I am back... ON THE ROAD!!!!

[Viking]

Awesome pictures, good to hear you're up and running again too....

 

[GDOG_PITBULL]

Bad ass bike!!!
G

 

[Nukeranger]

Franco,

You have one bad ass bike, a beautiful supporting wife, a loving "mans best friend" happy 4 legged dog, and an awesome mechanic to boot! You are truly blessed and living the dream.:flag:

Thanks for sharing,

Huw

 

[francoblay1]

Thank you Andrew... "Daddy is happy now!"

 

[Guillaume]

Great piture and of cours a great time in Europe

Great picture and I can,t wait see the other picture from you , if you see all the item,s laying around and you put them together again WOW.
And franco is a happy biker again great job guy,s , If i have a problem on my K9 I know who to call

 

[francoblay1]

I just had a convesrsatiowith Andrew a few minutes ago on FB....

What can I say... I am VERY PROUD of have met that man... he´s truly an stand up guy... nd his word says it all!

I just invited him and his family to Spain (all on me) wnhenever they feel like to come over)

I wish the world was that way more often... on my line of work I see all sides of life.. (all sides, trust me)... .......

Gents, take care of the good people we still have between us,, not many left!!!



:flag:

:2thumbs:

 

[awg]

Awesome pics.

 

[mptexas]

Congrats, hope to be with you soon

 

[Th3InfamousI]

I'll have to post more pictures sometime this week...if I ever get a minute without work :lol:

As far as the cause of failure, the pushrod was bent due to the valves hitting the piston.
I ended up putting new piston rings, reworked heads with new Valves, guides, springs, and seats along with brand new S&S rocker boxes and S&S roller rocker arms. I also installed a new cam bearing with the .585 cam Franco already had, new Feuling Lifters, and S&S pushrods. While I was there I also upgraded his DSSC transmission with the new main shaft and all bearings :2thumbs:

On another note, the hardest part of the job is realizing no one in Europe carries Standard tools...everything is Metric over here. It took us 4 days to find a 1/2" 12 point socket for the head bolts :bang: we ended up borrowing from an H-D dealer 40 minutes away

Just busting Franco's chops but I know that we had some fun with him on the pushrod adjustment when he did the 585 change.

Question - Does Spain have Amazon? Could you have ordered a socket and got it shipped next day or 2 day air? Lucky the HD dealer let you borrow it.


I'll have to say my only comment is damn Andrew how do you stay so clean working on the bike? You got on a nice pair of jeans and still remained squeaky clean.

 

[bigdogtech01]

Just busting Franco's chops but I know that we had some fun with him on the pushrod adjustment when he did the 585 change.

Question - Does Spain have Amazon? Could you have ordered a socket and got it shipped next day or 2 day air? Lucky the HD dealer let you borrow it.


I'll have to say my only comment is damn Andrew how do you stay so clean working on the bike? You got on a nice pair of jeans and still remained squeaky clean.

I used Franco's shirt to clean my hands off :roll:
They do have Amazon, but there was no time to order. I believe it is not as fast service as it is here in the States. I plan to send him some much needed tools and parts for the next time :2thumbs:

 

[will_65466@live.com]

I just had a convesrsatiowith Andrew a few minutes ago on FB....

What can I say... I am VERY PROUD of have met that man... he´s truly an stand up guy... nd his word says it all!

I just invited him and his family to Spain (all on me) wnhenever they feel like to come over)

I wish the world was that way more often... on my line of work I see all sides of life.. (all sides, trust me)... .......

Gents, take care of the good people we still have between us,, not many left!!!



:flag:

:2thumbs:

:2thumbs: Agreed

 

[francoblay1]

I used Franco's shirt to clean my hands off :roll:
They do have Amazon, but there was no time to order. I believe it is not as fast service as it is here in the States. I plan to send him some much needed tools and parts for the next time :2thumbs:

Yep !!!!! :2thumbs:

 

[Five Five]

Nice work Andrew... Your all set now Franco good upgrades :2thumbs:

 

[francoblay1]

Franco, Great pictures maybe some day I can get over there to visit. Take care

Any time Dave, September is the best time of the year.... July & August is good too but it is FULL of tourists everywhere!!!! :2thumbs:

 

[francoblay1]

Nice work Andrew... Your all set now Franco good upgrades :2thumbs:

:iagree:

 

[zenBD]

Congrats!

 

[francoblay1]

Congrats!

Thanks Bro! Can´t wait for July, I will be riding all month long!!!

 

[MyDogPete]

Amazing!
Thanks for sharing.
To Andrew and Franzo

 

[francoblay1]

Amazing!
Thanks for sharing.
To Andrew and Franzo

Thanks Mike

 

[The Honch]

Very nice! That level of work is very intimidating/impressive to me. Was it basically a complete rebuild with upgraded parts?