Any BD with no problems!
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When I bought my Ironhorse it was 6 years old and had 50 miles on it. Before I ever thought of firing it up I went through the entire bike, pulled off the primary and cleaned everything with parts cleaner, disassembled the trans and cleaned, removed the oil tank and cleaned any remenants out of it. May not have been necessary to the extent I went to, but I did find water in all areas, not a lot, but condensation buildup from over the years. I also removed all fuel lines to inspect them, all were in horrid shape, dry cracked, and would have leaked for sure. Rebuilt the carb, all o rings and diaphragm were dry cracked, and bowl was filled with crud. My long winded point being, just because my bike was "brand new" it was far from road ready condition. If purchasing a low mileage bike, do your due diligence and see what it looks like inside as sitting idle for years on end can be detrimental if not addressed..
I'm sure you came across similar "aging" issues on yours Kim, glad it's all taken care of. Just wanted to put it out there for others to keep in mind if purchasing older "brand new" bikes..
bigkelk9
Well-Known Member
I agree totally, I bought my k9 from the original owner with 3200 miles on it and it was about 8yrs old.. a week after the coil went out and I looked at it and it was pretty corroded inside and out.. did a tear down on mine as well and rewired the bike and got rid of any future headaches by getting rid of the EHC and so on. Point being, the bike sat in a shop that the owner owned for all this time with minimal riding and I live in the salt air and it did a number.. so can always count on low milage, but I'm happy to say I don't have a problem child bdm!!When I bought my Ironhorse it was 6 years old and had 50 miles on it. Before I ever thought of firing it up I went through the entire bike, pulled off the primary and cleaned everything with parts cleaner, disassembled the trans and cleaned, removed the oil tank and cleaned any remenants out of it. May not have been necessary to the extent I went to, but I did find water in all areas, not a lot, but condensation buildup from over the years. I also removed all fuel lines to inspect them, all were in horrid shape, dry cracked, and would have leaked for sure. Rebuilt the carb, all o rings and diaphragm were dry cracked, and bowl was filled with crud. My long winded point being, just because my bike was "brand new" it was far from road ready condition. If purchasing a low mileage bike, do your due diligence and see what it looks like inside as sitting idle for years on end can be detrimental if not addressed..
I'm sure you came across similar "aging" issues on yours Kim, glad it's all taken care of. Just wanted to put it out there for others to keep in mind if purchasing older "brand new" bikes..
cdogg556
Guru
Bought my 09 Mastiff with 10,500 mi. from a dealer in Texas, first thing the battery was fried when it got here, then it blew a base gasket, then a head gasket due to improper torquing, then the VR burned up, then the dreaded electrical gremlins started, and installed a 585 cam at 14,000 mi, I have 20,000 on it now, and just recently had a hairline crack in my oil tank I had to have welded up, when I bought the bike I was fully aware that I'd be working on it, it's just part of owning a bike, in my opinion they are basically hot rods that need attention regularly.
bigkelk9
Well-Known Member
True story, but I got rid of my Nova. Few years ago because I'd take it out on the weekend after having it sit for a week's and spring a leak or something would give and this was basically a new car.. got done with having to constantly dump money in her so when I got the k9 after years of research and a hard year of research prior to my purchase opted to avoid future headaches by getting rid of the brains of operation headache.. lol.. but yeah these are great machines and do require a lot of love!
blacktopper
Active Member
2016 K9 with 12,378 miles adjusted the left hand mirror
BWG56
Guru
Ricky Massey
Member
Only problem with mine was battery from age
Ricky Massey
Member
I shouldn't of said anything, walked into work this morning and my rear brake master cylinder is leaking at the pushrod bore
blacktopper
Active Member
Matt has been so good to work with I didn't have the balls to ask. I just sucked it up and tightened the bolts on the back myself.Was it covered under warranty?
WU5C
Bad Dog
2006 Mastiff with 6,857 miles. Second owner, first one only put 1,230 miles on it, he said that it was too much bike for him. All Ive done to mine is tires, Plugs every 2500 miles, regular oil and filter change. Runs like a top. Love the ride Love the looks. Put old school and new school flames last winter. I did change out exhaust this year to stock as I think they look much better than the Vance & Hines. Which drug every time I turned right. Looked shitty at the tail end of the pipes. I'm 72 pushing 73 and I don't like to ride in the rain. Too hard to smile with rain hitting you full bore.
Good to hear all the positive Big Dog experiences
WU5C, Nice rides, got better pics of both?
blacktopper
Active Member
34,000 miles now and that mirror is still good!!
WU5C
Bad Dog
I tried a friends exhaust on mime but no baffles and was really loud (he is also running the stock exhaust). New stock exhaust and a couple runs on the dyno to get the jetting correct, gets just under 35 MPG not too bad. The after photo was the last post. BDM is in a class by themselves. Matt (BDM) told me that when BDM built their bikes almost all parts were just for their line of bike, I like that as I know that they didn't just throw parts at a build and say here it is.. That much attention to detail and performance give the owners pride in their rides and knowing that it is one correct built bike. Ok I'm off the Soap box. just my 2 cents...
WU5C
Bad Dog
Hi KnotSo, I did replace the original Speedo, It started coming on and off, Checked the sensor and all checked out. Call BDM and was told that it was the printed circuit board where the connectors attach to the board was causing the solder traces on the board to separate. That was the weak link in the speedometer. Since I have used Dakota Digital gauges in my Corvette, I had a good feeling about the new one. I purchased the Red LED, was told by Matt (BDM) that that was the color being installed on the new bikes. I took his word. It has worked flawlessly for about 1500 miles or so since the BDM install. It doesn't burn your eyes at night and that is a good thing. Next item on my list this winter is to rebuild the front forks. New Bottoms and dust covers and rebuild kit is on the workbench. Reason is that the dust covers are showing a lot of ware and chrome is bubbling. And to top it off the we were removing the front fender for painting, one of the bolts broke off in the right bottom tube. So it was easier to rebuild than try and remove the broken bolt. I am assuming that it is frozen to the aluminum.
francoblay1
The Spaniard
2006 K9 - Had to change VR and CRs