H-D servicing?

[Owl]

Maybe not...but these guys weren't referring to the V-rod family.

Niether was I.................95 FXD, wet sump, sump plug etc.

[Crasherfromwayback]

You mean to say there are 'bikes out there that require MORE than an oil/filter change as part of there periodic maintenance!???

Hahaha...gotta love self adusting tappets and belt drive eh!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Niether was I.................95 FXD, wet sump, sump plug etc.

Sorry mate. An FXD (as are all pushrod engines) is dry sump. It's just that the oil tank is tacked on to the back of the cases. It's still seperate and dry sump. Sportys and Softails have an oil tank under the seat.

[doc]

Hahaha...gotta love self adusting tappets and belt drive eh!

The advantage of pushrods huh. Technology caused the economic downturn. More people with their hands out fixing ya stuff

[Crasherfromwayback]

Aye. Nothing wrong with pushrods if the engine design is sound. The Twin Cam is so much better than the Evo was in that regard.

[doc]

Aye. Nothing wrong with pushrods if the engine design is sound. The Twin Cam is so much better than the Evo was in that regard.

Bloody salesman. I'm not ready too move up to a bigus blockus yet

[Crasherfromwayback]

Bloody salesman. I'm not ready too move up to a bigus blockus yet

Hahaha...sorry! BUT...the Evo was only an alloy top end on the old Shovel. The angle of the pushrods was way too severe, and created way too much load on the rocker gear and the pushrods themselves. The Twin Cam, by spreading the cams further away from the centre of the crank cut the load on the push rods and rocker gear massively. That's why (apart from the fact that the Twin Cam is also internally much bigger and stronger) the TC can be hot rodded and revved much harder that an Evo and still not break.

[scumdog]

Hahaha...sorry! BUT...the Evo was only an alloy top end on the old Shovel. The angle of the pushrods was way too severe, and created way too much load on the rocker gear and the pushrods themselves. The Twin Cam, by spreading the cams further away from the centre of the crank cut the load on the push rods and rocker gear massively. That's why (apart from the fact that the Twin Cam is also internally much bigger and stronger) the TC can be hot rodded and revved much harder that an Evo and still not break.

Gotta love them Sportys for that reason!!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Gotta love them Sportys for that reason!!

Aye! That's why 99.9% of all HD based drag bikes used Sporty engines! Like the TC engine, the four cams of a Sporty were spaced much further away from the centre line of the crank.

[Taz]

You mean to say there are 'bikes out there that require MORE than an oil/filter change as part of there periodic maintenance!???

Yep. They're called ducati's. Best avoided in my opinion.

[rok-the-boat]

I had a HD for ten years. I used HD oil for the engine only and standard gear oil for the primary and transmission. Never had a problem except that it is a lot of hassle doing three changes. Still, the gear oil, like a car - you can leave it longer - miss a change - and it still comes out clean.

[Flip]

HD's are easy to maintain.

Warm the oil, remove the sump bung on the oil tank, unscrew the filter (the little HD plastic filter spill thinggy usefull it stops the filter spilling oil down the front of the motor) replace with a new filter, replace sump bung refill with oil, start and check level.

Every second oil change replace the primary and gear box oil. The oil level on the primary can be confusing the first time you do it because the level is set against the side of the clutch basket, its easy to get to because it is behind the derby cover, my bike takes 1000ml in the primary.

I use HD Syn 3 because it can go in all 3 boxes. Otherwise any good quality motor oil in the motor and primary drive, gear oil in the gear box, QED. It takes almost 6 litres of oil in total to do the lot.

[rok-the-boat]

Hahaha...The angle of the pushrods was way too severe, and created way too much load on the rocker gear and the pushrods themselves.

Not that bad really. Evos just keep going and going. They rarely have cam problems and last longer than most Japos.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Not that bad really. Evos just keep going and going. They rarely have cam problems and last longer than most Japos.

Evo's are only ok if left stock. Once modified and revved too hard...they break. They're only an alloy top end on a shovel...which lets be honest..is/was well past it's use by date. Evos broke cases, crank pins, fucked pushrods and rocker gear when modified, and are nowhere near as good as even 70's Japanese engines. Fact.

[scumdog]

Evo's are only ok if left stock. Once modified and revved too hard...they break. They're only an alloy top end on a shovel...which lets be honest..is/was well past it's use by date. Evos broke cases, crank pins, fucked pushrods and rocker gear when modified, and are nowhere near as good as even 70's Japanese engines. Fact.

But unmodified will run forever.