From: dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com (chris dehahn)
Subject: Re: I got mine finally to
Reply-To: dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:16:58 GMT

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In article <1992Nov10.172456.7420@icomsim.com>, mmanning@icomsim.com (Michael
Mannning) writes:
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|>From: mmanning@icomsim.com (Michael Mannning)
|>Subject: Re: I got mine finally to
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|>In article <1992Nov9.214433.20348@engage.pko.dec.com>
|>dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com (chris dehahn)  
|>writes:
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|>> In article <15401@auspex-gw.auspex.com>, dellis@Auspex.COM (David Ellis)
|>> writes:
|>> |>Thursday night I went and picked up mine. 
|>> |>she's a "74" FXE  1200
|>> |>kind of weird going thru the gears though
|>> |>
|>> |>1 up  3 down   hard to get used to   
|>> |>
|>> |>it's a step up from my "74" sporty
|>> 
|>> That's not the way it's supposed to be. Some racer types reverse
|>> the shift pattern to crunch through the gears faster.
|>> 
|>> If the bike has the stock mid mount controls, you'll have to change
|>> the shifter drum inside the tranny back to an FX drum. If it has
|>> aftermarket forward controls, chances are the shifter drum is the 
|>> stock FX drum but the previous owner used the FL ratchet lid arm
|>> and rod which shifts the drum from underneath. Get the FX arm and
|>> rod and relocate it to the top of the lid. This will change the shift
|>> pattern back to the 1 down, three up stock pattern.
|>> Chris deHahn....CdH....Digital Equipment Shrewsbury MA USA
|>> dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
|>
|>Sorry Chris. I had a `73 FXE. 1 up 3 down. That's the way they came. Later (75
|>or 76) the shifter cam in the gearbox was changed on the FX. I tried to get
|>one, but Harley listed them as obsolete and I never found one at a swap meet.
|>I got used to it. Actually I sort of preferred it after awhile. Yes you can
|>change the ratchet lid if the bike has forward controls, as the previous owner
|>of mine did. If it has the stock center controls, like I put back on mine, the
|>lever has to be on top. In that case t
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|> is the only thing that can change the pattern. 
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|>Be careful if/when you switch back or ride something else. Brains get used to
|>doing things a certain way and you get to stop thinking about it. I'd be
|>impressed if you didn't have a (oh shit, I didn't want to down shift just
|>then) if you switch back and forth between the two patterns. 
|>
|>Congratulation on the `74. Enjoy it.
|>
|>--
|>mmanning@icomsim.com
|>
|>`92 FLSTF Fat Boy
|>`92 Ducati 900SS
|>s what he, or the current market, wants. I generally don't do anything I can't
|>undo. This came from years of watching other people's nice bikes slowly
|>dissipate into the wind. `68 FLHs slowly become superglides and then slowly
|>junk. I haven't figured out how I'm going to un-mill my heads yet, so I may
|>have to violate my own rule if I don't choose new pistons instead.
|>
|>I have to say that I've never met anyone who had anything bad to say about the
|>S&S E. At least one dealer said the SE was no better than (not as good as) the
|>stock CV. Against the pull of $$. 
|>You can always hang onto your stock carb if o an FX drum. If it has
|>> aftermarket forward controls, chances are the shifter drum is the 
|>> stock FX drum but the previous owner used the FL ratchet lid arm
|>> and rod which shifts the drum from underneath. Get the FX arm and
|>> rod and relocate it to the top of the lid. This will change the shift
|>> pattern back to the 1 down, three up stock pattern.
|>> Chris deHahn....CdH....Digital Equipment Shrewsbury MA USA
|>> dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com
|>
|>Sorry Chris. I had a `73 FXE. 1 up 3 down. That's the way they came. Later (75
|>or 76) the shifter cam in the gearbox was changed on the FX. I tried to get
|>one, but Harley listed them as obsolete and I never found one at a swap meet.
|>I got used to it. Actually I sort of preferred it after awhile. Yes you can
|>change the ratchet lid if the bike has forward controls, as the previous owner
|>of mine did. If it has the stock center controls, like I put back on mine, the
|>lever has to be on top. In that case t
|>
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|>
|> is the only thing that can change the pattern. 
|>
|>Be careful if/when you switch back or ride something else. Brains get used to
|>doing things a certain way and you get to stop thinking about it. I'd be
|>impressed if you didn't have a (oh shit, I didn't want to down shift just
|>then) if you switch back and forth between the two patterns. 
|>
|>Congratulation on the `74. Enjoy it.
|>
|>--
|>mmanning@icomsim.com
|>
|>`92 FLSTF Fat Boy
|>`92 Ducati 900SS
|>s what he, or the current market, wants. I generally don't do anything I can't
|>undo. This came from years of watching other people's nice bikes slowly
|>dissipate into the wind. `68 FLHs slowly become superglides and then slowly
|>junk. I haven't figured out how I'm going to un-mill my heads yet, so I may
|>have to violate my own rule if I don't choose new pistons instead.
|>
|>I have to say that I've never met anyone who had anything bad to say about the
|>S&S E. At least one dealer said the SE was no better than (not as good as) the
|>stock CV. Against the pull of $$. 
|>You can always hang onto your stock carb if you're worried about resale value.
|>But Chris is right, an S&S will most likely increase the value of you ride.
|>
|>Michael
|>
|>--
|>mmanning@icomsim.com
|>
|>`92 FLSTF Fat Boy
|>`92 Ducati 900SS
|>

So what is to prevent one from putting a later model FX shifter drum
in the ratchet lid? This will fix the anomaly.

CdH

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