Shanedrive's LLC V-twin Service

Craig’s bike came to me after it failed the engine severely for the 2nd time. Craig is admittedly hard on his bike. It had always been built by an HD dealer using HD’s screamin eagle parts exclusively. The parts couldn’t hold up to Craig’s use (not abuse!). The latest failure was an inboard cam bearing that unleashed the rollers to wreak havoc within the engine. I also found that his flywheels had shifted on the crankpin. After discussing the options with him, I suggested that he get away from using a few of HD’s parts that cannot hold up to sustained high rpm. He turned me loose to get the job done.

I converted the engine into a 106”. To address the flywheel shift issue I used S&S 4 ½ stroke wheels modified by the Hoban Brothers at Darkhorse Crankworks.

I used full compliment Torrington bearings for the inboard cam bearings. HD uses INA bearings which are not nearly as robust. Then I Installed Screamin Eagle 257 cams and Screamin Eagle 50mm throttle body using Kuryakyn intake flanges so the T-body would fit 05-earlier heads. I also made the necessary modifications to the wire harness to use the 50mm T-body. Tom at Mountain performance did the head work. Did I mention that Tom does fantastic flow work?

The paint is done by none other than Ryan at Paragon Customs This bike will get your attention both by it’s looks and power.

Rich brought this bike to me to give ‘er the ol’ once over. I removed all painted parts and turned them over to my friend Ryan at Paragon Customs. He did all the nice flat black work. Take a look at his site if you’ve time, he does awesome painting.

Besides the paint, Rich had me tweak the engine to 95” with ported heads by Tom at Mountain Performance, Daytona Twin Tec closed loop EFI, 50 mm Screamin Eagle throttle body and Tornado cams from Headquarters. I also installed a Fullsac exhaust conversion that uses the stock header system to switch over to a true dual exhaust system. This baby is a 95” torque monster that works excellent for those long hauls with plenty of passing power. After break-in Rich brought the bike to me for some fine tuning. I nailed it for all its worth going across a bridge near here. The bridge is significantly less than a ¼ mile in length and this big ol’ bagger hit 105 mph at the end of the bridge. Not bad for a touring machine!

Thanks for bringing the bike to us Rich

Steve’s bike came to me with “aggravated blower syndrome”. The bearings within the blower had failed. When I disassembled it, I found some incorrect installations that didn’t provide the blower’s gears and bearings with the necessary oiling. I also found incorrect cams, pistons and carburetion installed for use with a blower. The blower I had to send out to Bill at Magna charger. I simply don’t have the facility needed to address its issues.

After some discussion with Bill, I ordered the correct pistons and cams and he advised that I send the carb to one of his partners to have a special Mikuni needle installed and tweaked by that same person.

That did it. This bike runs like a scalded dog!

I must say it is also thee loudest bike I’ve ever ridden on the street. People around here are accustomed to drag pipes but this bike was causing folks walking on the side walk to put their fingers in their ears! My own ears were ringing after riding it.

Thanks for bringing my your bike Steve! From what you’ve told me, it has never run this well since you’ve owned it!

This 05 Deuce belongs to DJ and has a 95” kit installed. Heads are ported by Tom at Mountain performance. Cams are Tornado cams from Headquarters, 50mm Screamin’ Eagle throttle body using Kuryakyn’s adapter flanges to install the throttle body on 05-earlier heads, Hooker pipes and Daytona Twin tec closed loop fuel injection. I had to change a number of connectors on the wire harness to make the throttle body work. This is a very spirited 95 inch that will surprise many big inch riders. Thanks for letting build your engine for you DJ!

This ’97 Road King belongs to Greg. He is a good customer that brings all of his work (when needed) to us. Roughly 2 years ago Greg approached us with a dilemma. He wasn’t sure if he should purchase a new bike or make his old bike the way he’d like it to be. He opted for the latter. Greg had us give his bike a full face lift. The bike originally was Magnetti Mirelli fuel injected. We changed that over to a Delphi style injection system using a Daytona Twin Tec TCFI II ECM. These are some very good performance ECM’s. The more we use them, the better they seem to work. Greg also had us drop in a crate S&S 124, 6 speed transmission and a Rivera clutch to hold the ponies in place. Greg took the painted pieces to have the color of his choice applied. He also had us install new spoked wheels rather then keep the cast wheels that were in place. There are a lot of other details on this bike but to many to cover here. Now, 2 years later he had us remove the painted parts to have a nice flame job applied.

The artwork is done by Ryan at Paragon Customs. www.paragoncustoms.com

The bike looks great and has the “go” that fits well with the “show”. - Nice bike Greg!

This hill climber belongs to my good friend Chris. He likes using Harleys in a different environment. Chris competes in AMA district 16 (Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula). Chris and this bike do quite well. He competes in the open class. In ’05 he placed 2nd for the season. In ’06 he was 5th and in ’07 he was 3rd. Not bad Chris!!!
Chris is an owner of CMJ raceway in Hixton, WI. One of the best MX tracks in the state. The track has some of the best dirt, best terrain and awesome challenges for even the most experienced MX racer. It also has a hill climb and numerous trails throughout the property. Go to www.cmjraceway.com to check it out. It's a 89” Sporty engine, all S&S including cases. I haven’t tuned it “hands on” but Chris has contacted me for advice. Frame is a Suzuki RM-250 with a KTM subframe. Suspension is Race Tech by Mike’s Motorsports.


	This nice old ’41 Indian belongs to Bob. This bike is a daily runner. I don’t typically work on Indians but Bob did bring the cylinders to us for some machine work. I farmed out the work to a machinist that I use regularly. He does outstanding work. The cylinders had to be resleeved as they were at their max oversize. Now it is back to a 74” engine with a new start on life. I sourced the parts necessary to repair the cylinders - That’s it. I think it’s cool to see an old machine like this still being ridden daily. - Nice ’41 Indian Bob!

	This is an ’84 FLH rear belt drive, complete to bare frame restoration. Alex did almost all of the wrenching on this bike, I just built the engine and gave him a few pointers. The engine is a 96” using stock cases and all S&S parts. It is 10:1 with the 560 cam. I did some special balancing on the flywheels rather than just installing an assembled set from S&S. I did some other trade secrets as well toaddress stroker vibration issues. Alex tells me the bike is very powerful and smoooooooooth!! Hat’s off to Alex, he did a very good job customizing this bike.

	Rick bought this bike last fall and it was in very rough condition. The engine is still a 74” that is stock except for the carb. This is Rick’s first attempt at customizing. He did one hell of a job. Very creative. Thank you Rick!

	This fuel injected 2005 Wide Glide photo was sent to us by Jason from Graham, North Carolina. Thank you Jason!

	This wolf in sheep’s clothing is a fire breathing 116” with very nice table manners. It belongs to Allen from the Reedsburg, WI area. It features an S&S 116" motor that had a dyno run of 134 hp and 142 ft/lbs of torque. It has also posted a 10.95 ET at the dragstrip in Earlsville, IA. Nice bike! Thanks Allen!


	This nice looking custom was built by Midwest Choppers of Galesburg, IL. The owner Dr. Ted Parins resides in the Sauk City area and brings the bike to Shanedrive's LLC for routine service. Thanks Dr. Parins


	This Softail features custom white pearl paint with matching white pearl powder coated frame and down tubes. Nice bike! Thanks Troy


	This custom Softail features a high performance 95" motor, electronic fuel injection and screaming eagle race tuner. Another nice bike built by Shanedrives! Thanks Tim

This Harley Softail features a high performance 95" motor. It puts out about 110 at the wheel. Nice looking bike! Thanks Jay


	This award winning custom chopper was built by Paragon Customs LLC located here in Sauk City, WI. Great Looking bike! Thanks guys.


	This photo was sent to us by Scott from Flathead Power. Nice looking Knuckle! Thanks Scott.

Featured harley photo

This photo comes to us from Prairie du Sac, WI. This 1981 Milwaukee Edition XL photo was sent in by "Charlie with the orange Harley" a member of ABATE, MRF and AMA. His scoot features a customized rear fender and 79 XL Siamese pipes.

From Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
"More Midnight Thunder"...Charlie"

This photo comes to us from Jeff in Racine, Wisconsin. This 1981 Low Rider has several custom features, including an actual WWII e-tool air cleaner cover, custom rear fender and custom painted Premo belt drive. Great looking ride!
Thanks Jeff!

From Racine, Wisconsin
"Jeff says...deze nuts, want some?"

Featured harley photo

This photo was emailed to us from Green Bay, Wisconsin by Ken Wolfe at "Full Throttle Cycles"

From Green Bay, Wisconsin
"Ride Full Throttle...Wolfe"

Your bike could be featured online here at Shanedrives.com

	This (very) custom bike belongs to Ryan at Paragon Customs. The engine is a modified S&S 113. I won’t bore you with the engines details. I’ve known this engine for 8 years now. Every time it ran, it has been run very HARD. The engine used to live in another bike. That bike was owned by a customer named Chad prior to Ryan purchasing that bike. Chad had me modify the engine back in 2000. It has made a dyno run of 134 horsepower and 135 ft lbs torque. In the twenty years of being in the motorcycle industry, I’ve only had 3 customers total that will use a modified engine to its full potential. Chad is one of them. When Ryan purchased the bike, he didn’t give it a rest either. This engine has even managed to stomp on a Screamin’ Eagle 113 twin cam running with a solo rider on it while this 113 was carrying a passenger to boot! After 8 years of being in service, Ryan had me disassemble the engine to look it over and give him the parts he needed for cosmetic upgrades. This 113 is a testament to S&S Cycle’s engineering. I was very surprised at the condition of the engine after such a long life of abuse without any failure of the engine during that time. Everything was within spec and could’ve simply been reassembled and put back into service but as long as it was apart, I refreshed the engine from top to bottom. It now enjoys life in a very custom bike. This bike DOES get ridden a lot. It is not just to look at. Thanks Ryan, I’m sure we’ll do more business down the road.

	Craig’s bike came to me after it failed the engine severely for the 2nd time. Craig is admittedly hard on his bike. It had always been built by an HD dealer using HD’s screamin eagle parts exclusively. The parts couldn’t hold up to Craig’s use (not abuse!). The latest failure was an inboard cam bearing that unleashed the rollers to wreak havoc within the engine. I also found that his flywheels had shifted on the crankpin. After discussing the options with him, I suggested that he get away from using a few of HD’s parts that cannot hold up to sustained high rpm. He turned me loose to get the job done. I converted the engine into a 106”. To address the flywheel shift issue I used S&S 4 ½ stroke wheels modified by the Hoban Brothers at Darkhorse Crankworks. I used full compliment Torrington bearings for the inboard cam bearings. HD uses INA bearings which are not nearly as robust. Then I Installed Screamin Eagle 257 cams and Screamin Eagle 50mm throttle body using Kuryakyn intake flanges so the T-body would fit 05-earlier heads. I also made the necessary modifications to the wire harness to use the 50mm T-body. Tom at Mountain performance did the head work. Did I mention that Tom does fantastic flow work? The paint is done by none other than Ryan at Paragon Customs This bike will get your attention both by it’s looks and power. Thanks for bringing your bike to us to fix what was ailing it Craig!

	Rich brought this bike to me to give ‘er the ol’ once over. I removed all painted parts and turned them over to my friend Ryan at Paragon Customs. He did all the nice flat black work. Take a look at his site if you’ve time, he does awesome painting. Besides the paint, Rich had me tweak the engine to 95” with ported heads by Tom at Mountain Performance, Daytona Twin Tec closed loop EFI, 50 mm Screamin Eagle throttle body and Tornado cams from Headquarters. I also installed a Fullsac exhaust conversion that uses the stock header system to switch over to a true dual exhaust system. This baby is a 95” torque monster that works excellent for those long hauls with plenty of passing power. After break-in Rich brought the bike to me for some fine tuning. I nailed it for all its worth going across a bridge near here. The bridge is significantly less than a ¼ mile in length and this big ol’ bagger hit 105 mph at the end of the bridge. Not bad for a touring machine! Thanks for bringing the bike to us Rich

	Steve’s bike came to me with “aggravated blower syndrome”. The bearings within the blower had failed. When I disassembled it, I found some incorrect installations that didn’t provide the blower’s gears and bearings with the necessary oiling. I also found incorrect cams, pistons and carburetion installed for use with a blower. The blower I had to send out to Bill at Magna charger. I simply don’t have the facility needed to address its issues. After some discussion with Bill, I ordered the correct pistons and cams and he advised that I send the carb to one of his partners to have a special Mikuni needle installed and tweaked by that same person. That did it. This bike runs like a scalded dog! I must say it is also thee loudest bike I’ve ever ridden on the street. People around here are accustomed to drag pipes but this bike was causing folks walking on the side walk to put their fingers in their ears! My own ears were ringing after riding it. Thanks for bringing my your bike Steve! From what you’ve told me, it has never run this well since you’ve owned it!

	This 05 Deuce belongs to DJ and has a 95” kit installed. Heads are ported by Tom at Mountain performance. Cams are Tornado cams from Headquarters, 50mm Screamin’ Eagle throttle body using Kuryakyn’s adapter flanges to install the throttle body on 05-earlier heads, Hooker pipes and Daytona Twin tec closed loop fuel injection. I had to change a number of connectors on the wire harness to make the throttle body work. This is a very spirited 95 inch that will surprise many big inch riders. Thanks for letting build your engine for you DJ!

	This ’97 Road King belongs to Greg. He is a good customer that brings all of his work (when needed) to us. Roughly 2 years ago Greg approached us with a dilemma. He wasn’t sure if he should purchase a new bike or make his old bike the way he’d like it to be. He opted for the latter. Greg had us give his bike a full face lift. The bike originally was Magnetti Mirelli fuel injected. We changed that over to a Delphi style injection system using a Daytona Twin Tec TCFI II ECM. These are some very good performance ECM’s. The more we use them, the better they seem to work. Greg also had us drop in a crate S&S 124, 6 speed transmission and a Rivera clutch to hold the ponies in place. Greg took the painted pieces to have the color of his choice applied. He also had us install new spoked wheels rather then keep the cast wheels that were in place. There are a lot of other details on this bike but to many to cover here. Now, 2 years later he had us remove the painted parts to have a nice flame job applied. The artwork is done by Ryan at Paragon Customs. www.paragoncustoms.com The bike looks great and has the “go” that fits well with the “show”. - Nice bike Greg!

	This hill climber belongs to my good friend Chris. He likes using Harleys in a different environment. Chris competes in AMA district 16 (Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula). Chris and this bike do quite well. He competes in the open class. In ’05 he placed 2nd for the season. In ’06 he was 5th and in ’07 he was 3rd. Not bad Chris!!! Chris is an owner of CMJ raceway in Hixton, WI. One of the best MX tracks in the state. The track has some of the best dirt, best terrain and awesome challenges for even the most experienced MX racer. It also has a hill climb and numerous trails throughout the property. Go to www.cmjraceway.com to check it out. It's a 89” Sporty engine, all S&S including cases. I haven’t tuned it “hands on” but Chris has contacted me for advice. Frame is a Suzuki RM-250 with a KTM subframe. Suspension is Race Tech by Mike’s Motorsports.