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Thanks for the help on my oil being blowen out of my breather tube, it helped a bunch. Now, can any one tell me why it's hard to down shift when comming to a stop. It will not shift smothly when I down shift. And I cant get it into neutrial with out turnning it off. Any help you may have I will take gladly and thankfully.

This site I'm linking to is Harley Hogs Lair in the UK, he doesn't sell parts, he doesn't have a forum.

What he does do is post all the bulletins about bikes from HD all the service and recall bulletins and some parts installation tip sheets.


If you ever need a tech bulletin or want to look up some facts this is the place to go.

just got 65 trike

Can anyone tell me What is the proper way to change Primary Oil on an 89 1200 Sportster? Also what is the best oil to replace it? Thanks

i have a 05 herratige softtail and the spokes came loose and whiped out the hub. i took it to the dealer and he told me that i did not have him do the services and he would not warrenty the hub. So i went down and bought a mag rim from a fat boy (05) that way the back does not have spokes. when i went to install it, now it is to skinny and it is 1 and 1/8" skinnier than the spoked rim. i talked to the dealer and he said they should both be the same size but it is not and i measured the mag and it is not as wide as the spoked rim. i do have the 2 spacers that came on the bike but i need to add just a little over an inch more to make it fit. does this sound right or am i missing something. it has to be a 2000 or newer rim cause it has the 1" axle fo it. should i just buy some more spacers...