Eric asked me to share this video for others to learn from

[SVSooke]

Chill out all of you!!All I was pointing out was there is more than one way to do things.In my case stripping the frames bare is the only way to get a half decent paint job on them.I like to attack every fastener to.With cycle parts attached I'd probably find this method or something similar to.

[Allie]

LMAO that's him alright, and he does look like the same man in the photos of his daughter. The zip tie rant alone is enough for a positive ID, I think his mom must have beat him with a zip tie a few times. Engine removal sure looks easy when he does it, looks like a good method. It's true though, he's supposed to be banned.

[Allie]

It may be skirting the rules a little, but he didn't post this, another member did, and it's no different then if someone had found something useful somewhere else on the net and posted some useful information. It's only a YouTube video showing info pertaining to our bikes.

It is a little different, but the only one actually upset by it is Rusty, who I believe is drunk.

[Shwartz]

He sure made that look easy, but he'd obviously already removed the engine. All of the mount bolts were already removed and the motor had already been lifted over the mounts.

Maybe I just need to do this a few times before I assume.

Take what I say with a grain of salt.

[tkent02]

ughhh, not again

Pretty much always.

[cowboyup3371]

It would be easy to lay it down too IF you have all the right bolts and mounting brackets out of the way first as I found out with mine.

[koolaid_kid]

He sure made that look easy, but he'd obviously already removed the engine. All of the mount bolts were already removed and the motor had already been lifted over the mounts.

Maybe I just need to do this a few times before I assume.

Take what I say with a grain of salt.

This is the difficult part.

[hampshirehog]

There's a time and a place and when it suits there's nothing wrong with being drunk....

And Eric did set that up to look easy. But it ain't hard either - that's how I do mine (I use a big wooden block instead of the jack).

Londonboards entertained us with a video showing how hard it is to lift the frame off the engines (though he had a lot of the ancillaries still attached). I've tried it that way as well; in my opinion it's ok, just for me it's not as easy.

Plus Eric banging on about those zip ties and failing to torque those cam cover bolts precisely. How many times did he tell us on this forum? Yep - his pet hates for sure and you kind of knew it was going to come out in every post if he had the chance.

[Crankthat]

I don't have a fancy lift table and even have an unfinished gravel floor garage(pole barn really) and I found it easy enough with a bottle jack and a milk crate, by myself, not much lifting when you do it right, just a lot of twisting and an occasional adjustment with the jack under the motor. I've done a 600, 2 650's and several litre plus cc bikes this way. Oh, and a gravel floor sux bad, drop something and it's gone forever

I have a gravel floor also.
Find someone getting new carpets and throw down the old one.
I just scored a old very large rug from a friend and its getting a nice cleaning in the rain as I wait to afford some parts so I can roll my bike out.
Will wait for a warmer day after its together as a lot of other things will have to be moved out of the way where it is going.

[Tech73]

You guys can't just pull the motor out and put it on something to roll it a round on? I left everything on the motor (valve cover & breather) and got it past the mounts then pulled it out and picked it up and put it on a wood cart. I then picked it back up and installed it. It's a one person job IMHO.

I guess I'm just younger than most.

[Baatfam]

You guys can't just pull the motor out and put it on something to roll it a round on? I left everything on the motor (valve cover & breather) and got it past the mounts then pulled it out and picked it up and put it on a wood cart. I then picked it back up and installed it. It's a one person job IMHO.

I guess I'm just younger than most.

No, maybe just stronger...

I am 56 years old and have pulled and replaced the motor in my 1100E drag bike and street bike more than once.
One man job...remove the mounts...remove the breather cover...wiggle it out the right side...on to a bike lift.
It's not that heavy...geeze...

[blowerbike]

No, maybe just stronger...

I am 56 years old and have pulled and replaced the motor in my 1100E drag bike and street bike more than once.
One man job...remove the mounts...remove the breather cover...wiggle it out the right side...on to a bike lift.
It's not that heavy...geeze...

no fair!
you got half the guts out of it!
hahahaha

[amxsteve]

Yea. Geez whizz

[koolaid_kid]

I can't count how many times I removed and installed the engine on my GPz by myself. And Batfaam is a youngster compared to me.

[1948man]

in/out, easy peasy



wrapped up frame and tied things out of the way for an easy slide in, and no paint scratches







this was an 1100 shafty, one person, bottle jack and milkcrate with board

Effective use of a Harley sweatshirt.