Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[BigDaddyR]

low,
Night Jimmy.
Any news from Adam? This is a hard thread to follow

Taking wife to specialist in the AM. Regular Dr expedited things after seeing her today.


Rick

 

[Stihl 041S]

I have an old friend up north that's about 800 years old that still trues up my spokes when they get out of kilter.
He 's a walking bible on em'
Might be a good reason for a road trip. Been awhile...........

Maybe same guy I knew.

Up in NY finger lakes area.

Last I was there......rebuilt Knuckle motor was $500.

Dot remember if it was 61 or 74.

He had a 47 knuckle (Sigh...) with a side hack for $1500.

All good but not stock wheels.

I'm old.

 

[Cantdog]

Since you knooow a little about bikes.
A buddy come by the other night with a 45" flathead motor. 36RLDxxxx. Now I know of "G" "WL" and "WR". But never heard of an "RLD". You?

Rl/RLD as the number states is likely a 32-36 45cid with total loss oiling.........."G" "WL" and "WR" versions are later with two oil separate oil pumps...one pressure and a separate scavenger (return) pump....everyone always laughs at the total loss oiling....certainly not politically or environmentally correct today...however....only fresh new oil ever went by a bearing...can't beat that with a stick for engine life...LOL!!!

First bike I owned was a 1942 "G" model 45.....early 70s chopper...suicide clutch, azz wiper shift...pull backs....6 over sporty front end, Trumpet front brake......crazy little rig.....took my drivers test on it....lost the guy in traffic twice.....passed.....LOL!!!

 

[Scooterbum]

Maybe same guy I knew.

Up in NY finger lakes area.

Last I was there......rebuilt Knuckle motor was $500.

Dot remember if it was 61 or 74.

He had a 47 knuckle (Sigh...) with a side hack for $1500.

All good but not stock wheels.

I'm old.

Sigh is right. I actually did when I read this ......LOL!!

Shoot man I got dirt younger then you with those prices.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Seems to me that was the last year with no frame number. I sorta remember a 69 Ironhead I rode that had the numbers on the frame.
Kickin' cob webs now LOL!!

Thanks for kickin them.

Buddy built a 68 slabside with a 103-106? kit.

Jerry Branch did the heads...........

I remember the day we final tuned it. Everybody brought over pipes and we tried them all till we found the best ones.

Mike had them recorded as they were.

"Speed Dents" and all.

Led too many funerals....

 

[Scooterbum]

Thanks for kickin them.

Buddy built a 68 slabside with a 103-106? kit.

Jerry Branch did the heads...........

I remember the day we final tuned it. Everybody brought over pipes and we tried them all till we found the best ones.

Mike had them recorded as they were.

"Speed Dents" and all.

Led too many funerals....

Too many good brothers gone now...........on this end.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Sigh is right. I actually did when I read this ......LOL!!

Shoot man I got dirt younger then you with those prices.

Yeah I guess it was less than 35 years ago. Lol

I don't know many folks know much Harley lore on this coast.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Too many good brothers gone now...........on this end.

Yeah. A lot different in alot of ways.

Some of the best times ever.

Riding to Indio for breakfast.......

Now they sell fake kick starters for Harleys. LOL

I wasn't ready for that when I head that one.

Thought the guy was kidding.

 

[Scooterbum]

Tweakin' a motor reminds of last yaer.

I went down to friends for a week in NC. He's there kickin' the crap out of a pan/shovel he just finished.
Seems he decided to go with a Hunts mag instead of the stock distributor. 3 hours later we finally get it dialed in and I'm really feelin' my age after all that kickin'. Kinda embarrassed even.
Thinkin' I'm really in bad shape I go sit on his Knuck for a bit. After sitting for awhile I kick it through and realize that shovel is anything but stock on compression.Turns out he's using like 12.5:1 pistons with the heads shaved to boot.
Never said a word all that time. Just grinned. As it turned out he had Flywheels out of a police model that had 2 sets of timing marks. We found them the hard way.

 

[Scooterbum]

Yeah. A lot different in alot of ways.

Some of the best times ever.

Riding to Indio for breakfast.......

Now they sell fake kick starters for Harleys. LOL

I wasn't ready for that when I head that one.

Thought the guy was kidding.

Fake Kicker for the fake bikers.

I did just price a kicker kit for an ugly ol' Evo softail I'm building, talk about sticker shock.
Just the idea of depending on electrics only bothers me.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Tweakin' a motor reminds of last yaer.

I went down to friends for a week in NC. He's there kickin' the crap out of a pan/shovel he just finished.
Seems he decided to go with a Hunts mag instead of the stock distributor. 3 hours later we finally get it dialed in and I'm really feelin' my age after all that kickin'. Kinda embarrassed even.
Thinkin' I'm really in bad shape I go sit on his Knuck for a bit. After sitting for awhile I kick it through and realize that shovel is anything but stock on compression.Turns out he's using like 12.5:1 pistons with the heads shaved to boot.
Never said a word all that time. Just grinned. As it turned out he had Flywheels out of a police model that had 2 sets of timing marks. We found them the hard way.

Now THAT'S funny.

I'll tell ya a story about kicking sometime.

I remember first time I kicked a built 88". Felt like I had flip-flops on.

The old Triumph police bikes had an emergency start switch.

Skipped the regulator and sent it all to the coil. Burn thing out if you left it on but oh my!!

It threw juice to the plug.

I want a Shovel again.

This thread sure shakes the cobwebs.

 

[pioneerguy600]

I sort of got away from the bike thing but my next door neighbor has a 1949 Panhead with a FL 74 stick shift.All original cept a completely rebuilt stock parts engine. Less than 800 miles on the rebuild. His wife wants to know about what its worth.

 

[Scooterbum]

I sort of got away from the bike thing but my next door neighbor has a 1949 Panhead with a FL 74 stick shift.All original cept a completely rebuilt stock parts engine. Less than 800 miles on the rebuild. His wife wants to know about what its worth.

Use Rob's price guide. LOL!!

Spent a lot of time on a 59 Pan when I was a kid.
12 over springer on an old Amen savior frame (the original softail).There were no quick turns LOL!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Use Rob's price guide. LOL!!

Spent a lot of time on a 59 Pan when I was a kid.
12 over springer on an old Amen savior frame (the original softail).There were no quick turns LOL!!

Makes for a wide turn radius....LOL

 

[pioneerguy600]

The old bike starts and runs nice, I have worked on it several times. Last time we had to remove a head and ream out the exhaust valve guide. When the engine heated up a bit the exhaust valve would hang resulting in a bad misfire.

 

[Scooterbum]

Makes for a wide turn radius....LOL

Ran a 21' spool on the front.
There was a time or 2 that the front would wash out making a turn to sharp. Really made ya pucker up..................

 

[Scooterbum]

I wouldn't even want to venture guess for price. 49 ? wasn't that a 61" model back then?

 

[pioneerguy600]

I wouldn't even want to venture guess for price. 49 ? wasn't that a 61" model back then?

The 61 EL was the standard model but there also was the 74 FL Hydra Glide, both were Pan Heads.

 

[Cantdog]

I sort of got away from the bike thing but my next door neighbor has a 1949 Panhead with a FL 74 stick shift.All original cept a completely rebuilt stock parts engine. Less than 800 miles on the rebuild. His wife wants to know about what its worth.

Very subjective Jerry.....sellers market....really depends on actual condition....yr specific parts etc....and depends how knowledgable the buyer is....though the "Harley CRaze" has fallen off with the economy a tad in the last few yrs still worth a fair chunk....could be from $8-10,000 to as much as $20-25,000....again like an old guy I know who owns a 54 Fl says when asked if he would be willing to trade it for a brand new Fatboy (first yr Fatboy) (Silver)......he looked at the guy and said "Can you get another one of those" "Sure" the guy says....."well....You can't get anymore of these" the old fella says.

Just for the record I refused $22,000.00 cash for my 1959 FLH several yrs ago and been offered many trades......still in my corral.....as it has been for the past 35 yrs.....the only bike I ever sold was the old 45....to finance a 98" Sidewinder Shovel project.....wished I'd never done that....silly me.....

 

[pioneerguy600]

I have told her to advertise it for the highest offer and just turn down the highest offer if she didn`t want to sell it.