnett plates rather than generic oem in order to give this clutch every possible performance advantage, which it needs because the stroker engine presumably can generate a lot of torque. I'm also going to install a Tamer II while I'm in there, I've read that this helps smooth engagement, a big plus for a grabby old sportster clutch.
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When I bought this bike it had a teal metallic paint job with silver flames. The paint was chipped, the gas tanks were visibly dented, the oil tank was very rough around the edges, and there was rust in several places. Once I got to ride around a few times and make sure it was worth restoring, I tore off the painted parts and started stripping them down to the bare metal.
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Neither brake was working very well, but the rear was almost nonexistent. The rear master cylinder cover is broken, the rear brake line has a tear in the outer rubber layer, and the master cylinder was empty except for some sludge. The guy who sold it to me mentioned that the front brakes might need a rebuild as well.
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This sportster has a lot of aluminum and it all needs polishing. In particular, the cam, primary, and transmission covers, the fork sliders, brake calipers, master cylinder, and the rocker box covers. Many of the chrome parts are really beat to hell, especially the pipes.
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After a few short but eventful rides leaving oil, gas, and bike parts all over the road, it was time to garage the bike and fix everything broken, plus repaint the sheetmetal.
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The first project on this bike was to get it started. The engine would only push-start because the old starter had all the gears chewed off its armature. I replaced the armature but the starter motor still would not crank the engine. So I replaced it with a high-torque gear reduction starter that is a drop-in replacement for the OEM Prestolite motor, and costs $200 (not much more than an OEM replacement). That didn't start it either, so I replaced the battery and the engine fired to life. Maybe the stock motor could have started the engine just fine if it'd had the new battery but I do appreciate the stronger starter on cold starts.
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This is how the bike looked when I picked it up. The engine is a 74" ironhead stroker and the top end was just rebuilt by a shop. Paint is ugly and needs redone. No horn, mirror, signals, or license plate, the speedometer isn't hooked up, the starter doesn't work, and the brakes need to be rebuilt.
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justin
Carlsbad CA US
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