The brown truck finally showed up with all my goodies today!
Some of them shown below
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Came today or had sitting patiently at home:
Hammer 1250 kit w/ 30 degree reverse dome pistons
dyna2000i ignition
Impact .560 cams
Oversized valve conversion
Bronze oil pump gear(because when in Rome)
Mikuni HSR42
Bike is a 95 XL883 w/approximately 22k miles stock
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On deck to be ordered(I went well over my initial budget so unfortunately, exhaust and intake have to wait another month):
V&H short shots(was originally going with a defender but I REALLY hate how they look). Found a dyno comparison between the v&h pipes and defender, decided to (for now) sacrifice a bit...for now...because... OMFG I hate how the defender looks(just really not my taste at all)
Undecided on intake right now but I may cap off the other Hammer goodies with an Impact cleaner.
Now a bit of good stuff:
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The only issue I had so far was I was sent the wrong grindlock for the pinion gear. I called Hammer and they shipped out the right one immediately and I'll just send the wrong one back. With a little farm boy ingenuity we fabricated a grindlock of sorts because while I've been practicing patience, dammit I want to ride. It came off no problem and quick work was made of replacing the old oilpump gear.
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I did have to clearance above cam 3 a bit, nothing a dremel and a little bit at a time can't fix(don't know how well it can be seen here)
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I was originally a bit nervous about the cams but lining up the marks turned out to be a no brainer.
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I dropped the lifters back in and by that point, my wife had showed up and was ready for dinner so I cleaned up ever so slightly and we went out.
Wife works late tomorrow so I have a good 5-6 hours between when I get done work and back in the garage and when she is done.
Hoping to get her damn near buttoned up if everything works like it's suppose to.
Some of them shown below
Came today or had sitting patiently at home:
Hammer 1250 kit w/ 30 degree reverse dome pistons
dyna2000i ignition
Impact .560 cams
Oversized valve conversion
Bronze oil pump gear(because when in Rome)
Mikuni HSR42
Bike is a 95 XL883 w/approximately 22k miles stock
On deck to be ordered(I went well over my initial budget so unfortunately, exhaust and intake have to wait another month):
V&H short shots(was originally going with a defender but I REALLY hate how they look). Found a dyno comparison between the v&h pipes and defender, decided to (for now) sacrifice a bit...for now...because... OMFG I hate how the defender looks(just really not my taste at all)
Undecided on intake right now but I may cap off the other Hammer goodies with an Impact cleaner.
Now a bit of good stuff:
The only issue I had so far was I was sent the wrong grindlock for the pinion gear. I called Hammer and they shipped out the right one immediately and I'll just send the wrong one back. With a little farm boy ingenuity we fabricated a grindlock of sorts because while I've been practicing patience, dammit I want to ride. It came off no problem and quick work was made of replacing the old oilpump gear.
I did have to clearance above cam 3 a bit, nothing a dremel and a little bit at a time can't fix(don't know how well it can be seen here)
I was originally a bit nervous about the cams but lining up the marks turned out to be a no brainer.
I dropped the lifters back in and by that point, my wife had showed up and was ready for dinner so I cleaned up ever so slightly and we went out.
Wife works late tomorrow so I have a good 5-6 hours between when I get done work and back in the garage and when she is done.
Hoping to get her damn near buttoned up if everything works like it's suppose to.