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Post  sunnydog Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:09 pm

Working on the Shovel this Friday nite...really enjoying doing this refit, just me and the ol bike, and a beer.

Took the back end all apart again, gotta re-do the tail light and signal wiring. Here's the "assless horse"
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And a point-of-view shot, wheel and swingarm removed, cleaned up the grime and grit, wiped away the oil.
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Then tore apart the old hinged fender wiring, working on refitting it the FX fender
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more to come tomorrow...
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Post  Denistheshovelmenace Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:18 pm

Hmmmmmmmm ok keeping the green beer comment to myself
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Post  sunnydog Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:31 pm

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
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Post  Denistheshovelmenace Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:12 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Homer
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Post  sunnydog Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:30 pm

Here's what "Little Wing" looks like with bullet lights.

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and my secret little grudge hidden within
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Once more from the top
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Post  kootenai Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:37 pm

right on man,,,,,,,,i feel left out i havnt started anything yet,,,,fuckin the dog on the maitnence aspect,,,,bought a used drum kit for jesse so been makin noise with him,,,,,,,,
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Post  sunnydog Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:43 pm

Dang, there's nothin more fun than beatin on the drums...no better way to get yer ya-ya's out. I'm envious...hope yer rockin out on the guitar for accompaniment.
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Post  sunnydog Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:27 pm

Got my new biltwell LED tail light wired and mounted

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Post  Dennman Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:37 pm

sunnydog wrote:Got my new biltwell LED tail light wired and mounted

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Lookin good sunny.Are you hangin your plate there too.And damn man ya chipped your professional paint job!! Shocked
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Post  sunnydog Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:47 pm

Denn, I just trimmed the plate and mounted, it looks good, and hides chipped paint...COB!!!
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Post  sunnydog Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:10 pm

Plate isn't too obtrusive
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Post  Big Dave Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:38 pm

Sits right and looks good - u da man

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Post  kootenai Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:03 pm

fricken 'A' man!!!!
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Post  Dennman Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:41 pm

A-1 sunny! S2 appropriate for the new look.
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Post  sunnydog Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:29 pm

Heh heh, yes S2, never thot o that! Thx for the kind words my friends.
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Post  Roadhammer Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:33 pm

Looks great Sunny, will that sissy bar bag yad had make work with that?

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Post  sunnydog Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:43 pm

Yes Hammer, flipped around and sitting on back seat will work good.
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Post  Roadhammer Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:27 pm

Hey, I found a Crazy Franks fender on Ebay, yesterday there was three bids and the bid was 12.50, today theres lots of bids and its up to 350.00 Shocked

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Post  Roadhammer Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:54 pm

Roadhammer wrote:Hey, I found a Crazy Franks fender on Ebay, yesterday there was three bids and the bid was 12.50, today theres lots of bids and its up to 350.00 Shocked


Holy shit... that crazy franks fender sold on Ebay for 510.00 bucks....17 bids, Sunny Im thinkin maybe you should be making more of dem dar tings! Shocked

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Post  Dennman Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:00 pm

Roadhammer wrote:
Roadhammer wrote:Hey, I found a Crazy Franks fender on Ebay, yesterday there was three bids and the bid was 12.50, today theres lots of bids and its up to 350.00 Shocked


Holy shit... that crazy franks fender sold on Ebay for 510.00 bucks....17 bids, Sunny Im thinkin maybe you should be making more of dem dar tings! Shocked
Crazy Eh?If ya ever see one resonably priced somewhere ,it'd be worthwhile to get and flip for the extra $$$$.
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Post  sunnydog Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:11 pm

Hope mine catches on and soon all the RUBS will be runnin them on their switchbacks.
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Post  Dennman Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:02 pm

Any progress on that suck bar sunny ?
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:04 am

Denn, yesterday I touched up the 'template' and gave it to the wonderkid...hopefully he can get somethin done on it this weekend. Stainless 1" x 1/4" stock. I'm pretty excited, he's a real good tig welder...will post pics the minute I got it in my hand for sure.
BTW, How's your top end work goin?
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Post  Dennman Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:56 am

Got both heads and boxes cleaned up.Waiting on rockers from Carlos and new shafts,spacers from my indy.Should all be here by the weekend then the fitting.
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:12 pm

I'd like some pics if ya got time...Koots gonna help me pull the heads off mine to redo gaskets and check out tolerances in the next couple weeks. Hope I'm not opening Pandora's Box and letting out all the good ju-ju fumes....she's been a notoriously good runner.
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Post  Dennman Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:27 pm

Don't think any pics that I take w/ my camera will be of any good to you.Can't get good detail w/ it.You mentioned leaky rocker box gaskets.Check closely where they leak on the heads and boxes for irregularities and especially an overall flat mating surface.That's how I noticed the thin casting on the rear box not sealing on the James gasket bead.My surfaces are good-just not wide enough at that one spot.A little "Right Stuff" will fix that.
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:38 pm

Denn,
Is machining the only way to 'regularize' those surfaces? If I'm going to the trouble of taking it apart I wonder if it's worth it to go the distance with resurfacing too.
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Post  Dennman Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:19 pm

I just use some wet/dry paper taped to a piece of plate glass for truing the boxes.I've never needed any aggressive grit paper to get a nice even contact area.Figure 8 motion on the paper.It's a little hard to do the heads with the rocker box studs in them.I've been dealing with new S&S heads for the last few years and they need no truing.If needed, the fact that they use bolts instead of studs would make it somewhat easier.Trying to pull those stock interference fit box studs can lead to alot of frustration.With stock parts I'd do the boxes as noted and use paper gaskets with a good sealant rather than deal with the studs.
One thing that I just thought of w/ older stock heads---look at the base of the studs where they come out of the heads.Notice any raised head material that has been pulled up by torqueing down the boxes?If this is too much of a hump, on the mating surface ,it can cause the box to not get a full pull down and leak.If you decide to do the full disassembly of heads and machine the surface,I have a few of the replacement rocker box studs if ya break some off.
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:38 pm

Thanks Denn, awesome advice!
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Post  Dennman Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:43 pm

Kinda pisses me off the shovel tech that i've forgotten over the years.I do remember some when it comes up but I find that I keep second guessing myself as to whether or not the tech is accurate.I've got notes in a book but I never can find what I'm looking for.
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:47 pm

I don't have the best memory for stuff like that! I can remember dirty jokes from when I was 10 but can't remember what I did last week. Now I take lotsa pics and write stuff down for sure. The tech threads on ShovelheadUS are very valuable to me for this reason. I try to copy and save as much of that stuff as possible, even hard copies.
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Post  Dennman Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:50 pm

Well i'm back out to the shop to put on my new sidestand and the solo pogo police seat.
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Post  sunnydog Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:58 pm

Enjoy Denn, good chattin with ya.
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