Bike is finished

[Schoner Tod]

Originally Posted by Jeffytune

Yes, blue is faster.

It look wonderful, you should get top dollar when you trade it in on your new Harley.

you know what im almost there damn it i swear my bike has a ****ing curse. I took it out to redding today to do a ride with my inlaws. All behold i try to pass someone and my clutch starts slipping like bad. It will hold as long as im nice to it but if i try to get on the throttle it just lets go. You can hear it the motor lug down like its trying to keep grip but it just cant stick.

[Jeffytune]

Originally Posted by Schoner Tod

you know what im almost there damn it i swear my bike has a ****ing curse. I took it out to redding today to do a ride with my inlaws. All behold i try to pass someone and my clutch starts slipping like bad. It will hold as long as im nice to it but if i try to get on the throttle it just lets go. You can hear it the motor lug down like its trying to keep grip but it just cant stick.

Tod, I was at my dealer today and Harley has a deal that (And it is until 4-2010) they are giving 500 over the trade in value of your motorcycle, but it has to be a Non-Harley bike that you are trading in.

Sounds to me the time is right to get that Dyna............

[Schoner Tod]

Originally Posted by Jeffytune

Tod, I was at my dealer today and Harley has a deal that (And it is until 4-2010) they are giving 500 over the trade in value of your motorcycle, but it has to be a Non-Harley bike that you are trading in.

Sounds to me the time is right to get that Dyna............

hell the last time i heard about that deal it was 1k over trade in

[Jeffytune]

The way Harley is hurting for sales, I bet they will give away the farm to get you on a bike.




Good for you, sure beats the 4K over MSRP of ten years back.

[Schoner Tod]

Ya trading up sounds all nice and stuff but i like having no payments right now other then just rent and the normal bills plus if i were to get a harley now my wife would say no to me when it comes time to picking up my grandpas bike.

[Jeffytune]

All kidding aside (And I hope you know I was only kidding you about your bike, it really does look great) The first thing to do is find out just what is wrong. When a clutch is going out, the engine under load will freewheel (The RPM's will rev up) but the bike will no speed up. Going up a hill or trying to pass it will rev but not speed up.

You are saying the engine "Lugs down" and that don't sound like a clutch, more like a misfire.

Either way, finding out what it needs, how much to fix it and all may help you decide if it is best to trade and get a new bike that has a warranty or not.

[Jeffytune]

I don't think a Super glide falls into the grampa bike category, many guys in the 20's and 30's ride this bike.

[Schoner Tod]

first off i wasnt calling harleys a grandpas bike i was saying when i go to get "MY grandpas bike" its a shovelhead she will not let me spend the money needed to get it going if im trying to make the payments on a harley right now.

Now about my clutch the motor doesnt lug down you can just hear that its not completly catching meaning its like half and half. like if i pull in the clutch and rev it revs up fast put when its slipping you can hear that its not fully failing. understand what i mean.

[Jeffytune]

Ok, I misread my bad.

Shovel are cool, but being an antique as they are, they can be a 1/4 fix 3/4 ride bike.

I use one, even a EVO powered one is a more reliable one.

Hang on a minute, be right back.

[Jeffytune]

Okay, look on e-bay there is a California bike a 2006 35th ann superglide with no reserve under 3K right now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-...item3eff219768

That one would be cool.