1996 Big Dog Vintage

Energy One
knothead

knothead

Second Chance Customs
Well i been thinking about the way this bike acted when i hit a bump yesterday....felt rather odd and would pick up a little vibration that i could feel....well first thought was with me and bakiebake(steph) on it the belt was to tight or the shocks are wore out....i noticed lastnight adjusting the belt one minute it was to loose and next it would tighten up when i set the bike back down which it should somewhat but little more than i thought...so i started taking shock covers off and i thought wait a minute lets look at the swing arm isolators cause that could cause a vibration....well upon taking the covers off this evening i noticed the axle bolt was in the bottom of the bushing so i was like its wore out.....the more i looked at it i thought damn thing is upside down...and yep its upside down....dont know if the factory did it or the guy i got it from did it....but i will say this ive found several things on this bike that wasnt mounted the way it should have been so go figure....so i ordered new bushing to correct this problem....the first picture is the way it was installed....the 2nd picture is the way it should be installed....the hole is supposed the be at the top off the bushing not at the bottom....plus the notch goes up top....so the bushing plate was on upside down also....which intern had the transmission closer to the cross member which it was to close for my comfort anyway with a rubber mounted motor...they have a offset hole in them for the weight of the motor and transmission...20190819_194403.jpg20190819_194415.jpg
 
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Th3InfamousI

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knothead said:
Well i been thinking about the way this bike acted when i hit a bump yesterday....felt rather odd and would pick up a little vibration that i could feel....well first thought was with me and bakiebake(steph) on it the belt was to tight or the shocks are wore out....i noticed lastnight adjusting the belt one minute it was to loose and next it would tighten up when i set the bike back down which it should somewhat but little more than i thought...so i started taking shock covers off and i thought wait a minute lets look at the swing arm isolators cause that could cause a vibration....well upon taking the covers off this evening i noticed the axle bolt was in the bottom of the bushing so i was like its wore out.....the more i looked at it i thought damn thing is upside down...and yep its upside down....dont know if the factory did it or the guy i got it from did it....but i will say this ive found several things on this bike that wasnt mounted the way it should have been so go figure....so i ordered new bushing to correct this problem....the first picture is the way it was installed....the 2nd picture is the way it should be installed....the hole is supposed the be at the top off the bushing not at the bottom....plus the notch goes up top....so the bushing plate was on upside down also....which intern had the transmission closer to the cross member which it was to close for my comfort anyway with a rubber mounted motor...they have a offset hole in them for the weight of the bike and weight of rider , passenger etc....View attachment 67222View attachment 67223
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Haha, and the recess is beat up cause it was at 6pm instead of 12pm and took all the abuse over how ever many miles/years!!!

Nice find!



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knothead

knothead

Second Chance Customs
Th3InfamousI said:
Haha, and the recess is beat up cause it was at 6pm instead of 12pm and took all the abuse over how ever many miles/years!!!

Nice find!



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16,438 miles plus 126 miles yesterday and 23 years lol....just about bet my paycheck there where on wrong since new
 
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41bigdawg

41bigdawg

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knothead said:
Well i been thinking about the way this bike acted when i hit a bump yesterday....felt rather odd and would pick up a little vibration that i could feel....well first thought was with me and bakiebake(steph) on it the belt was to tight or the shocks are wore out....i noticed lastnight adjusting the belt one minute it was to loose and next it would tighten up when i set the bike back down which it should somewhat but little more than i thought...so i started taking shock covers off and i thought wait a minute lets look at the swing arm isolators cause that could cause a vibration....well upon taking the covers off this evening i noticed the axle bolt was in the bottom of the bushing so i was like its wore out.....the more i looked at it i thought damn thing is upside down...and yep its upside down....dont know if the factory did it or the guy i got it from did it....but i will say this ive found several things on this bike that wasnt mounted the way it should have been so go figure....so i ordered new bushing to correct this problem....the first picture is the way it was installed....the 2nd picture is the way it should be installed....the hole is supposed the be at the top off the bushing not at the bottom....plus the notch goes up top....so the bushing plate was on upside down also....which intern had the transmission closer to the cross member which it was to close for my comfort anyway with a rubber mounted motor...they have a offset hole in them for the weight of the motor and transmission...View attachment 67222View attachment 67223
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Wow...glad you found that Brother! That could have caused some serious problems going down the road.

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knothead

knothead

Second Chance Customs
What makes me think it was the way from the factory.....guy has a bunch of harleys and he never worked on it....said tires and oil changes is all he ever done to it
 
41bigdawg

41bigdawg

Let the Big Dawg eat !
knothead said:
What makes me think it was the way from the factory.....guy has a bunch of harleys and he never worked on it....said tires and oil changes is all he ever done to it
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I think your logic is correct...just seems so strange tho, anyway, glad you are getting her squared away. Cant wait to see her in person :chopper:
 
Th3InfamousI

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knothead said:
What makes me think it was the way from the factory.....guy has a bunch of harleys and he never worked on it....said tires and oil changes is all he ever done to it
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41bigdawg said:
I think your logic is correct...just seems so strange tho, anyway, glad you are getting her squared away. Cant wait to see her in person :chopper:
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You never want any bike built on a Monday or a Friday..haha.

Although back in 96 it wasnt a big shop, Big Dog just hit the 100 bikes sold in 96 I think.

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knothead

knothead

Second Chance Customs
Th3InfamousI said:
You never want any bike built on a Monday or a Friday..haha.

Although back in 96 it wasnt a big shop, Big Dog just hit the 100 bikes sold in 96 I think.

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Lol no doubt....think this bike back then had several mondays and fridays involved being since they where so small at that time.....lol now i got a bunch of mondays and fridays in it to lmao
 
knothead

knothead

Second Chance Customs
Well its been a slow go since wednesday....i have gotten 38 pieces of aluminum shaving out of my left eye...been to eye doctor she didnt get them all out so i got most of them out myself...she got 11 pieces i have gotten the rest out....think i got them all out now...i cant see shit much but a fog but screw it old dog had to get some work done tonight and i been busting ass with one good eye to make it happen....got the swing arm pulled out and new isolators put in ( and installed the right way cause they where ass backwards when i took it apart)...still need to torque the swing arm nut in a few minutes.....pulled front of the motor isolator and put in a new one also....got all the exhaust put back on and floorboard....then drilled my threads out of my struts so i could install docking kit for the orginial bags steph (bakiebake) found in wright city missouri...also straightened some more of the wiring up cause i didnt like the way it was routed....2nd shakedown road test is this weekend...i got to get this bike ready for BBBQ lol...still need wheels but thats at a later date...20190823_193111.jpg20190823_200102.jpg20190823_193055.jpg
 
mjsk9

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knothead said:
Well its been a slow go since wednesday....i have gotten 38 pieces of aluminum shaving out of my left eye...been to eye doctor she didnt get them all out so i got most of them out myself...she got 11 pieces i have gotten the rest out....think i got them all out now...i cant see shit much but a fog but screw it old dog had to get some work done tonight and i been busting ass with one good eye to make it happen....got the swing arm pulled out and new isolators put in ( and installed the right way cause they where ass backwards when i took it apart)...still need to torque the swing arm nut in a few minutes.....pulled front of the motor isolator and put in a new one also....got all the exhaust put back on and floorboard....then drilled my threads out of my struts so i could install docking kit for the orginial bags steph (bakiebake) found in wright city missouri...also straightened some more of the wiring up cause i didnt like the way it was routed....2nd shakedown road test is this weekend...i got to get this bike ready for BBBQ lol...still need wheels but thats at a later date...View attachment 67305View attachment 67306View attachment 67307
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Damn..... Take care of that eye.... you only get two!
 
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