Am over 6ft and almost the 1inch but shrunk a tad with age, boots can add an inch so am probably still 6ft 1 and was when had my bonnie. Was much more lithe back then and working as a labourer. Bike was a UK spec slab sided ugly fucker, bought a number of Norman Hyde goodys. The tank, the fork brace, the oil cooler, the seat. It came with the twin lockheeds bike was bought from a bloke in Leicester for a grand, a practical classic after passed me test. Had amal mk11/2's fitted to it, back then wanted Nourish heads & alloy nikasil barrels, today would fit a set of Mikuni flat slides too!
You must be wealthy Hagar as harleys were out of my league back then, mate had a coveted FXRS he kept in his front room. Harleys were the bike of dreams when on LSD back in the 80's. Even in my later years Buells namely X1's were about as close to a harley I could afford. My last two fat bobs 96 and 103 were bought on an insurance payout and me old mum passing and a meagre amount of inheritance, though could not afford to keep either of them for any length of time. Only this last bike my Street bob does it look like am able to keep. Bought for cash and hopefully solid employment.
The prob with the M8 it produces too much crankcase pressure, it shows up more on tourers as the oil foams up excessively and cavitates. This can lead to sumping issues. Harley tried to alleviate the issue with a new oil pump that scavenged better. This did not cure the oil foaming/cavitating. Your vented dipstick is an expensive and somewhat messy cure, it also recycles the same goop of oil and condensation as it sits right over the oil tank. Better to just vent the highest point gearbox cover for £20, at that point its attempting to vent the gasses and failing that exit the sump and return to the oil tank, similar to the trask billet top cover, run an inline non return valve. Its a fit and forget item.
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