This Is Goodbye | How an Overheat Killed the Sportster

[@XL883CNick]

Woah the cliffhanger ending. An upgraded ride for the longer distance rides and trips will be a good investment and keep your passenger happy too. Interested to see what trackerdieSteve finds when he splits the case.

[@nooowayyjose]

RIP Sporty 🫡

[@grabir01]

Never let your bike run dry.

[@ZozzerRidez]

Ah damn, wish someone told me..

[@Firstsk8productions]

Dang I’m really sorry about your sporty :/ I’m tracking down my own knocking noise in my 97 xl1200 and I saw some scoring in my walls today so I’m getting pretty sad about things. I wish you luck with your future bike :)

[@ZozzerRidez]

I have heard that is a common sight, but don't know how much I believe that since my 883s were pristine when I took them off. Hope your issue is easy to find and cheap to fix 🤞

[@Johnclark300]

Damn that sucks, always check hoses, I knew a guy who had the same issue totally trashed the motor. I am curious if your standard hoses could be replaced by hard lines.

[@ZozzerRidez]

I'm sure you could make a custom line. but one end does thread right up into the bottom of the case at the filter.

[@Supremebean303]

Long story short, prolly not worth the money to upgrade the cylinder heads to a 1250? I bought a 883 for a bargain and was thinking of doing the kit but if it’s gonna be a money pit. Would you recommend just keeping it as is and buy a soft tail?

[@ZozzerRidez]

I can't reccomend what anyone does with their bike, considering I blew mine to hell. I can't speak to or against the 1250 as it worked just fine until another part gave out.

[@rugershooter5268]

How many times you change seat on bike How can you run oil empty and not consider bearings

[@ZozzerRidez]

I had 3 seats total, changed between two quite frequently. Two up for two up , stock for me. I did consider the bearings, but wasn't about to put more money in the bottom end and chase problem after problem, thus, das ende.

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

Running a Sportster w/o oil 🛢️ is the best way to kill it.

[@ZozzerRidez]

I hear it's an internal combustion engine kinda thing haha

[@cmjp23]

Not sure if you still have the Memphis Gauntlet fairing, but if you did, would you potentially sell it?

[@shenanigansofmannanan]

Protip: the next time you need to prime the engine with oil.... pull the spark plugs and use your starter motor in 10-20secs at a time until you build oil pressure. This keeps you from running the engine at operating speeds and temperatures without the necessary oil pressure. I know you already rebuilt the engine with a Hammers Performance kit, and I'd jiat like to say... thanks for buying from an Idaho based company

[@bo7450]

So what was wrong with it?

[@ZozzerRidez]

Good chance there was crank damage. It overheated pretty bad.

[@milesonwheels8127]

Sorry bro. However it would be a good time to put in a 1270 kit.

[@bigd4561]

Well done vlog!

[@ZozzerRidez]

Thank you!

[@YeahNahMaybe947]

Oh man the problem is obvious that gremlin bell you've got hanging off the underside of your bike is bloody defective.

[@ZozzerRidez]

🤣🤣 it's my fault, I talked a lot of shit on them until my buddy gave me one

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

I'll buy the tank!!!!!! Seriously. I'll give u a reasonable offer if your interested. I'll pay shipping to Minnesota.

[@ZozzerRidez]

I will be selling a few parts, unfortunately not the tank, sorry.

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

Thanks mate. Be well, God bless.

[@LRXIII]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

I would have pulled over and called for a tow.

[@ZozzerRidez]

Yup, def woulda been the way to go.

[@HamSamich87]

RIP 03... Dyna time?

[@jamespolucha8790]

If you would have left that motor stock it would have lasted longer than you, never break that seal, stock is where it’s at especially on Harley’s

[@ZozzerRidez]

Actually incorrect. The modification to the engine had 0 to do with it. When I moved forwards to mids the oil pump to filter hose had wear from 20 years and now unsupported by a forward peg, burst and dumped all my oil. Only saw something a mile down the road at fwy rpms. It had been leaking since starting up the bike.

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

Your timing chain was awfully slack. That could be your whole clunking problem.

[@BuddyWall]

Rod knock 😢

[@onOnewheel_jay]

try compansator nut

[@ZozzerRidez]

All seemed to be snug, somebody else's problem now lol

[@turdferguson4007]

@@ZozzerRidezyou mean someone else’s joy…

[@ZozzerRidez]

@@turdferguson4007 someone hands you a dry ran toasted engine for 4.5k and you say oh joy? 😂

[@turdferguson4007]

@@ZozzerRidez Super hard to rebuild them 🤤

[@turdferguson4007]

@@ZozzerRidez I’m still trying to figure out why someone this stupid would upload these videos giving conclusive evidence of their stupidity to the world. Then come in the comment section and act smart. It’s just never going to work. It wouldn’t take 3k to completely rebuild this motor and have a great bike. What kind of person thinks they’re ready for motorcycles yet isn’t smart enough to know riding one without any oil in it isn’t a great idea. A person not smart enough to understand what an Air cooled motor is. A person not smart enough to understand that the oil in the motor is the only liquid doing any sort of cooling and lubricating. It’s almost like they had to have done this on purpose.

[@FrederickIngraham-yq4sz]

Yamaha, Kawasaki,honda?

[@ZozzerRidez]

🤣