Todays update from Bodgers Lodge

Welcome to the forum Debs,

Yellow to match the Rutan?

Neil

Tsk tsk. The hyphen is standard equipment on Harley-Davidson.

Goodness sake back off John, the last thing we need a flood of more cheap Iron from scrapped Harleys.

:0)

Martin

I thoughtthat was BMWs with their self-destructing bevel drives and gear boxes?

Not to worry. No iron on the modern Harleys.

Ah! but did they ride, or were they pushed!

Regards Nick.

Surely 'modern' and 'harley'; constitutes an oxymoron

No an Oxymoron is an idiot welder, ask Neil

I don't think Harleys are about motorcycling, they are for weekend warriors with "righteous bro" pretensions.

just my opinion!

Mike

aka Village People bikes.

I'll have you know my brother has a Harley........................................and you are SPOT ON!

I will also confirm what JS already knows, the build quality is abysmal, all the "chrome" embellishments are plastic, and it had both mudguards perforated by rust at only 5 years old(and I mean like lacework) because (GET THIS) there is no paint inside the mudguard, it is bare steel (I use the word steel in it's loosest sense) Rear seat held on by an aluminium D nut with a steel bolt in it, through a hole in the mudguard. You really have to experience how bad they are to believe it. Needles to say he hasn't ridden it for a couple of years, it sits in his workshop partly in bits.!

I stick with my 1942, 1977 and 1995 models. Never any trouble with any of them. Rode the '77 on a 6,000 mile cross-country trip in 2008 and it never missed a beat. I've owned it since new and it's never let me down. I can't speak for the new ones though. Most of the spare parts and accessories are labelled Made in China so they are not "real" Harleys.

Edited By Hopper on 11/11/2015 02:53:13

Edited By Hopper on 11/11/2015 03:02:40

>>Rode the '77 on a 6,000 mile cross-country trip in 2008 and it never missed a beat.<<

Went down the shop then?

Looks like we now have two motorcycle threads , can I suggest anymore aboput bikes is posted in the other thread to keep this one about bodging.

J

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Trouble is, Jason ... 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' is perhaps the ultimate philosophical study of bodging.

MichaelG.

Well I suppose Hopper's 'hybrid Harleys' raise a question about authenticity...

Neil

A couple of blokes came to buy some bits off me- they both had Harleys, full dress I believe it's called. I said " Hello, didn't know there was a ploughing match " they were not amused, no sense of humour. Back on topic- Zen and the art..... is not about bodging, it's about sensible stuff such as cutting shims from coke cans.I was just surprised the man did not know about these things before.

Switch to bike thread for further discussion.

Thought this one was interesting because of the amount or wear on the steel rotor but the resin pulley got off quite lightly.

The rotor was nearly a 'D' shape and the bit on the pulley is what is left of a 6mm square key, that rolled over it's neatly 8mm in one direction but the soft pulley although worm and bell mouthed has come off very well compared.

So bit of weld and whilst it's drying knock a top hatted sleeve up and press and screw into the pulley hub.

Final turn down, polish a keyway and jobs a good un.