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It was on a 71 GE ... wasn't it ... ??
It was on a 71 GE ... wasn't it ... ??
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Take my 45 and outrun em all .. -
I got my 94 evo FLSTC with around 40k miles on it and I remember reading 100s of posts all over the forums about how you absolutely must change out the tappets at around 40-50k miles as they would be on the verge of falling to bits. I decided to change them when I put my EV27 cam in earlier this year. Upon inspection the stock lifters looked in great condition but that's not to say that the previous owner may have had them changed over shortly before I bought the bike I guess.
I put Hylift Johnson rollers in mine. I left them overnight to bleed down and then adjusted the pushrods to spec. Everything has run perfectly fine since.Comment
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Very much a clone-some were built twin shock, some mono. The biz that built them wanted all the stuff that had been proven on club bikes , plus more...So having decided that the FXR frame was best, they had a batch built in alloy...The master cylinders are magnesium bodied Brembo's (probably used on some Ducati), there is a lot of euro sourced stuff
on it. This was state of the art shit 20 years ago..Comment
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Nice! I wanted a 45 big at that time. Some cat called Ian near Weymouth had a shitload of 45 stuff for sale back then.
I spent the majority of the 1980's broke, but had a T100 in the early eighties and one of the first evo sportsters in the mid-late eighties.
Coolest 45 based ride in the UK for me at the time was Sweetpea's 45 magnum bobber. He used to work in the Drag Speciailites warehouse in London for Jake Allport (RIP)
This is someone elses, but it is cool..
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That beauty makes stock and most modified FXRs look like hot garbage by comparison. The stock rear FXR suspension geometry is short travel pathetic shit like all dual shock Harleys making the monoshock a fine upgrade. (I have two FXRs but their design is only good by Harley standards. That's why modern sportbikes aren't built like FXRs which are a bodge to rubber mount a buzzy drivetrain.)
The only reason I see not to ride that in preference to a stocker is to save wear on a unique motorcycle, but that's like saving wear on a beautiful woman by not fucking her. Very, very nice machine!Comment
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All true but still not an FXR by definition.
You know as well as me that we have to be aware and correct people calling their bike an FXR when it is not or every Dyna and aftermarket rubber mount frame out there becomes a FXR.Comment
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I'll correct people in applicable threads if they call their bike an FXR because they may otherwise misidentify parts. What the average shmuck on the street calls them matters little and it's better for us buyers when they get confused and use "Low Rider" or "Dyna" in their adverts. I search those terms looking for FXRs and found my last one that way. That one of course is an upgrade like what Rickman and Seeley used to do for other bikes. Chopper FXR-style frames are just random crap styling exercises to use up surplus bagger drivetrains but choppers aren't supposed to handle since custom builders want pretty, flexy, stripped steering heads instead of reinforcement. I just fondled a (edit to correct brand!) KRAFTECH frame at a swap meet and they're a joke by comparison to a stock frame. They use cheaper, thinner tubing and the aft section whose "cage" controls the drivetrain via the swingarm pivot on FXRs was eliminated for appearance. Pick one up and all will be clear.
An FXR by definition fo course uses an FXR factory frame. Custom definitions are pretty loose so an FXR mounting system/drivetrain design is close enough for that purpose but technically should be "FXR-style" frame.
The M8 FXR model is technically an FXR... I call that good too because I'd like the FXR cult status to go away so frames and bikes are cheaper. FXR riders don't benefit from more expensive bikes. The good old days of chopping were when buyers didn't want old HDs!Last edited by farmall; 01-31-2020, 6:50 PM.Comment
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