Nice bikes Pete. Where's the piccies of the '85 ? I have an '85 XLS that I have had since new. I agree about the paint job on the WG - it would look sweet in original colours. The Pan sure is sweet. Lucky bugger .
Philthy
1948 UL Ex-California Highway Patrol with FL front end.
both are every day ridden bike's esp the XLCR , both are 1978 CAFE RACERS original in 1978 only 182 XLCR-1000 made,, the Z1R 1000 Kawasaki is her japanese cousin unmolested original paint & chrome never had the head off 80,000 klm,s , the XLCR we done a rebuild 13 yrs ago
i must have put these bike's in the wrong section as there's been no, i like or i don't like , do you think i should have posted my bike's in the SPORTSTER section ? it's not everyday you see a every day ridden 1978 XLCR 1000 + her japanese copy the KING KAWA Z!R MK1 , the XLCR 1000 was out 1st in 1977 then the japs copied her with the beaut ! Z!R 1000 , , by the way Graeme Crosby will be @ the eastern creek raceway in 2 week time doing demo laps # 4
Graeme Crosby! I remember when he burst onto the scene. The bloke was amazing; just a shame he's a KIWI... (jokes Kiwis, just jokes).
And Mate, ya bikes are a credit to ya. For me I love the old school stuff like the pans & knuckles with pogos & tractor seats; that's what I consider as 'classics'.
I always thought that model Harley looked like a Japper so I wasn't real keen on 'em, but as ya point out, it was the Japs who copied the Harley! Maybe the VRod of its day? Not looking like a 'typical' Harley if ya know what I mean?
the other model sporty XLCH kickstart only with the square oil bag had no oil filter's from about 1970 or there abouts i can'remember exact to 1978 all XLCH's , i use to know CROSBY's mechanic Frizzhead & shop owner Corky @ Bankstown Honda , & use too talk to Cros back when they brought him over , he was a bit on the loose side too say the but what a rider , he rode the 2nd yoshi kawa in Aus that corky built in his lounge room back then, they use too suck piss on a fri night & watch tv through the bike frame ,
the XLCR-1000 was the ulgy duckling back then when she 1 st apeered, i 1st seen her in 1977 as a traveling marshals bike @ the King of the Weir races @ Albury we were racing Z1 900 & TZ's , the harley had too keep on pulling in because she was getting laped often & as young bloke's we thought sounded good BUT not quite realy fast enough, you could still buy 1 in 1980 in the original packing crate they were not your normal harley , they are based off the famous XR-750 Flat Tracker but do carry a gennerator not & alternator like some shovel big twin's
Oil Filter?
On my old 28 J model I had to squirt oil on the tappets every 50 kilometeres or thereabouts (when I remembered to do it) with a plastic syringe I kept in my pocket
This one:
It was an easy thing to do. The right hand side of the fuel tank was an oil tank, and all I had to do was take off the cap, suck up a tiny bit of oil with the syringe and squirt it on the inlet tappets. It only needed a few drops.
hi, it's not all a total loss as the 1927 J - model was the 1st original 1000 c.c. twin cam motor i think , so these 1999 & up new models twin cam motors date back how far ? . & people think there buying a new model these days when they fork-out all that money there's not much with bike's that has not been done before most of the time's apart for the modern electronic's etc , the J - model was called & F head because it's a overhead inlet valve with a side valve exhaust from the side it look's like & F
your 1 have a Yamaha 650 front end & brake + rear drum wheel about XS-1 or XS- 2 1972 is that what's on her
My Walla, I put together in 86 , started from a frame and empty engine/gearbox case's, still in the shed keepin the dust off the floor.
I think 'J" was for the electric model, lights with a dizzy and battery, while the "F" model had a mag only, no lights
61 Panhead i'm putting together at the moment, just have to paint and stiffen up the rear suspension.
This is my 1980 shovel i just finished doing up.I've owned this one since 1981.
Forgot to upload the pic,try again.
Pic from the other side.
This is what the shovel use to look like a copule of months back.
