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What's wrong with this bike in the picture

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by hotroadking, Oct 10, 2013.

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  1. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Looks good to me
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    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Your bike :)
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    Chain could use some oil


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  6. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Needs a pressure washer first and some new parts and please adjust that slack in the chain.
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  7. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Nope Phil at CAPhils posted this elsewhere
    83 FLH said it hasn't been washed in 15 years
    old greaybeard rides it.

    I"d say that tensioner shoe is worn...
    hotroadking, Oct 10, 2013
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  8. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Yea think maybe just a little
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    LOL...Yup...Tensioner shoe is shot to hell...
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    That's what you get for running the muffler bearing preload a wee bit tight,:)
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    W.F.O. !!!!!!!!!
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    It made me thirsty....
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    Hey, whatever floats yer boat!


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    Well, I guess it could use a drop or two of oil, but other than that looks like practicly new.
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    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Hard to believe it's 30 years old...
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    Looks like the primary leaked dry about 3 years after it was washed LOL... wash n a shoe and he's good for 15 more
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    That has to be the worst I've seen ,& I've seen some bad ones in the past
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    Looks like barnacles on the bottom of a boat.

    Either that or what's left in the bilge. :eek:
    FLHTbiker, Oct 10, 2013
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    I thought I told the kids they need to empty the pencil sharpener when it gets full.
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    Ya think? :hilarious:
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    That's rich! I clean classrooms in a local elementary school. Little urchins empty their sharpeners between the desks.


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