If you think of the IronHead as never having had any left threads you would do quite well -(IronMick)
I remember Dr Dick saying to me, anything that feels off now on the bench will be amplified when everything is installed and the engine is running - (doodah man)
Most Sportster problems are owner induced - (Author Unknown)
Ya…i saw a guy do this once… - (Dr Dick)
All of us will be older and have more riding experience than SOMEONE. (Sandman883)
All of us will be younger and have less riding experience than SOMEONE.
Stereotypes will always be around, even the President and the Pope can’t stop that, so I know I sure as heck can’t, so I ain’t going to worry about it.
Keeping all of the above in mind, we have to understand it’s about RESPECT. We all need to give respect, but of course the world is not perfect and there are going to be times when we don’t. Then another word comes to mind: TOLERANCE.
This concludes todays sermon, now hand me a damn beer and let’s get ready to fire up that grill!
For what it’s worth, if I have to ride in a group (which isn't very often, if at all) I wanna be in the front, or the very last dude well behind. This way I don’t have to watch any carnage behind me, or I can see what’s gonna happen and have a chance to avoid it
George Carlin explained this more than a decade ago.
Anyone on the highway who is going slower than us is a moron (can't drive, get off the road)
Anyone on the highway who is going faster than us is a crazy asshole (gonna kill someone)
We all have our needs and desires
A bike that can't meet them is ‘useless’
A bike that exceeds them is ‘excessive’ - (Bone)(George Carlin)
Never underestimate the stupidity of the average driver - (Sleeper)
When you weld, you WILL get war-page that accompanies that welding. (DR DICK)
(when welding) Sometimes repairing the war-page is a bigger job than the original repair (brucstoudt)
My recommendation is that any recommendation is just a starting point for your specific bike and any carb setting may have to be changed to work best on your bike. Learn how to tune carbs, not just copy other recommendations. (XLXR)
Most carburetor problems really are electrical, just like the old timers always say. (Hopper)
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. (every wise mechanic)
After 10 years of putting food on my table from working on ironheads dawn to dusk, I knew just about every thing. - [knowledge]. At 20 years, I learned much more than I knew at 10 years… and now I didn't know squat. - [wisdom]. (Dr Dick)
These may be Ironheads, but beware of mods made by Cementheads. (Dr Dick)
Why stir up that insanity when its so elementary to work around it. (Dr Dick)
I may never need to use what I just read but I now have the knowledge of what it takes. (ezmerf)
You're going to end up where you look. So don't look at where you're afraid you'll end up, look at where you want to be (Dick Mann)
It doesn't matter how close you get. As a matter of physics “as long as two objects do not try to occupy the same space at the same time, there will never be a problem. ” this is as true for pistons to valves as it is for two racers on a track (ReddTigger)
A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt (Evel Knievel)
The Only Exhaust Truth I Know, Almost Anything Will Work Well Somewhere But Nothing Works Well Everywhere… (nemosengineer@yahoo.com)
Performance is equivalent to improvement. To judge improvement you need a baseline. Shouldn't that be an unmodified carb? (Dr Dick)
In order to build a reliable bike, you don't need to know how to put it together correct. You need to:
The simplest answers are the most likely. (cantolina)
Preventative maintenance sure beats pushing (sportsterdoc)
The first 50 times are the hardest. (trappnman)
Knowing, or at least being familiar with, the rules, the limits and the reasons for the status quo is, or should be, a prerequisite to breaking them.
Otherwise you are just flailing around in the dark hoping you hit the lottery before you blow your sh!t up. (bitpusher)
The other side of not listening to the status quo is that every now and then something new and different comes out of us going in our own direction.
We only hope that it isn't too painfully expensive. (Gcram399)
Top ends are like tires and chains. They are only new before the 1st ride.
They wear with time. How long they last is directly related to how much degradation you consider as 'too much'. (Dr Dick)
Paying someone to chop a cam cover is like paying for sand at the beach…. It ain't that hard. (JonnyRtn)
You always have to be mindful of problems you create while solving problems you don't have. (Maru)
Having a good memory is no substitute for having photos of past projects. (Deimus)
Taking pictures of the process each time you install something on your engine may answer concerns of proper installation later. (Hippysmack)
I had a 79 Camaro that had a 130 MPH speedo. On a good day it would go 85.
The 130 was there to sell cars not because the car would actually go that fast.
A 120 MPH speedo does not maketh a 120 MPH motorcycle. (rob@robertsystems.com)
Online catalogs are designed to separate you from your cash, not sell you the parts you want.
You have to carefully look at the pictures and read the description, then look at all the other options to verify you have selected the correct item.
Also verify where the part is made, often used OEM parts are better than new knockoffs. (ryder rick)
A full on race engine has a service life that is measured in miles, not thousands of miles.
A red hot Street bike has a service life in the thousands of miles.
A good street engine can be plenty fast and last tens of thousands of miles.
Often, the better engine depends on what you are doing with it.
Sometimes the better engine does not have to be the most expensive. (maru)
Unless you are in a business viewpoint where “secrets” are your bread and butter, I say let them go.
Not sharing your info and dyno runs on these dinosaurs is indeed childish.
…why not share as much information as possible.
… If we all clammed up about what we knew, (a forum) would be useless.
As long as it was worth getting your bike back on the road, sometimes you gotta blow the dough. (Homarr)
Proper motorcycling requires the admission that injury, maiming or death are associated with our beloved two-wheeled addiction.
I find myself to be a much better, more aware rider if I take the time to remind myself of those facts before I saddle up. (Mosey)
If you can't afford to do it right the first time, what makes you think you can afford to do it twice? (shovithead)
What good is a pinch of HP when you can't finish the race? (wedge)
Success is the mitigation of failures. There is zero success if there were zero failures. (DR Dick)
If you find yourself disagreeing with what you are being taught, either you are making a mistake and/or your teacher is.
Pursuing your questions to their logical end is the key to discovery, while making a leap of faith (simply believing what you are told) is an act of avoidance:
(escaping the discomfort of confusion and uncertainty at the expense of a deeper learning experience).
This is an exchange no student should ever feel they must make. (Tony R. Kuphaldt)
Knowing when to stop and start over is important. It requires some courage.
I discovered this in my early days [mid-1060s] as a computer programmer - tossed out 6 months of work.
The re-do was much better - I had learned a lot in those 6 months. (IronMick)