Motorcycle

[PETE'S BROTHER]

it's bright in the dump

[Igosplut]

Five speed is next for the other shovel.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

[Von Halen]

I am 99% sure I am picking up this bike next week.

[Nitro Express]

We are late coming out of winter this year. I haven't even looked at my bikes yet. I haven't even put the batteries in them yet.

[Nitro Express]

I am 99% sure I am picking up this bike next week.

Interesting lines. A nice combination of classic and modern. That frame looks strong as hell.

[Nitro Express]

Between shitty materials in the 50s, and age both heads developed cracks. Glassbeading over the years reduces thins castings (already casted thin) to limits that weaken them further. I found a set of virgin 57 heads in Austria of all places, and they're coming back from the machine shop in a few weeks. The old heads are fixable, so they're going down the road as these are two-year only and factory (FLH only) ported so they are extremely rare....

Looks like it was running a bit rich. Quite a bit of carbon on the pistons. Did you have a head gasket leak on the rear cylinder?

[Igosplut]

Looks like it was running a bit rich. Quite a bit of carbon on the pistons. Did you have a head gasket leak on the rear cylinder?

Nope, not at all. Let a old Harley idle for 30 seconds and it will blacken the piston tops.. That bike runs very clean, your looking a 20K

[Igosplut]

I am 99% sure I am picking up this bike next week.

I may be a little ignorant of newer bikes (OK, maybe more) but what it that?

[Von Halen]

Harley VRod. The paint is translucent red. They scratch all the surfaces lightly, then spray the translucent paint over it. Fucking amazing paint job.

[Igosplut]

Christ, shows how out of touch I am when I can't identify a Harley.....

[PETE'S BROTHER]

a Honda-Davidson just kiddin'. my friend has an 01? v-rod that has been ultimately quite reliable, just goes thru tires like mad without burnouts

[Von Halen]

Christ, shows how out of touch I am when I can't identify a Harley.....

A lot of the hardcore Harley guys don't consider it a true Harley. It has a water cooled engine designed by Porsche.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

wllie g said they put "cooling fins" on the engine so it didn't look like a water pump

[Nitro Express]

Nope, not at all. Let a old Harley idle for 30 seconds and it will blacken the piston tops.. That bike runs very clean, your looking a 20K

I always heard air cooled engines run dirtier. Also that rear jug doesn't get as much cooling is the one in front that could be why it is dirtier. Plus the cooling is not going to be consistent. Yup. An cool old engine but they have their quirks. That's part of the appeal.