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You know, that's a great thought! I put a Max Gasser on last year and I think that was before the starter issue first showed up. In fact when I was putting my newly painted body parts on I noticed that the metal tongue at the front of the seat only has one rivet holding it, there is a hole for...

Thanks for all the input! However I must clarify that I'm quite familiar with the oil light "winking" at me under acceleration. That is not the issue. After a hard run thru a few gears when returning to normal cruising speeds my oil light will fade in to full brightness and then dim several...

I guess I should add that the bike starts instantly with no issues when the starter is not stuck and behaves perfectly cept for the weird oil light fading in and out after hard runs.

Nope, headlight stays on and the starter switch is clean and not sticking.

I dug back in the archives and found a post about this. The remedy was to replace the starter relay. I did that and all was well for a few long rides. Tonight I went to "Bike night" at a local tav and when I pulled in my oil light went on as soon as I stopped to back in. This is what happens...

Yes Sir steve-o. When I ride it I always run into guys that recognize the motor and ask why the glide front end and no tank shift? I always tell them that is the way my Dad liked it and even though I have the parts it will stay the way it is out of respect for him. :punk:

Soooo glad I found this thread! My 85 did the same thing to me last year and I decided to ride it towards home. About a half mile later I had the opportunity to buzz the car in front of me and when I did my fuel and oil light went back to normal. It was a year later when it happened again... I...

Ya tennies are not the best, however at 7.5 to 1 when it does kickback it's about the same as my first bike which was a 72 first year Kaw H2 750 and I used to lean over it and start it with my hand when in the presence of Harley riders. :biglaugh: Anyway duly noted!

I called and ask the GAZI rep about the exact same question. First off I want to reiterate that the shocks were NOT the fix to the head shake, it was swapping the tire size that did it! 170/80/15 rear and 100/90/18 front removed all head shake. As for the shocks the rep told me to go with my...

Actually the shocks we not changed out when all turned to good. I did the tire swap three years ago which removed all head shake. I just put the GAZI's on when I had the paint done last week. The original shocks were pretty worn and I definitely had more wobble in high speed corners, the GAZI's...

So yes, I am making sure that the 36 stays in the family. Being the first year and the EL model to boot it's in big demand. They made the standard E model which was 7 to 1 compression with a 3 speed and the EL was the performance model at 7.5 to 1 and a four speed. I have a standing offer...

So here’s my experience with the headshake issue on my 85. First the definition, let go the bars at 50, by the time I hit 45 the bars are shaking back and forth, by 35 they are shaking so violently that if you don’t grab them it will through your ass off! Tried everything including the Furber...

Here is a shot of my Max next to my son's Duke before the paint, the color was slightly more burgundy / red so you are right! I wanted the House of Color kandy red.

Here ya go Fire-medic. My Dad bought the 36 in 41. Any of you guys into old Harley's will notice straight away that it has a later glide front end, the springer is shown in the second photo when I was 8. He liked the glide better and he switched it to foot shift. I found out in 06 that he was...

Why thank you! Yup, red is the fast color, Ron Hopkins did my dyno work and with Supertrapps, jet kit and airbox work he got 124. Said it was the strongest Max he had worked on. And by the way, I just put the GAZI shocks on and WOW, very nice!

Yup! I wanted to keep the look of the red 85. From 30 feet away it just looks red. Then when you get closer you start to notice that down in the kandy other things lurk. A local guy John Gill did the airbrush work and the gold leaf. Then Bobby from PBMC just down the road in Oregon City cleared...

Finally after 32 years the 85 gets new paint! Bought it new on 06/13/85 :biglaugh: