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Retread Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 371	Busted and pissed 08/18/12 at 17:19:00 Well decided to do an old Sportster this year (will take all year on this one!), so I got myself a 78 Ironhead basketcase (I know better).. Well, I'm $1300 in the bike itself, now $1800 into the engine alone... Somebody kick me........ Coming together.. Should have just shot myself in the foot....
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 19186 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #1 - 08/18/12 at 18:14:53 You did...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 13810 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #2 - 08/18/12 at 18:16:38 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/18/12 at 18:14:53: You did... ... oh, yeah boy... ...
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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 682 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #3 - 08/18/12 at 19:19:35 Two spark plugs is wasteful spending....and it still won't run away from a well tuned 650 single!
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1676 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #4 - 08/18/12 at 20:37:24 Looks to me like a serious case of self-flagellation.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 19186 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #5 - 08/18/12 at 20:50:50 Whats it worth running?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 13810 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #6 - 08/18/12 at 22:11:19 If it's anything like my 69' Mustang,... about 1/3 of what you put in it... ... not counting 1,000 hours labour... ... I still kick myself over that one...
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Re: Busted and pissed
Reply #7 - 08/18/12 at 22:40:32

I put in a Andrews PB cam, bored .20 over, some 10:1 pistons, head work, and it has a S&S carb.. Going to do some custom work on the exhaust, and of course rewire, paint, ect, ect... Might get 3-4K if I find somebody who wants a loud, obnoxious, barhopper, kinda like me without the barhoppin... Grin

I'll keep you guys in the loop if you want..

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 19186 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #8 - 08/18/12 at 22:45:56 I want,, Rowboat,, Ouch,, sorry to hear that
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1699 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #9 - 08/20/12 at 09:50:46 That countershaft sprocket sure is impressive.....my trials bike has a 9 tooth countershaft sprocket on it!
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6971 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #10 - 08/20/12 at 12:29:44 I hope it's a labor of love.
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Re: Busted and pissed
Reply #11 - 08/20/12 at 14:39:26

So just how much bad karma ARE you trying to make up for anyway? I thought my HD project was a nightmare... oh yeah, that's why I left it behind when I moved... Grin

Just f'n with ya, at least it's an Ironhead, and not a 79 (lots of one year only parts) or an Evo version...

My 57 Pan was going to need over $28K worth of parts alone to get it back on the road the right way.

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Retread Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 371	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #12 - 08/20/12 at 15:27:36 The one good thing is I could make more parting it all out than I have in it... Its always a labor of love as long as it has two wheels...
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Nutters YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9 Ft. Worth, TX Gender:	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #13 - 08/22/12 at 07:27:55 But isn't Harley the best? (crickets chirping) That's what all Harley riders tell me, until the get older and can afford a goldwing.
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Retread Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 371	Re: Busted and pissed Reply #14 - 08/22/12 at 07:41:31 Harley Davidson- Making riders into mechanics one bike at a time...
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