1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

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Gotta relocate the coils, but this tank will be much better.

Thanks Mike.
 
Gonna be honest Hurcster... Im not diggin the easy way out on the tank man... Sporty left the room when you wend DeadTail.

Sorry! :-[
 
Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

Hmmm, figured that one was coming haha nothing is set in stone, but it's an upgrades either way
 
Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

hurco550 said:
Hmmm, figured that one was coming haha nothing is set in stone, but it's an upgrades either way

Youth. Go look at early 60's cars Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Buick and Lincoln think like you need to get too the moon man!

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hurco550 said:
I just like unique stuff. I know what you said about "pay yourself 35 an hour for the time" and I get that, BUT I work on bikes as a hobby. I fabricate as a hobby. I do it for fun and not always to get a huge return. That's just me lol

Gas tanks are not impervious to this statement, are they?
 
Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

DohcBikes said:
Gas tanks are not impervious to this statement, are they?
Ha, yep. Not a sheet metal fabricator, but I guess I could try
 
Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

Got a little turkey day garage time in tonight. I wanna build a springer front end for the bike, but some of ya'lls "voice of reason" has maybe been getting through a bit. Either way, I was looking and measuring and thinking. I procured a 71 (i think) cb350 front wheel recently (thanks cory) I like the mechanical look of the outside levers on the dual leading shoe front drum. I thought maybe i could make it work with the stock hardly forks.
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Not quite, they are just a bit to narrow at the axle clamps to fit the stock axle from the cb350 hub, so i started taking apart the fork tubes. Thats oil on the celing of my garage from taking tubes apart and sqeezing the last bit of oil outta the tubes haha
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I couldnt get the dang bolt out of the bottom, as it just kept spinning the slider inside, i ended up having to ratchet strap the dang fork leg to get enough force on the spring to hold it tight from spinning when trying to loosen it up, but got er eventually
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I had the cb550 front end on the bike (kinda) and realised that they both have 35mm fork tubes. The things that make you go hmm. So, looking at the lowers on the 550, i realized that there was an offset that may be enough to clear the stock 350 axle. I decided to try to put the 550 lowers on the harley tubes. After taking them apart, they were eerily similar inside. Harley tube on top, cb tube on bottom
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With them assebled, there is about a 1/8" gap on each side. Nothing i cant remedy with some time on the old south bend
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Got the front end back on. I like how this makes many things much more simple. I am planning on lacing up the rear rim to the front hub. They are both 18", but the rear rim is wider by about 3/4". I will internally lower the front end a little bit more, but this option would keep me from having to machine new triples and also allow me to run a front drum. Nothing like a true Honda/Harley bastard compilation =)
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Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

hurco550 said:
Got a little turkey day garage time in tonight. I wanna build a springer front end for the bike, but some of ya'lls "voice of reason" has maybe been getting through a bit. Either way, I was looking and measuring and thinking. I procured a 71 (i think) cb350 front wheel recently (thanks cory) I like the mechanical look of the outside levers on the dual leading shoe front drum. I thought maybe i could make it work with the stock hardly forks.

I am amazed at the similarities you are running into. Just in case you have to get parts, that CB350 is (was?) a '72. Agree w/ you, the mechanical look of the drum brake is nice.
 
Re: 1973 ironhead 1000. "the dark side" dead tail

VonYinzer said:
Isn't that drum just a cb350 unit? If so, I think I have one you can have for shipping.
The one I have is. Hook ol ernskie up
 
Both forks are made by Showa, but I had no idea they were that close. Nice job on making do with what you have. I personally feel any Honda twin leading shoe brake is superior to the first generation of Harley disk brakes. When I build up the 73 basket, I planned on using a Honda CL77 305 scrambler front wheel. I was thinking I would need a new axle. Now I'll just zap on a spare set of Honda 750 lowers and use a Honda axle. Thanks for doing the R&D!!!!
 
Erskine said:
Wonder what it would cost to the UK? Not so many over here any more :(

Probably about $40. Shoot me a PM if you want me to dig around for it so we don't clog up the thread any more.
 
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