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Some of the parts started showing up yesterday.

UPS brought this to the shop from drag specialties.




In the smaller of the two boxes there was...
Fork bag for some storage
Passenger pegs to keep the wife happy
Slimline Jagg oil cooler
Dynojet power vision.



In the larger box was the Vance and Hines Big shot exhaust.







At home another box was waiting for me.

Plate relo kit. Since I'm going with a detachable sissy bar its one of those necessary evils. Of course my parts inspector had to make sure it passed his quality inspection as you can see.



My parts inspector





True track is currently in the mail. Should have that by the end of the week. Shocks have also been ordered. As long as they are in stock at ohlins I should also have those by the end of the week.

If everything comes in I'll be able complete the back end of the bike. If it all goes smooth I might have time to remeasure the bike and start to figure out the front end. We need to figure out wheel spacing with the new caliper setup, triple tree crown width, triple tree offset, and fork length. After that is figured out we need to design the triple tree and then get machine time to get it made plus a new axle, spacers, and a steering stem.

There is still a lot of work ahead of me and it might not be 100% done by riding season but it will be close and I'll be able to ride it while I wait for parts.

 

nice parts inspector! i love cheap labor!

parts look good man cant wait to see the progress

 

I'm thinking of the plate relocate kit as well for my 15 FXDB I just got. I hate plate sticking out the way it does in the stock setup. Would love to see a pic of that when you do it.


appreciate all the photos. GJ!

 

Wish I had documented my 2012 modifications, planning on it from here on out. Mostly stock so far. I have added leather bags, blacked out horn cover, rear passenger pillow and back rest. Plans for the future include pipes and high flow air. Suggestions?

 

Got another package today

This was inside.



In my research i couldn't find a definite answer whether the true track or sputhe was better. Both seemed to make each person happy with their purchase. I decided on the true track mainly because it was easier to order.

I was expecting the new shocks to be in today but sadly that didn't happen. Hopefully they are in tomorrow. I would like to be able to finish off the entire back end this weekend. If they don't show up I still have a lot of work I can do. Should be a good Saturday of bike modding.

I don't generally put out the invitation but if anyone is in the MA area and wants to come see what we do let me know. I'll send you the shop address. I think I'll be there most of the afternoon with what I plan to accomplish.

 

I think everybody that has bought a True Track or a Sputhe has been happy, so personal choice. I think TT is a little better in communications and like you said ease of ordering.

I wish you were closer, I would love to see your shop!

 

I am very happy with my recently installed True-Track & install was a breeze!

 

Got a bunch done this weekend. Unfortunately the shocks haven't arrived yet so I didn't get done what I had planned.

Bike on the life and ready for some work





Started by taking off things that were going to be in the way. Exhaust, front fender, and seat went.





Started with the True Track install




Giving the engine some support.



Front installed. Went pretty easy.



Had an interesting issue with the rear. The bolts they supplied were button heads and didn't sit flush on the brace.



It was an easy fix. Just walked over to the hardware store and bought a couple of socket cap bolts and things went on nice and easy.




With the true track installed I decided to tackle the detachable docking hardware, turn signal relo and the plate relo. Took the rear wheel off to make it easier to get to the wiring.




Stock setup



The plate relo kit and docking hardware was nice and simple.

Had to change out the inner bracket to one with threads for the docking hardware and the turn signal stalks.



The plate relo bracket popped in easy and plug directly to the stock harness.

This is where I just don't get why Harley does some things the way they do. The turn signal relo instructions have you cut and splice three wires on each side. They wires are run through the turn signal stalks so they are not exposed

In an effort to not have six spliced wires under the rear fender I decided to pick the stock connectors and rewire the signals so they had no splices in them.





Rerouted the wires the way they went from the factory and plugged them back into the main harness. I wish I could say this was quick and easy but it wasn't Took me a few hours to pick the wires, put new connectors on the wire ends (luckily they came with the plate relo kit but should have come with the signal kit) and get the end back into the harness.





Rear complete



Next I was going to do the passenger peg mounts.



Unfortunately one the threads galled up a bit and I didn't have the right sized thread chaser to fix it so I'll tackle that hopefully next weekend.



Last thing I did this weekend was route the wire for the power vision. Pretty easy to do.

Plugs into the grey plug



Out through the fuse box.



Left to do when I have more time next weekend is lift the tank and run the wire up to the bars.

 

hmmm 20 image limit. I'll have to remember that for next time...

Also prepped the new exhaust so its a quicker install after I get the shocks on and remeasure the bike with the computrack machine.



Hopefully the shocks show up this week and after next weekend the bike will be road worthy. After I get the measurement with the new shocks I'll be able to start to figure out the front end and what I need to complete it.