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1990 Harley XL1200

Started by _judgelj_ , Dec 06 2013 10:48 PM

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#201 Rockoz

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Posted 15 February 2014 - 12:38 PM

Interesting comments on the riding gear.

Heard about a study done for I think ACT Police on riders clothing.

Apart from the leather jacket, everything the cops wear has a durability in a slide on the road of less than 1 sec.

And during good weather most cops dont wear the leather jacket.

Just some observations locally.

Standard riding attire for Jap bikes is thongs shorts and singlets. Only ones wearing jackets long pants seem to be tourers.

Standard riding attire for Harleys is jeans (perhaps kevlar. prob not) Shoes or boots and long sleeves on the arms.

There are the odd Harley riders in shorts and short sleeve shirts

Open face helmets pretty much exclusive on Harleys, but occassional Harley with full face.

I have open and full face helmets and prefer open face. The bluntness and lack of aerodynamics is better to me than my head being moved around by the full face. On long trips the full face comes along for rainy times. Rain is a bugger with the open face because of the pain but mainly not being able to see properly.

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#202 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 15 February 2014 - 06:47 PM

Sorry Dave about the sterotype bit..... yeah i guess i was having a bit of a dig, but more so about most of my friends, and not you guys on here.....and your right, it should always be a matter of choice, what you ride and what you wear....... cheers mate..

I know we've steered this a bit off track....... but i did find this because of the discussion ..... makes pretty interesting reading... but the pure fun, way out ways the risk..... I think :spoton: anyway check this link out...

http://www.carrsq.qu...e_safety_fs.pdf

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#203 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 15 February 2014 - 07:06 PM

I agree mate, its all good fun, sorry if my comment this morning was a bit harsh.

At the end of the day if we were all the same the world would be boring, perhaps, i like to think that if we were all the same we would al lhave a fascination with GM supercharged 202's running mechanical injection and methanol, and as such there all legal and we all drive them, that would be cool.....

Cheers.

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#204 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 06:40 PM

You's might enjoy this I did............ se everything is dangerous........ if you do it right :spoton:

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#205 _judgelj_

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 09:33 PM

Wow, thats some, interesting music. Anyone pop mono's on the old HD?

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#206 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 05:23 AM

Wow, thats some, interesting music. Anyone pop mono's on the old HD?

Mine used to, mainly due to poor set up. Big cube engine with fork legs a tad too long and it was actually hard to keep it down.
One of my other ones came up about 6-8 inches and would hold it through power from first through to third. Made people's jaw drop when taking off from the lights.
Also had a mate that could stand his Dyna up no problem! Again big cubes

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#207 _judgelj_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 01:02 PM

Grant, i watched a video of two massively obese blokes popping a wheelie on some ultraglide/roadking looking thing. Wow that was interesting. Also, i wanted to ask you if you had any SE or similar brand exposed conical air intakes that i could get you to get some measurements from? Thanks mate

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#208 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 01:14 PM

...two massively obese blokes

Hmmmmmm....

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#209 _judgelj_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 01:35 PM

Poor fork seals :(

Edited by judgelj, 17 February 2014 - 01:36 PM.

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#210 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 07:48 PM

Isnt that your average American?

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#211 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 08:03 PM

Another of my mates bikes............ would look sweet all done up................

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#212 _judgelj_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 08:26 PM

I saw one of those on an 'american restorations' show. Would be a cool kit, any idea on the vintage?

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#213 _ChaosWeaver_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 08:47 PM

no I'm not sure, but i would guess the 70's ...........

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#214 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 09:24 PM

No idea on vintage, but I want one!

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#215 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 09:27 PM

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Is this the style you are thinking of?

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#216 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 09:49 PM

Whimmer........Ugly as

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#217 _judgelj_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 10:21 PM

Yeah grant but mine will be the type you dont use as a joust, lol. Is that a K&N filter underneath? I wanted to know what diameter pipe i need to weld up and lengths. Also have to work out a flange as the one i have is plastic.

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#218 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 10:35 PM

This is a bike I'm working on at the moment. He got defected for the sharp petrusions. His hand and foot controls were points also. Oh well, each to their own I guess.

I have made my own before. Measure the throat on your carby. You need to buy a mandrel bend with that inside diameter at the least. Then weld a ring onto it to mount it. Need to be careful though cause some/most of the time the original air cleaner holds the carby in place. Carby to manifold is only a rubber ring.
Anyway, then you go to Autobarn or even Supercheap, and buy a K and N filter to suit. Then you need to connect the breathers to the intake pipe, Orr buy the little filters that hang down like the ones in the photo above.
I will get some photos to explain myself properly tomorrow.

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#219 _judgelj_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 06:18 AM

No that made perfect sense. I need a mandrel bend which is the id of the throat. Then I can obviously cut to length. The thing is, will the thread diameter be close to what I'd find off the shelf in k&n? Are the filters small enough because every other brand is the large pod type.

As for the mounting you are right, perhaps it won't work after all? At least not without compromising looks?

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#220 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 06:16 PM

You can all different sizes of K and N filter. Go to their web site and check them out.
Photos later for mounts and brackets

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#221 _judgelj_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 08:03 PM

Oh I can see how that flange has carb mount brackets built onto it, that's clever..

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#222 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 09:25 PM

From these pics you will get the idea. Head breathers, carby bracket and air cleaner.
Any question just yell out.

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#223 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 09:43 PM

THat looks much better than a whimmer.

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#224 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 18 February 2014 - 10:01 PM

I agree. This filter is in need of changing but that's not why I've got it. I built the bike back in 2007, sold it in 2008 and it's still in my name. It's back to be made roadworthy and get it into his name. Almost done.
Gave me some grief tough. The ignition gave up so I had no spark. It took me a while to diagnose cause it would give spark intermittently, no fun to be had there. He also thought its good idea to cut the wires to the speedo and remove it completely. Left live wires cut and going to nowhere. What I nightmare.
Oh well, almost finished now anyway