So… I have a
plan. Well, HAD a plan. Now its cloudy.
I want to build a late model HD to ride every day. One I can throw my wife on and ride to San Francisco
if we want. NO, I’m not going to buy or
build a bagger, I hate baggers. Not to
say that they aren’t great for what they are, as I’ve riden plenty of miles on
a bagger, sure, comfy and you get to carry all your stuff. Still hate them, so forget I brought them up.
The plan was to build a late model (08-10) FXD into a thoroughly
reliable road bike. Sure I’d do some
stuff to it, I have plans for all kinds of shit. All the normal stuff, bars, pipes minor yet
effective motor work. Wheels and the
most important part of all, suspension and motor mounts.
The Dyna drivetrain mounting system needs
help. It moves too much, it moves too
much during a long sweeper at 90mph.
So
what to do, suspension and a true trac system and the CCE new dyna motor
mounts. Ok, should work good, possibly
an inverted fork of some kind?
Whatever it
is, will be a marked improvement over the stock set up.
I really like the new Delphi fuel injected
drivetrains. They work killer. I first dealt with fuel injection in ’07 when
I built the X-Wedge for S&S. Rad
shit. Works killer and I was stoked how
it was to tune and set up and it works great.
Then I built the turbo bike and used all factory fuel injection
parts. Simple and killer, yeah you are
sitting there saying simple?!? Carbs are
simple! Yes they are but when set up
properly the FI works amazing.
Ok so sure, a Dyna it is.
Then I had a good friend who is having knee surgery have me
do some work to his FXR. Then he had his
surgery and said go ahead and ride it for a while. It hasn’t been ridden a whole lot so I’ve
been working out some little bugs.
I
fuckin love it. That fuckin FXR will out
handle all the dynas out there with high end suspension, period.
With a stock 39mm fork and some crappy Koni
shocks. Damn. This fucker is rock solid on the overpass
from the 405 south to the 605 north at 80.
No swaying, no movement other than forward. Ok, so this fucks me all up.
Shit, I want to build an FXR now. But I really want late model electronics and
engine management. A twincam fxr is a
project, especially with late model fuel injection. And fucking expensive, unless I get an FXR
and a Dyna on the super cheap and I can combine and make one bike. Oh yeah with an FLT trans case too. So, it’s going to be too expensive to do it
that way. And some short cuts with that
I just don’t want to take.
Ok, so I’ve been riding the FXR and its killer. Smooth and fast. When I pull it out in the AM people are
sleeping so I start it and pull it out onto the street quick to warm it up til I
get on the freeway. I was running late
one day last week and didn’t really warm it up like I should and BAM, blew the
rear base gasket. Stooopid. Oh well, it needed a rockerbox reseal anyway
so I stuck it on a lift tonight and started taking it apart.
Then, some stuff came up and I rode home. On my TL1000s. Yes, my Suzuki sport bike, in its day
considered a superbike. Yeah it
rules.
Ok, the ride home FUCKED my whole world up.
I hadn’t ridden my TL in a few months. Now I have to ignore the fact that it’s
ridiculously fast compared to every stock HD out there. And this bike is notoriously twitchy, evil
and not very nice, so it takes me a few minutes to get used to it whenever it’s
been a long time since I last rode it.
But GOD DAMN.
That bike is fun, it’s
set up as a streetfighter so it’s just fun as shit and handles amazing. Not really amazing as when compared to a
model sport bike but totally brilliant when compared to an FXR or a Dyna.
Now, I have some plans to change around foot position and hand
position on a dyna to make it feel like something that might not weigh 900
fucking pounds.
(Okay i need to get as
much weight as possible off too.) Yes I know
that in itself is a tall order but I’m going to try. The best part is that it has changed my
perspective on building a dyna, as I think that’s what I am going to end up
doing. Possibly change the front fork… wheels,
etc. it’s going to happen.
I know that it’s not going to ever feel how I’d really like
it to. But that’s the trade off. It is never going to handle like a sportbike but
if I can give it some sort of a race feel and keep it a solid runner ill be
happy.
That’s all, I had a ton of weird revelations on my ride home
and I felt that I haven’t put ANYTHING on my blog in a while so I’d do this…
And post pics of Lexi Belle after she dumped motor oil all over herself!!!
The one and only Lexi Belle
I am going to attempt to start blogging more, if nothing else I have LOTS of pictures to put up!!!!
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