A trick to consider , isolate the wiring from the ignition. Works like this , hit the starter button , spin the starter fast. Then flip the ignition button on. Boom , rump
I love you guys , your what I belive to be REAL bikers. Living breathing and loving the bikes that you are lucky enough to have come through your hands. Please keep on posting these awsome videos and giving us a little insight into your everyday stuff. You know you're helping to keep our culture alive, and I am grateful to you both for that. Love the garage videos but I also really appreciate the ones where your out on a ride showing off your beautiful country. Thanks from a big supporter of the life, from England. 🏴🇺🇸🇬🇧
I sent my crank along with the pistons to darkhorse and had them balance, and, true the crank. It made all the difference . The crank run out measured at .009, it’s very smooth.
You guys live the life that most people are afraid to try. Myself included and yes I ride a bagger but I have thick skin when it comes to your comments on bagger. Keep up the great content. You two are who I call real bikers. You ride bikes that you know there is a chance they are going to brake down. But you know how to fix them on the side of the road. I think that is so cool. Be safe on your travels and keep being your selfs.
Yayy appreciate ya watching! And i love when people riding baggers see my points cover and laugh instead of getting offended! Its a joke and a poke at those people that trailer their baggers everywheres lol! 😜😅 ride free and enjoy every mile!
Sally, back in the mid 70s, i built a 88 in shovel. At first it was high compression. As i learned, i dropped the compression, and that motor was the best engine i ever had. Balance is very important. The big inches with low compression was the ticket. I put a ton of miles on that motor and had lots of fun with the performance. Even pasted thru Colorado a few times !!! Lol. Glad you are paying attention, it will pay off in the long run Great video.
Lower comp pistons 8:1 short duration high lift cams, 270-280 % , low overlap,and big inlet valves , c v carb s u will do. Balance rods pistons wrist pins, then crank balance. You only need high comp pistons with 300% cams, as cylinder pressure is lower. Base plate is gasket problem. Good luck. Fxr best h-d frame.
Really like your bike. I am looking at the spherical swing arm bearings. Bike seems to wallow in the corners even with new rubber bushings. Thanks for posting.
They definitely stiffen up the ride, but it does make the bike vibrate a whole lot more, so its a choice between less vibration or tightening up. My husband said it was a nite and day difference when we did it on his a few years back. if ur cool with more vibrate, then i’d say go with it 😁
Man I love your channel. Love seeing real folks riding real bikes. I mean whose buying these 30k bikes and then putting another 40k in them? I enjoy other channels, but they aren't realistic. Well, at leastt for me. I mean, I bought my first nice..... harley last year. 07 fatboy, and you still can't tell me shit. I love that bike. Loving these twin cams.
Thats what i’m talking about, that fatboy is nice cuz u like it! We all c ant afford all the nicest newest shit, our bikes go forward just fine 😜✌️ lol cheers!
Yeah i didnt want to buy all the cable, rebuild kit, air cleaner, etc. ran out of money and time on this build, had to get to riding 😜 maybe in the future i’ll get one and try it out
If something happened to the inspection plate it isnt a big deal. We use to jack them up left and right. Jist get some plate aluminum and copy bolt hole pattern on to plate. Cut plate to dimensions and bobs your uncle. A bike shop could do it if need be. No big deal. Side note, pull that plate off and have a shop check the mating surface. It is probably warpped or something. The sop can machine it back flat and fix your leak issue. Then be careful when you are bolting it back on. Being careful to use the right pattern to tighten it down.
Delkrons are way over kill unless your running top fuel, LOL. Or a seriously big bore monster motor. But they're surely better then stock cases. Everyone talks about the bad fuel milage of mikuni carbs. Mostly its people that are used to near stock motors with cv carbs. Cv's get good milage but no real big hit to your wrist like a mikuni. Also s&s carbs aint miserly carbs either. SPEED COSTS, HOW FAST DO YOU WANNA GO!
Ya l really like her and her husband and thecway they look at life but l think she's a little off on this post. Mikuni's can absolutely be tuned for fuel mileage abd still better than any S&S. To me it sounds like the engine combo is just mismatched a little for what they want. Plus higher compression pistons can be made the same weight as the original. Higher compression equals more vibration imo. Physical height of the piston would be the least of my concern balance wise.
Thanks for watching! And thats true, i want to go as fast as i can afford! 💸💸 LOL! i needed rebuild kit and lines and air cleaner all the stuff for the mikuni too, so i didnt even give myself the opportunity to see what it would do.. but maybe in the future. Lol thanks for watching!!!
@@ironheadsally ya one thing I've learned in life is whatever you do in life it will always be wrong in some way! Lol you just hope it'll only be a little wrong! Good luck with it. Do you have any video clips of it running? A good running hot rod Harley with 2-1 always sounds nice to me! Anyways carry on with the bike and hope it's going ok on the trucking side too.
I just ordered a complete super e setup to replace my mikuni.. it runs ok but needs cleaned or rebuilt if it sits every winter.. and my winters are short. Every super e I've had ALWAYS worked.
Found your page a couple days ago. As to your FXR. The excessive vibration concerns me? Are you saying that the crank that you used was not trued ? As far as your stat or plug there used to be a holder to keep them in place. The manufactured ones were a little light , we used to make them out of light gauge sheet metal. They always worked. Have you looked the the case plate to see if it is warped? You may be able to fix that with some light sand paper and a piece of glass. I also love the S&S E carbs. Have you ever heard of the Yost power tubes? They help with the atomization of the fuel when you accelerate heavy. Like your channel. Keep it up.
Thanks for watching!! And we just took my crank out and put it in the new cases, so we didnt get it professionally checked. This was a budget get it together and go ride build lol learning experience for sure 😜 thanks for watching!!
@@ironheadsally NP. Don’t let my You Tube name through ya off. I worked in the bike world at one of the best aftermarket HD shops around my area. Good to see some real people around still.
Your compression ratio should be based on the intake valves closing timing. It's a spec called "corrected compression ratio." It's figured from the point the intake closes. If you are using 10.5:1 Wiseco Pistons with an EV27? That will never fly. The EV 27 has a very early closing intake. That's what causes your 210 psi cranking compression. You are setup, compression-wise for a .600 lift cam with a late closing intake. You are dealing with pre-ignition that contributes to your vibration issues. It causes the loose hardware you describe. The starter issues are all due to cam/compression setup. The early FXR used the same flywheel as the late Shovel from the factory. It's balanced at 50%. Which relies heavily on the engine mounting system to absorb vibration even with stock pistons. The Wiseco pistons just exacerbate that issue. In short, the best thing you can do, (aside from losing Dragon Man's number), is choose a much bigger cam ( which has it's own set of new issues), or put 9:1 pistons from Wiseco in it, or OE Mahle pistons and have a competent shop remove .060 from the head gasket surface. This gives you 9.1:1 on most Evo heads. No need for comp releases. No need for an aftermarket starter that won't work any better than the Denso and won't last as long. You will have a solid 75-80 hp evo with stock reliability and have a lot less issues with your FXR. This is all stuff we learned back in the 80's when the EVO hit the street. We used to work dealer service departments during rallies and several of us used to ride these things all over the Country. Now, it's Touring bikes due to age and wear. They are very robust if you resist the temptation to over modify them. I'm still running an 88' sportster dragbike I built in 1991. and won Sturgis with in '94. There aren't a lot of secrets to them at this point. Just be mindful of where you gather your information.
No we didnt, dont have a truing stand or balancing tools. LoL like the video said, it was a budget and time crunch rebuild. Next time will probably get it balanced with the pistons.
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@@ironheadsally Leather was a common gasket material in the early days of automobile manufacture. Cork and paper replaced leather because they were cheaper.
Years ago my Son bought a used Pure Steel Custom. It had a 96cu. S&S with 200/205 compression. It shook like a sombitch. It destroyed headlight bulbs, it shook the screws out of the speedometer face so that shook inside and loosened bolts. After the second time of putting large amounts of money into it, it was time for it to go. I hope you have better luck than my Son, if not it's going to get costly. I would hate to see you go through that. Don't be mean to my Geezer Glide. Yes I do have a 98 Fatboy also and I ride both for different reasons but I ride them both with the top down. After hitting two deer and almost turning into road kill without a helmet a helmet is becoming standard equipment. Dam a geezer on a Geezer Glide with a helmet. Is that going to make me look like a sissy? I hope not.
Hell no that dont make u a sissy, u ride that bagger and thats what counts. The bagger bros that trailer everywhere are the ones we make fun of 😜🤣 and yes i hope it dont come to that with this bike! Just rolling with whatever happens lol cheers and ride free!!
If you can make the new pistons weigh the same as the old ones. Also it's easy to knock those cranks out of true just dropping it on the bench could do it
@@ironheadsally I saw that afterwards…. I can’t believe Dragon woman didn’t call you up and want to give you all your money back ASAP!!! If he was half way honest he would’ve wrote you a check for all your money back….
I have been really curious to see what the Ultima motors are like for anyone that has one... Especially since they make a retro panhead one.... They are way cheaper than an original or s&s but cheap isn't always better....
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It is so refreshing to see someone your age knowing the the works as you do. You and your hubby are reps of the real deal! Ride hard! Be safe!
Appreciate that a lot!! Its a big ol learning process for sure lol
A trick to consider , isolate the wiring from the ignition. Works like this , hit the starter button , spin the starter fast. Then flip the ignition button on. Boom , rump
I love you guys , your what I belive to be REAL bikers. Living breathing and loving the bikes that you are lucky enough to have come through your hands. Please keep on posting these awsome videos and giving us a little insight into your everyday stuff. You know you're helping to keep our culture alive, and I am grateful to you both for that. Love the garage videos but I also really appreciate the ones where your out on a ride showing off your beautiful country.
Thanks from a big supporter of the life, from England. 🏴🇺🇸🇬🇧
Hell yeah man we really appreciate it! We dont want to see this die either, keep the bikes and the real lifestyle around 🦅🏁😁💚 ride free
I sent my crank along with the pistons to darkhorse and had them balance, and, true the crank. It made all the difference . The crank run out measured at .009, it’s very smooth.
Good idea! I’ll def get that done next time i rebuild this motor.
You guys live the life that most people are afraid to try. Myself included and yes I ride a bagger but I have thick skin when it comes to your comments on bagger. Keep up the great content. You two are who I call real bikers. You ride bikes that you know there is a chance they are going to brake down. But you know how to fix them on the side of the road. I think that is so cool. Be safe on your travels and keep being your selfs.
Yayy appreciate ya watching! And i love when people riding baggers see my points cover and laugh instead of getting offended! Its a joke and a poke at those people that trailer their baggers everywheres lol! 😜😅 ride free and enjoy every mile!
That was a very good brake down of problems with my bike, ride safe ride free
Sally, back in the mid 70s, i built a 88 in shovel. At first it was high compression. As i learned, i dropped the compression, and that motor was the best engine i ever had. Balance is very important. The big inches with low compression was the ticket. I put a ton of miles on that motor and had lots of fun with the performance. Even pasted thru Colorado a few times !!! Lol. Glad you are paying attention, it will pay off in the long run
Great video.
Appreciate it Bruce! Yeah i think i will drop compression next time. It’s gonna be fun while it lasts tho, brap brapp 😜💚 cheers and ride freee
Always enjoy your videos, good job. Peace!
🤘😁🏁💯💚thanks Ed!!
Love your fxr! I'm going to have one some day but I'm pushing hard to finish up my chopper so I'm one track mind right now
Yaaasss! That is the golden combo, chopper and fxr. What more can one need? lol happy wrenching 😁
Thanks for the update Sally. Enjoyed your talk. Cheers from down under 🇦🇺 Stan.
I know I like a video when I find myself involuntary smiling during it lol. You know your shit & you’re gifted & entertaining at expressing it 😎
Thanks, glad u enjoyed my yammering on! 😁 All i know for sure, is that i dont know nothing, but i sure love bikes lol
Lower comp pistons 8:1 short duration high lift cams, 270-280 % , low overlap,and big inlet valves , c v carb s u will do. Balance rods pistons wrist pins, then crank balance. You only need high comp pistons with 300% cams, as cylinder pressure is lower. Base plate is gasket problem. Good luck. Fxr best h-d frame.
I myself would run s&s cases. Best luck I have had is crane can and black diamond vales. Run real strong and no problems. Cross county no problem.
Sweet! Yeah if i had a choice and found em affordable, i would run s&s next time
Looking back it may have been better to keep the rear rubber mount. That may have cut down some of your vibration. 😎Dave H
You’re right Dave! It would have helped with the vibration for sure!
I have a plate that holds the stator plug. It just mounts to motor mount landing plate
You did it man, and it works, thx for the heads up on the likes n dislikes.... 🍻 cheers
Really like your bike. I am looking at the spherical swing arm bearings. Bike seems to wallow in the corners even with new rubber bushings. Thanks for posting.
They definitely stiffen up the ride, but it does make the bike vibrate a whole lot more, so its a choice between less vibration or tightening up. My husband said it was a nite and day difference when we did it on his a few years back. if ur cool with more vibrate, then i’d say go with it 😁
Depending on what bike you have, check out True-Track
still running the original rubber mounts and rear drive belt on my 1990 FLHS 50,000 miles. oh and original engine and trans
Awesome! Adding miles and smiles 😜😁
you can get manual compresion releases, uses spark plug hole
Yeah if money was no object, then all of these factors i explained would not be an issue. I just don’t got it like that lol
@@ironheadsally kind of a flip flop with the cost of starters
Man I love your channel. Love seeing real folks riding real bikes. I mean whose buying these 30k bikes and then putting another 40k in them? I enjoy other channels, but they aren't realistic. Well, at leastt for me. I mean, I bought my first nice..... harley last year. 07 fatboy, and you still can't tell me shit. I love that bike. Loving these twin cams.
Thats what i’m talking about, that fatboy is nice cuz u like it! We all c ant afford all the nicest newest shit, our bikes go forward just fine 😜✌️ lol cheers!
Mikuni HSR the best carburetor!!!!💪💪💪
Yeah i didnt want to buy all the cable, rebuild kit, air cleaner, etc. ran out of money and time on this build, had to get to riding 😜 maybe in the future i’ll get one and try it out
If something happened to the inspection plate it isnt a big deal. We use to jack them up left and right. Jist get some plate aluminum and copy bolt hole pattern on to plate. Cut plate to dimensions and bobs your uncle. A bike shop could do it if need be. No big deal. Side note, pull that plate off and have a shop check the mating surface. It is probably warpped or something. The sop can machine it back flat and fix your leak issue. Then be careful when you are bolting it back on. Being careful to use the right pattern to tighten it down.
Oh sweet yeah i guess it is just a plate with holes! I’ve seen abunch of these cases for sale without the plates and i was thinking oh crap, lol.
Delkrons are way over kill unless your running top fuel, LOL. Or a seriously big bore monster motor. But they're surely better then stock cases. Everyone talks about the bad fuel milage of mikuni carbs. Mostly its people that are used to near stock motors with cv carbs. Cv's get good milage but no real big hit to your wrist like a mikuni. Also s&s carbs aint miserly carbs either. SPEED COSTS, HOW FAST DO YOU WANNA GO!
Ya l really like her and her husband and thecway they look at life but l think she's a little off on this post. Mikuni's can absolutely be tuned for fuel mileage abd still better than any S&S. To me it sounds like the engine combo is just mismatched a little for what they want. Plus higher compression pistons can be made the same weight as the original. Higher compression equals more vibration imo. Physical height of the piston would be the least of my concern balance wise.
@@stevenkovacs2766 Mikuni HSR the best carburetor
Thanks for watching! And thats true, i want to go as fast as i can afford! 💸💸 LOL! i needed rebuild kit and lines and air cleaner all the stuff for the mikuni too, so i didnt even give myself the opportunity to see what it would do.. but maybe in the future. Lol thanks for watching!!!
Still ain’t bad for my first evo build for the least amount of money lol! It’s a learning process for sure 😜
@@ironheadsally ya one thing I've learned in life is whatever you do in life it will always be wrong in some way! Lol you just hope it'll only be a little wrong! Good luck with it. Do you have any video clips of it running? A good running hot rod Harley with 2-1 always sounds nice to me! Anyways carry on with the bike and hope it's going ok on the trucking side too.
I just ordered a complete super e setup to replace my mikuni.. it runs ok but needs cleaned or rebuilt if it sits every winter.. and my winters are short. Every super e I've had ALWAYS worked.
Ohh good to know! Yeah no carb likes to sit but a overly needy carb is a pain as well lol
Found your page a couple days ago. As to your FXR. The excessive vibration concerns me? Are you saying that the crank that you used was not trued ? As far as your stat or plug there used to be a holder to keep them in place. The manufactured ones were a little light , we used to make them out of light gauge sheet metal. They always worked. Have you looked the the case plate to see if it is warped? You may be able to fix that with some light sand paper and a piece of glass. I also love the S&S E carbs. Have you ever heard of the Yost power tubes? They help with the atomization of the fuel when you accelerate heavy. Like your channel. Keep it up.
Thanks for watching!! And we just took my crank out and put it in the new cases, so we didnt get it professionally checked. This was a budget get it together and go ride build lol learning experience for sure 😜 thanks for watching!!
@@ironheadsally NP. Don’t let my You Tube name through ya off. I worked in the bike world at one of the best aftermarket HD shops around my area. Good to see some real people around still.
@@tobinlakeguideservices oh hell yeah, i try not to judge a book by its cover 😁 never know someones background or life. Cheers man and ride free!
Your compression ratio should be based on the intake valves closing timing. It's a spec called "corrected compression ratio." It's figured from the point the intake closes. If you are using 10.5:1 Wiseco Pistons with an EV27? That will never fly. The EV 27 has a very early closing intake. That's what causes your 210 psi cranking compression. You are setup, compression-wise for a .600 lift cam with a late closing intake. You are dealing with pre-ignition that contributes to your vibration issues. It causes the loose hardware you describe. The starter issues are all due to cam/compression setup. The early FXR used the same flywheel as the late Shovel from the factory. It's balanced at 50%. Which relies heavily on the engine mounting system to absorb vibration even with stock pistons. The Wiseco pistons just exacerbate that issue. In short, the best thing you can do, (aside from losing Dragon Man's number), is choose a much bigger cam ( which has it's own set of new issues), or put 9:1 pistons from Wiseco in it, or OE Mahle pistons and have a competent shop remove .060 from the head gasket surface. This gives you 9.1:1 on most Evo heads. No need for comp releases. No need for an aftermarket starter that won't work any better than the Denso and won't last as long. You will have a solid 75-80 hp evo with stock reliability and have a lot less issues with your FXR. This is all stuff we learned back in the 80's when the EVO hit the street. We used to work dealer service departments during rallies and several of us used to ride these things all over the Country. Now, it's Touring bikes due to age and wear. They are very robust if you resist the temptation to over modify them. I'm still running an 88' sportster dragbike I built in 1991. and won Sturgis with in '94. There aren't a lot of secrets to them at this point. Just be mindful of where you gather your information.
the only thing I found that stopped the pan leaks on my flt with delkron cases is yama bond
What brand battery did u use? Stock cca was not enough for my 1275 build. Love ur bike and channel.
Yeah we had whatever battery was in it when i bought it, went to O’Reillys and got a cheapo with 325cca so that did the trick lol
P.S. ONE MORE THING I RECALL A STRONG PREFORMED SHAPED WIRE AFTERMARKET WOULD PUSH AGAINST PLUG .
Omg.. its been a year!?
Right?!! lol times flies
Put a ev -51 Andrews cam will fix your problems and will blow that ev-27 cam away to much compression for that cam
Did you not weigh the Pistons before you install them
No we didnt, dont have a truing stand or balancing tools. LoL like the video said, it was a budget and time crunch rebuild. Next time will probably get it balanced with the pistons.
SALLY IRONHEAD QUEEN YOUR HUSBAND AND YOU ARE AMERICANS PERSONIFIED . HARLEY DAVIDSON IS ALIVE CAUSE OF YOUSE GUYS . MUCH HOPE AND LOVE TO YOU BOTH . YOU RULE .EAST COAST 💵 BILL
Thanks man appreciate ya watching!! Ride free and keep the rubber down!
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@@ironheadsally 😁🤙
O one more thing all balls 2k starter and lithium battery with 500cca no need for compression releases had Same setup trust me
Degree cams not percentage!
Make a gasket out of thin leather for your case inspection plate.
Hmm out of leather, i havent done that b4, thanks!
@@ironheadsally Leather was a common gasket material in the early days of automobile manufacture. Cork and paper replaced leather because they were cheaper.
Are you still the Ironhead Lady?
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Years ago my Son bought a used Pure Steel Custom. It had a 96cu. S&S with 200/205 compression. It shook like a sombitch. It destroyed headlight bulbs, it shook the screws out of the speedometer face so that shook inside and loosened bolts. After the second time of putting large amounts of money into it, it was time for it to go. I hope you have better luck than my Son, if not it's going to get costly. I would hate to see you go through that.
Don't be mean to my Geezer Glide. Yes I do have a 98 Fatboy also and I ride both for different reasons but I ride them both with the top down. After hitting two deer and almost turning into road kill without a helmet a helmet is becoming standard equipment. Dam a geezer on a Geezer Glide with a helmet. Is that going to make me look like a sissy? I hope not.
Hell no that dont make u a sissy, u ride that bagger and thats what counts. The bagger bros that trailer everywhere are the ones we make fun of 😜🤣 and yes i hope it dont come to that with this bike! Just rolling with whatever happens lol cheers and ride free!!
Iowa Algona freedom rally riding from Pueblo county be there or be quadrilateral sally
Looks like fun! Hope u enjoy! I will save my $120 tho for that Independence weekend to celebrate freedom another way 🇺🇸😁🤩💚🏁💯💥 cheers
It's a Harley sometimes they leak sometimes they don't
Your vibration is about balance not compression. Shovel heads all shake
Yes, we didnt check the flywheel balance just swapped it over so who knows lol its got the shovel shakes 😄
If you can make the new pistons weigh the same as the old ones. Also it's easy to knock those cranks out of true just dropping it on the bench could do it
More power equals less fuel mileage.
Aint that the truth! lol
I thought you said Dragon Man didn’t know his ass from a hole in the wall??? So has your opinion changed on him???
Check the dates on the videos… this was before i realized he screwed me over…
@@ironheadsally I saw that afterwards…. I can’t believe Dragon woman didn’t call you up and want to give you all your money back ASAP!!! If he was half way honest he would’ve wrote you a check for all your money back….
I have been really curious to see what the Ultima motors are like for anyone that has one... Especially since they make a retro panhead one.... They are way cheaper than an original or s&s but cheap isn't always better....
Yeah i hvent heard much about ultima’s except for the evo cases. And ur so right! Cheaper aint always better! There is always a toss up lol cheers