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What do you listen to while riding?Since the thread is up, I put the truck back on and ordered a new set of speakers for that, currently pushing 800w at 2ohms through 8 speakers. The ones in the pack were stock so they are short lived when it is on. Oh and I took the heal shifter off. Can’t stand it. Got the bushing from Harley for a whopping, hold on to your knickers, .96. That’s right. Less than a buck. Cheapest visit ever to the parts dept
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Love my heel shifter! And I got lucky today at the parts dept. my buddy removed the antenna and just had a hole where it went so I bought him the plug that fills it for $2.50!! Happy birthday to him!Since the thread is up, I put the trunk back on and ordered a new set of speakers for that, currently pushing 800w at 2ohms through 8 speakers. The ones in the pack were stock so they are short lived when it is on. Oh and I took the heal shifter off. Can’t stand it. Got the bushing from Harley for a whopping, hold on to your knickers, .96. That’s right. Less than a buck. Cheapest visit ever to the parts dept
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You know when you've "arrived" when you have a cup holder on your motorcycle....Started removing some of the chrome off the bike. Got a black crash bar, highway pegs, rear passenger pegs ( OMG are these so much better than boards. My legs don’t hit them ) today I got black levers, mirrors and the lower fairing on the forks. I will leave some chrome but not all.
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Yessir. Didn’t think I would like having it there but, it works great as a phone holder and holds my big arse coffee cup when I go for my Saturday morning coffee run with a friend of mine. Although, I did have to get a cup with a lid that sealed……..lolYou know when you've "arrived" when you have a cup holder on your motorcycle....
Hopefully you kept that...
Exactly......it replaces the basket on the front of your bicycle...Yessir. Didn’t think I would like having it there but, it works great as a phone holder and holds my big arse coffee cup when I go for my Saturday morning coffee run with a friend of mine. Although, I did have to get a cup with a lid that sealed……..lol
The black does look a lot better....I'm not a big fan of chrome...Started removing some of the chrome off the bike. Got a black crash bar, highway pegs, rear passenger pegs ( OMG are these so much better than boards. My legs don’t hit them ) today I got black levers, mirrors and the lower fairing on the forks. I will leave some chrome but not all.
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I’ve been looking into doing this very thing myself the last few days. The whole if you buy our overpriced tires here we’ll discount the labor for mounting and balancing never sat well with me. A set of road 5 tires for the price of road 6. I support local businesses but it has to make sense for me to do so.Static balanced, balancer leveled, tire balanced perfectly, 90° valve stem in.
Some marine grease on the axle, and torque it, pinch bolts, and calipers with a little anti-sieze...and another one done.
I've been mounting and balancing my own tires for a long time now, on friends' equipment, and in recent years, bought my own.
If you work on your own bike, but don't change your own tires, consider doing it.
It's not difficult, and the equipment pays for itself in a short space of time, vs paying labor to have it done.
Plus it's nice to have tires show up at your house vs having to go anywhere, and to have a set on the shelf ready to go too.
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I’ve been looking into doing this very thing myself the last few days. The whole if you buy our overpriced tires here we’ll discount the labor for mounting and balancing never sat well with me. A set of road 5 tires for the price of road 6. I support local businesses but it has to make sense for me to do so.
I’ve seen balancers similar to the one have you have pictured, is that a Harbor freight model, and another that sits the tire horizontally on springs and uses a bubble level in the middle. Harbor freight portable wheel balancer sku 51940. Do you have experience with the latter? If so, which do you prefer?
They are better to look at than in.Looks amazing!!!
Started removing some of the chrome off the bike.
...it's gonna fall off eventually anywayThat chrome is load bearing / structural! That bike will fall apart if you remove it!