Harley Knuckle ready, Paradise Roadshow Next Weekend

Been a couple weeks since we put up a video. Sorry 'bout that. I think the Knuckle is ready. Check out my cool battery and hopefully, we'll see you at the upcoming events.

[@pappabom1221]

Thank you for the video, Pacific Mike and Cameraman Mike, great job as always. I appreciate you took the time to highlight the importance of keeping the battery fresh. I've been riding my Shovelhead (FXS 80" from 1979) since 1989 and looking back I can see that many of the problems that occured came down to electrical failures. Neglecting the condition of the wiring and the battery and not connecting it properly is asking for trouble (because everything is vibrating a lot on those old H-Ds). Also, now there are so many "magic boxes" available to connect everything in an easier way and reducing the number of wires on your bike, so I was tempted to go that way if I hadn't re-wired my bike recently. Keep up the heat in your garage, it's the time of the year when you take care of your bikes rather than riding them because of snow and ice, at least here in Sweden.

[@pacificmike9501]

It's going to warm up in a day or two. I believe it. It must be so.

[@tommylitchfield3450]

Greetings and Salutations from the frozen, icy wastelands of east central Mississippi! Man, I am tired of this arctic cold business! I like that jacket! I saw a T shirt design from J&P Cycles today that caught my eye for the same reasons... A Black shirt with white writing and a cool design... But this one was a play off the TV show Sons of Anarchy.... It was a double rocker design with a cool skull design in the middle. The top rocker said "Sons of Arthritis" and the bottom rocker had "Ibuprofen Chapter" ... Funny as can be, but totally relatable!

[@pacificmike9501]

Yep.

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Always good to see another video guys....love the channel and what you guys do....thumbs up every video from me Mike...

[@pacificmike9501]

Awesome thank you!

[@kurtruppenthal9506]

Very creative on that battery. You deserve a self pat on the back. Hahaha

[@pacificmike9501]

Yes, it makes me a legend in my own mind. It's just a battery. But, it's cool.

[@brianvandemortel6710]

Enjoy the weather and the show you guys keep the videos coming

[@pacificmike9501]

Thanks! Will do!

[@curtisshippy4602]

I appreciate your attention to detail Love your channel Have a good week

[@pacificmike9501]

Thanks, you too!

[@darrell3368]

Mike great to see you and Mike y’all stay warm it’s been 14 here in Thomasville Georgia and getting warm up to 70 this week with rain all week ps y’all take care keep the shows coming

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank you. Cuddle up with your loved ones. I'm about to bring Sonia up onto the bed.

[@jameskelly7003]

I made a similar setup for my pan. I use a dry AGM 12v battery for a computer UPS. Fits in with room for a circuit breaker inside. Kick only, with Dynatek dual fire ignition, so the bike hardly uses any juice. Cycle Electric genny with low output end mounted regulator. Trouble free.

[@pacificmike9501]

IO run the same, except still run points. I do enjoy a Halogen Headlight and Cycle Electric generator and I had a new Electric Frank's regulator (pretty much the same as Cycle Electric. My coil is Dynatech fitted into a stock appearing early coil case.

[@lloydburris7487]

never saw that trick with the battery in a battery mike, not a big fan of lithium batteries but i like the innovation...I just hope your knuck doesn't burn down....

[@pacificmike9501]

Nope. She's good.

[@ralphtieleman4950]

Hello Mike and Mike . How are you ? Thank you for this video. Been cold up here too . 🇨🇦

[@pacificmike9501]

We're good. Wishing you the same.

[@billmillar7234]

Love the jacket.....love that I woke up this morning and had a video to watch over breakfast......it's always nice for a quiet evening also...... always a good time with you guys in the garage 😊

[@pacificmike9501]

Love the fact that you enjoy our stuff. Thank You.

[@nancymooney6226]

MIke .rock on this weekend and at Chopper Fest Tribute, Thanks for the hlep with my Shovel, they are more popular than anyone would have imagined. Always good to hear from a seasoned wrench.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. I've been in love with my Shovelhead since I purchased it brand new, although a year old model. That was in 1978. We're still in love.

[@johnmendez9592]

Hay Mike, whatching your video, waiting anxiously, hoping to hear you say, you'll be taking one of your bikes into the show?😂

[@pacificmike9501]

I quit showing them quite a while back. I ride them. They seem to look best betwen seventy and eighty.

[@dannyarendall5233]

Just a suggestion Mike but I think it would look kool if your seat and p-pad where brown like your saddle bags

[@pacificmike9501]

I've stopped myself so many times from dyeing the bags black. Actually, she looks better without the bags. But, if you see her live somewhere, somehow she is quite cool as she is (and I need the bags).

[@johnnysechrist6313]

When my bikes are stored they all are on battery tenders, some of those batteries are ten years old & older.

[@lloydburris7487]

same here, my harleys batteries last an average of 10yrs....

[@lloydburris7487]

In N.W. washington State

[@pacificmike9501]

Yep. I really wanted to show this one.

[@Ville..]

Here Finland 🇫🇮 has been ~ -22°F/-30°C for several weeks...

[@pacificmike9501]

I'm sorry.

[@mikaldene7146]

Great Video Guys...are the risers on your Knuckle four inches in height? What style bars are those? One inch thick? It's been way below zero in Montana for the last few weeks. We had wind chill at sixty-five below a few nights back. Couldn't get the garage door open for three days...have fun at the shows.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. The risers are Flanders originals. V-Twin is now copying them. Flanders no longer produces them. The bars are 1" Flanders draag bars. I believe Drag Specialties carries them or look up Flanders in Pasadena California. They are the worlds oldest handlebar manufacturers.

[@mikaldene7146]

@@pacificmike9501 Thank You

[@adammucci]

A 6v system is not a positive ground , the original 3 brush system works with a relay to regulate flow , the light circuit will kick in the 2nd field increasing amperage for lighting. A good 6v system will last many years and miles using original parts . Many trouble free miles with my original generator on my 51

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. And your 51 is certainly beautiful.

[@adammucci]

Love the videos and happy to see the young guys getting into the pan stuff ….. keep up the great work Mike

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You.

[@markackermann673]

What's new with the flathead? What are your plans for a front end? springer, girder?

[@pacificmike9501]

Nothing new on the Flathead. Just trying to keep up with what's going on at the moment. Look at our old videos to see the VL frontend and risers and stuff on the Flathead already.

[@apaulothegreat1581]

I get tickled at you two yall are pretty cool. Thanks again about going to your channel to find information. I'd didn't know at one time early in watching yall. But you sent message to me how to do it. Thanks for that also. And i watch on phone 😂 but if you put Coke bottle reading glasses on it makes it look like Big Screen TV. 😊❤ You Guys. Paul

[@pacificmike9501]

That's great. Thank You.

[@peterpohle9355]

Is that the Paradise Roadshow, the one in Palm Springs?

[@pacificmike9501]

Yes it is.

[@charlestomasino9161]

Your dressed like we are here in Ohio but I will take your weather 😅

[@pacificmike9501]

It's all in what your body is adjusted to. I guess I'm "maladjusted." I don't live at the beach or even L.A. I live in the hills. Little "chillier" here.

[@charlestomasino9161]

@@pacificmike9501 I hope it warms up soon for you mike

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank You. I used to go to the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati. It was the first week in February. Partying and riding those horsedrawn carriages around in the snow was awesome!

[@kirkbickel6861]

Hey Mike getting ready to convert my 39EL TO 12volt what gauge wire did you use for battery ground? Got cycle electric generator, was running old 6volt 2 brush fan generator should i just pull gear off that and put on new generator?

[@pacificmike9501]

I use #14 wire on all of it. The gear will fit right on. But, look in your service manual on fitting the generator to the bike so the generator gear meshes properly with the idler gear inside the camchest. This is very important. I've shown it on our videos. Go to our homepage and click on the word "videos." There's a bunch of videos there. If you can't find it, write back. But don't skip fitting that gear properly.

[@kirkbickel6861]

Thanks for the quick reply. Like your channel, been subscribed from the start. My 39 is same style as yours except mine has fatbob tanks. Thanks for the battery idea, gonna do the same

[@pacificmike9501]

Cool. Thank You.

[@michaelyarmie4858]

Here it's -24⁰C or -11⁰F Nice toque.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thanx

[@kjellblomstrand2497]

Hello from Sweden🇸🇪. That is a nice jacket u got from your sister. Looks nice and warm. We have had cold weather here to. But today it is raining and some of the snow is melting away. Like the 6 v system turn in to 12v👍. Ok have a great time and stay warm Mike and Mike. Kjell Blomstrand🇸🇪.

[@pacificmike9501]

Thank you! You too!

[@apaulothegreat1581]

Wow Sweden I'm in East Texas. That cool, big wave from texas. Stay warm. It has rain here all day It's almost three inches