Hi everyone, I decided to start a mini build thread for my '93 FXRP. I try to do most of my own work on my Harleys, but generally it's just maintenance or upgrades. This is my first time taking rebuilding a Harley. With that said, this build thread is probably going to be less about documenting the process and more about asking for input/opinion/help, and posting just enough pictures to keep everyone interested 
. I've already acquired a lot of help utilizing old posts, but I'm at the point where I'd probably have to start asking specific questions.
This is my winter project so it'll be sort of slow. I only get to work on it during weekends since I live in an apartment and keep all my Harleys and tools in my parents garage.
With that said, here's a short summary to bring everyone up to speed:
This is my 1993 FXRP the day it rolled off the truck, spring 2021.
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It was more or less stock and I intended to just make some updates to make it a good daily rider. It has a little under 30k miles on it and shows well for its age, I'd say its a solid 6 footer. I upgraded the front end so I could run more modern brakes, also threw a 2 piston brembo on the rear, new cables, new tires, LED tail/headlight, new Mikuni carb, some police farkles, and some some tactile upgrades (seat, handle bars, hand controls) just make it more comfortable/modern. Below is how it looked before I tore it down.
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The one thing I could never get over is that at some point in the bikes life, someone had spray bombed the motor black. I had decided a few months into owning it that I needed to either have the motor rebuilt front eh ground up, or swap it for something else. I had the motor in my Street Glide rebuilt last winter, great results but I just dropped it off at the shop and picked it up done. I decided I wanted to do the work myself this time. I'm not capable of rebuilding an engine so I knew swapping a motor was the only way for me. Luckily for me I happened onto another FXR with a S&S v113, as a bonus, it also had a Baker DD6 transmission. It had less then 5k miles on the drivetrain but had been sitting for years and it looks like it was put away wet so there was some pitting in the aluminum and chrome. Not optimal, but with some polish, better then what I have now. Also the benefit of having a "donor" bike for me was invaluable since I could learn through disassembling the donor bike. The Donor:
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I do feel bad taking it apart, not sure what the plan is for it after.
So this is were I sit now, drivetrain was removed from the donor FXR, and I've finished stripping down the FXRP
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. I've already acquired a lot of help utilizing old posts, but I'm at the point where I'd probably have to start asking specific questions.This is my winter project so it'll be sort of slow. I only get to work on it during weekends since I live in an apartment and keep all my Harleys and tools in my parents garage.
With that said, here's a short summary to bring everyone up to speed:
This is my 1993 FXRP the day it rolled off the truck, spring 2021.
It was more or less stock and I intended to just make some updates to make it a good daily rider. It has a little under 30k miles on it and shows well for its age, I'd say its a solid 6 footer. I upgraded the front end so I could run more modern brakes, also threw a 2 piston brembo on the rear, new cables, new tires, LED tail/headlight, new Mikuni carb, some police farkles, and some some tactile upgrades (seat, handle bars, hand controls) just make it more comfortable/modern. Below is how it looked before I tore it down.
The one thing I could never get over is that at some point in the bikes life, someone had spray bombed the motor black. I had decided a few months into owning it that I needed to either have the motor rebuilt front eh ground up, or swap it for something else. I had the motor in my Street Glide rebuilt last winter, great results but I just dropped it off at the shop and picked it up done. I decided I wanted to do the work myself this time. I'm not capable of rebuilding an engine so I knew swapping a motor was the only way for me. Luckily for me I happened onto another FXR with a S&S v113, as a bonus, it also had a Baker DD6 transmission. It had less then 5k miles on the drivetrain but had been sitting for years and it looks like it was put away wet so there was some pitting in the aluminum and chrome. Not optimal, but with some polish, better then what I have now. Also the benefit of having a "donor" bike for me was invaluable since I could learn through disassembling the donor bike. The Donor:
I do feel bad taking it apart, not sure what the plan is for it after.
So this is were I sit now, drivetrain was removed from the donor FXR, and I've finished stripping down the FXRP
