Sportster supposed to have cable cover next to the seat? The left side of my bike where the cables are located seem to be exposed to the environment compared to the right side of the bike which actually has some sort of plastic cover just under the seat.

I was wondering if there is something missing on my bike?

This side has cable cover


This side has missing cable cover?

 

You talking about the battery cover? A picture is worth a thousand words, does it look like this?

 

This side has cable cover


This side has missing cable cover?

 

Holy smokes! How much weight did it take to balance the rear tire?

There is no cable cover missing. You are all good to go tear it up.

 

ok thank you i thought i lost it while riding

 

Dusty's right. I just checked my 72. No cover on that side. Apparently the rims used on 72's aren't balanced good from manufacturer, as both my front & rear rims have 8 wheel weights on each of them. I thought Damn gonna have to do something about that when I replace the tires, 'cause that's a lot of weights. May try "dyna beads from DK Customs to get rid of all those ugly weights

 

Holy crap i didnt know about the bad wheel balance ... maybe i should get mine balanced - i had my 1st service done today (1000 mile service).

 

The reason the cables/lines are more noticeable on your bike is because the 72 has the smaller tank. On other models, the gas tank comes back further making these less obvious.

 

You can check out the Dyna Beads at this LINK

Just as an FYI, you could also use the coil and ignition relocation to clean up the wires with a wire tuck... Here is a picture...

 

Yes so true i agree wanted to get new bigger tank 3.2 litre i think it was but they wanted $2500 (included red flake paint on the new tank) for it but i'm not going to spend anymore money on my bike because it will so much harder asking the future buyer of my bike to pay for it

Ok great thank you for sharing ... that will come in handy.