The HD Is Up And Runnin'!

FINALLY! My Harley is up and runnin'! I'm going though that ever so dull break-in process right now. The urge to twist the wick is greater every day. But to ensure a good, long life motor I gotta take is easy for the first 500 miles, then I can go a little harder for the next 500 then it it's full on. I can't express how good it is to be back on two wheels. Right now all indications are that it will be a real good engine with a shit load of torque. I believe that next spring I'll make a run to the east coast to see the new grand daughter. Right now though, it's slow and easy. A few more miles every day.
Here's all we did to my ride:

• Bore cases to accept bigger jugs taking it to 88 inches



• Install Truett and Osbourne TorqueMonster flywheels connected with S&S shafts



• Recondition the old rods



• Balance and true the rotating assembly



• Take .o45" off the heads resulting in a compression ratio real close to 10:1



• Install 1.6 inch intake valve



• Install heavy weight valve springs by Isky



• Install an Andrews model 59 cam with .560 inch of lift



• Install an Ultima ignition

Machine work was done by Larson Machine...816-877-1909

Parts from Hyatt's Custom Cycle...816-699-2434

Parts and assembly by KC Cycle Service ...816-591-1731

If you are in the Kansas City region and need work done on your scoot give these folks a call.

I Get Along With A Little Help From My Friends

This morning I got all my household work done and got all my errands ran and showed up at the door to KC Cycle Service about 10ish. After a couple parts runs/searches I've got a Harley with a transmission, engine and inner primary installed. F'n AY! This time next week I'll actually be riding this bike. Finally. Parts have been a real bitch. I took the bike apart over a year ago. bagged and label all the parts. Boxed all them up. Then moved...with a lot of help. Somehow, some of the little things have failed to appear when needed. So, I search the new house, the old house and the storage unit. Some times I search every stinkin' dealer and private shop in the KC metro area. But we are seeing real progress now!

On to a different subject. Say, how about that jobs report? A big fat ZERO jobs created coupled with ANOTHER 400,000 new unemployment claims. That makes something like 18 weeks over 400K. And we're just looking a recession? I know a recession isn't figured by jobs but by consecutive poor economic performances. But still..........

HEY! HAPPY LABOR DAY!

News, Views and Stuff

I went to the big Makita clearance sale and found that even at 1/2 price I still couldn't afford a new cordless drill. I know that cordless tools are not necessary but they are sure handy. As the name implies...cordless. You can buy cheaper tools and I looked at some yesterday. I have a cheaper drill that is very powerful and works well but the batteries are short lived and cost more than the drill did when you try to buy replacements. I saw the drill new at Wally World for 69 bucks. To buy a new battery for the one I have it will cost 80 dollars!
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HOLD THE PRESSES! The Chosen One was has been chosen again. He has received a Nobel Peace Prize. For what? When you consider the nominations were conducted when Barry had been in office only 11 day what could he possibly have done? Don't tell me the Nobel organization has been taken under the hope and change spell. I'm starting to think the fix is in. HA HA HA.
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Barry keeps picking some real winners for his cabinet. It has now come out that his Safe Schools Czar is a backer of............NAMBLA! WTF? Now his Muslim Relations Advisor has been on a show in Israel sitting alongside a leader of a group that wants the Western way of life destroyed, endorsing Sharia law. Again, WTF? Can this Administration get any more twisted?
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When 1 in 4 people of the world are Muslim I say "Come on Christians have more babies". We're as guilty as the next as we are a one child family and it's a moot point at this time, but seriously, Christians need to breed like rabbits or we will be a dying breed. Can you believe 1 in 4 over the whole world? I guess when their women are kept in wraps, not allowed to hold a job, rarely go out in public there isn't much to do except have children.
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It rained all freakin' day yesterday and I woke up to sprinkles and drizzle this morning. The forecast calls for rain or even a little snow for Saturday. Am I ever going to get this roof done? Oh well. Take it as it comes I guess.
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I went buy a friends garage yesterday and we got to talking of course about guns and then got around to concealed carry. I got adding up and found I was packing 40 rounds of ammo on me. One 13 round mag in the well and one round in the pipe and two spare 13 round mags. I won. I ask again, what do you carry? Yesterday I was packing the XD45 Tactical 5 inch. How about you?
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