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  1. General Service and Repair
    Hi all! Brand new to this forum, excited for and appreciative everyone’s help and advice. Bought 72 ironhead with electrical start issue. The starter spins, so I assumed the bendix was bad or the brushes were backwards on the starter. I pulled everything, got a new bendix, made sure the brushes...
  2. Sportster General Discussions
    I’m building an 84 ironhead chopper and I want to put 8 over forks on it. The problem is 84 has showa 35mm forks. I’m pretty sure 75-83 use kayaba 35mm forks. I can not find extended Showa fork tubes anywhere. All the kits I found say “fits 75-83”. Can I use those kayaba kits with Showa trees...
  3. Sportster General Discussions
    I am building a 1984 ironhead chopper. Right now the forks are stock but I want to put 8” over forks on it. Although, whenever I look at 8+ 35mm fork kits/tubes they all says “fits years 75-83”. Does anyone know why? They are still 35mm but I want to make sure I don’t buy the wrong kit.
  4. Sportster General Discussions
    I have an 81 ironhead sportster engine in a custom frame i got that is only half built. Im trying to figure out what i need for exhaust on this bike, every pipe i find has a different year range and i would like to find a pair of black pipes that just dump as soon as they meet. Any help and...
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    My 1982 Sportster Ironhead XLH1000
  6. Classics General Discussions
    I have a 73 XLH, Started acting up about 2 weeks ago. I pulled the carb and cleaned it after finding shit in the bowl, Threw it back on. It ran good for the test ride up and down the road then started acting up again the next day. Pulled the points cover off, I’ve got good spark, changed the...
  7. Electrical
    I have the 73 XLH and the starter relay just won’t send electricity to the solenoid. I was using the old school mechanical relay and had one go bad, replaced it with the same mechanical one, It lasted about a week and shit the bed. When I tested it I get 12.1 off the red BAT wire, 11.5 off the...
  8. General Motorcycle Related
    I am new to motorcycles, I recently got a 1985 XLH 1000 and just had to change the clutch plates so I was able to do that but wasn't able to get the adjustment to stay. I've took it to 2 different shops to try and get it adjusted but they weren't able to do it either and didn't take off the...
  9. Electrical
    I’ve got the 73 XLH and I had my starter solenoid go bad at Christmas time, Got hung up and smoked up a little and wouldn’t disengage until I pulled the battery off. I finally got the new one and dropped her but I’m not getting any mechanical action beyond the starter relay, I’ve got 13V coming...
  10. General Motorcycle Related
    I have a 73 XLH. I went out the other day to see how weak my battery was so I could go for a ride and when I turned my key the battery was cranking but not enough to fire, and then when I cut the key and kill switch it kept cranking and I got a little bit of smoke so I disconnected the terminal...
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