I came home this weekend with a barn find I was never looking for. My wife's cousin dropped his Harley in a low speed spill and rode it home unhurt. He had to promise his family he'd never throw his leg over another murdercycle so he parked it in his barn 5 years ago and it hasn't moved.
That's a 2006 Softtail Deuce buried under all that barn dust and sporting a couple of flat tires. I brought it home and did a wash job on it to see what I'm dealing with. A few broken parts: front brakes on the bars, a signal, and a lot of scuffed up shiny stuff from the slide it took but over all not too bad. My plan is to replace all the broken stuff and all the fluids, new tires, new rubber lines, and see how much trouble the fuel system will be on it (it's FI).
After a quick wash:
Nosing around the bike I detected no gas in the tank. Hmmm, maybe 'cuz Angelo drained the gas before he parked it? Well dang, let's put a battery in it, check to make sure it's got enough of that 5 year old oil in it, and shoot a gallon of 100LL avgas in it (aftermarket custom exhaust with no catalysts and no O2 bungs). Son of a gun.....
https://vimeo.com/user5283475/firststart
I can't believe this thing started like it had just been parked yesterday. I took it for a gentle lap around my neighborhood (I'm sure pissing off all my neighbors with that racket) and it idles fine and pulls hard off idle with no apparent fueling problem. OK, maybe this thing won't be an all winter project after all. I'll still do all the fluids, tires, and brakes and just see if I like being an obnoxious Harley d-bag for a little while. You know, a Starbucks bad-to-the-bone poser. The 'cuz did give me all his Harley attire with the bike
After a little more polishing:
That's a 2006 Softtail Deuce buried under all that barn dust and sporting a couple of flat tires. I brought it home and did a wash job on it to see what I'm dealing with. A few broken parts: front brakes on the bars, a signal, and a lot of scuffed up shiny stuff from the slide it took but over all not too bad. My plan is to replace all the broken stuff and all the fluids, new tires, new rubber lines, and see how much trouble the fuel system will be on it (it's FI).
After a quick wash:
Nosing around the bike I detected no gas in the tank. Hmmm, maybe 'cuz Angelo drained the gas before he parked it? Well dang, let's put a battery in it, check to make sure it's got enough of that 5 year old oil in it, and shoot a gallon of 100LL avgas in it (aftermarket custom exhaust with no catalysts and no O2 bungs). Son of a gun.....
https://vimeo.com/user5283475/firststart
I can't believe this thing started like it had just been parked yesterday. I took it for a gentle lap around my neighborhood (I'm sure pissing off all my neighbors with that racket) and it idles fine and pulls hard off idle with no apparent fueling problem. OK, maybe this thing won't be an all winter project after all. I'll still do all the fluids, tires, and brakes and just see if I like being an obnoxious Harley d-bag for a little while. You know, a Starbucks bad-to-the-bone poser. The 'cuz did give me all his Harley attire with the bike
After a little more polishing:
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