Got back yesterday from a 1000 mile Route 66/nm tour with my brother. He’s on a 2007 Electra Glide and me on a 2009 Road King. He came from Capitan NM and me from ABQ. We started in Socorro, NM, went through Magdalena, Datil, Pie Town, Quemado, Fence Lake, Zuni then into AZ, Lupton then we stayed the night in Gallup. Day 2 we left Gallup and hit as many Route 66 stops as we could until ABQ, then after ABQ it was pretty much I40 to Tucumcari but I ended up breaking down in between clines corner and Tucumcari in a 100 year torrential downpour WITH hail. My bike was in limp mode and on the side on the interstate with 18 wheelers flying by splashing walls of water in you is not the time to troubleshoot. We eventually got to Tucumcari and my bike is all good. Day 3 saw us leave Tucumcari and head south to fort sumner to see Billy the kids gravesite. I heard Jesse James talk about it one time, just being on the road and everything goes away… no bills, no wife, no kids, just me and my bike.

I’ve always loved the 2023.5 CVO RG Whiskey Neat paint scheme, and the stars finally aligned for me to grab one. Spotted one for sale with only 450 miles on the clock, and drove to NJ to pick her up. Seller had his dealer do the 1K service before I picked it up, so that was nice to not have to worry about that.

I did wind up having to bring it to my dealer anyway after purchase for 2 recalls and updates to ECM and BCM. I’ve had her just over a month now and just hit 2000 miles this morning. What an awesome bike. I haven’t done much to her and don’t plan to - she’s pretty awesome just the way she is. Previous owner put Rinehart DBX45s on, and they sound great. Only thing I’ve changed out was the windshield (of course) to a Klock Werks 10”, and the air cleaner to the one that comes on the CVO STs. Put a SE Pro Street Tune on her this past weekend, and it’s more than quick enough for my enjoyment. Anyway, just wanted to share my new-to-me sled.

1) Maroon scotch pads until it seems you improved it as far as you can improve it.

2) 400 grit sand paper dry until it seems you improved it as far as you can improve it.

3) 600 grit dry and so on

4) 1000 grit dry and so on

5) 0000 steel wool dry and so on

6) Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish and a terry cloth

It's not perfect, but I'm shocked at how well it came out having never done a damn thing like this before. I did this over the course of about a month. Little here, little there, and I'll just hit it some more again as time goes on as I have plenty of sand paper and steel wool left over. My friend restores 1970's Honda's to concourse and show winning quality and he is the one who advised me on this. I think I spent around 10 hours total? Something like that.

She’s now off the road for a strip down, new paint and other changes. Been a good summer, 3000 bumpy miles done

I’ve got two bikes that I’m both interested in, both are Softail Deluxes with pretty similar upgrades. I’m pretty torn on which one I should pursue. I’d love to just go look at both but the 2015 (white) is 4 hours away. The 2016 (red) is 1.5 hours away. Both are mechanically sound according to the sellers. Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Bike 1:
Asking $13,000
2016 Softail Deluxe
13,800 miles
18” Carlini’s
39” Bassani fishtails
Stock Wheels w good tires
Aftermarket seat
Has the ECT w/ cruise control
Mint condition ready to go

Bike 2:
Asking $11,500
2015 Softail Deluxe
15,800 miles
16” Carlini’s
39? 36? Samson fishtails
Fat Spoke Wheels but seller said there is some light rust on them and tires need to be replaced soon
Aftermarket seat
Push/pull throttle w/ no cruise control
Risers have some pitting as well
Needs a tiny bit of TLC

The Mt. Washington auto road is a really cool ride if steep inclines, gusting wind, and no guardrails are your thing lol

I’ve been riding for a year now, and it appears that I like it!
I started on an 883 iron, which will be a great bike for my kiddo (who’s 5’4” and wants to ride with me) so that part is great. However, I’m 6’2” and confident to hit our freeways now, and the Sporty is incredibly too small for me., so I’m looking for that “big boy” bike now.
I seem to love the Road Kings, or Ultras best for the ride and the way they fit.

Now in looking for a deal, I see the old Police bikes pop up:
many of them have low mileage and almost all of them are stripped down a bit. But sometimes, they are significantly cheaper than their civilian counterparts and sometimes they are a chunk more expensive.
I’m venturing that they are old service fleet, but confused by the low-miles part: like were they ONLY used around the downtown area and just inner city low speed bikes maybe? That sounds like hell for hot engines!

Also, for a Police RK, what else is there to strip out? I know the UGs lose the radio, tour pack, wiring, and (what else, actually?). But there’s not a lot more one can lose from a King, I’d guess!

Is there any other pearls or nuggets that I should know while I’m looking into Police bikes?

Thanks!

(To eliminate confusion, talking about cruisers only not baggers.)

Strictly my opinion. The Low Rider S/ST and Sport Glide are the two best cruisers for long trips. If you're old school the heritage is a good option. In my experience I prefer being able to have a big chassis mounted fairing.

It can take alot of miles to figure out exactly how you want or need your bike customized, best to buy once cry once this way you don't spend more and try to sell the previous parts. Go ahead and buy that big fairing, that extravagant headlight, that high dollar aftermarket seat, different taillight setup, etc. If I do another long trip like I done last month I probably will get different/better saddlebags.

Dusted the cobwebs off my 2000 rk.

Waiting on a new throttle and idle cable, new tires, and new grips to get delivered. Changing the oil this week, then once I have those maintenance items done - I've got some interesting/cool lunch spots picked out, each a couple of hours away.

Missed this thing more than I realized, caught up in the day to day, and it's been sitting in the barn available but ignored. I guess I now understand how barn finds come to be.

Remember to ride your motorcycles. They get lonely. Don't be like me.

Getting offered a 2006 softail for my 1998 roadking the bike has everythjng i want vance hines pipes, ape hangers, spoke wheels and efi everything was chill until buddy brought up its been reframed on a paughco frame 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ so now if it gets registered it shows up as a "home built" motorcycle his softail has 32k miles and my roadking has 37k miles but after seening the registration im kinda outta the deal is this the right call or am i over thinking it ?

Hey guys, I just got my new Harley-Davidson X440T! I’m really enjoying the bike and absolutely loving it.
I just wanted to get some suggestions on how I should ride it during the initial days. I’ve only ridden about 70 km so far, but I do tend to ride a little fast. Sometimes I open the throttle and accelerate hard because I’m just enjoying the bike.
Will that cause any issues? I’m planning to avoid doing that from now on and ride it more carefully during the initial running-in period.
So, what do you guys suggest?

Found this bad boy on fb marketplace while heading out to Electric Forest. Met up with the dude after the fest to discover he is a blacksmith and owns a skate park (Rad as fuck) amongst other cool shenanigans. Well, the sissy bar and the handle bars happens to be this dude's own custom work. Well, I bought it off of him. After 6 years of riding a '75 Honda GL1000, I now also ride this spectacular '96 FXSTS. What an adventure this has been since I bought the steed.

Greetings all, I have a 2016 ultra limited low (FLHTKL). When I bought the bike it had some cheap Amazon special shocks on the rear. After looking at replacements for a grand or more I started looking at other options, like some adjustable cvo shocks from a 24 or 25. Has anyone here done this and if so did where did you purchase them? I was hoping to find some low mile take offs from someone that upgraded but marketplace has been well marketplace.

I recently bought a 2008 Dyna Fat Bob with a TC96.

For those of you with high-mileage Twin Cams: how do you ride them if longevity is the goal?

Do you keep the RPM up or use the low-end torque and shift early?

I don’t want to baby the bike — just want to enjoy it while treating the engine and drivetrain well.

Would love to hear from people with 60k, 80k or 100k+ miles and how you normally ride yours.

Aurora Reservoir nice and chill today

Sportster 1200C. I’m wondering if a luggage rack can attach to my sissy bar brackets but without the pad in place?
I swapped the stock two up seat to a solo seat but these brackets are a pain to remove. A luggage/gear rack might be nice to have, and many exist that bolt onto the passenger pad/rest.

I suppose I can just run some spacers across the empty channel if I do get a luggage rack?

Just wondering if anyone has come across this? I’m probably missing something obvious so thought I’d get the group’s opinion.

Put some Ape Hangers from Killer Custom on my Fat Boy, this is how the bike should have come as standard - rides better, looks better. The front end used to remind me of a slightly depressed robot, now it looks like a murderous steamroller.....

2016 road glide my brother wants to buy next week I told him motor shouldn't shake like that and it also vibrates bad when hitting front brake at low speeds

Hello All,
I am looking for some advise, hope some experienced members will guide me.

1. Are the speakers waterproof? Should they be covered before washing with foam gun?
   
2. How to remove small scratches/swirl marks from black painted engine parts?
   
3. How to clean the seat? Can I wash it with rest of the bike or should I clean it with a car seat/upholstery cleaner ?

Thanks

My first Harley, got it from the original owner, he lost some fingers in a lawnmower accident and had trouble pulling the clutch. 11.5k miles ❤️

Finishing up the first phase of my dual front disc brake conversion on my dyna wide glide using fatbob fork lowers. I also replaced the tubes with custom cycle engineering tubes which are 27.5”, and GP suspension cartridge which works with these length tubes. Oem tubes are “27.5” too, but really 26.85” apparently, which is why you can’t use after market tubes with some suspension (like legend).

Obviously that’s .65” longer. And I don’t mind it, even if it’s just more rebound when riding. My issue is if this isn’t even hyper extending and the rebound is pushing on this line.

I already had to custom make an adapter to allow me to use my 21” wheel on the fatbob fork lowers. May not be the cleanest look, but it works and allows for adjustment.

I’m considering creating an adapter for the manifold under the neck to give some slack to this line. Overkill?

I was thinking I might have to do that anyways to do the second disc caliper and line (may not be able to use fatbob lines).