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As some of you know I am in the middle of rebuilding my top end. I already know there are going to be many differant ideas on this subject. I tend to ask those kinds of questions. Now I first want to say how I have done it in the past. Then I would love to hear how others have done it.
I didn't have any problems with my way of doing it. That still doesen't mean I did it the correct way.
For the first 500 miles and smiles I try and hit the freeways as much as possable. I start off doing my street riding anywhere from 35 to 45 mph.
Then I am on the freeway doing 65 mph and coming down from there. My main objective is to make the most movement against the walls of the cylinders.
Since the barrels have been honed and I went 5 over on the rings. Now I might even get up past 65 mph for a...

I was told that HD puts a mark on the wheel rim to indicate where a new tire should be alligned when it is mounted on the wheel.
Can anyone confirm this and add some additional info.
Thanks

It's with a sad heart that I tell you a friend of ours has passed away this past Tuesday night. He was tragically killed in a car accident. Ironically, he had just traded in his beloved Harley on a 1923 Ford T-Bucket replica. He'd broken his leg a couple of years ago on the bike and rarely drove it as a result. He decided it was time to move from two to four wheels at age 58 and suffering from arthritis. He was on his way home in his new car on the interstate when he apparently lost control, hit a guardrail and was thrown from the car. His family believes that something in the steering mechanism broke causing him to loose control.

It just goes to show that when it's your time it's your time. We will miss Dan. He was a big man with a big heart and a small voice. My heart goes...

Does anyone know how many teeth are on a stock 04 RK rear sprocket ?

I'm going to be doing a cam swap and if I can't find someone local to press the bearings on I will be doing the freezer/oven method. But, with the gears do they get keyed/pinned in somehow, or do they need to be pressed on as well?