Also it’s so awesome you guys are archiving all this knowledge so it’s never forgotten. Great way to give back to Harley enthusiasts. Thank you Mike.

I've done this hundreds of times, but I love to watch you do it and hear your comments. Snap rings are always a 2 handed deal for me, otherwise they end in some obscure corner of the universe.

“…it sounds like I’m preaching and I know it, but this is the place to be preaching. This is the time to be preaching.” Amen, brother. Gonna have to start callin’ you Pastor Mike.

I’m so happy to see your channel blossom. Won’t be long before you hit a well deserved 100K. Thank you for all you share. The newer bike stuff is especially helpful for me.

Mike I so enjoy listening to you while I restore motorcycles, that's what I do all day recreating and listening to you Thank you

Love to see us old guys passing the information on to the next generation. I enjoy watching for the relaxation haha.

dude those flash lights that strap to your head are a life saver

I enjoy watching your videos. You’re like the Bob Ross of Harley Davidson the way you go describing step by step the work you’re doing.

Hey Mike and Mike! This video is going to be super helpful for a lot of TC riders

Hello Mike great to see you again

Sweet bike camera man Mike.

Always love stopping by the garage, have a blessed week my friends.

Good old Mike, you take me to the old rememberings. Merlin, that was his name. You're magic, I told you...

I just love watching all of your Shovelhead videos, since I own a 79 FLH, but now I get to enjoy your expertise on your Twin Cam videos as I also now own an 09 FLHR. It's amazing how much 30 years makes on a machine and it's also amazing how much really hasn't changed in that same time period. Thank you for taking the time to share all of your knowledge with us!

Thanks for reminding me, it time to lubricate mine.. and change all the fluids on my 05 FLHT.. ✌

You preach how you want to Mike cause I listened and learned God-bless you brother hope you're doing great.

Ain't that teeenie little snap ring wonderful ! I had to file the points down on one of my snap ring tool fittings to make it work. And not being as efficient as you Mike, I bought spares for the times it goes shooting round the garage. lol. Nice vid Mike and Mike thanks !

A perfect way to start my morning. A cup of coffee while watching you calmly adjust a clutch. Life is good. Have a blessed day to you both!

Hello Pacific Mike I would first like to thank you for the educational videos you put out. I have learned so much from them, and really enjoy the way you present them. You and the other Mike do a great job! My Fiancé, of twenty years LOL, had to stop riding just before we met. She had a back injury and some other medical issues going on where she doesn’t trust herself to be able to hold the bike up all the time. She has a 1977 FXE 1200 Super Glide that has been sitting and not run since she stopped riding. She enjoys riding with me on my scooter. One night in a gin joint talking with a friend, who is very knowledgeable in the older Harley’s, about my Fiancé bike I was telling him that I really wish she could ride again. He stated that he believed if he checked with some of his friends that collect old Harley parts that he could locate a Servi-Car frame and rear end. He further claimed that it would not take much to put the motor and transmission from her FXE into that frame. I thought this was a great idea as it would be using some of the parts from her old bike that she loves. Is this a good idea, or just crazy? I’m thinking that I should try and get a Servi-Car frame from the Shovel Head era? Is there any other advice you could give me? Thank you for your time and I would completely understand if you don’t have time to respond. I bet you get thousands of questions a day. Hope to see you out on the road!!

Probably about the same age as you, been working on Harley and Indians since I was 14. I enjoy watching your videos , good job.

Years ago I bought a little tool that clamps over the end of the cable and had a hole in it for your straw. The upper end is sealed off when you tighten it and the lower end is clamped around the outside of the cable. When you shoot the lube the propellant sends it down the cable. Worked well for the off road stuff that was always dirty.

Thanks Mike, my cable broke in the Crows Nest Pass on a long weekend! We fed the cable through a plug socket , splayed the cable and taped it up real good. Rode 700km to Medicine Hat using the socket as a handle and pulling like hell! Just did a spring service on my Ultra. Think I'm going back into the shop to lube my new cable. Thanks for the info.

Excellent advice Mike , we often ignore the routine maintenance items such as cables that can fail & result in a lot of grief , thanks for the reminder !

Here’s a tip for you if you’d like to use it. To help avoid problems with corrosion on your threads of your clutch cable, apply a thin coat of anti-seize on the threads and work it into the long adjuster nut and up enough to also cover the threads under the lock nut. When done with your adjustment, apply a thin coating of Vaseline over the entire adjustment surfaces before you slide your rubber boot back over it. The anti-seize will make the threads turn easily for the next adjustment, and the Vaseline will protect the surfaces from moisture that gets up under that boot. I hope this was useful to you.

Mike so informative!! Just a pleasure watching you do it all. Keep up the great work.

Thanks, I happened to own a 08 Dayna super glide custom, I'll be sure to follow your videos from now on, thanks again

Cameraman Mike´s Dyna looks like a good chopper Dyna! loved it!

God bless you, Mike(s)!

Keep "preaching," Hallelujah & Amen.

I've used Dri-Slide for years. Thanks for the content.

The most lovely in Mike deals is not What exactly Mike do but the way How Mike care about. Mike, my best wishes to You, dear, for years )

mike i like your videos, you seem like a nice man and very knowledgeable in what you do. i am a retired professional transmission rebuilder and shop owner. i had a Harley back in 02 i sure wish i had an old school bobber. maybe one day. i am in the middle of finishing my 86 monte carlo SS rebuild, so when that is done with that i may be looking for a bobber project,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Awesome video as usual Mike common sence stuff that we all overlook until it's often too late !

Good evening Mike, you just reminded me to lube my clutch cable. This is a great video for a old guy like me.

Hi Mike, fantastic video, and great work so a big thanks from the UK!

I've got a problem. Every time I watch your videos, witch are very interesting, after a couple of minutes I fall asleep. Your voice is so calm, that hypnose me. So I have to watch several times to see the whole thing 🥴... Cheers from france👍

Great content young fella.... bless n carry on..

Thanks for all the knowledge!

Thanks for the video Mike.. I like that dyna, she's looking good guys.

Sage words of advice on cable luring, and the propensity for cables to break ONLY at night, in the middle of nowhere, with foul weather looming on the horizon, lol. Always a treat Mike, and Mike (and of course, that unsung hero "wireless mic")

I’ll be changing tires on my ‘04 Twin Cam Softail today. I might as well lube the cables while I’m at it. I’m one of the guilty ones - a cable neglector!

Not going to lie though, I love this video, but was looking forward to seeing more progress made on the panhead!

My uncle Bill squeezed my clutch and gave me a look of disgust and said “you need to lubricate this cable bro!” 🤣🤣🤣

I needed to see this as a reminder to lube my lever and cable. I have an 03 with 89,465 original cable that gets the treatment . I also have a set of O ratchets that make adjusting the clutch nuts easy,

Great job guy's !

Very helpfull video at All ways greatings from South Germany

I've had a 1988 softtail for 34 years , I lube the cables every winter there still working .

Love your videos.

Very nice bike, Cameraman Mike, Very Nice!

I have good luck with sewing oil on the cable. I apply it in an old fashioned oil can. The ones you pump the bottom with your thumb. I can lube while it's still connected. I pull the collar back and put my oil can tip like you did with the spray can in the video. It flows right down the cable in no time. When my adjuster is wet I know i'm done. I did it your way before (the correct way), but once you lose the snap ring like I did, I said that's enough. lol I never found that snap ring, and I had to use one close to the same size for a while, until I got the correct sized ring. To be honest, now I don't remember if I ever did change it out. Oh boy!

Love my 2009 fatbob 👍👍

Good morning Mr Pacific, Cameraman Mike, hope all is well. Beautiful color on that Dyna, very sharp looking mobile, never get sick of seeing it. I've tried everything and can't prevent my adjuster from rusting, just constant maintenance, this is on an aftermarket Teflon coated Magnum cable to boot, they all rust lol. Having a 2002 Night Train, I'm very familiar with the Twin Cam primary and I think their ramp and ball design is bulletproof, the entire clutch assembly in my opinion, very user friendly and super easy to dial in, maybe I'm bias lol. Anyway, whatever system it is, the important thing is proper maintenance and workmanship, which goes without saying when Mike touches anything. Take care of yourself Mike and great work.

Recently replaced my clutch cable, it was severley rusted, needed to use a set of pliers to move the cable inside of the sleeve, just one thing on the clutch adjustment, I saw from another channel, they will use a long allen key and allow the adjustment screw to tighten only to the weight of the allen key and then turn it back about 180° and tighten. Thanks for sharing.

HOWdy Mike, Adjusting a CLUTCH on a "TWINKIE" for CMM;s DYNA COOP ...

That is a very nice bike.

New like and sub here. Thank you for taking the time to upload!

Yeah make I'm with ya on that. I've used a second throttle cable to replace single throttle cables and clutch cables, while out on the road, many times. I've never been a fan of 2 cable throttles but, it's hard to deny it when you need a cable and have no way too get one. Take it easy, Bryan

A big fat thumbs up from me on this video.

well I am back been in hospital for 3 weeks no fun lost a toe diabetes is no joke. but at least it won't affect my riding sure missed your show but it didn't take long to catch up maybe we will meet on the road some day!!.City of WEST Virginia

Beautiful bike,Mike!!..... nothing better than a well lubed clutch cable ( well,ok ..a few more things)....but it will feel nice and smooth now.....and beautiful polish on the parts and the wheel and tire look good too

My clutch cable has 48000 miles on lt and still going lubricants makes all the difference

Thank you

Break free CLP is what he used inside clutch cable.

Just in time I just put a new clutch in my tc.

Mike a better grease to use instead of bearing grease is a white lithium soap based grease because in time bearing grease will harden and become sticky, A soap baed grease doesn't.... I do mine thru the winter months as I get her ready for the bike season...

Awesome video Mike. Nice bike Mike! Lmao

I chuckled at the beginning when you started the video with a big sigh. I appreciate you doing these videos. I know my stress level would elevate being on camera. My niece has a 2010 HD softail cvo convertible FLSTE2 that she complains about not going into 1st gear during a downshift while riding on the road. She is only 4 feet 11 inches. During troubleshooting a problem I always first consider is the operation being completed properly. I call this "operator error" or OE. Is she depressing the clutch at the correct time and is she depressing it all the way. Plus since she is only having this problem during the last downshift, is it because of fatigue? What do you think Mike?

Mike you have to adjust the clutch at the screw in the middle of the clutch. Bump the lock nut lose then with a flathead screw it in all the way until it stops, then back it off half a turn. Then knock the lock nut back tight. 👍

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Good evening Mike , how are you ? Thank you for this video. I don’t know much about these newer bikes .

Thank you for sharing. What no burnouts C-Mike? Enjoyed the video. 👍👀

👍👍👍to the 2 Mikes 🇸🇪 Kjell Blomstrand(the swede)

From experience, if the cable end doesn't rotate freely on that pin, it lasts 5 minutes!

Mike, I recently did the same clutch adjustment procedure as you, and when it came time to back out the adjuster screw, with half a turn out, I had way too much slack in the cable. I was not able to take out the slack with the cable adjusting nut. The only way I could take out the slack is by not backing out the adjusting screw the half turn. I left it alone when I had it seated lightly. Why caused that? I hope to run into you one of these days at American Motorcycle in Banning.

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Something I’ve done many times before but here I am watching the whole video 😂. Just curious what is going on with the flathead?

Hello Mike, hope all is well.

That'll getcha in trouble! 😂

Thanks for sharing, HD dealership just replaced my cable a few days ago & it was great until this morning on the way work it started up again, having a hard time shifting & finding neutral, so got to work and pulled the cable to see how slack (supposed to be 1/8” gap roughly) well,, I got about 1/2”, so wouldn’t I want to shorten the cable to make less slack? Right now the clutch engages when I barely let the lever out, and when I pull the clutch lever in if feels like the bike wants to go forward still. I’m assuming after a new clutch cable installed that the clutch cable will need to be adjusted after several miles of riding (breaking the clutch cable in) is that normal or is my throw out bearings gone bad)?? Any recommendations or suggestions much appreciated Mike. And based on your describing the cable in order to remove clutch lever that you are tightening the cable before hand, did you mean loosening the cable?

On my Fat Boy I'm missing the anti-rattle clip as well. Are they something that's rough to put back on? My buddy's bike is missing his also. Just wondering.

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CM Mike??? I see the gauge is mounted up by the handle bars, did you re locate that? My 2007 Dyna is on the tank.

Hi Mike, when you said 96 Dyna, is the 96 Cu. In. Or 96 year?

mike, hey brother, was wondering what ever happened to the UL project you were working on.

Do you have a video on how to adjust the mousetrap clutch on a panhead? Thanks

Say Mike like to ask a question need to find out why my clutch is not adjusting properly after doing all the proper adjustments will go in the first year but I cannot get it to shift up the guy I bought it from put a transmission in it and new clutch however he never wrote it so trying to find out what my problem is

Can you blow the oil down the cable?

7:30 (There's no hope in hell for these nose hairs, once Mike has his clippers in hand) . . . for the dexterous skills of the Master, make other like channels look bland. The knowledge, the skill & experience, give 'Mission-creep Mike' a warm glow, as he Cyclops away behind lenses, recording the magic full flow. No chanting nor potions are needed, we can 'see what is needed' as such, while the Master adjusts in right order, & takes all the slop out your clutch. (Other walking aids are available & no moose were harmed during this production : )

Any motor oil recommendations for a shovelhead?

It would be nice to have a place to ride where every cage driver wasn't playing with their cellphone instead of actually driving the car. I almost got hit 10 times in one hour while taking a ride in my hometown. My bike is loud and I have 50 years of total experience riding a 2 wheeler starting out on a mini bike when I was 8 or something. Probably younger. It's dangerous out on the streets these days. People in cars are not paying attention to their driving.

What’s the status on the Flathead project bike?

Who makes the bags?

saruman the grey

Hey brother I need some help and advice on my 97 road king how can I contact you

That's the worst snap ring next to the snap ring on the other end of the cable.

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Talking motorcycle language trust me is not preaching ✌️

I road my bike 100 miles with a pair of pliers at the end of the couch cable never again I replaced all my cables all of them just like you've said thanks mike