After 8 months of waiting , I finely got the motor back and on the chopper.
It`s a true 117 S&S now. It has a 626 cam , larger valves , coated pistons , went with a new cam sensor ignition, instead of the crank sensor that came with the bike. The guy who built the motor said he has never experience any problems with the EHC after he installed that kind of ignition. Will see but I heard it start up tonight and it sounds great. It`s going to take some time to break it in. He says he makes the motors real tight. I`m just glad to finely be making progress on the bike. Boy I wish I had of taken it there before it blew up. It would have cost me 1800.00 instead of the 4500.00 it ended up costing me. But it`s a brand new motor , everything was done on it. New push rods , the crank has been bal. & trued. Pick it up tomorrow. Can`t wait.
My Harley on the other hand is totaled. I thought I could settle with the insurance company and keep the bike and fix it and put it back on the road. Aparently it doesn`t work like that in NJ. Once the bike is totaled in order to get a salvage title everything would have to be fixed. The frame would have to be straightened by a cert. Frame place. Which would mean a total tear down. Which would end up costing me more than I`m willing to send. So now I just want the Bike replaced. I don`t think I`m asking to much. Will see , but , at least I have my Dog back. I`m so can`t to ride the chopper again. I almost forgot what it was like to ride it.
