Harley-Davidson Ignition Systems 101a

The low down on the high energy power for your motorcycle! Whenever electricity is involved in a discussion you can bet there will be a lot of misinformation involved, if coming from the misinformed. The first thing to start with here with will be ignition coi...

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The Fine Art of Performance.

When the word performance is brought up most people immediately think of engine related items such as exhaust systems and mufflers, air filters, camshafts and so on. Here at Alien Cycle performance isn’t just limited to the engine, or words like horsepow...

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Engine Knock Explained

Knock-Knock-Knock…….Who’s there???…hope it ain’t be da Poe-lice…..! It’s summer and it’s hot as hell in Texas all over again and when the road surface is 150 degrees and possibly hotter, that means the engine is ...

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Bringing Your Own Eggs to the Diner.

I have found since the inception of ebay and such, that many times the customer wants to get the parts themselves and save big bucks.  This is called “bringing your own eggs to the diner.”  Firstly the labor rate goes up. Secondly if there is a p...

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Shovelhead Engines

Born in 1966, the Shovelhead engine was about to make it’s mark in Harley-Davidson history. Production ran 18 years from 1966 to 1984. In 1979 they went from a displacement of 74 cubic inches to the infamous 80 incher. Like anything they had their share ...

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p/n 16208-83 FLT/FXR Engine to Trans mount

Back in stock! —————————————————————– Hard shift FREE! Cracked inner primary $300.00 Broken trans to engine bracket $125.00 The ...

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Engine Blueprinting and Balancing

What is engine blueprinting and balancing? Engine blueprinting is the fine art of going through an engine and putting things to your specifications. Stock “crate” engines run, and you can get a really good stock engine, sometimes, but for every goo...

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Powder Coating or Paint?

Many people don’t know the difference between powder coating and paint. So they go and just powder coat everything not fully realizing the consequences. Powder coating is a thermoset polymer or a thermoplastic. It is a dry powder that is electrostaticall...

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