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Steakandchips posted:I want to add, I recently turned on the "turn off cylinder 1 (the one nearest your legs) when revs are low/you are stopped" feature, so as to not let my legs get too warm This made me chuckle, sales and marketing is a fantastic drug. EITMS may or may not have an effect on your leg temperature but the intent is to prevent the rear cylinder stack from overheating by making that cylinder pump cool refreshing air. It is intended to stop florida boomers getting full rebuilds under warranty because they decided to parade their bagger around the walmart carpark with thirty of their mates; you live in the UK where I'm pretty sure nobody has overheated a harley ever in all of history, just leave it off.
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Yes sir. It is now off. Valt posted:So it dies under load and at idle? Do you know how to show codes on the dash? I don't know if this possible on the newer bikes but I assume it is. There are codes that might show a check engine light. For instance I don't have turn signals on my bike and that throws a code. But no check engine light appears for it. It died under low/no load. Once or twice, when EITMS was on I think. I don't know, yet, how to show codes on the dash. If it dies again, after having turned off EITMS, then I'll investigate further for codes!
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Here you go. https://www.wilkinsharley.com/--Checking-Trouble-Codes-2019-Harley-Davidsons
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After years of being typically judgemental about Harleys I test rode a sportster 1200 and was surprised at how much fun it was. Ended up picking up a soft tail standard a couple weeks back and am loving it.
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 My midlife crisis mobile, seat is a loaner until sundowner pillion pad turns up. What’s that box behind it I hear (none of) you ask?  that looks promising.   half way   Much better. Will sus some black heat shields at some point. Sounds like a Harley instead of a tractor now. However the random mix of imperial and metric screw sizes can gently caress right off.
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Jan 5, 2021 07:08
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If I squint super hard I think I can make out a bike there 
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Jan 5, 2021 07:21
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NoDoors, that's a good looking bike! Nice one! Question for all: My Fat Bob 2019 has these default pegs:  They are slippery as gently caress when it's raining/muddy out. Can someone recommend me some pegs that'll fit Bob that are nice and grippy and don't look poo poo?
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SirLeigh posted:Should I get some black mags or keep the silver spokes? I think I've decided to keep the spokes. Do you guys think I should powder coat them in black?
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Jan 7, 2021 20:47
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Yes but also do the hubs too
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Jan 7, 2021 21:03
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yes but also do the hubs too Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.
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Jan 7, 2021 21:11
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No, wrong, you powder coat the hubs but leave the spokes shiny. Painted spokes are yuck unless they're on a military style bike or some zany colour.
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That’s also valid, but paint the hub at the very least. Also it’s cheating, but get the spoke covers and try out black spokes if you aren’t sure. Its way easier than disassembling your wheel, painting the spokes and reassembling it to discover you don’t like it $12 on the ‘zon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V5T9SR7/  or just leave the spoke covers on forever and don’t tell anyone
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:That’s also valid, but paint the hub at the very least. Does anyone still make Spokey Dokes?
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I love how I've never heard that product name before, yet knew exactly what you are talking about. Great suggestion for those slooowww cruises through town.
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How wrong am I for really liking the looks of the blacked out Road King Special, but wishing it didn't have saddlebags and the stupid looking "moustache" safety bars and floorboards?
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Steakandchips posted:How wrong am I for really liking the looks of the blacked out Road King Special, but wishing it didn't have saddlebags and the stupid looking "moustache" safety bars and floorboards? Saddlebags are the fannypack of motorcycling. They add a real herb look every time, but they're the most convenient way to transport things. I don't mind the floorboards or crash bars. They're too functional to take issue with.
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I hate the look of floorboards, foot pegs are far more aesthetically pleasing. Boards look gargantuan though I am sure they are more secure feeling for the bottom of your boot. That said, I am on the lookout for more "grippy" pegs as the standard Harley ones are very slippery. Crash bars: Personally, I feel like if I drop/crash the bike, the bike is going to get hosed up anyway, regardless of if I have crash bars or not.
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Crash bars are basically admitting failure in advance. They are like a billboard that says 'i am too scared and incompetent for this big heavy bike and a fall is all but guaranteed'. And they look like poo poo. Boards are ok, they've grown on me since I discovered they're immensely satisfying to grind into the pavement, much more so than pegs. They also let you stand up and take you weight a lot better. Re: that road king, it's interesting that when the style aspects and identity of the bike hinge on it having bags, the rest of the bike without the bags is like a perfectly ordinary normal bike with correct tyre sizes, a comfortable normal bar, normal seat etc. Literally just a gigantic sportster with bags stuck on.
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Slavvy posted:Re: that road king, it's interesting that when the style aspects and identity of the bike hinge on it having bags, the rest of the bike without the bags is like a perfectly ordinary normal bike with correct tyre sizes, a comfortable normal bar, normal seat etc. Literally just a gigantic sportster with bags stuck on. What's really annoying is that if you take off the bags (from the 1 youtube I saw), there are some extremely ugly and chintzy brackets underneath and no styling has gone on underneath at all. It's like looking at the back of your monitor after you have removed the monitor stand, that sort of unrefined functional poo poo with screws and grommets and holes and brackets. Gross. So you can't live your gigantic sportster fantasies if you wanted to. Well I suppose you could if you fabbed up some covering pieces yourself... Slavvy posted:Crash bars are basically admitting failure in advance. They are like a billboard that says 'i am too scared and incompetent for this big heavy bike and a fall is all but guaranteed'. And they look like poo poo. Yes, they really really do. Ugh. Steakandchips fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Jan 13, 2021 |
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Oh I already have a specific jumbo sportster fantasy involving an old FXR and a great fuckoff lumpy cam.
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Doooo itttt!
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Well first the fxr's owner needs to die/develop a meth habit so I can get a hold of it, even poo poo ones are like 10k.
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 Separate question: Is possible to get a bigger fuel tank for the Bob 2019? 13L is too small.
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Steakandchips posted:How wrong am I for really liking the looks of the blacked out Road King Special, but wishing it didn't have saddlebags and the stupid looking "moustache" safety bars and floorboards? I like it a lot, including the bags and boards. Crash bars look poo poo though.
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Steakandchips posted:What's really annoying is that if you take off the bags (from the 1 youtube I saw), there are some extremely ugly and chintzy brackets underneath and no styling has gone on underneath at all. It's like looking at the back of your monitor after you have removed the monitor stand, that sort of unrefined functional poo poo with screws and grommets and holes and brackets. Gross. I think the Dyna Switchback was built to fill that niche. As for crash bars, from what I've seen they do 100% work when you drop the bike or are going to have a low speed lowsider, the bike just rests on the bars.
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Strife posted:Saddlebags are the fannypack of motorcycling. *waiting for the saddlebags I ordered for my GSXR250 to show up today* This gave me a good laugh... Fannypack is a great analogy and I’m going to Pee Wee Herman the gently caress out of my bike.
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Wearing a backpack isn't the end of the world, but especially for long rides it's so nice if everything fits in my tank bag rather than needing the backpack.
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High Protein posted:I think the Dyna Switchback was built to fill that niche. not hog related but the crash bars on my Wee, plus the sidecases, saved my plastics half a dozen times or more It was a tall awkward bike to haul around in the garage and sometimes it got sleepy
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MomJeans420 posted:Wearing a backpack isn't the end of the world, but especially for long rides it's so nice if everything fits in my tank bag rather than needing the backpack. My spine might be made of paper mache, but wearing a backpack with anything heaver than a sandwich in it for more than half an hour just wrecks me. When I was younger I remember saying that if it can't fit in your pockets then you don't need it, but having fixed bags has been such a game changer in making the bike an actually useful vehicle.
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I think Road Kings always look better with painted hard bags, fight me
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High Protein posted:I think the Dyna Switchback was built to fill that niche. I had no idea something like this existed. I have wanted hard bags for my bike for some time. But honestly its probably easier to just buy a street glide. Anytime I go on long rides I just pack my duffle bag and strap it to the sissy bar. It works in that you can put stuff in it but its not easy to get anything out of it obviously while its on the bike. But anything around town I just bring my chrome bag with me. 
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I asked the dealership about 2 things, fitting cruise control and getting a larger petrol tank. Questions and responses: Me: How much is it to add cruise control to the Fat Bob? H-D: Cruise control Kit £258.17, Fitting £120. Me: Some of the softail line have 18.9L petrol tanks compared to the Fat Bob’s 13.7. Can you put in one of those bigger tanks on my Fat Bob? If yes, how much would that be? H-D: We have custom fitted a sport glide fuel tank to one of our custom bikes the cost was about £1900 including fabrication , painting and fitting. 2 grand, basically, for a bigger tank. That's mental. I am going to see if 3rd party tank shops can do it for significantly cheaper.
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Fat Bob with a safari tank. Do it
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I just image searched safari motorcycle tanks. No. They look hideous!
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Steakandchips posted:I asked the dealership about 2 things, fitting cruise control and getting a larger petrol tank. Questions and responses: I guess my main question is why do you want any of this? I have "cruise control" aka throttle lock on my bike and I used it once and it just made me extremely nervous. As far as tank size mine is roughly the same as yours and I have essentially been across the US on this bike and not having enough gas was never an issue. Honestly a lot of the things you want can just be found on a street glide or other bagger style bikes since they are setup for cruising out of the box.
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Instead of cruise control buy yourself a $10 cramp buster. It's 1/20th the cost and nearly as effective and arguably safer. Instead of a 5L larger fuel tank, get a 2 gallon spare can and strap it on the back somewhere.
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All harleys already have a crappy form of cruise control anyway, just turn the throttle friction knob in until it sticks and set it to whatever position you want.
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I'll see if I can find the Cramp Buster I bought many moons ago and see if that is satisfactory. Re tank size, it's just annoying filling up daily. 2 grand is stupid though, way too much money for the convenience.
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Buys an 1800cc cruiser made from victorian railway beams, complains about fuel mileage - harley owner confirmed.
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Eh, the other softail cruiser bikes with the same engine have larger tanks. It's stupid the Fat Bob doesn't. But yes.
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