replacement motor on the way!

extreemthrottle · 01-03-2018, 11:58 AM

happy new year fellow riders!
just couldnt contain my excitement anymore! lol

just picked up a 1600 motor from a meanstreak to swap into my 1600 nomad.
appears to be a direct swap.
the current motor has a bad 2nd gear, and will need a clutch as well. the price of parts and the lack of desire to do the labor steered me to find a decent used motor.

the new (to me) motor has 18k miles, but the best part.....
it has a thunder mfg big bore kit, along with cams, porting, modded throttle body, and a power commander III. it also has a barnett clutch setup with heavy duty springs. the bike when built was putting out 100 hp with 106 ft lbs of torque on the dyno.

this thing should be a beast! lol
a bit of a sleeper being in a bagger, but should be a really fun bike.
i'll be posting up pics once the motor is received and making progress!

recumbentbob · 01-03-2018, 01:05 PM

Great

Navigator · 01-03-2018, 01:17 PM

Oh yeah baby!

**MAS Tequila** · 01-03-2018, 03:15 PM

Oops

DragonLady58 · 01-03-2018, 04:56 PM

Before you unleash that 1600 big bore on your bike, make sure your driveshaft is up to it, check your ujoints, rear wheel bearings, and be doubly sure that everything is tight in your final drive.
I would doublecheck your angle drive between your gearbox and driveshaft, just to be sure.
Any slack, roughness in the bearings, its the perfect time to freshen it up....
With my 1600 Thunder in my bike....if I take off aggessively in 1st, get to about 30, clutch it up while reving just before 5000rpm, and get into the clutch, folks are amazed a dresser can wheelie! Hahaha....but burnouts and wheelies are very hard on your final drive system....do it with care.
If you let the front end come up too high and slam the front end down, you can blow your front fork seals....
All the extra power is nice out on the open road....

extreemthrottle · 01-03-2018, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DragonLady58

Before you unleash that 1600 big bore on your bike, make sure your driveshaft is up to it, check your ujoints, rear wheel bearings, and be doubly sure that everything is tight in your final drive.
I would doublecheck your angle drive between your gearbox and driveshaft, just to be sure.
Any slack, roughness in the bearings, its the perfect time to freshen it up....
With my 1600 Thunder in my bike....if I take off aggessively in 1st, get to about 30, clutch it up while reving just before 5000rpm, and get into the clutch, folks are amazed a dresser can wheelie! Hahaha....but burnouts and wheelies are very hard on your final drive system....do it with care.
If you let the front end come up too high and slam the front end down, you can blow your front fork seals....
All the extra power is nice out on the open road....

thanks for the good advice dragon, planning on going through and checking it all out. even though i dont plan on pulling wheelies, its good to know it can. hahahaha

DragonLady58 · 01-03-2018, 11:17 PM

Yea, I discovered that wheelieformula by accident in sturgis, almost got run over by this guy pulling a trailer full of bikes....

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DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,351	Before you unleash that 1600 big bore on your bike, make sure your driveshaft is up to it, check your ujoints, rear wheel bearings, and be doubly sure that everything is tight in your final drive. I would doublecheck your angle drive between your gearbox and driveshaft, just to be sure. Any slack, roughness in the bearings, its the perfect time to freshen it up.... With my 1600 Thunder in my bike....if I take off aggessively in 1st, get to about 30, clutch it up while reving just before 5000rpm, and get into the clutch, folks are amazed a dresser can wheelie! Hahaha....but burnouts and wheelies are very hard on your final drive system....do it with care. If you let the front end come up too high and slam the front end down, you can blow your front fork seals.... All the extra power is nice out on the open road.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride! Login or Register to Remove Ads Last edited by DragonLady58; 01-03-2018 at 04:59 PM.
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DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,351	Yea, I discovered that wheelieformula by accident in sturgis, almost got run over by this guy pulling a trailer full of bikes.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride!
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