YS 140 sport problem

[John Pavlick]

Ed,
 I know - AMF had deep pockets (not many of us admit AMF was a "good"
thing). If it weren't for AMF, Harley probably would never have been able to
develop the Evolution - that was a good thing (and this is coming from
someone who owns Pans and Shovels). The part I was referring to was the
"push stuff out the door" mentality that AMF brought. I think a little bit
of that is happening at YS - maybe. I don't know how many AMF era Harleys
you've worked on, but I've seen more than a few. I was an HD engine builder
for about 10 years. In fact, I own a '72 Iron-head Sportster, a '64 outside
oiler Pan and an '82 FXRS. They're not bad after you take them apart and fix
everything (like you had to do with a 1 year old machine)- but let's face
it, the quality wasn't the best.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Ed Miller
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:40 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: YS 140 sport problem
>
>
> The seat/guide assembly falling out of the head has plagued all
> YS 120/140
> engines. Had a new SF do it myself. YS will replace the head. Now
> Harley's
> problem in '79 wasn't AMF in so much they got caught off guard with the
> advent of unleaded gas. I had a '79 80 inch Shovel FXS I bought new. The
> valve guides were tool steel and short. The #2 cylinder would get hot and
> stick the exhaust valve open. I fixed my bike myself the winter of '79/80
> with sodium filled exhaust valves, hardened valve seats, longer cast iron
> valve guides I modified from another engine and I modified the
> lower spring
> retainers for valve seals. Harley came out with an exact kit fall of '80.
> AMF was the best thing that ever happened to Harley, without AMF Harley
> would have gone out of business in the early 70's. I bet there
> are a few AMF
> exec's wondering what if now though.......
> Ed M.

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