1979 Harley Davidson XLS 1000 "changing gears sportster bike gets" Questions

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changing the oil in a 1986 sportster I"ve removed a drain plug from the gearbox but only a quart of oil came out. Where is the drain for the rest of the engine, and how do I get oil back in the gear ...

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...sportster, my gears... all of a sudden became hard to change gears...seems to be some "play" when moving the gear lever...notice a little oil on outside of bike in that area....doesn't seem to be the ...

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sportster the engine judders at low speed and revs like the mixtures too weak and you have to change down the gears to get the revs up to avoid this,once you get past this flat spot the engine is fine

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...Also make sure your primary chain is adjusted correctly. as the bike gets hotter, the chain tightens up putting alot of pressure on the clutch pack as well as the stator ( your charging system

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...gears, it clunks changing up and also when changing down. Clunk, clunk, clunk ferkin' clunk everywhere I go...... Clutch appears to be working fine, no clutch drag at all, probably a case of when I ...

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...Sportster? 45K miles. I have to shift 2x to get into any gear after 1st or to downshift. I don't know too much of the history of the bike but it looks like everything is okay. I ...

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...Bike is a 2002 Sportster XL883, but it has been upgraded to 1200 and has upgraded exhaust pipes. It sounds like the accelerator pump has gone bad on you. Take the air filter off and with the engine ...

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I have an 06 Sportser custom (XL) 1200 with 62K on it. Its getting hard to shift into gear and even harder to find nutreal. I've just had the clutch cable replaced dealer did not say anything about ...

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...gears. The Sportster has the best shifting transmission of all the Harley motorcycles. Since it does shift so easily, riders sometimes "soft shift" the transmission and wind up missing gearshifts. ...

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