From: mmanning@icomsim.com (Michael Mannning)
Subject: Re: I got mine finally to
Organization: Icom Simulations
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:24:56 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.214433.20348@engage.pko.dec.com> dehahn@strokr.shr.dec.com (chris dehahn)  
writes:
> --
> 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 the cam




 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.

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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 the cam




 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.

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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

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mmanning@icomsim.com

`92 FLSTF Fat Boy
`92 Ducati 900SS
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