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[Twolanerider]

Finished the winter upgrade projects on the red SERG a few weeks ago.  Chatting with a site member buddy on the phone earlier and when winter bike projects came up I got to be all puffed and happy proclaiming my tasks already done.  Then my bubble got burst with a "where's the pictures?" request.

It's tough to be reminded that you've not been narcissistic enough to parade your upgrades.  So, here goes.  I think I've caught it all.  Several pics before it's all done.  If I think of anything not shown will be a show-off more later.



A few months back lucked on to a $900 eBay score for a brand new in the sealed box SE six speed gear set.  Part of the winter project was the installation.  This was a good thing as the big hole in the bike was beginning to worry me.

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Also didn't like the old rubber vent line.

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New transmission guts, new braided line and new "Diamondback" clutch cable all are just so much better.

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Also never liked the U-Turn style rubber transmission vent hose.  Little stubby hose with a chrome vented cap that's been in a drawer here for who knows how long is another little improvement.

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Better view of the new clutch cable.  Nicely polished end fittings rather than the old normal ugly stock pieces.

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The Diamondback cable is also a signficant improvement over the original where the adjustment bits are concerned.  No more rubber boot.  Billet housing that slides over the adjusting hardware.  This is all you see now.

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Automatic chain adjuster while it was all apart.

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Accel used to make chrome voltage regulators for these old bikes.  Not been current production for several years now apparently.  Harley only offered chrome regulator covers if memory serves me correctly.

Found one of the old Accel regulators in stock at Eastern Performance a few months ago.  Half off to clear out the old inventory .  May be the last one in the country.

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And it works too!

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Purely as a preventative repair (and because I just wanted to) the primary winter chore was always to be installation of gear drive cams to lose the tensioners.  So Feuling pump and plate and Dave Mackie 510 cams.

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Pretty .  New lifters are in there somewhere too.  At least I hope I didn't leave them out.  Pushrods were the Zippers adjustables that were also left overs from the SEEG.  They were left over from that job because... well....  I lost the damn things and couldn't find them during reassembly.  So this was a good place to use them up.  They're not "quick install" type adjustables.  But they are good heavy pushrods.

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This the OE inner.  It was the worst but as can seen here wasn't at all bad yet.  Now will never have to worry about it again though.

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OE oil pump looked surprisingly good for 20-some K miles too.  Barely even the normal scoring from regular service. 

In fact all the internals were very good.  .0005 and .001 runout on the two ends of the crank.  All in all a nice looking motor.

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Had these Doherty breathers left over from the SEEG.  They're a test use here.  They didn't help at all in that motor.  If their's no puking here they'll stay.  If I start seeing a little puking will change back to the stock vents.

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Also a hand me down from the SEEG is the billet ball milled rocker boxes.  I like these a lot.  Completed the set with the lifter blocks and matching pushrod tubes.  In combination this is to me a large improvement over the more plain stock pieces.