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From: don (Calgary) on 29 Jun 2010 00:20 On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:15:17 -0400, Polarhound <polarhound(a)comcast.net> wrote: >don (Calgary) wrote: > >> On another minor mechanical note, last week, somewhere in Utah, the >> shifter linkage on the RK decided to fall apart. It is kinda >> disconcerting to try to down shift and discover the shift lever is >> flopping around on the floorboard. It was a three wire tie roadside >> fix. Yesterday I picked up a couple of new parts and did the proper >> repair. > >This happened to me once on the heel-toe shifter of the XS... > >.. I limped it in 4th gear to a Rocky's Hardware parking lot, bought a >couple of joints, a piece of threaded rod and a hacksaw, and made a >permanent replacement in about 20 minutes. There has to be a little MacGyver in all of us to keep our rides on the road. I'd be interested in hearing about some of the more innovative repairs the participants on this group have performed on the side of the road, or as in your case in the parking lot of a hardware store, in order to keep their bikes running.
From: The Older Gentleman on 29 Jun 2010 02:13 don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing about some of the more innovative repairs > the participants on this group have performed on the side of the road, Heh. Broken BMW pillion footrest plate and pannier mounts lashed back into place with half a roll of tape and four bungee cords. Lasted for a 500 mile round trip abroad. Broken front brake lever replaced with inverted clutch lever, and got home without a clutch. Many moons ago. Kawasaki exhaust complete fractured through. Yards of heating/ventilating insulated tape and exhaust paste. And wire. Lasted for a 500-mile trip abroad. Generally, though, not many as I tend to keep my bikes very well maintained so breakdowns, over the decades, have been surprisingly few. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: tomorrow on 29 Jun 2010 16:22 On Jun 29, 12:20 am, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:15:17 -0400, Polarhound > > <polarho...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >don (Calgary) wrote: > > >> On another minor mechanical note, last week, somewhere in Utah, the > >> shifter linkage on the RK decided to fall apart. It is kinda > >> disconcerting to try to down shift and discover the shift lever is > >> flopping around on the floorboard. It was a three wire tie roadside > >> fix. Yesterday I picked up a couple of new parts and did the proper > >> repair. > > >This happened to me once on the heel-toe shifter of the XS... > > >.. I limped it in 4th gear to a Rocky's Hardware parking lot, bought a > >couple of joints, a piece of threaded rod and a hacksaw, and made a > >permanent replacement in about 20 minutes. > > There has to be a little MacGyver in all of us to keep our rides on > the road. > > I'd be interested in hearing about some of the more innovative repairs > the participants on this group have performed on the side of the road, > or as in your case in the parking lot of a hardware store, in order to > keep their bikes running. In the case of my failed shift linkage, I used two rubber band type tire plugs to reattach the failed joint and rode the bike some 100 miles out of the Yosemite National Park to Fresno (iirc), where the Fresno HD dealer took me in the next morning and I was on my way in about 45 minutes.
From: Road Glidin' Don on 29 Jun 2010 17:27 On Jun 29, 6:27 am, Odinn <od...(a)atlantabiker.nonet> wrote: > Damn, am I the only Harley rider that is still using the original stock > shifter linkage after 130,000 miles? No issues with mine as of yet. Your time may be coming. Mine lasted until about 130,000 kms before coming apart.
From: Vito on 29 Jun 2010 17:36
tomorrow(a)erols.com wrote: > Washing the bike, especially the engine, is very bad for the stock HD > FLH shift linkage, as it is completely unsealed. Not washing it would > give a better chance of it not failing. > Maybe that's why I have had zero problems with mine in 22 years and a couple hundred thousand miles - mine only gets washed when it gets ridden in the rain. The return spring inside the tranny broke at just over 100K miles but that was good luck - Harley fixed it on warranty and I paid a tad extra to replace any worn parts at the same time. |