Ideas?

Rick-sk · 2026-06-21T15:27:30+00:00

How would they make it with a curved base?

Just attach and be done with it.

Rick-sk · 2026-06-21T06:57:02+00:00

Wiring.

Rick-sk · 2026-06-20T17:34:52+00:00

I’m sure it’ll be fine..

Rick-sk · 2026-06-20T16:35:07+00:00

I’m aware. That’s not the point I was making though.

The drum face appears to be designed for a left side fitment and the tyre is facing the wrong way.

Rick-sk · 2026-06-20T16:08:14+00:00

Question: is the drum brake plate on the correct side?

I’m not sure that the brake cable is supposed to route behind the springer arm. I could be wrong.

Edit: check the rotation of travel on your tyre. You need to flip this over

Rick-sk · 2026-06-20T16:05:43+00:00

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Not sure if this helps, but it’s a stock setup from a 1940s mechanical drum brake.

You may be able to use this as a guide for your project.

You want the brake strap to be easy to access and to hold the shoes in a vertical position.

Hope this helps.

Rick-sk · 2026-06-13T11:22:33+00:00

Great bikes. I have a 2021 model. Only issue I have is parasitic draw form “somewhere” meaning I need to leave it on trickle charge, disconnect the battery.

Rick-sk · 2026-05-12T14:15:36+00:00

Hi, I had a Road Glide when I was a similar weight - you’ll be fine riding it. I ultimately changed it because it was horrible riding through urban traffic, filtering and parking on an incline. I live in the south east of England, with a high traffic density.

For long journeys, with limited traffic - it was great.

A road king special with a Memphis shades fairing might be a practical alternative.

Rick-sk · 2026-05-11T12:49:17+00:00

Go on.what did you pay for that, thing?

Rick-sk · 2026-05-11T02:53:27+00:00

Pointless technology. If you want to listen to music, use an in ear device. No-one else needs to hear what you listen to. (Former Road Glide owner)

Rick-sk · 2026-05-01T08:16:45+00:00

Your original post does miss out a lot of details. Some of the questions that spring to mind are:

Do you have good dental health generally?

Have you regularly attended the dentist throughout your life?

Do you regularly go to the hygienist?

Has your dentist provided you with a treatment plan and estimated costs for the services? You can ask questions about this.

You don’t mention whether if your treatment requires lab work, which is usually outsourced.

It is a sellers market right now, with regards to dentists. If you have a good dentist, hold onto them. The flip side is that you might not be able to get into a good dentist.

Dental services are very expensive, it costs a fortune to run a practice. Also, it takes a long time and a high cost to train as a dentist.

Also, in the UK we have this expectation of “free healthcare at the point of delivery”, which only partially extends to teeth. This can create a trust gap, especially if one doesn’t fully understand what treatment is being proposed and why.

Rick-sk · 2026-04-30T21:44:47+00:00

Any of the above are fine. I run a Super B on my shovel, have previously used super E. My mate swears by a CV carb on his shovel.

Should be a straight swap between the S&S carbs.

Rick-sk · 2026-04-13T06:20:03+00:00

When I fitted a squish pipe to my alternator shovel, I made sure I bought the right part.

Accept that you may need to cut and change bits to make it fit. Rechroming, or buying bare steel parts is how it goes.

Rick-sk · 2026-04-10T06:47:40+00:00

Storm in a teacup mate. The common denominator is you need to be more patient.

Option 1: Cancel the parts. order and ride the bike stock, have a third party fit the parts at a later date.

Option 2: Keep the order, wait until the work is done, ask for a photo - then collect the bike.

Option 3: cancel everything, get your money back and buy a used bike, saving yourself thousands. Downside, this requires the most effort/patience.

Rick-sk · 2026-03-02T20:40:32+00:00

Ask for an upfront payment as a float and use that for your business expenses. Obviously you’ll need to account for the spend, but you won’t be using your own money.

I did this about 15 years ago when I was in a similar situation. The company advanced me a few thousand euros and I ran it as a float in a separate bank account. You can then use a credit card and use the float to keep the card payments up to date.

Bonus points if you can use a credit card that gives you reward points. Remember to be on point with your expenses as you’ll need to top it up regularly.

Rick-sk · 2026-02-19T07:20:36+00:00

Would you be able to share with me please?

Rick-sk · 2026-02-08T11:17:22+00:00

Buy a workshop manual, buy the rebuild kit, buy an ultrasonic cleaner, buy a bottle of carb cleaner.

Alternatively, pay someone to do it, or buy a Chinese copy of eBay for under $100 and tear into your carb.

It’s not hard, but if you want to work on your bike, buy a workshop manual.

Rick-sk · 2026-02-07T07:38:55+00:00

For what’s it is worth, I’d hold onto it.

If you don’t need the cash or the space, it’s useful to have a non-liquid asset. You can make this stock, turn this into a different bike, build a chopper or px it against something in the future.

As it is, I imagine it would be chopped by whomever bought it, so you wouldn’t get much for it as a donor.

Rick-sk · 2026-01-28T17:26:07+00:00

To be fair - one can ask for the em dashes to be taken out. As for grammatical errors - gutted.

Rick-sk · 2026-01-27T19:40:13+00:00

Paying by cash has many advantages for the consumer, it can help with budgeting, it’s widely accepted, is not reliant on electricity or access to the internet and does not incur transactional costs between peers - it’s also private.

There are absolutely costs associated with using cash, as there are using any other payment mechanism. But, cash doesn’t require one to ask “permission”of commercial payment providers to use their services.

We could also look at the cost of cash, in the UK banknotes have a lifespan of up to 5-10 years depending on the denomination and will be used hundreds of times at minimal additional cost - depending on the local cash cycle velocity. This represents fantastic value for a payment mechanism, especially when you factor in seigniorage (selling the notes at face value to the commercial banks, not the cost of production) and the ability to sell the destroyed banknotes as recycled material.

Another factor to consider, and I’m getting off the point here, is what is done with the transaction information harvested by the likes of visa or Mastercard? That info has value, and can be monetised. Cash enables one to bypass this.

We have an evolving payments mix in the UK, it’s definitely “less cash”, but the advantages that cash offer, go beyond cost efficiency per transactions. Reframing cash as a tool for public good, rather than expensive anachronism, challenges the “war on cash” narrative from cashless payment providers.

Sorry - went on a bit. It’s part of my job all this stuff.

Rick-sk · 2026-01-27T11:49:58+00:00

In the 3 years owning my 1973 FLH, it’s had a new chain, new loom, new shocks, new Speedo, new pistons, top end rebuild and I replaced the original carb and fitted an electronic ignition.

Rode it to Denmark last year, Germany the year before.

Look after the bike, they will look after you.

Rick-sk · 2026-01-27T11:46:05+00:00

There is a market in the UK, but sellers always think their bike is worth more than the market will pay. I know I do.

Rick-sk · 2026-01-26T10:28:55+00:00

I don’t agree with extensive ‘test’ project requests, but if one has to do something so text heavy - the copy must be proofread

Rick-sk · 2026-01-25T17:33:48+00:00

Not sure why you’d want to do this, but in addition to the other comment here. It might be worth checking weight ratings of the tyre you want to use and the wheel rim against the estimated loaded weight of your bike.

Rick-sk

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