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Posted by indue
- June 16, 2019, 16:11:44 PMWell, about 4 weeks ago I sold the Drifter. She was an extremely dependable bike if one keeps up on the maintenance. My back is in not good shape and I just could not ride the bike anymore. Sold her to a very nice fellow about 45 miles north of me. He likes her quite well and had had a 1500 Vulcan in the past so he knew something about the bikes. Meanwhile I have been plugging away on the Harley as it had fueling problems that is, coughing and a flat spot between 2200 and 2800rpm. It is kind of disconcerting to have the bike on the freeway going 60-65 and it coughs like it is going to stall. So, after numerous times of changing jets, cleaning, soaking I just went ahead and bought a new S&S replacement. I still had to change the intermediate jet and up the size due to the ethanol in the fuel. To make a long story short, new tires, new oils throughout, PM 6 piston front caliper, new fork oil, rear rack installed, new battery, removed ape hangers and installed stock bars-whew!-all new cables, new spots and headlamp, new handgrips, new alternator and voltage regulator (American made), LED turn signals and rear taillight and probably some more that I can't remember. If I had taken the bike to Harley to have this done it would have cost a fortune! Now if I could just stopping working on it and go for a long ride...