Recent content by Two Smoking Guns

Like the Japanese before them, the Koreans copy something made in the US and sometimes even improve on it. If any of the gears whine it is likely because manufacturers mix straight cut and helical cut gears in transmissions, and the helical cuts whine while the straight ones tend to clank a...

My guess is four quarts.

If it really has ONLY 150,000 and it has been well cared for, I would buy it. Try Carfax on it for $20 before you buy, this might show if it has more than 150k. My mother had a Honda go 350,000 and a civic that went nearly 300,000 without major work.

Depends on how old you are and how easy you get TB. But I wouldn't get one for many four hour trips, Sportsters were never designed as highway burners but more for local riding with an occasional couple hour rides.

The pipes and the place where the rear brake master cylinder mount, and probably the lever from the rear brake pedal and the linkage. I had a 78 and a 79, I know. They changed back in 80 so 79 has a few oddball parts, but not many. The pipes only fit 79, they bend different to clear the rear...

You remove the TOP cover on the rear head, then you remove the next set of bolts, not the HEAD bolts but the ones that go through the part of the cover below the top, this is whats leaking. The gasket is a typical paper sort of thing, the replacement is a thin aluminum or other soft metal. Did...

No, that is low mileage for a nine year old vehicle. Make sure it hasn't been in an accident that involved the front wheel, it is easy to bend the frame on a street bike if the front end hits anything. Being dropped in a low speed slideout usually only does cosmetic damage.

You remove the TOP cover on the rear head, then you remove the next set of bolts, not the HEAD bolts but the ones that go through the part of the cover below the top, this is whats leaking. The gasket is a typical paper sort of thing, the replacement is a thin aluminum or other soft metal. Did...

You remove the TOP cover on the rear head, then you remove the next set of bolts, not the HEAD bolts but the ones that go through the part of the cover below the top, this is whats leaking. The gasket is a typical paper sort of thing, the replacement is a thin aluminum or other soft metal. Did...

WOW old broke down car, knocked up, broke. You need to open the hood, and LOOK for the leak while the motor is running and take it from there.

Check your oil before you start it again.

Like Johnny Cash said, anything is possible with an A-dapter kit.

Kaw choses not to publish the hp for some reason, but if you look at a very similar bike, Honda VTX 1800, you find that they claim 103 or 105 hp for it, so you are pretty safe to assume your bike makes at least 95 and maybe 105 hp.

Kaw choses not to publish the hp for some reason, but if you look at a very similar bike, Honda VTX 1800, you find that they claim 103 or 105 hp for it, so you are pretty safe to assume your bike makes at least 95 and maybe 105 hp.

Kaw choses not to publish the hp for some reason, but if you look at a very similar bike, Honda VTX 1800, you find that they claim 103 or 105 hp for it, so you are pretty safe to assume your bike makes at least 95 and maybe 105 hp.