Another nice component for Baggers. These new beautifully machined BDL’s 2” Semi Open Belt Drives cover all popular Harley-davidson Baggers. Actually there are 2. One is specifically designed for a precision fit to 1990-2006 machines and the other for 2007 and later bikes. Each kit incorporates a unique top belt guard that fits precisely into [...]
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New 2″ Semi Open Belt Drives From BDL.
Published by October 27th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.
New Baker Drivetrain Vintage Cast Aluminum 4-Speed Transmission
Published by October 26th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.Would be nice if you could install in your vintage or in your vintage looking bike a transmission looking like it belongs to your style of bike but with modern internal components. Bert Baker thought about it. Bye bye polished or chromed 6061-T6 billet aluminum. Hello again to A356-T6 cast aluminum. Bert Baker goes back in [...]
Kick Only Board Track Style Open Belt System
Published by October 16th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.New and old board trackers, don’t betray the spirit of board tracking when updating your driveline with a new open belt system. Conceived especially for this type of bikes (although evidently it looks very cool on any old school machine), the Board Track HT Belt Drive Series is as pure and minimalist as it can [...]
Easy Conversion Kits From Belt To Chain
Published by October 13th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.You may want to convert your bike, stock or custom, from a belt drive to a chain drive for many good reasons. Without any order, because you want added driveline strength, because you made your engine “bigger” or installed a new one, because you are looking for a different final drive ratio, because you need [...]
New BDL Competitor Clutch For Harley-Davidson 98-09
Published by September 15th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.The BDL “Competitor Clutch Assembly” (Ref: CC-130-BB) is specifically designed for installation in all stock Harley-Davidson clutch baskets from 1998 to 2009. The kit includes 7 Kevlar fiber clutch discs providing 60% more surface area than those in the stock factory pack. In addition BDL includes 7 application specific steel plates, their patented “Ball Bearing [...]
Bad Attitude™ Finned Primary Cover
Published by July 31st, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.A good looking custom bike must be built to look baaad. And here a custom part to adjust your your bike’s attitude with an old school flair. Crime Scene’s Bad Attitude™ is a direct bolt-on for the original style BDL belt drive, Crime Scene has a mount kit to use with later BDL drives, Ultima, [...]
Motorcycle Tech Knowledge By Spectro Oils
Published by July 28th, 2009 in Driveline, Editorial and Engines.Question: Have a couple of simple questions. Why is Spectro better than Harley, RevTech, Mobil and Penzoil.. What does Spectro contain that makes it better than the competition or is the basic oil better than the competition? What should be in a good aircooled motorcycle oil and what should not? Which of these are in [...]
Baker Transmissions Install And Oil Change In Sturgis
Published by July 23rd, 2009 in Driveline and Editorial.Baker Drivetrain will be installing their famous transmissions at their downtown Sturgis location at 5th and Lazelle Street, and will be providing Spectro Products as original fill for these new installations. Baker will also be offering Spectro oil changes there, too. “Baker has been a consistent and solid partner with Spectro ever since they first tried [...]
If you’ve ever had to remove or install the pinion gear holding nut on 1954 through 1998 Harley-Davidson™ Big Twin machines or single cam aftermarket Harley style clone engines, you know what a hassle it is to secure the gear while tightening or loosening the nut. Once again Georges Garage has come to the rescue [...]
S&S Cycle has always been known for big,, powerful and reliable engines, but people just don’t think of the company for individual parts like their high performance clutches and single bore tuned induction bore. Michael Scaletta, Director of Business Development and Sales,. think that they are both superior products and decided a price reduction to [...]
Ultima Old School 2” Belt Drive System
Published by July 2nd, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.If you go open belt drive on an old school bike, a narrow belt is an aesthetic must. A narrow belt drive will not only look good but will give you more turn ground clearance and give your bike a more centered weight distribution, obviously improving the balance of your bike.
This Ultima belt drive system is [...]
Upgrading With The Correct Clutch For An Easy Pull
Published by June 30th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.I had the issue several times and I know you too. You try to upgrade a stock Harley clutch and you end up with a very heavy clutch pull, making your riding experience very uncomfortable, even painful in long traffic wait and go situations. The reasonyou’re your trouble? The multiplicity of clutch spring combinations confusing [...]
Question 1: Can I mix viscosity grades?
Spectro Answer: Yes, you can and no harm will be done. Topping up with 10w40, if its all you have available, will not injure the 20w50 in your crankcase. It will, however, lower the overall viscosity of your crankcase oil to a certain extent. This will cause no harm [...]
New 69 MM Open Belt Drive System For Late Harley Softails®
Published by May 21st, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.Just released by Belt Drives LTD., this new, model specific is designed for use exclusively on 2007- 2009 Softail®. This latest conversion kit incorporates a 52 tooth front pulley and 69 tooth rear pulley. It’s a full 69 mm (2.72”) wide for a perfect combination of performance, strength, reliability and durability. Additionally BDL has developed [...]
Sturgis 2nd Annual Baker Burnout Drags Competition Is August 7th
Published by May 20th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Events.Baker will bring again riotous fire and rubber-burning fury to the 2009 Sturgis Rally. 12 of the world’s top custom bike builders will go head-to-head in a no-holds-barred, tournament-style drag race competition. The unbridled mayhem will be unleashed Friday, August 7th in the main amphitheater at the Legendary Buffalo Chip, with the support of Spectro [...]
New Evolution Industries Diamond Terminator Clutch Basket 1970-1984 Big Twin.
Published by May 12th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.All quality designed and manufactured American products deserve to be plugged in my Blog. Evolution Industries proposes machined aluminum clutch baskets with replaceable steel chain, bearing race, bolt-on ring gear and clutch drive dogs. They weight less than the original baskets and are sold with a very cool 3-year warranty. Evolution Industries has a full [...]
Baker Reinvents The Kick Start For All Bikes.
Published by May 5th, 2009 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.New and very interesting. You know that there is an on and off love affair with kick starting a bike. And since a couple of years, with the retro trend it’s torrid love all over again. Kick starting is kind of a ritual reserved to true bikers. Nothing screams “look how cool I am” more [...]
A Message From Dar Holdsworth
Published by April 22nd, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.Cyril. “Great news. From this day forward ALL Brass Balls Bobbers & Choppers will come standard at the same price with a Baker 5 speed transmission, even the Model 1.
With the exception of the Model 1, all other BBB&C will have the option to upgrade to a 6 speed Baker at a very reasonable price”. [...]
Should Motorcycle Part Manufacturers State Where Their Parts Are Made?
Published by April 18th, 2009 in Driveline and Editorial.It s my point of view that there are both good and bad motorcycle parts made here in the US …and in Europe, China, Korea and of course all over the world. It is also my daily professional observation that there is a lot of hypocrisy from those in the US, manufacturers, distributors, dealers and [...]
Spectro Answers Your Motorcycle Oil Questions.
Published by April 11th, 2009 in Driveline and Engines.Question 1: My dealer says I have to use the OEM lubricant in my motorcycle or my warranty is void.
Answer: This is not true and may, in fact, be illegal. Have the dealer put this in writing on his letterhead. We doubt he will. All you need to do to fulfill your warranty requirements is [...]
Spectro Oils Answering Your Sticky Questions
Published by February 17th, 2009 in Driveline, Engines and Suspension.Questions:
Why is Spectro better than Harley, RevTech, Mobil and Penzoil? What does Spectro contain that makes it better than the competition or is the basic oil better than the competition? What should be in a good air cooled motorcycle oil and what should not? Which of these are in Spectro and are not or are [...]
Evil Engineering Unveils Its New Kicker/Kickstein Belt Drive
Published by February 8th, 2009 in Builders, Customs, Driveline and Editorial.New for 2009 and just unveiled in Cincinnati is this new Open Belt Drive System. Evil Engineering’s HT belt drive technology is now available for your generator/alternator case kicker motorcycle. This 2” all Billet Kicker/Kickstein belt drive utilizes the H.O.T belts giving you three-tooth engagement, as opposed to a standard straight single-tooth engagement belt. Benefit? [...]
I know, not for the majority of bikers. Mostly those of you riding trikes, side cars and also a few riding on 2 wheels. But I would not do my job if I was not telling you about this reverse gear conversion kit for Harleys with 5 or 6-speed transmissions. Installation is not so difficult and [...]
Spectro Oils New Sponsor Of Cyril Huze Blog
Published by January 29th, 2009 in Driveline, Editorial and Engines.Spectro Brands are manufactured and marketed by Intercontinental Lubricants Corp. of Brookfield, CT, ILC, one of the world’s foremost manufacturers and packagers of quality lubricants. Spectro Products span the full range of fully synthetic, semi synthetic and petroleum lubricants for all classes of “powersports” engine and transmission applications. The Spectro line also includes a wide [...]
Who doesn’t hate oil leaks? For a driveline, poor quality of your seals is the most probable cause of you leaving your mark everywhere you park or ride. And it’s absolutely true that cheap gaskets will not do their job for a long time. James Gaskets offers a complete line of high quality gaskets you [...]
Since the introduction of their first inner primary in 1968, Paughco has continually extended their selection of custom and replacement primary covers to address just about any application from 1936 through 1988. Additionally they now offer chrome inner and outer replacements for ’89-’03 Softails. Featured here is a small collection of Paughco primary covers finished [...]
2 Stroke Engine Built Right Into Front Wheel. In 1935!
Published by December 11th, 2008 in Builders, Driveline and Editorial.Thanks to Art Welch, I discovered this unique streamlined and modified version of the Megola. Started in 1935 by a group of five German engineers from Munich naming themselves themselves ‘Killinger and Freund”, it took 3 years to complete it. And amazingly, this custom motorcycle is a 3- cylinder two-stroke engine built right into the [...]
Permanent Price Reductions on Custom Chrome RevTech® Engines and Driveline Components
Published by December 8th, 2008 in Driveline, Editorial and Engines.In an effort to further support their dealer network and their customers, Custom Chrome has announced the permanent price reduction of its RevTech Engines and Driveline Components. These prices are in effect IMMEDIATELY and include both the Euro 3 and EPA Certified Engines. “We felt it was important to give back to those that have [...]
Tomorrow Motorcyles. All Shiftless?
Published by December 7th, 2008 in Builders, Driveline and Editorial.Since a few years the industry worries about how to attract young riders. In addition, due to the global recession, big cruiser motorcycle sales, like car sales are in a deep funk. Many suggestions, most revolving around price, have been made to broaden the appeal of riding a motorcycle. But one has been omitted. Making [...]
AIM Clutch Solutions For Harley V-Rod
Published by November 11th, 2008 in Customs, Driveline and Editorial.AIM (Advanced Innovational Machinery) offers heavy-duty clutch springs for ‘02 and later V-Rod models. The company states that they are 30% stronger than stock springs. Good for a high performance engine, Turbo or Super charged. Compatible with their VP clutch and Kevlar clutch plates. Their clutch for V-Rod (part VP-VRSC) works like a lock-up clutch [...]
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