Bought an old hamcan for this project on eBay for .99 the other day - straight, but the chrome was shot. I used some air tools where I work to cut an opening in the front, and then I sandblasted the rust and the remainder of the chrome off of it. Here are a few pics...
Inside of my old SE air cleaner, adapted to the Ironhead
Screen curved correctly & JB Welded in, with donor office supply basket behind
Cover in sandblast finish (cool looking, but it would rust like mad)
Primed and painted with "cast aluminum" engine paint
Not really, although it seems to have a little more oomph when accelerating from about 70 mph and up. The performance gain came earlier with the SE air cleaner, and the mod to the cover was mainly for looks.
I got a noise after I had my shoes changed...
Didnt start right away...
But it's sounding like it could be the primary chain so I tryed to take out a little slack.. And no i didnt do it properly.. But it was lose as it sat.. But it didnt do no good..
How would you tell compensator or chain...
Found this and so many ask I thought I would post it here:
Sportster Carburetor Jet Sizes
KEIHIN CARBURETOR MAIN JET SIZES 1988 TO 2006
Year 1988 Engine 883 – Jet Size 170 (California 165)
Year 1988 Engine 1200 – Jet Size 200 (California 180)
Year 1989-1991 Engine 883 – Jet Size 175...
Posted a thread a while back, finally getting around to tearing into this thing.
Shifting kept getting worst. Now i only have one gear. The shifter pawl isn't catching the pins to move the shift drum up to shift to the next gear.
Like I said before, I don't know much about bikes. So whats wrong...
Had a acquaintance bring me his bike to figure out what is wrong with it. Here's what Ive got so far. He tried to wire in some radio and he tried to splice rt into the Igniton key switch 3 wire. He said he heard a pop. I checked fuses and they are all ok. Here's the deal. Turn key on to Acc and...
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