[jerry]

2 forward 4 backwards is similar to my mate Petes mega HD 1976 superglide project , he has built 26 classy HD bikes over last 40 years and fixed dozens of other classic HDs so he know a thing or 2 ,, but this Superglide is being a real pigheaded hassle its his Magnum Opus and he has thrown every thing he ever dreamed of in a bike at it it looks gorgeous and really trick,,, BUT we are having nighmares with it ,, its in my workshop which Pete now shares,, im happy as he has shedloads of tools and gear lathes, welders ,and so much more ,and we have been mates since school ,, but the bike is pissing us off we got its started and it ran well for 10 miles then it destroyed its pistons ,, seem the carb was wrong spec its a lectron ,, they sent us a replacement they are a £600 a shot and we rebored the barrels with another set of wiseco pistons but we also noticed the oil pump pressure light wont go out now ,, it did before ,,, ??????? also its a bitch to start on the kicker ,, pete does not like electric starters on HDs even though he is virtually chair bound!!!! and i cant kick it over cos im an old git ,,and it has a magneto which is a morris rare earth magneto and lobs out fat sparks but we are reticent to start it anyway on the rolling road or down the hill until we cn be sure the damn oil pump is feeding and returning propely and sending oil to the heads ,, its going to the crank ??????

Pete has built some very nice specials over the years ,, his last bike was a HD magnum which is a iron sportster heads barrels and head on a old wlc 750cc 45 flathead bottom end makeit 1000cc

fitted with a quaife norton 5 speed box it could hit 130mph instead of 65mph that the old 3 speed flathead was limited to,, he also fitted a Nitros oxide kit which was a total loony idea ut it worked a charm and freaked a lot of Ducati and big jap bike people out it was also a hard tail ..ouch

he know his stuff also fixes old norton commandos ,and Kwak engines , but this present project is proving for what is a 80% standard bike to be a totall brain F**XKKS

jsut goes to show nothing is simple even old HDs



seems ther were 22 different possible types of oil pumps and no HD guru even the old timers in USA is clear on which one is correct ,, even Pete who has rebuilt Shovels, pans ,knuckles and flatheads of every type ,, he hates any HD made after 1984 evo, and twin cams and latest Big 8s etc ha ha ,, although he loves Kwak Zeds and ZZrs and he like ducatis although none are big enough for him at 35 stone ,,,,,,

we are tearing our hair out as money or technical ingenuity is no object yet the bike just refuses to co-operate ,, ha ha