(quoted from post at 07:25:01 01/26/13)
First HD engine I built a 69 FLH a few weeks later one of the rollers went bad on a lifter,,, the worst part was getting the oil pump keys replaced while the engine was still in the bike....
Second engine a 73 super guide,,, somehow the bolts for the stater came loose and ate it up
Down the road I rebuilt one and installed a Andrews A grind cam,,, never could get it to start Andrews had pressed the drive gear on wrong :twisted:
On the 69 somewhere in the early 80"s I got hold of a 80" low-rider engine less the cases and swapped the whole lower end , jugs, head and my old FLH cam into the 69 cases...
I sold my HD scooter shop in the mid 80's to a employee no one had any money,,,, Only the local scooter trash rode'em (that includes me),,,, he was as good as it gets working on them.... Never did I think HD's would ever become a fad and folks with money would have to have one...
I went to Bowling Green KY in 1978 for the big boogie,,, It was the first time I saw Ray Price run his Funny Bike thru the quarter and tote the front wheel off the pavement the whole way....