Harley Muffler on Silver Star

[comanche91]

This is a factory Harley 2' tapered muffler using the stock header pipe. Had it welded on then rechromed the whole assembly since the stock Sebring muffler was too restrictive (and rusty). It's nice and quiet idleing but barks nicely when you get on it. It ran lean and stumbled under load after the new muffler but raising the needle to the bottom #4 notch on the Bing richened up the mixture and cured that. Also replaced the timing belt, the signal lights front and back, and installed mirrors (it had none). I changed out the stock 17T front sprocket with a smaller 16T and I much prefer the less-tall gearing. The old girl will still cruise easily at 75MPH. Motor and fork oil change next. It's coming along and getting all sorted out.

[comanche91]

Incredible. A NOS Sebring MZ Rotax 500 muffler sold on E bay Germany for US $336.83. MZ parts must be scarce in the mother country too. Glad I went the way I did. Same guy sold a NOS Bing carb for the same bike for US $222.93. Is this the norm?

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[DAVID THOMPSON]

Unobtainium is always expensive

try buying radio tubes for an old R L DRAKE ham radio transceivers

dave

[comanche91]

Radio vacuum tubes are more like obsoletium.

[DAVID THOMPSON]

the old radio can be fixed the new ones go to a land fill in about 10 years
my first shortwave radio was a Hallicrafters S41g made in 1944
and it still works i have had it since 1954
dave

[comanche91]

Spend most of my career in comms (HF, microwave, satellite, even VLF) but never got into ham radio. Probably should have.........