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Wonderful Harleys
By: Max Headroom Date: November 12, 2018, 8:28 am
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OK, I'm lying :)
Been doing some work on the Harley prior to starting my strip
down of the MT. It was supposed to be an easy job of putting on
LED indicators and a few other bits and bats.......what a
nightmare! They seem to have a one size fits all policy, even
with the wiring harness, there's slack lengths of cable tucked
all over the place and tie-wraps abound, I thought someone had
been messing with the bike until I saw photo's of others. Relays
are just shoved in behind the battery cos their clips don't
work. Just about every part is made of steel or cast iron, and
whilst you might think great solid, it's ridiculous I'm sure you
could cut the weight by half using quality plastics or aluminium
which would cut the 0-60 time in half.
Anyway just wanted to have a bitch and whinge, still love the
bike but I'm looking forward to getting back to working on the
MT.
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Re: Wonderful Harleys
By: gorilla Date: November 12, 2018, 11:26 am
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What's the plan for the MT ???
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Re: Wonderful Harleys
By: Max Headroom Date: November 13, 2018, 5:04 am
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Changes on the MT are going to be front end/headlight set up,
never been totally happy with the MT 03 unit and I've come up
with something more radical that will blunt the front end a bit
more making it look shorter and more compact. I'm also redoing
the electrics and creating an airbox rooting to the new intake,
with luck it will also include fan driven induction for fun.
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Re: Wonderful Harleys
By: Nikk Date: November 15, 2018, 2:15 pm
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It's a good job you don't have a busy job that takes you away
from the garage, eh Max? ;D
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Re: Wonderful Harleys
By: TimR Date: November 16, 2018, 3:35 am
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Hee hee...Yamaha stuffed the MT to bursting too !
My Husqvarna Nuda is a PITA to work on. Its so ridiculously
annoying that the seat, exhaust, rear subframe and electrics all
have to be removed to get at anything under the fuel tank ! :-\
Designers...meh.
I think it's often an assembly line thing, it certainly is
with the automobiles of today. They are sequential in their
assembly- there's no reverse engineering them - why would you
want to do that, sir ?
Then there's the whole they "dont want you touching the
things" in case you fix it...!
;D
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Re: Wonderful Harleys
By: Max Headroom Date: November 19, 2018, 2:33 am
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You're right on both counts, just look at the number of onetime
fasteners. A probably unique problem with Harley, is they
started with a design or 2 back in 1903 and have ever since just
added bits and crammed them into the same frame. Their biggest
change on the softail is the rear suspension and it's not as
good as the original! They should have just copied the MT to see
how to do it right :)
This rant is after a weekend of disassembling practically the
whole back end to fit a number plate bracket!
And, cheers Nikk, life of Riley round here mate :)
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