For anybody with a big twin Evo. Here’s my experience. my Dynatek ignition had some burnt wires from the exhaust. I watched this video and switched to a point system off my buddies shovel head build. I chose points because I thought if I was ever riding, I could always get spare parts from a friend from a garage and I like the old school simplicity of it. But my bike started running shitty I was always working on the carb, adjusting the push rods trying to figure things out and it was always the points. The gap, the timing, it getting wet parts, coming lose. I got tired of it after six months. I just ordered a ultima full ignition system for 200 bucks on Amazon with wires, coil, plug wires and it came in two days. I installed it in one hour. I started my bike and it runs perfectly. What I thought was a carburetor issue was instantly . It hasn’t run this good months. Keep in mind this is for 100 cubic inch big twin Evo with the Mikuni HSR carb. Points may be better on some bikes but for me and my direct experience this ultima system is simple. Worst case scenario it’s two days out on Amazon and a lot of shops have some old dynatek units kicking around for 100 bucks. Now I keep my old point system with an extra coil in my bag, just in case my electronic ignition short out or burn a wire . Just a little insight from my own recent journey . Oh yeah, in the shop charged me $900 to install the points system parts included . Later, I found out you can order a whole system for 50 bucks on Amazon and an of hour labor. So basically I paid $950 an hour for that job. Olive Street Customs Ventura. 👏
I have a2003 H D 100th year an.wich one do i need my electronic ignit.module is bad i think want togo around that it about 400 hundred dollars i dont have i dont know what to get can u help go cheap.
Appreciate your wise words. I will be starting on a jap bike and will learn how to build a chopper out of it. Choppertown: the sinners got me hooked, than this movie the bikeriders comes out and i have no choice but to spend all my waking hours on two wheels. 😂 seriously i appreciate your channel.
Every time i go to try and sort out wiring. I have a issue, original wireing and bullet connectors are a larger guage than wires etc that come with new hand controls . Shud id change small connectors to fit original loom .will i blow fuses or melt wires . ????? . Cheers , thanks.
Guess how you figured this stuff out if you're my age. Pre- internet. You Used to have to earn your stripes, Like a mountain man surviving the winter or a cowboy on the trail.
The clamp system from AMF is far superior to the "floating flange" system on my 93 Sportster. Harley-Davidson demonstrated how to fix something until it is broke. I've tried to stop this intake leak for over 10 years now, IT'S A F***ED UP DESIGN!! 3 new manifolds, countless gaskets, new engine, NO AVAIL! Makes me ashamed to own one. and I'm on piece of junk Harley #3
This is a VERY, VERY good tutorial. One question - with a kick start, is the battery really required ?? What is the advantage of having the battery for kick start ??
Yes, the battery is still required. The advantage of having a kickstart is when your voltage drops low enough for your starter to not work properly. You are not dead in the water. Also getting rid of all the wiring and other unnecessary components cut down on possibility of that stuff going wrong on the road.
The best way I found to check for intake leaks was to remove the carb, which if you are considering re-jetting to solve a problem, you will likely need to do anyway and there is no need to go to re-jetting if you have intake leaks. After removing the carb, I made a piece out of PVC plumbing pipe and a brass air fitting, so I could introduce a few pounds of air into the manifold with a compressor. Electrical tape worked well to make up for a difference in diameter. An automotive hose clamp held it on well. With a few pounds of air going in and spraying soapy water on the manifold, the leaks, if any, will become readily apparent. I'm going to try to take some narrow strips of Grace Ice and Water shield (a roofing product) to use as a tape to go around the flanges and joints in the manifold. I believe it's worth a try. Along the edge of the roll was a thin, narrow strip of the rubber like adhesive and it really sticks. I believe I should give that a try and work it in with the back side of some curved picks I have, where the flanges meet the heads. Today I tried using that red "Hi-Tack" and it worked for about an afternoon, but then it began popping again. I had been riding with no pops not even on deceleration. Jetting was perfect with a #48 and 185, and the '88 Sportster needle a lot of people like. It was perfect, and I got the best gas mileage ever, 50 +. What a happy motor it was. So it's fixing air leaks for me, tomorrow. I will find a way, without removing and depending on their rubber seals only. I know there is something better for me, so I'm looking for it. I put a vacuum hose into the manifold after I applied the Hi-Tack, to pull it into whatever spaces and cracks there may have been, but I don't think the Hi-Tack was actually durable enough, though it can set up quite thick in time, so it's on to something else.
The Dyna S is just a "pick up"style of non points and no moving parts other then a magnet that is screwed into cam alo g with the advance weight. Don't know of an easier, simple set up!
It depends on what ignition you are using. If it’s an aftermarket ignition it gives you the option to turn voes on or off. If running stock ignition you need to run voes.
So two weeks ago I shorted something while screwing wires into my ignition with the battery connected because I’m a motor. The wire lit the insulation and my garage instantly filled with white smoke. When it was all said and done, no real damage. Now I’m here
I've owned a 70 Shovelhead and a 1988 1200 sportster and the Sportster was quicker, faster (there is a difference) and more reliable. I've also known people that owned Sportsters that were some of the most dangerous people I've ever known. "Never insult a man or the horse he rode in on, you never know what road he just pulled off of."
I would like your opinion on building a 88 evo softail into a chopper. I'm really thinking about converting to kickstart but have been told that it is not a good idea.
There’s a bunch of aftermarket kickstart systems for the twin cam that are very simple and retain your electric start… so I have no clue why they would say that .
