Harzuki (warning) not for purists

[Bopi]

I don't think clearance will be a problem, my concern was that the taillight bracket might rub but there seems to be enough travel for that to be an issue.

[mortation]

Bopi, got some questions for ya if you got a second

1) Do you know the year of the dynaglider your fender is off and did it have the taillight too?

2) How did you mount those rear directionals? Where did you order them?

3) What make/model/year is your muffler off?

4) Are those stock handle bars or aftermarket? If after market what style?

5) Did you paint the headlight ears as well as the bowl? Can't really see in the picture.

Thats it for now You bike looks sweet! Thanks man!

[Bopi]

In answer to you questions

No
yes
no
no
yes

just kidding

The fender just looked good so i e-mailed the seller to get the width, year doesn't matter. Theres a slick matching set of Indian fenders available but I'll need another bike for that one.

the rear directionals fit into existing dyna side mount holes, why change a good thing.

The pipes are 78 stock 750 gs with a little band saw work done to them. ( I've got to stay away from that bandsaw.) I may go with Mac 2-1's turnouts later but $300 is holding me back . I haven't noticed any change in performance with the shorter pipes but that may be because I haven't ridden it yet. I should be able to tune out any flat spots if they occur but I'll get to that later.

Buckhorns are stock but I found a great site for 7/8 handlebars and am considering the t-bars

http://www.cyclexchange.net/Handle%20Bar%20Page.htm

and finally, headlight is stock but I havent got that far yet. We'll see if changes need to be made....................

[Bopi]

right, directionals are aftermarket bullets from where else e-bay. I can give you the link if you need it, the company has a variety of colors and various styles and they are CHEAP. the bullets are stamped chromed steel and are really decent for 15 bucks.

[mortation]

right, directionals are aftermarket bullets from where else e-bay. I can give you the link if you need it, the company has a variety of colors and various styles and they are CHEAP. the bullets are stamped chromed steel and are really decent for 15 bucks.

These were the ones I was looking at.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHROME-BULLET-TURN-SIGNAL-MARKER-LIGHTS-4-HARLEY-SET_W0QQitemZ130080590863QQihZ003QQcategoryZ35575QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I was also toying with the idea of mounting the front set on my fork where the reflectors are but I think they may be to close to the headlight for that.

[Bopi]

slick... I don't know specifically what DOT regs call for so I ordered amber to be on the safe side. I doubt i'll use bullets on the front but i will put on some round chromed mini's to match the look. I gotta get rid of those bugeyes.

[Bopi]

I noticed you've got the single wire, mine came in as a double but the hook-up is almost the same and stock was a single.

[mortation]

slick... I don't know specifically what DOT regs call for so I ordered amber to be on the safe side. I doubt i'll use bullets on the front but i will put on some round chromed mini's to match the look. I gotta get rid of those bugeyes.

Most of the mini's I found (LED any way) were not DOT approved no matter what color. Thats why I was looking at these, they were larger and used a bulb.

[mortation]

slick... I don't know specifically what DOT regs call for so I ordered amber to be on the safe side. I doubt i'll use bullets on the front but i will put on some round chromed mini's to match the look. I gotta get rid of those bugeyes.

I have these already on the way:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260084786719&rd=1&rd=1

I ordered them before I decided to go away from stock. Dunno if I am still going to use them at all as I think I would like to use bullets all around for even look.

[Bopi]

Funny but i had seriously considered that same set.

Today i've got to remount my rear tire as the first-second attempts didn't set the bead evenly. I'll also likely restrip the parts from the bike and give them another going over before paint ( that is if the weather breaks).

I may get really ambitious and sand and prime the rear spoke rim.

Black-out everything and leave a few chrome highlights.

[mortation]

Today i've got to remount my rear tire as the first-second attempts didn't set the bead evenly.

LOL to bad you don't live in NH. I gotta get my front tire to take a bead today or pull it and drag it to HK tomorrow :P

I may get really ambitious and sand and prime the rear spoke rim.

You are gonna paint your rims? I like the chrome spoke look. My GS is an 83 so it doesnt have spokes. I was toying with the idea of swapping the rims on my GT and GS so the spokes were on the GS and the solids were on the GT for a cafe racer. I dunno about compatibility though.

[Bopi]

Harley has a new model out for this year called a nightster. nice bike with everything blacked out. That may be my new model. Funny regarding some guys feelings towards the direction we're taking with these bikes but my answer to that would be "why then did suzuki come out with a twin-v"

we all know the answer.

the rim swaps depend on bearing size from what I've read. That and my spokes are on an 18" rim with a 19 up front. I'm going to work with what I've got and what I've got is a can of etching primer......

[Bopi]

by the way, the lights you have picked out are called mini's, the micro mini LED's you've mentioned take that concept to another level.

[Bopi]

Everyone likes pictures

[mortation]

Everyone likes pictures

Looking good! What did you use for caps on your fender brackets? I was thinking about trimming and squashing the tubes to put Harley fender strut covers over them.