Purgatory

For the last 3 days I have been here. The farthest reaches of my shop counting, stacking, cleaning stators and rotors. There are over 1,000. Vintage MX, Japanese, Street, and a few odd ball Husky and the like. If you need discount electrical parts we gott'em by the shelf full.

Unofficial FXR Day

Had to snap some shots of 3 FXR's together. Duke and Matt stopped by for a beer. 3 FXR's, 3 Sets o'Grim Bars.

Party of 2

Last real solid day of the year. Kevin came over and we decided to pick up another motorcycle dude,

We were met with hostile resistance and some jibberish about being broke, registration,BLAH, BLAH, BLAH real fuckin buzz kill. We left. Still party of 2.

we rode. Finally spun out some caps for my bars. You saw it here first. We went over the traverse mountain road. Pretty good shit. NO pics too fast for picture takin, and I don't care. We were there we did it.Somehow found this Wing nuts place. Ate good wings and drank beer. Horrible service.

We got gas. Another day in my life.

MOTO MONDAY

Here's some lazy snaps from Monday night.

In a nutshell; Sean got a nail. Sean got a beer. Sean got a pizza. Sean got a ride. Everyone else got the same, minus the nail. Thanks for takin' that bullet, Sean.

One Way to FIX your Twin Cam Cam Chain

So If you have a Twin Cam 1998-2006 they have hairpin style cam chain tensioners. These tensioners have issues. I know a few guys who have a tone of miles with no issues. I know way more guys with 30k or less and have had major issues. There is about 3 ways to get rid of this problem. Andrews makes a hydraulic tensioner conversion kit, S&S makes a gear drive kit, and H-D has a new Screamin' beagle kit. My kit of choice is the S&S gear drive set up. It is the strongest option. I'm not going to go into the reasons but this may not be a option if your pinion shaft runout is too much. It is also the most expensive, as they say you get what you pay for. Normally I never endorse Screamin Eagle products they only make a few things that are worth owning and there is almost always a better aftermarket option. However, there hydraulic upgrade kit is the cheapest and most cost effective way to go. If your budget is tight this kit is it. It comes with a new billet plate, the upgraded hydraulic tensioners and new high flow oil pump. You'll need extra bearing and gasket kit too. And about 600 bucks in special tools. Take it to a shop to get it done but get it done. Not really the garage style fix.

Here is the stock set up notice the spring style tensioner.

Old plate, old tensioners, this one only had 11,400 miles. you can see the wear and pitting on the shoe.

New Screamin' Beagle plate, new bearings, nice looking but you'll never see it.

Here it is installed. The new tensioners are hydraulic and the tensioner material is improved. This will make it run a little quieter and smoother. A must do deal if you must have a1998-2006 twin cam. Oh yeh and if you have a 2007 or newer it has this upgrade even though our good friends at Harley swear this was never a problem.

Road Toad Revisited

Here is Ty's Road Toad finished up. I have been meanin' to post them.