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Posted by BrianNZ on September 18, 2008, 3:51 pm
Road Glidin' Don wrote:
>> Road Glidin' Don wrote:
>
>>> In fact, I should be in the garage working on my Street Bob right
>>> now. I was misbehaving on the weekend. I think I toasted the clutch
>>> doing burn-outs.
>>> When I told my wife how much a new clutch pack will set us back, she
>>> was pretty mad. Got much more quiet the next day when she came home
>>> on her Sportster with a $110 speeding ticket though...
>> LOL.....that evened the score nicely. Good to see you are both still
>> having fun!
>
> As it turned out, it's worked out even better. Last night, after
> posting that, I adjusted the clutch and... voila! It works just fine
> now. I probably burned some of friction plate material away, but not
> all apparently.
>
> Doesn't seem to have warped the plates either. I was a little
> concerned after limping the bike home on Sunday night and removing the
> clutch cover for a look-see. Man, that primary was hot. And stinky
> too. Think I'd better at least change the primary fluid.
>
> But now I can rag on the missus for speeding, without fear of
> consequences and that's what's most important! ;)
>
>
>
Brilliant! Glad the clutch was a free-be (for now). Burnouts please
everyone from kids to grannies, so congratulations for doing your
community a service.......and who would have thought a Harley would go
fast enough to get a ticket! :)
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