Many thanks to members... my Rocket is back on the road.

[JSHRAM]

After over a year of agony repairing the girl when she spit-out a valve destroying pistons and head, and before working relentlessly to figure out a poor-running issue (ended up being plugged injectors from it sitting so long) among other things.. I pulled her out on her maiden voyage post-repairs last night and she passed the 30 mile ride with no drips/drops/leaks or parts falling off.

Before the valve eating (I did a post on this) I had done many changes to the bike, to include my wonderful Viking pipes. I've had so much help from many of you and every tid-bit added value.

Thank you. I have at times, not been patient, but did keep at it.

So, to update, here's the bike with these changes made during the re-build:

New powder coat paint.
Coils replaced with Coil-over-plugs (makes a ton of room under the tank)
New tires, smaller front, bigger rear (greatly improved handling)
Leather bags and quick-releases

Changes made before the re-build (So many)

Viking Header with Reinhart muffler
K&N air
Smog-gut
Double TT bars (true Harley conversion - did a post on this)
Stebel horn
Ignition switch relocate (love this) to left leg
mono-light up front (did a post on this)
Big crash bars (love THOSE too... did a post on this)

I'm sure there's more.....

Anyway, just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped.... maybe I can return the favor sometime (Pay it forward).

John

20180522 RH

• JSHRAM
• May 23, 2018

Maiden Voyage after re-build

20180522 R

• JSHRAM
• May 23, 2018

Maiden voyage after re-build

20180522 F

• JSHRAM
• May 23, 2018

Maiden voyage after re-build

20180522 LH

• JSHRAM
• May 23, 2018

Maiden voyage after re-build.

 

[gR3yWolf]

Nice bike...worth the effort to put it all back together.

 

[JRock]

Congrats.
She is a pretty thing.
Love the fat crash bars.

 

[stollydriver]

Great looking bike - now go enjoy

 

[Paul Bryant]

Great to read John.
My Bike is red with the Black Engine as well and I've been tossing up whether to re-coat my headers Black or keep them Silver as they are now (These were a development pipe)
I kinda thought that the Black on Black might be a bit too much, but seeing your bike has convinced me, Black it will be

 

[BCRedHaze]

Looks great! Could you please document your change from coils to coil over plugs? Which coil overs did you use?

 

[JSHRAM]

Looks great! Could you please document your change from coils to coil over plugs? Which coil overs did you use?

Sure! I'll have the tank off again shortly and will describe.

I used two sets of first gen R1 COPs and harnesses.

 

[TheKid]

Looks good.

 

[BigNorm]

Welcome back. I missed you, Two questions:
What is a R1? And
What is a COP? I mean other than a police officer.

 

[BigNorm]

Dow! Coil Over Plugs!