Got this bike a week or two ago and figure i should start a thread since im gonna rebuild it. Dude before me said he bored it over. Its late so ill post some pictures manyana.
1975 Ironhead build
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So i finally found some time to take some pictures of the bike to put up. I need everyones help i found a little, boo-boo perhaps. I want to know what to do about it. Seems to be a dent in the frame above the top motor mount. Inspect the pictures please and let me know what you think. -
If the two sections of the frame backbone on either side of that dent look straight & level to each other, I wouldn't give it a second thought.
It looks like a wedge or piece of tubing was placed there and whacked with a hammer or mallet.
Some previous jackass owner may have just "clearanced" it for running some oddball gas tank/petcock combo.
IH frames are fucking TOUGH --- it takes a lot of abuse to bend or distort one to the point of making the bike dangerous to ride.
The one thing that ironheads absolutely require is to be ridden OFTEN.
They don't do well sitting around too long --- the crankcase tends to "wet sump" when, over a period of time ranging from weeks to months, the force of gravity forces motor oil in the tank to seep past the oil pump's check-ball.
You look in the oil tank, see that it's low & top it off.
When you crank over the motor, that oil-filled crankcase starts to vent 60-weight all over your garage floor as it begins to regurgitate the excess.
This can happen even if you have a new check-ball that's been freshly seated into the orifice at the front of the oil pump body.
It's just the nature of the beast.Comment
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That's how you know it is an AMF!! It is from the factory. To keep the fuel line from getting pinched when the tank is mounted, or wire harness clearance, I have heard both stories. But all AMF frames have that, and it is done at the factory, so don't sweat. Just tear that bitch apart and have fun!Comment
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If the two sections of the frame backbone on either side of that dent look straight & level to each other, I wouldn't give it a second thought.
It looks like a wedge or piece of tubing was placed there and whacked with a hammer or mallet.
Some previous jackass owner may have just "clearanced" it for running some oddball gas tank/petcock combo.
IH frames are fucking TOUGH --- it takes a lot of abuse to bend or distort one to the point of making the bike dangerous to ride.
The one thing that ironheads absolutely require is to be ridden OFTEN.
They don't do well sitting around too long --- the crankcase tends to "wet sump" when, over a period of time ranging from weeks to months, the force of gravity forces motor oil in the tank to seep past the oil pump's check-ball.
You look in the oil tank, see that it's low & top it off.
When you crank over the motor, that oil-filled crankcase starts to vent 60-weight all over your garage floor as it begins to regurgitate the excess.
This can happen even if you have a new check-ball that's been freshly seated into the orifice at the front of the oil pump body.
It's just the nature of the beast.Comment
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Wow thanks guys. I thought i was gonna have to get a new frame. Hoping to have it in all 37.25 pieces tomorrow morning. So more pictures tomorrow evening! Also if anyone is from st. louis, i need a powder coater!!!Comment
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whats up man you should have brought that to my house for christmas and stuck it in my garage. fuck yeah man looks like its gonna be cool. I would hard tail it if I were you. let me know if you want those old odd shaped bars that came off your 650 they are hanging on the wall in my garage.
And don't do like Tyler and take the motor apart and lose interest and drop it off at a shop and never go get it back.Comment
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So i finally found some time to take some pictures of the bike to put up. I need everyones help i found a little, boo-boo perhaps. I want to know what to do about it. Seems to be a dent in the frame above the top motor mount. Inspect the pictures please and let me know what you think.
That notch in the backbone above the motor mount is supposed to be there.Comment
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